Isaiah 11:1-8

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

¹ There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of _l Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
² And _m 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.
³ And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
_n He shall not judge by _o what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by _o what his ears hear,
⁴ but _p with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall _q strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and _r with the breath of his lips _s he shall kill the wicked.
⁵ Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and _t faithfulness the belt of his loins.

⁶ _u 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.
⁷ The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
⁸ The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 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.
   Acts 13:23
   Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 61:1
   The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
   Matthew 3:16
   And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.
   Mark 1:10
   And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
   Luke 3:22
   And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.
   
3. Cross References
   John 7:24
   Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.
   
4. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 1:8
   All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
   
5. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 1:8
   All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
   
6. Cross References
   Psalms 72:2
   May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
   Psalms 72:4
   May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 2:9
   You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
   Malachi 4:6
   And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.
   
8. Cross References
   Job 4:9
   By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
   2 Thessalonians 2:8
   And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
   
9. Cross References
   Psalms 139:19
   Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!
   
10. Cross References
    Ephesians 6:14
    Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.
    
11. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:25
    The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the Lord.
    Hosea 2:18
    And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.