Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he reprooue for the meeke of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lippes shall he slay the wicked.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
5And iustice shall be ye girdle of his loynes, and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reines.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his worde was in my tongue.
Job 4:9With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.
Psalms 2:9Thou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell.
Psalms 45:6Thy throne, O God, is for euer and euer: the scepter of thy kingdome is a scepter of righteousnesse.
Psalms 72:1A Psalme of Salomon. Give thy iudgements to the King, O God, and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne.
Psalms 76:10Surely the rage of man shall turne to thy praise: the remnant of the rage shalt thou restrayne.
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 →