Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Berean Standard Bible

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 He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.

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

Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Psalms 72:1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

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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