Isaiah 11

The Root of Jesse

¹Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse,

and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

• IS 11:1[PROPHECY]Called a Nazarene → MT 2:23MEDIUM
• IS 11:1[PROPHECY]A rod from the stem of Jesse → LK 3:23-32
• IS 11:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → MT 2:23
• IS 11:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 5:5

²The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on Him—

the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and strength,

the Spirit of knowledge and fear of Yahweh.

• IS 11:2[PROPHECY]Anointed by the Spirit → MT 3:16-17; ACTS 10:38
• IS 11:2[PROPHECY]His character marked by wisdom and knowledge → COL 2:3
• IS 11:2[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → 1PE 4:14

³And He will delight in the fear of Yahweh.

He will not judge by what His eyes see,

and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

• IS 11:3[PROPHECY]He would know men's thoughts → LK 6:8; JN 2:25

⁴but with righteousness He will judge the poor,

and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth.

He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth

and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

• IS 11:4[PROPHECY]Judge in righteousness → STILL TO COME
• IS 11:4[PROPHECY]Judges with the sword of His mouth → STILL TO COME
• IS 11:4[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → 2TH 2:8
• IS 11:4[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 19:15

⁵Righteousness will be the belt around His hips,

and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

• IS 11:5[PROPHECY]His character: righteous and faithful → STILL TO COMEMEDIUM
• IS 11:5[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → EPH 6:14

⁶The wolf will live with the lamb,

and the leopard will lie down with the goat;

the calf and young lion and fatling will be together,

and a little child will lead them.

• IS 11:6[PROPHECY]'The wolf shall dwell with the lamb' → STILL TO COME

⁷The cow will graze with the bear,

their young will lie down together,

and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

⁸The infant will play by the cobra’s den,

and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

⁹They will neither harm nor destroy

on all My holy mountain,

for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh

as the sea is full of water.

¹⁰On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious. ¹¹On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

• IS 11:10[PROPHECY]The Gentiles would seek Him → JN 12:18-21
• IS 11:10[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ROM 15:12
• IS 11:10[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 5:5
• IS 11:11[PROPHECY]God would gather Israel a second time from the four corners of the earth → STILL TO COMEMEDIUM

¹²He will raise a banner for the nations

and gather the exiles of Israel;

He will collect the scattered of Judah

from the four corners of the earth.

¹³Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,

and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off.

Ephraim will no longer envy Judah,

nor will Judah harass Ephraim.

¹⁴They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west;

together they will plunder the sons of the east.

They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab,

and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

¹⁵Yahweh will devote to destruction

the gulf of the Sea of Egypt;

with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand

over the Euphrates.

He will split it into seven streams

for men to cross with dry sandals.

¹⁶There will be a highway for the remnant of His people

who remain from Assyria,

as there was for Israel

when they came up from the land of Egypt.