Isaiah 11:1
וְיָצָא חֹטֶר מִגֵּזַע יִשָׁי וְנֵצֶר מִשָּׁרָשָׁיו יִפְרֶֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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 4:17וַתִּקְרֶאנָה לוֹ הַשְּׁכֵנוֹת שֵׁם לֵאמֹר יֻלַּד ־ בֵּן לְנָעֳמִי וַתִּקְרֶאנָֽה שְׁמוֹ עוֹבֵד הוּא אֲבִי ־ יִשַׁי אֲבִי דָוִֽד ׃ פ
1 Chronicles 2:12וּבֹעַז הוֹלִיד אֶת ־ עוֹבֵד וְעוֹבֵד הוֹלִיד אֶת ־ יִשָֽׁי ׃
Isaiah 4:2בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִֽהְיֶה צֶמַח יְהוָה לִצְבִי וּלְכָבוֹד וּפְרִי הָאָרֶץ לְגָאוֹן וּלְתִפְאֶרֶת לִפְלֵיטַת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃
Isaiah 11:10וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא שֹׁרֶשׁ יִשַׁי אֲשֶׁר עֹמֵד לְנֵס עַמִּים אֵלָיו גּוֹיִם יִדְרֹשׁוּ וְהָיְתָה מְנֻחָתוֹ כָּבֽוֹד ׃ פ
Jeremiah 23:5הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם ־ יְהוָה וַהֲקִמֹתִי לְדָוִד צֶמַח צַדִּיק וּמָלַךְ מֶלֶךְ וְהִשְׂכִּיל וְעָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃
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 →