Isaiah 11

King James Version · 16 verses · 771 cross-references linking it to 355 other chapters

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1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:81 cross-references: Jeremiah 23:5, Zechariah 6:12, Revelation 22:16, Revelation 5:5, Zechariah 3:8
2And 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;69 cross-references: Isaiah 61:1, John 16:13, Ephesians 1:17–18, 2 Timothy 1:7, Isaiah 42:1
3And 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:38 cross-references: John 7:24, Luke 2:52, John 8:15–16, 1 Samuel 16:7, Proverbs 2:5
4But 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.83 cross-references: 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 19:15, Malachi 4:6, Job 4:9, Proverbs 31:8–9
5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.29 cross-references: Ephesians 6:14, 1 John 1:9, Isaiah 25:1, 2 Corinthians 6:7, Isaiah 59:17
6The 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.38 cross-references: Isaiah 65:25, Hosea 2:18, Ezekiel 34:25, Galatians 3:26–27, Revelation 5:9–10
7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.5 cross-references: Psalms 140:3, Isaiah 59:5
9They 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.62 cross-references: Habakkuk 2:14, Isaiah 52:10, Micah 4:2–4, Psalms 98:2–3, Psalms 72:19
10And 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.94 cross-references: Romans 15:9–12, Luke 2:32, Isaiah 11:1, Matthew 2:1–2, Matthew 12:21
11And 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.130 cross-references: Micah 7:12, Romans 11:26, Zechariah 10:8–12, Hosea 3:4–5, Jeremiah 30:8–11
12And 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.39 cross-references: Zephaniah 3:10, Isaiah 56:8, Isaiah 43:6, Isaiah 11:10, Psalms 147:2
13The 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.22 cross-references: Jeremiah 3:18, Ezekiel 37:16–24, Hosea 1:11, Isaiah 9:21, Isaiah 7:1–6
14But 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.29 cross-references: Joel 3:19, Isaiah 25:10, Jeremiah 49:28, Daniel 11:41, Amos 9:12
15And 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.36 cross-references: Zechariah 10:11, Revelation 16:12, Isaiah 50:2, Isaiah 19:16, Isaiah 19:5–10
16And 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.28 cross-references: Isaiah 19:23, Isaiah 35:8–10, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 62:10, Exodus 14:26–29

Explained connections

The root and offspring of David Isaiah 11:1 and Revelation 22:16
Isaiah foresees a shoot growing from Jesse's stump, a new king from a cut-down dynasty. Near the end of the Bible Jesus calls himself both the root and the offspring of David — David's source and his descendant.
The Spirit rests upon him Isaiah 11:2 and Matthew 3:16
The coming branch of Jesse will have the Spirit of the LORD resting on him. At Jesus' baptism the Spirit descends and comes upon him, marking him as the Spirit-anointed king Isaiah described.
The Gentiles shall hope in him Isaiah 11:10 and Romans 15:12
Isaiah says the root of Jesse will stand as a banner to the peoples and the nations will seek him. Paul closes a chain of quotations with this verse to show that the Messiah's reign over Gentiles was always God's plan.
The earth full of the knowledge of the LORD Isaiah 11:9 and Habakkuk 2:14
Isaiah ends his vision of peace with the earth full of the knowledge of the LORD like the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk repeats the line almost word for word, a shared hope across the prophets.
The wolf and the lamb Isaiah 11:6 and Isaiah 65:25
Isaiah pictures predators and prey living in peace under the coming king. He returns to the image in his new-creation chapter, showing restored peace as part of God's final renewal.

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People in Isaiah 11

God, Jesse, Jesus Christ, Ephraim, Esau, Moab

Places in Isaiah 11

Egypt, Assyria, Elam, Shinar, Pathros, Hamath, Cush, Edom, Moab, River, Egyptian Sea