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Isaiah 11:1
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Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse,And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
And there shall come a sprig foorth of the stemne of Esai, and a young shoote shall growe out of his roote.
And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall be fruitful;
Isaiah 9:1-7">[xr] There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
And a Shoot goes out from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch will bear fruit out of his roots.
A small tree will begin to grow from the stump of Jesse. That branch will grow from Jesse's roots.
There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stemme of Iesse, and a branch shal grow out of his rootes.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
After this there shal come a rod forth of ye Kynrede of Iesse, and a blossome out of his rote.
A green Shoot will sprout from Jesse's stump, from his roots a budding Branch. The life-giving Spirit of God will hover over him, the Spirit that brings wisdom and understanding, The Spirit that gives direction and builds strength, the Spirit that instills knowledge and Fear-of- God . Fear-of- God will be all his joy and delight. He won't judge by appearances, won't decide on the basis of hearsay. He'll judge the needy by what is right, render decisions on earth's poor with justice. His words will bring everyone to awed attention. A mere breath from his lips will topple the wicked. Each morning he'll pull on sturdy work clothes and boots, and build righteousness and faithfulness in the land.
Then a Shoot (the Messiah) will spring from the stock of Jesse [David's father], And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots:
A shoot will grow out of Jesse's root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.
Like a branch that sprouts from a stump, someone from David's family will someday be king.
But a branch will emerge from the trunk of Yishai, a shoot will grow from his roots.
Bvt there shall come a rodde foorth of the stocke of Ishai, and a grasse shall growe out of his rootes.
AND there shall come forth a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots;
There shall come forth a netzer out of the stock of Yishai, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a twig shall grow forth out of his roots.
Out of the stump of David's family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
Then One will come from the family of Jesse. A branch will grow out of his roots.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from his root:
And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit:
A shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
But there shall come forth a shoot from the stock of Jesse, - And, a sprout from his roots, shall bear fruit; And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest upon him, -
And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
And a shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from its roots will bear fruit.
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
A new branch will grow from a stump of a tree; so a new king will come from the family of Jesse.
The royal line of David is like a tree that has been cut down; but just as new branches sprout from a stump, so a new king will arise from among David's descendants.
Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
And a yerde schal go out of the roote of Jesse, and a flour schal stie of the roote of it.
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
And there shall: The prophet having described the destruction of the Assyrian army under that of a mighty forest, here takes occasion to represent the Great Person, who makes the subject of this chapter, as a slender twig, shooting out of the trunk of an old tree; which tender twig, though weak in appearance, should become fruitful and prosper. Isaiah 53:2, Zechariah 6:12, Revelation 5:5, Revelation 22:16
of Jesse: Isaiah 11:10, Ruth 4:17, 1 Samuel 17:58, Matthew 1:6-16, Luke 2:23-32, Acts 13:22, Acts 13:23, Romans 15:12
a Branch: Isaiah 4:2, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 33:15, Zechariah 3:8, Zechariah 6:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 49:10 - until Exodus 40:12 - General Numbers 17:5 - blossom Ruth 4:14 - that his Ruth 4:22 - Jesse 1 Samuel 16:1 - Jesse 1 Samuel 16:13 - the Spirit 1 Samuel 20:27 - the son 1 Samuel 22:7 - the son of Jesse 2 Samuel 7:12 - I will set 2 Samuel 23:5 - to grow 1 Kings 2:33 - his house 1 Kings 11:39 - not for ever 1 Chronicles 2:12 - Jesse 2 Chronicles 9:8 - to do judgment 2 Chronicles 10:16 - David Job 14:7 - that it will sprout Psalms 80:15 - the branch Isaiah 16:5 - judging Isaiah 45:8 - let the earth Isaiah 48:16 - the Lord God Isaiah 59:21 - My spirit Jeremiah 50:20 - the iniquity Ezekiel 17:22 - highest Ezekiel 17:24 - have brought Ezekiel 19:11 - she had Ezekiel 34:23 - my servant Ezekiel 34:29 - I will Daniel 11:7 - out of Amos 9:11 - raise Micah 5:2 - yet Matthew 1:1 - the son of David Matthew 22:42 - The Son Mark 10:47 - thou Luke 1:69 - in Luke 1:78 - dayspring Luke 2:40 - filled Luke 3:32 - was the son of Jesse Luke 7:19 - Art Luke 18:38 - Jesus Luke 20:41 - Christ Luke 24:44 - in the prophets John 6:27 - for him John 7:27 - no man John 7:42 - not Acts 13:32 - how Acts 26:6 - the promise Romans 9:5 - of whom Hebrews 2:9 - Jesus Hebrews 7:14 - sprang
Cross-References
In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of hosts; one shall be called The City of the Sun.
For then I will turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him with one consent.
