1 But there shall come a rodde foorth of the stocke of Ishai, and a grasse shall growe out of his rootes. 2 And the Spirite of the Lord shall rest vpon him: the Spirite of wisedome and vnderstanding, the Spirite of counsell and strength, the Spirite of knowledge, and of the feare of the Lord, 3 And shall make him prudent in the feare of the Lord: for he shall not iudge after the sight of his eies, neither reproue by ye hearing of his eares. 4 But with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he reprooue for the meeke of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lippes shall he slay the wicked. 5 And iustice shall be ye girdle of his loynes, and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reines. 6 The wolfe also shall dwell with the lambe, and the leopard shall lie with the kid, and the calfe, and the lyon, and the fat beast together, and a litle childe shall leade them. 7 And the kow and the beare shall feede: their yong ones shall lie together: and the lyon shall eate strawe like the bullocke. 8 And the sucking childe shall play vpon the hole of the aspe, and the wained childe shall put his hand vpon the cockatrice hole. 9 Then shall none hurt nor destroy in all the mountaine of mine holines: for the earth shalbe full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters that couer the sea. 10 And in that day the roote of Ishai, which shall stand vp for a signe vnto the people, the nations shall seeke vnto it, and his rest shall be glorious. 11 And in the same day shall the Lord stretche out his hand againe the second time, to possesse the remnant of his people, (which shalbe left) of Asshur, and of Egypt, and of Pathros, and of Ethiopia, and of Elam, and of Shinear, and of Hamath, and of the yles of the sea. 12 And he shall set vp a signe to the nations, and assemble the dispersed of Israel, and gather the scattered of Iudah from the foure corners of the worlde. 13 The hatred also of Ephraim shall depart, and the aduersaries of Iudah shalbe cut off: Ephraim shall not enuie Iudah, neither shall Iudah vexe Ephraim: 14 But they shall flee vpon the shoulders of the Philistims toward the West: they shall spoyle them of the East together: Edom and Moab shall be the stretching out of their hands, and the children of Ammon in their obedience. 15 The Lord also shall vtterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptians sea, and with his mightie winde shall lift vp his hand ouer the riuer, and shall smite him in his seuen streames, and cause men to walke therein with shooes. 16 And there shalbe a path to the remnant of his people, which are left of Asshur, like as it was vnto Israel in the day that he came vp out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 11 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 23:5; Revelation 22:16; Zechariah 6:12; Revelation 5:5; Acts 13:22–23
- 2 Isaiah 61:1; John 16:13; Ephesians 1:17–18; 2 Timothy 1:7; Isaiah 42:1
- 3 John 7:24; Luke 2:52; 1 Samuel 16:7; John 8:15–16; 1 Corinthians 2:13–15
- 4 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 19:15; Malachi 4:6; Proverbs 31:8–9; Job 4:9
- 5 Ephesians 6:14; 1 John 1:9; Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 59:17; 2 Corinthians 6:7
- 6 Isaiah 65:25; Hosea 2:18; Ezekiel 34:25; Revelation 5:9–10; Galatians 3:26–27
- 8 Psalm 140:3; Isaiah 59:5
- 9 Habakkuk 2:14; Psalm 98:2–3; Isaiah 52:10; Micah 4:2–4; Job 5:23
- 10 Romans 15:9–12; Luke 2:32; Isaiah 11:1; Matthew 2:1–2; Matthew 12:21
- 11 Zechariah 10:8–12; Micah 7:12; Isaiah 10:20; Hosea 3:4–5; Jeremiah 30:8–11
- 12 Isaiah 43:6; Isaiah 56:8; Zephaniah 3:10; Psalm 147:2; Zechariah 10:6
- 13 Jeremiah 3:18; Ezekiel 37:16–24; Hosea 1:11; Isaiah 9:21; Isaiah 7:1–6
- 14 Joel 3:19; Daniel 11:41; Jeremiah 49:28; Isaiah 25:10; Amos 9:12
- 15 Zechariah 10:11; Revelation 16:12; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 19:16; Isaiah 7:20
- 16 Isaiah 19:23; Isaiah 35:8–10; Isaiah 11:11; Exodus 14:26–29; Isaiah 62:10
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What the Fathers said
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And Isaiah, another prophet, foretelling the same things in other words, spoke thus: "A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a flower shall spring from the root of Jesse; and His arm shall the nations trust." And a star of light has arisen, and a flower has sprung from the root of Jesse--this Christ.
… the dew, which is the Spirit of God, who descended upon the Lord, should be diffused throughout all the earth, "the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and piety, the spirit of the fear of God." This Spirit, again, He did confer upon the Church, sending throughout all the world the …
And so the Holy Spirit, of whom the Lord says, "He will teach you all truth," is signified by this number. In it is the rest of God, the rest His people find in Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearer is dumb." And before this testimony also he saith, "There shall be a root of Jesse, and He that shall rise again to rule the Gentiles, in Him shall the Gentiles trust." Then speaking of His passion, and of the ensuing glory, he added, "And His rest …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Receive thou therefore Him that was born of David, believing the prophecy which saith, And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, and He that shall rise to rule over the Gentiles: in Him shall the Gentiles trust.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)