Isaiah 11:10 - Exposition

There shall he a root of Jesse . The "root" of this place is the same as the "rod" and "branch" of Isaiah 11:1 . The "rod" springs up out of a "root," and is inseparably connected with it. Which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; rather, of the peoples . The "rod" shall lift itself up, and become an ensign, seen from afar, and attracting to itself the attention of "the peoples" or "nations" generally. The Acts and Epistles show how speedily this prophecy was fulfilled. Greeks, Romans, Galatians, Cappadoeians, Babylonians ( 1 Peter 5:13 ), saw the ensign, and sought to it. His rest shall be glorious ; rather, his resting-place ; i.e. his Church, with which he abides forever ( Matthew 28:20 ). The Shechinah of his presence makes the Church "glorious" (literally, "a glory") throughout all ages; but the glory will not fully appear till the time of the "new heavens and new earth" ( Isaiah 65:17 ; Roy. 21; 22.), when he will dwell visibly with it.