Isaiah 11:1
And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
In Context
Cross References
Ruth 4:17And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Chronicles 2:12And Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse,
Isaiah 4:2In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel.
Isaiah 11:10And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
Jeremiah 23:5See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
Ezekiel 17:22This is what the Lord has said: Further, I will take the highest top of the cedar and put it in the earth; cutting off from the highest of his young branches a soft one, I will have it planted on a high and great mountain;
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 11:1
It is a very good transition in prophecy (whether it be so in rhetoric or no), and a very common one, to pass from the prediction of the temporal deliverances of the church to that of the great salvation, which in the fulness of time should be wrought out by Jesus Christ, of which the other were types and figures, to which all the prophets bore witness; and so the ancient Jews understood them. For what else was it that raised so great an expectation of the Messiah at the time he came. Upon occasion of the prophecy… Read the whole commentary →