Isaiah 11:9-10

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 11:10-16

We have here a further prophecy of the enlargement and advancement of the kingdom of the Messiah, under the type and figure of the flourishing condition of the kingdom of Judah in the latter end of Hezekiah's reign, after the defeat of Sennacherib. I. This prediction was in part accomplished when the great things God did for Hezekiah and his people proved as an ensign, inviting the neighbouring nations to them to enquire of the wonders done in the land, on which errand the king of Babylon's... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 11:10

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse ,.... The Messiah, so called, either with respect to his human nature, who was to spring from Jesse; so the Targum, "and there shall be at that time a son of the sons of Jesse;' who, when incarnate, was like a root under ground, hidden to men, as to the glory of his person, and the fulness of his grace, and was mean, abject, and contemptible in their view; or rather with respect to his divine nature, just as he is called "the root and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 11:10

A root of Jesse, which shall stand etc. "The root of Jesse, which standeth," etc. - St. John hath taken this expression from Isaiah, Revelation 5:5 , and Revelation 22:16 , where Christ hath twice applied it to himself. Seven MSS. have עומד omed , standing, the present participle. Radix Isaei dicitur jam stare, et aliquantum stetisse, in signum populorum . - Vitringa. "The root of Jesse is said to stand, and for some time to have stood, for an ensign to the people." Which rightly... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:6-9

Messiah's kingdom, when fully realized, shall be one of perfect peace. " They shall neither hurt nor destroy in all his holy mountain." Primarily, no doubt, the passage is figurative, and points to harmony among men, who, in Messiah's kingdom, shall no longer prey one upon another (see especially Isaiah 11:9 ). But, from the highest spiritual standpoint, the figure itself becomes a reality, and it is seen that, if in the "new heavens and new earth" there is an animal creation, it will be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:6-9

The intensive and extensive power of the gospel. I. THE INTENSIVE POWER OF DIVINE TRUTH . More power is needful 1. Individual instances abound of the conversion of notorious drunkards, of savage prize-fighters, of shameless courtesans, of ribald atheists, of those who were abandoned by all, and who abandoned themselves to hopeless sin, of men who were the terror of their tribe or of their district, etc. Therefore we need not and we should not despair of those who are living... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:9

My holy mountain . As the Jewish Church is always bound up with the "holy hill of Zion," so the Messianic one receives the designation of "the mountain of the Lord" ( Isaiah 2:3 ; Isaiah 30:29 ; Micah 4:2 ), or "the holy mountain" ( Zechariah 8:3 ). What was physically true of the type is transferred to the antitype, which is "a city set upon a hill" in a certain sense. The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord (romp. Habakkuk 2:14 ; Joel 2:28 ; Matthew 28:1-20 ... read more

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