And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard them speaking in his own language.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,.... By which is meant, not Hezekiah, as R. Moses o the priest, and others, since he was now born, and must be at least ten or twelve years of age; but the Messiah, as both the text and context show, and as is owned by many Jewish writers p, ancient and modern: and he is called a "rod", either because of his unpromising appearance, arising "out of the stem of Jesse"; from him, in the line of David, when that family was like a tree cut down, and its stump only left in the ground, which was the case when Jesus was born of it: Jesse's family was at first but a mean and obscure one; it became very illustrious in David's time, and in some following reigns; from the Babylonish captivity, till the time of Christ, it was very low; and at the birth of Christ was low indeed, his supposed father being a carpenter, and his real mother Mary a poor virgin, dwelling at Nazareth; and it seemed very unlikely, under these circumstances, that he should be the King Messiah, and be so great as was foretold he should; and have that power, authority, and wisdom he had; and do such mighty works as he did; and especially be the author of eternal salvation; and bring forth such fruits, and be the cause of such blessings of grace, as he was: or else because of his kingly power and majesty, the rod or branch being put for a sceptre, and so a symbol of that; to which the Targum agrees, paraphrasing the words thus,
"and a King shall come forth from the sons of Jesse:''
and the sense is, that though Jesse's or David's family should be brought so very low as to be as the stem or stump of a tree, without a body, branches, leaves, and fruit; yet from thence should arise a mighty King, even the King Messiah, who is spoken of by so many august names and titles, Isaiah 9:6 and this is observed for the comfort of the people of Israel, when distressed by the Assyrians, as in the preceding chapter Isaiah 10:1; when those high ones, comparable to the loftiest cedars in Lebanon, and to the tallest trees in the forest, should be hewn down, a rod should come out of Jesse's stem, which should rise higher, and spread more than ever they did:
and a branch shall grow out of his roots; the roots of Jesse, out of his family, compared to the stump of a tree; meaning either his ancestors, as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Boaz, and Obed; or his posterity, as David, Joseph, and Mary; and so the Targum,
"and the Messiah shall be anointed (or exalted) from his children's children.''
The branch is a well known name of the Messiah; Isaiah 10:1- : the word Netzer, here used, is the name of the city of Nazareth q; which perhaps was so called, from the trees, plants, and grass, which grew here; and so our Lord's dwelling here fulfilled a prophecy, that he should be called a Nazarene; or an inhabitant of Netzer, Matthew 2:23. The Jews r speak of one Ben Netzer, who they say was a robber, took cities, and reigned over them, and became the head of robbers; and make s him to be the little horn in Daniel 7:8 and wickedly and maliciously say t he was Jesus; and yet, under all this wickedness, they tacitly own that Jesus of Nazareth is the Netzer this prophecy speaks of; the design of which is to show the meanness of Christ's descent as man, and that he should be as a root out of a dry ground,
Isaiah 53:2 or rather as a rod and branch out of a dry root.
o Apud Aben Ezra in loc. p Bereshit Rabba, sect. 85. fol. 75. 1. Midrash Tillim in Psal. lxxii. 1. Apud Yalkut Simeoni, par. 2. fol. 112. 2. Abarbinel, Mashmia Jeshua, fol. 8. 4. Aben Ezra, Jarchi, & Kimchi, in loc. Nachman. Disputat. cum Fratre Paulo, p. 53. q David de Pomis Lexic. p. 141. r T. Bab. Cetubot, fol. 51. 2. & Gloss. in ib. s Bereshit Rabba, sect. 76. fol. 67. 2. t Abarbinel in Dan. vii. 8. fol. 44. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And there shall come forth a rod - In the previous chapter, the prophet had represented the Assyrian monarch and his army under the image of a dense and flourishing forest, with all its glory and grandeur. In opposition to this, he describes the illustrious personage who is the subject of this chapter, under the image of a slender twig or shoot, sprouting up from the root of a decayed and fallen tree. Between the Assyrian, therefore, and the person who is the subject of this chapter, there is a most striking and beautiful contrast. The one was at first magnificent - like a vast spreading forest - yet should soon fall and decay; the other was the little sprout of a decayed tree, which should yet rise, expand and flourish.
A rod - (חטר choṭı̂r). This word occurs in but one other place; Proverbs 14:3 : ‘In the mouth of the foolish is a “rod” of pride.’ Here it means, evidently, a branch, a twig, a shoot, such as starts up from the roots of a decayed tree, and is synonymous with the word rendered “branch” (צמח tsemach) in Isaiah 4:2; see the Note on that place.
Out of the stem - (מגזע mı̂geza‛). This word occurs but three times in the Old Testament; see Job 14:8; where it is rendered “stock:”
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,
And the stock thereof die in the ground;
And in Isaiah 40:24 : ‘Yea, their “stock” shall not take root in the earth.’ It means, therefore, the stock or stump of a tree that has been cut down - a stock, however, which may not be quite dead, but where it may send up a branch or shoot from its roots. It is beautifully applied to an ancient family that is fallen into decay, yet where there may be a descendant that shall rise and flourish; as a tree may fall and decay, but still there may be vitality in the root, and it shall send up a tender germ or sprout.
