Isaiah 11:1
And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a twig shall grow forth out of his roots.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 her neighbours gave it a name, saying: 'There is a son born to Naomi'; and they called his name Obed; he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Chronicles 2:12and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;
Isaiah 4:2In that day shall the growth of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
Isaiah 11:10And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous shoot, and he shall reign as king and prosper, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Ezekiel 17:22Thus saith the Lord GOD: Moreover I will take, even I, of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent;
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 →