AND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stemme of Iesse, and a branch shal grow out of his rootes.

2And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest vpon him, the spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding, the spirit of counsell and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the feare of the Lord:

3And shal make him of quicke vnderstanding in the feare of the Lord, and he shall not iudge after the sight of his eyes, neither reproue after the hearing of his eares.

4But with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore, and reprooue with equitie, for the meeke of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rodde of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

5And righteousnesse shalbe the girdle of his loines, and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reines.

6The wolfe also shall dwell with the lambe, and the leopard shall lie downe with the kid: and the calfe and the yong lion, and the fatling together, and a litle child shall lead them.

7And the cow and the beare shall feed, their yong ones shall lie downe together: and the lyon shall eate straw like the oxe.

8And the sucking childe shall play on the hole of the aspe, and the weaned childe shall put his hand on the cockatrice denne.

9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountaine: for the earth shall bee full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters couer the sea.

10 And in that day there shall bee a roote of Iesse, which shall stand for an ensigne of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seeke, and his rest shall bee glorious.

11And it shall come to passe in that day, that the Lord shall set his hande againe the second time, to recouer the remnant of his people which shalbe left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, & from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the ylands of the Sea.

12And he shall set vp an ensigne for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Iudah, from the foure corners of the earth.

13The enuie also of Ephraim shal depart, and the aduersaries of Iudah shalbe cut off: Ephraim shall not enuie Iudah, and Iudah shall not vexe Ephraim.

14But they shall fly vpon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the West, they shall spoile them of the East together: they shall lay their hand vpon Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

15And the Lord shall vtterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and with his mighty wind shall hee shake his hand ouer the riuer, and shall smite it in the seuen streames, and make men goe ouer dry-shod.

16And there shalbe an high way for the remnant of his people, which shalbe left from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that hee came vp out of the land of Egypt.

I == Isa 4:2 ; 11:2 ; 53:2 ; Jer 23:5 ; Zech 6:12 ; Acts 13:23 ; Rev 5:5

II == Matt 3:16 ; John 1:32-33 ; 3:34

 

 

 

IV == Job 4:9 ; Ps 72:2 , 4 ; Mal 4:6 , 2nd Thess 2:8 ; Rev 1:16 ; 2:16 ; 19:11 , 15

 

V == Eph 6:14

 

 

VI == Ezek 34:25 ; Hos 2:18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IX == Job 5:23 ; Hab 2:14

 

 

X == Isa 2:11 ; 11:1 ; Rom 15:10 , 12 ; Heb 4:1

 

XI == Isa 2:11 ; Zech 10:10

 

 

 

 

 

XII == John 7:35 ; James 1:1

 

 

XIII == Jer 3:18 ; Ezek 37:16-17 , 22 ; Hos 1:11

 

XIV == Dan 11:41

 

 

 

XV == Zech 10:11 ; Rev 16:12

 

 

XVI == Ex 14:29 ; Isa 63:12-13

 

 

1 But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom.

2 The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, A spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD,

3 and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD. Not by appearance shall he judge, nor by hearsay shall he decide,

4 But he shall judge the poor with justice, and decide aright for the land's afflicted. He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

5 Justice shall be the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips.

6 Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; The calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them.

7 The cow and the bear shall be neighbors, together their young shall rest; the lion shall eat hay like the ox.

8 The baby shall play by the cobra's den, and the child lay his hand on the adder's lair.

9 There shall be no harm or ruin on all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the LORD, as water covers the sea.

10 On that day, The root of Jesse, set up as a signal for the nations, The Gentiles shall seek out, for his dwelling shall be glorious.

11 On that day, The Lord shall again take it in hand to reclaim the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria and Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, and Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the isles of the sea.

12 He shall raise a signal to the nations and gather the outcasts of Israel; The dispersed of Judah he shall assemble from the four corners of the earth.

13 The envy of Ephraim shall pass away, and the rivalry of Judah be removed; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not be hostile to Ephraim;

14 But they shall swoop down on the foothills of the Philistines to the west, together they shall plunder the Kedemites; Edom and Moab shall be their possessions, and the Ammonites their subjects.

15 The LORD shall dry up the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and wave his hand over the Euphrates in his fierce anger And shatter it into seven streamlets, so that it can be crossed in sandals.

16 There shall be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, As there was for Israel when he came up from the land of Egypt.

v 1. This points to the coming kingdom as in chapter 4. From the stump of Jesse, a  Branch, Heb. Netzer, may point to Nazareth as in Matt. 2:23, Christ, the Nazarene.

v 2. The Holy Spirit is the sevenfold Spirits of Rev. 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6: 1. Spirit of rest, or abiding spirit; 2. Spirit of wisdom; 3. Spirit of understanding; 4. Spirit of counsel; 5. Spirit of might; 6. Spirit of knowledge; 7. Spirit of fear of the Lord.

v 3-5. As World Ruler, Christ will rule - judge with righteousness and faithfulness.

 

 

v 6-9. The curse of sin will be partially removed because Christ will be dwelling here, and even the animals will be affected to live peaceably during the 1000 years. They will also all become vegetarians, not eating each other.

 

 

 

 

 

v  10. Israel will have a special place because of the Davidic Covenant, and others will also be blessed through them.

v 11,12. The first time of recovery was from Egypt, and while this speaks of the regathering from captivity, the main prophecy is the regathering of Israel from all over the world. The present move to Israel is only preliminary to the great regathering.

 

 

v 13-14. In the day of regathering the Northern and Southern kingdoms shall be reunited and work together to destroy their enemies round about.

 

 

v 15,16. At the beginning of the Millennium God will prepare the way for people of Israel to return from all over the world. The gulf of the Suez will be dried up and the Euphrates will be broken up into seven channels so that people can go over in shoes or sandals. (Cyrus divided the Gyndes River into 360 streams so it was easy to cross.)