Isaiah 11:4

And He has judged the poor in righteousness, || And decided for the humble of earth in uprightness, || And has struck earth with the rod of His mouth, || And He puts the wicked to death with the breath of His lips.

Literal Standard Version

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

3To refresh Him in the fear of YHWH, || And He does not judge by the sight of His eyes, || Nor decides by the hearing of His ears.

5And righteousness has been the girdle of His loins, || And faithfulness—the girdle of His reins.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of YHWH has spoken by me, || And His word [is] on my tongue.

Job 4:9From the breath of God they perish, || And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.

Psalms 2:9You rule them with a scepter of iron, || You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”

Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, [is for] all time and forever, || A scepter of uprightness || [Is] the scepter of Your kingdom.

Psalms 72:1BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments to the king, || And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.

Psalms 76:10For the fierceness of man praises You, || You gird on the remnant of fierceness.

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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