Isaiah 11:1
And there shall come forth a Khoter (Branch) out of the Geza (Stem, Stump, Stock) of Yishai, 1 and a Netzer + 11:1 Netzer — see Tzemach, Moshiach Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zech 3:8; 6:12; Ezra 3:8; which give as Moshiachʼs Namesake Yehoshua/Yeshua; compare Mt 2:23 (Branch) shall bear fruit of his roots: 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 shchenim gave him a name, saying, There is a ben born to Naomi; and they called his name Oved; he is the father of Yishai, the father of Dovid.
1 Chronicles 2:12And Boaz fathered Oved, and Oved fathered Yishai,
Isaiah 4:2In Yom Hahu shall the Tzemach Hashem + 4:2 Offshoot, Son; reference to the divine nature of the Tzemach or Son of Hashem be beautiful and glorious, + 4:2 See the Tzemach Dovid/ Hashem 1Y 1:7 and the p'ri ha'aretz shall be the ga'on (pride) and glory for them that are escaped + 4:2 See the word she'ar (remnant), Isa 11:10-11 of Yisroel.
Isaiah 11:10And in Yom HaHu there shall be a Shoresh Yishai, which shall stand for a nes (banner) for the peoples; to Him + 11:10 Moshiach will the Goyim seek; and His menucha (resting place) shall be kavod.
Jeremiah 23:5Hinei, the days come, saith Hashem, that I will raise up unto Dovid a Tzemach Tzaddik, + 23:5 i.e., Moshiach Ben Dovid Yehoshua, see 30:9; 33:15; Zech 3:8; Ezra 3:8; Zech 6:11-12; Mt 2:23; Isa 4:2; 9:2-7; 11:1-12; 53:2,11 ; Moshiach the new “Joshua” Isa 49:8 and a Melech shall reign and act wisely, and shall execute mishpat and tzedakah in ha'aretz.
Ezekiel 17:22Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will plant it; I will break off from the top of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon a high mountain and prominent;
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 →