The Righteous Branch (Isaiah 11:1-[11)

 

 

  1. The Stump of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1)

 

Isaiah 10:32-34 (ESV)

32     This very day he will halt at Nob;

he will shake his fist

at the mount of the daughter of Zion,

the hill of Jerusalem.

33     Behold, the Lord God of hosts

will lop the boughs with terrifying power;

the great in height will be hewn down,

and the lofty will be brought low.

34     He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe,

and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.

Isaiah 11:1

 

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,

and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

  1. The Righteous Branch (Isaiah 11:2-5)

 

    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 the fear of the Lord.

    And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.

He shall not judge by what his eyes see,

or decide disputes by what his ears hear,

    but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,

and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;

and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,

and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

    Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,

and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

 

 

  1. The Curse Undone (Isaiah 11:6-9)

 

    The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,

and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,

and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;

and a little child shall lead them.

    The cow and the bear shall graze;

their young shall lie down together;

and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

    The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,

and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

    They shall not hurt or destroy

in all my holy mountain;

for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord

as the waters cover the sea.

 

 

  1. The Gathering of the Nations (Isaiah 11:10-11)

 

10 In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.

11 In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.