Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity 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.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3And his delight will be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears;

5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue.

Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.

Psalms 2:9Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.

Psalms 45:6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:

Psalms 72:1{For Solomon.} O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

Psalms 76:10For the fury of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou gird on thyself.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 11:2-10

Prophecy of the Messiah; The Government of Messiah. ( b. c. 740.) 1 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… Read the whole commentary →

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