--- title: "Isaiah 11 - Study King James Bible with cokes commentary on the holy bible" description: "Read Isaiah 11 with cokes commentary on the holy bible commentary. 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, t" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/isaiah/11" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/11)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/11)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/11) Audio 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 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.* 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.* 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 10 ¶ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.* 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, *that* the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.* 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.*** 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make *men* go over dryshod.* 16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. [Isaiah 10](/study/isaiah/10) [Isaiah 12](/study/isaiah/12) ## Commentary To verse 1 ***[Isaiah 11:1](/kjv/isaiah/11/1)*****.*****And there shall come forth a rod*****—** The fifth section of the fifth discourse, beginning here, and concluding with the next chapter, is twofold: in the first part, the kingdom of Jesus Christ is described; in what manner, arising from the smallest beginnings, it should go on to increase, till at length it should attain the highest perfection, [Isaiah 11:1-9](/kjv/isaiah/11/1-9). In the second part are set forth some remarkable events of that kingdom, illustrating its glory, with their consequences, Isa 11:10 to chap. [Isaiah 12:6](/kjv/isaiah/12/6). The first part again is twofold: 1st, Exhibiting to us the king or ruler of this glorious kingdom, Isa 11:1-3 who is described by his birth, and humble state after his birth; Isa 11:1 by his qualities, eminent endowments, or virtues; [Isaiah 11:2](/kjv/isaiah/11/2); Isa 3:2 nd, We have the entire oeconomy of this kingdom, Isa 11:4-9 where this oeconomy is set forth, as well with respect to the true subjects of the kingdom,—ver. 4 to the middle, as with respect to its enemies and adversaries, in the remainder of the 4th verse. The reason and foundation of that oeconomy are delivered in the fifth verse; after which are set forth the excellent consequences, that is to say, the flourishing and desirable state of the kingdom, to be known from its attributes; among which are *peace and concord*among the subjects of every different kind and nation, combining in one faith, and performing obedience to the same king, Isa 11:6-8 and also the removal and destruction of all those hurtful and destructive things from which the kingdom might apprehend any detriment, together with the exuberance of the knowledge of God and his ways, [Isaiah 11:9](/kjv/isaiah/11/9). There can be no doubt, from the particle *and,*and from the manifest opposition of the sentences, that this prophesy is in immediate connection with that preceding. After the prophet had said that the Assyrian *forest*and *tree*should be entirely cut off and destroyed, ch. Isa 10:33-34 he observes, that it shall be very different with the house of David; from whose *trunk,*though cut down, a king shall arise and flourish, who shall subject the whole world to himself. From a review of ch. Isa 9:4-6 [Isaiah 16:4-5](/kjv/isaiah/16/4-5) Isa 31:8-9 Isa 32:1 the connection of these chapters will appear more evident. The prophet, borne away by the divine Spirit, saw more in the breaking of the Assyrian yoke, and the deliverance procured for the church in the time of Hezekiah by the hand of God, than is seen by the carnal eye: he beheld in this remarkable event an example of the true deliverance and vengeance which the Son of God, about to erect his kingdom in this world, would hereafter perform for his church: the whole scheme of that divine oeconomy was before his eyes: he saw the anti-type in the type; the truth in the figure; in the example of the deliverance from Assyria, an image of the true and perfect deliverance: in the fall of the king of Assyria he contemplated the fall of all the enemies, and of Satan, the chief of those enemies, who have opposed themselves to God and his kingdom in the world, from the birth of the church; and thence, in prophetic rapture, having mentioned the overthrow of the Assyrian, leaping over the intermediate times and events, he thus continues his prophesy: *And there shall come forth a rod from the trunk of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.*We may just remark, that a continued prophetic oration often coheres less with the parts preceding, than with the thoughts of the prophet, with which it ought truly to be connected; whence those various transitions so observable in all the prophetic writings; for, as the prophets thought more than they spoke or wrote, they left their discourse to be supplied by their readers and hearers; which is to be prudently interpreted, according to the analogy and history of other prophesies: as here when it is said, *And Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one; and there shall come forth a rod from the trunk of Jesse;*we are thus to understand it, according to the mind and ideas of the prophet, *"And after their fall, and other notable events,*to happen in process of time, according to their order; among which will be the Babylonish captivity, the departure of the sceptre of the house of David, the kingdom of the Asmoneans, and afterwards of the Herods, to be joined with the remarkable humiliation of the house of David; *a rod shall come forth from this trunk of David,*so cut down and reduced, under whose kingdom the church shall obtain a perfect deliverance." See Vitringa, where many examples of a similar connection are produced. The metaphorical expressions made use of in this verse are designed to set forth, not only the humble birth of the Messiah from the family of David, when that family was greatly reduced, the posterity of Jesse being few only, and the kingdom of David destroyed; but that he should be born in such a way, by virtue of the promise given to the fathers, that in his birth something divine might be observed, and a great expectation of him should be raised from his origin and first appearance. See [John 7:42](/kjv/john/7/42). 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