Isaiah 11:4
But he shall judge with righteousness the poor, and decide with equity for the suffering ones 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.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his hips.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me, and his word was upon my tongue.
Job 4:9Before the breathing of God they perish, and before the breath of his nostrils they come to their end.
Psalms 2:9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; like a potter's vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces.”
Psalms 45:6(45:7) Thy throne, given of God, endureth for ever and ever: the sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Psalms 72:1“By Solomon.” O God, give unto the king thy decisions, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Psalms 76:10(76:11) For the fury of man shall praise thee: the remainder of the fury wilt thou gird about thee.
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 →