Isaiah 11:1

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,.... By which is meant, not Hezekiah, as R. Moses (o) the priest, and others, since he was now born, and must be at least ten or twelve years…

And there shall come forth a rod - In the previous chapter, the prophet had represented the Assyrian monarch and his army under the image of a dense and flourishing forest, with all its glory and…

The prophet had before, in this sermon, spoken of a child that should be born, a son that should be given, on whose shoulders the government should be, intending this for the comfort of the people of…

Isa 11:1-9. The Messiah and His Kingdom

It is interesting to compare this passage with ch. Isa 9:1-7. There the delineation of the Messianic age starts from its broadest and most general features the…