Isaiah 11:5

And tzedek shall be the ezor (belt) of His loins, 1 and emunah (faithfulness) the ezor of His waist. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

In Context

4But with tzedek shall He judge the needy, 1 and reprove with mishor (equity, justice) for the anvei eretz: 1 and He shall strike the earth with the shevet of His mouth, 1 and with the Ruach of His lips shall he slay the reshah. 1

6The ze'ev (wolf) also shall dwell with the keves, 1 and the namer (leopard) shall lie down with the gedi (young goat); 1 and the egel and the lion whelp and the fatling together; 1 and a na'ar shall lead them. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 45:4Gird Thy cherev upon Thy side, O Gibbor, + 45:4 See Isa 9:6 [5] 1 with Thy hod (glory, splendor) and Thy hadar (majesty). 1

Psalms 93:1Hashem reigneth, 1 He is robed with majesty; 1 Hashem is clothed with strength, 1 wherewith He hath girded Himself; 1 the tevel (world) also is established, 1 that it cannot be moved. 1

Isaiah 25:1Hashem, Thou art Elohai; 1 I will exalt Thee, 1 I will praise Shimecha; 1 for Thou hast done peleh; + 25:1 See Isa 9:6 [5] 1 Thy etzot (plans) of old 1 are emunah omen (perfect faithfulness). 1

Hosea 2:20And in Yom Hahu will I make a brit (covenant) for them with the beasts of the sadeh and with the fowls of Shomayim, and with the creeping things of the adamah; and I will abolish the keshet and the cherev and the milchamah from ha'aretz, and will make them to lie down in betach (safety).

Ephesians 6:14Stand, therefore, having girded your waist with HaEmes and having put on the breastplate of Tzedek, + 6:14 Isa 11:5; Ps 132:9; Isa 59:17

1 Peter 4:1Therefore, als (since) Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach underwent bodily yissurim (sufferings), + 4:1 4:13 also you arm yourselves with the same way of thinking as Moshiach, because the one having suffered in the basar (flesh) has finished with chet (sin),

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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