Isaiah · Literal Standard Version
Isaiah 11 Literal Standard Version
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1 And a Rod has come out from the stock of Jesse, || And a Branch is fruitful from his roots.
1 A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of YHWH has rested on Him, || The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, || The Spirit of counsel and might, || The Spirit of knowledge and fear of YHWH.
2 Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
3 To refresh Him in the fear of YHWH, || And He does not judge by the sight of His eyes, || Nor decides by the hearing of His ears.
3 His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
4 And He has judged the poor in righteousness, || And decided for the humble of earth in uprightness, || And has struck earth with the rod of His mouth, || And He puts the wicked to death with the breath of His lips.
4 but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
5 And righteousness has been the girdle of His loins, || And faithfulness—the girdle of His reins.
5 Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his waist.
6 “And a wolf has sojourned with a lamb, || And a leopard lies down with a kid, || And calf, and young lion, and fatling [are] together, || And a little youth is leader over them.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
7 And cow and bear feed, || Together their young ones lie down, || And a lion eats straw as an ox.
7 The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 And a suckling has played by the hole of a cobra, || And on the den of a viper || The weaned one has put his hand.
8 The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
9 They do no evil, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, || For the earth has been full with the knowledge of YHWH, || As the waters are covering the sea.”
9 They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
10 And there has been, in that day, || A Root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, || Nations seek Him, || And His rest has been glorious!
10 It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
11 And it has come to pass in that day, || The Lord adds His power a second time, || To get the remnant of His people that is left, || From Asshur, and from Egypt, || And from Pathros, and from Cush, || And from Elam, and from Shinar, || And from Hamath, and from islands of the sea,
11 It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12 And He has lifted up an ensign to nations, || And gathers the driven away of Israel, || And He assembles the scattered of Judah, || From the four wings of the earth.
12 He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
13 And has turned aside the envy of Ephraim, || And the adversaries of Judah are cut off, || Ephraim does not envy Judah, || And Judah does not distress Ephraim.
13 The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won’t envy Judah, and Judah won’t persecute Ephraim.
14 And they have flown on the shoulder of the Philistines westward, || Together they spoil the sons of the east, || Edom and Moab sending forth their hand, || And sons of Ammon obeying them.
14 They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.
15 And YHWH has devoted to destruction || The tongue of the Sea of Egypt, || And has waved His hand over the river, || In the terror of His wind, || And has struck it at the seven streams, || And has caused [men] to tread [it] with shoes.
15 Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march over in sandals.
16 And there has been a highway, || For the remnant of His people that is left, from Asshur, || As there was for Israel in the day of his coming up out of the land of Egypt!
16 There will be a highway for the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, like there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
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Jesse
The Bethlehemite whose youngest son David was anointed king of Israel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16:1-13; Isa. 11:1; Ruth 4:22; Matt. 1:5-6
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
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)