Isaiah 11:1-9 - Exposition

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 Messiah, whose character is beautifully portrayed ( Isaiah 11:2-5 ). An elaborate description of Messiah's kingdom follows ( Isaiah 11:6-10 )—an expansion of the briefer one in Isaiah 2:3 , Isaiah 2:4 .