Of Jesse - The father of David. It means, that he who is here spoken of should be of the family of Jesse, or David. Though Jesse had died, and though the ancient family of David would fall into decay, yet there would arise from that family an illustrious descendant. The beauty of this description is apparent, if we bear in recollection that, when the Messiah was born, the ancient and much honored family of David had fallen into decay; that the mother of Jesus, though pertaining to that family, was poor, obscure, and unknown; and that, to all appearance, the glory of the family had departed. Yet from that, as from a long-decayed root in the ground, he should spring who would restore the family to more than its ancient glory, and shed additional luster on the honored name of Jesse.
And a branch - (נצר nêtser). A twig, branch, or shoot; a slip, scion, or young sucker of a tree, that is selected for transplanting, and that requires to be watched with special care. The word occurs but four times; Isaiah 60:21 : ‘They shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting;’ Isaiah 14:19 : ‘But thou art cast out of thy grave as an abominable branch;’ Daniel 11:7. The word rendered branch in Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15, is a different word in the original (צמח tsemach), though meaning substantially the same thing. The word “branch” is also used by our translators, in rendering several other Hebrew words; “see” Taylor’s “Concordance.” Here the word is synonymous with that which is rendered “rod” in the previous part of the verse - a shoot, or twig, from the root of a decayed tree.
Out of his roots - As a shoot starts up from the roots of a decayed tree. The Septuagint renders this, ‘And a flower (ἄνθος anthos) shall arise from the root.’ The Chaldee, ‘And a king shall proceed from the sons of Jesse, and the Messiah from his sons’ sons shall arise;’ showing conclusively that the ancient Jews referred this to the Messiah.
That this verse, and the subsequent parts of the chapter, refer to the Messiah, may be argued from the following considerations:
(1) The fact that it is expressly applied to him in the New Testament. Thus Paul, in Romans 15:12, quotes the tenth verse of this chapter as expressly applicable to the times of the Messiah.
(2) The Chaldee Paraphrase shows, that this was the sense which the ancient Jews put upon the passage. That paraphrase is of authority, only to show that this was the sense which appeared to be the true one by the ancient interpreters.
(3) The description in the chapter is not applicable to any other personage than the Messiah. Grotius supposes that the passage refers to Hezekiah; though, ‘in a more sublime sense,’ to the Messiah. Others have referred it to Zerubbabel. But none of the things here related apply to either, except the fact that they had a descent from the family of Jesse; for neither of those families had fallen into the decay which the prophet here describes.
(4) The peace, prosperity, harmony and order, referred to in the subsequent portions of the chapter, are not descriptive of any portion of the reign of Hezekiah.
(5) The terms and dcscriptions here accord with other portions of the Scriptures, as applicable to the Messiah. Thus Jeremiah Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15 describes the Messiah under the similitude of a “branch, a germ or shoot - using, indeed, a different Hebrew word, but retaining the same idea and image; compare Zechariah 3:8. It accords also with the description by Isaiah of the same personage in Isaiah 4:2; see the note on the place.
(6) I may add, that nearly all commentators have referred this to the Messiah; and, perhaps, it would not be possible to find greater unanimity in regard to the interpretation of any passage of Scripture than on this.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XI
The Messiah represented as a slender twig shooting up from the
root of an old withered stem, which tender plant, so extremely
weak in its first appearance, should nevertheless become
fruitful and mighty, 1-4.
Great equity of the Messiah's government, 5.
Beautiful assemblages of images by which the great peace and
happiness of his kingdom are set forth, 6-8.
The extent of his dominion shall be ultimately that of the
whole habitable globe, 9.
The prophet, borrowing his imagery from the exodus from Egypt,
predicts, with great majesty of language, the future
restoration of the outcasts of Israel and the dispersed of
Judah, (viz., the whole of the twelve tribes of Israel,) from
their several dispersions, and also that blessed period when
both Jews and Gentiles shall assemble under the banner of
Jesus, and zealously unite in extending the limits of his
kingdom, 10-16.
NOTES ON CHAP. XI
The prophet had described the destruction of the Assyrian army under the image of a mighty forest, consisting of flourishing trees growing thick together, and of a great height; of Lebanon itself crowned with lofty cedars, but cut down and laid level with the ground by the axe wielded by the hand of some powerful and illustrious agent. In opposition to this image he represents the great Person who makes the subject of this chapter as a slender twig shooting out from the trunk of an old tree, cut down, lopped to the very root, and decayed; which tender plant, so weak in appearance, should nevertheless become fruitful and prosper. This contrast shows plainly the connexion between this and the preceding chapter, which is moreover expressed by the connecting particle; and we have here a remarkable instance of that method so common with the prophets, and particularly with Isaiah, of taking occasion, from the mention of some great temporal deliverance, to launch out into the display of the spiritual deliverance of God's people by the Messiah; for that this prophecy relates to the Messiah we have the express authority of St. Paul, Romans 15:12. 'He joins this paragraph, with respect to the days of the Messiah, with the fidelity that was in the days of Hezekiah." - Kimchi, in Isaiah 11:1. Thus in the latter part of Isaiah's prophecies the subject of the great redemption, and of the glories of the Messiah's kingdom, arises out of the restoration of Judah by the deliverance from the captivity of Babylon, and is all along connected and intermixed with it.
