Isaiah 11:6-9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 11:1-9

The prophet had before, in this sermon, spoken of a child that should be born, a son that should be given, on whose shoulders the government should be, intending this for the comfort of the people of God in times of trouble, as dying Jacob, many ages before, had intended the prospect of Shiloh for the comfort of his seed in their affliction in Egypt. He had said (Isa. 10:27) that the yoke should be destroyed because of the anointing; now here he tells us on whom that anointing should rest. He... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 11:6

And the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb ,.... This, and the three following verses Isaiah 11:7 , describe the peaceableness of the Messiah's kingdom; and which the Targum introduces in this manner, "in the days of the Messiah of Israel, peace shall be multiplied in the earth.' The wild and tame creatures shall agree together, and the former shall become the latter; which is not to be understood literally of the savage creatures, as if they should lose their nature, and be restored,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 11:7

And the cow and the bear shall feed ,.... That is, together, in one church state, at one table, or in one pasture, upon the wholesome food of the Gospel, the salutary doctrines of Christ; who though before of different dispositions, the one tame and gentle, useful and profitable, dispensing the milk of the divine word, and gracious experience; the other cruel and voracious, barbarous and inhuman, worrying the lambs and sheep of Christ; but now of the same nature, and having no ill will to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 11:8

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp ,.... Without fear or danger: and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den ; and suffer no damage: the meaning is explained in the next words, and to be understood of regenerate persons, both of new born babes, or just born, and all such who are weaned from their own righteousness, and live by faith on Christ, who shall not be hurt by the poison of false teachers, nor by the force of violent persecutors, now no... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 11:9

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain ,.... In the Church, so called, in allusion to the holy hill of Zion; in the latter day, after the destruction of antichrist, there will be no more persecution of the saints; they will be no more injured nor harassed by wicked men, comparable to the above mentioned creatures, either for their cruelty or cunning; the reason follows: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea : full of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 11:6

The wolf also shall, etc. "Then shall the wolf," etc. - The idea of the renewal of the golden age, as it is called, is much the same in the Oriental writers with that of the Greeks and Romans: - the wild beasts grow tame; serpents and poisonous herbs become harmless; all is peace and harmony, plenty and happiness: - Occidet et serpens, et fallax herba veneni Occidet. Vega. Eclog. 4:24. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 11:7

In this verse a word is omitted in the text, יחדו yachdav , together; which ought to be repeated in the second hemistich, being quite necessary to the sense. It is accordingly twice expressed by the Septuagint and Syriac. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 11:8

The cockatrice' den - This is supposed, both by the Targum and by Kimchi, to mean the pupil of this serpent's eye. "When," says Kimchi, "he is in the mouth of his den, in an obscure place, then his eyes sparkle exceedingly: the child, seeing this, and supposing it to be a piece of crystal, or precious stone, puts forth his hand to take it. What would be very dangerous at another time, shall be safe in the days of the Messiah; for the serpent will not hurt the child." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:1-9

A RENEWED PROPHECY OF MESSIAH AND OF HIS KINGDOM . This chapter is closely connected with the preceding. With the final destruction of Assyria, which, being cut down, sends out no shoot ( Isaiah 10:33 , Isaiah 10:34 ), is contrasted the recuperative energy of Israel, which, though equally leveled with the ground ( Isaiah 9:18 , Isaiah 9:19 ), shall spring afresh into life, and "renew its youth." The recovery is connected—or rather identified with the coming of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:1-9

The coming of the Messiah. I. HIS ORIGIN . "From Ishai's worn stem a shoot will sprout forth, and a green branch burst forth from his roots." From the stock of David, now fallen very low, the coming Deliverer will arise in all the vigor of youth. Seldom does the great man come but of some pure and generous strain of blood. Like some stream which, long hidden underground, reappears again in the daylight, or some vein of precious ore, recovered after some extensive "fault," so it was... read more

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