- 1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
- 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;
- 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:
- 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.
- 5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
KING JAMES VERSION
ISAIAH 11
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Isaiah 11 — The Branch from Jesse judges in righteousness, brings peace throughout creation, and gathers the scattered remnant.
About this illustration
The peaceful animals, child, rooted shoot, and gathering highway combine the chapter’s prophetic images. The ruler is not a portrait claim, and dangerous animals remain calm as the text declares.
Scripture basis: Isaiah 11:1–16King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Archaeological Evidence
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Third century BC–first century AD
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Third century AD
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Late first century BC
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Hasmonean period, approximately first century BC
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1948
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PROPHECY EVENTUnfolding
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PROPHECY EVENTYet to come
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