Isaiah 11:6-16

6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling^[a] together; and a little child will lead them.

7 The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den, and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.

9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORDas the waters cover the sea.

10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.

11 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush,^[b] from Elam, from Babylonia,^[c] from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.

12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.

13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, and Judah’s enemies^[d] will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west; together they will plunder the people to the east. They will subdue Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

15 The LORD will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River. He will break it up into seven streams so that anyone can cross over in sandals.

16 There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.

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Isaiah 11:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 11

This chapter is a prophecy of the Messiah, and gives an account of his descent, as man; of his qualifications for his office, as a Judge and King; of his performance of it; of the peaceableness of his kingdom; of the spread of it among the Gentiles, by the preaching of the Gospel; and of the last and general conversion of the Jews. His original and descent from David the son of Jesse, under the titles of a rod and branch, is described as mean and obscure, expressed by stem and roots, Isa 11:1 his gifts and qualifications for his work, in general and particular, Isa 11:2 the performance of it, both with respect to good men and bad men, in the fear of the Lord, with all equity, righteousness, and readiness, Isa 11:3-5 the peaceableness of his kingdom is figuratively expressed, by the agreement of savage and tame creatures, the former becoming the latter, and so losing their malignant and hurtful nature, through the efficacy of the Gospel, spreading the knowledge of Christ all over the world, Isa 11:6-9 particularly among the Gentiles, comparable to those savage creatures, who, upon the exhibition of Christ in the Gospel; should seek to him, and find rest in him, Isa 11:10 which will be followed or accompanied with a collection of the Jews out of all lands, and the conversion of them, which will be brought about by the power and grace of God, all impediments being by him removed out of the way; the consequences of which will be, peace among themselves, and obedience among the Gentiles, Isa 11:11-16.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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Cross References 45

1. Isaiah 65:25
2. S Job 40:15
3. Isaiah 65:20
4. Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 30:6; Isaiah 59:5
5. S Numbers 25:12; S Isaiah 2:4; S Isaiah 9:7; Job 5:23
6. S Psalms 48:1; S Isaiah 2:2
7. 1 Samuel 17:46; Psalms 98:2-3; Isaiah 45:22; Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah 52:10
8. Exodus 7:5; Isaiah 19:21; Isaiah 45:6,14; Isaiah 49:26; Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremiah 31:34; Habakkuk 2:14
9. S Isaiah 10:20
10. S ver 1
11. S Psalms 20:5; Isaiah 18:3; Jeremiah 4:6; John 12:32
12. Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 56:3,6; Isaiah 60:5,10; Luke 2:32; Acts 11:18
13. Romans 15:12*
14. S Psalms 116:7; Isaiah 14:3; Isaiah 28:12; Isaiah 32:17-18; Isaiah 40:2; Jeremiah 6:16; Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 46:27
15. Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 2:5
16. S Isaiah 10:20
17. S Deuteronomy 30:4; S Isaiah 1:9
18. Isaiah 19:24; Hosea 11:11; Micah 7:12; Zechariah 10:10
19. Jeremiah 44:1,15; Ezekiel 29:14; Ezekiel 30:14
20. S Genesis 10:6; Acts 8:27
21. S Genesis 10:22
22. S Isaiah 10:9
23. Isaiah 24:15; Isaiah 41:1,5; Isaiah 42:4,10,12; Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 59:18; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 66:19
24. Isaiah 49:12; Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 46:27; Ezekiel 38:8; Zechariah 8:7
25. S Psalms 20:5
26. Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 54:7; Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 31:10; Jeremiah 32:37
27. S Nehemiah 1:9; S Psalms 106:47; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 49:5
28. Ezekiel 28:25; Zephaniah 3:10
29. S Psalms 48:10; Psalms 67:7; Isaiah 41:5; Revelation 7:1
30. S 2 Chronicles 28:6; Jeremiah 3:18; Eze 37:16-17,22; Hosea 1:11
31. S 2 Chronicles 26:6; S 2 Chronicles 28:18
32. S Judges 6:3
33. S Numbers 24:18; S Psalms 137:7; Isaiah 34:5-6; Isaiah 63:1; Jeremiah 49:22; Ezekiel 25:12; Daniel 11:41; Joel 3:19; Obadiah 1:1; Malachi 1:4
34. Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:14; Isaiah 25:10; Jeremiah 48:40; Zephaniah 2:8-11
35. Judges 11:14-18
36. Isaiah 25:3; Isaiah 60:12
37. S Exodus 14:22; S Deuteronomy 11:10; Isaiah 37:25; Isaiah 42:15; Jeremiah 50:38; Jeremiah 51:36
38. S Genesis 41:6
39. Isaiah 19:16; Isaiah 30:32
40. S Isaiah 7:20
41. S Exodus 14:29
42. Isaiah 19:23; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 49:11; Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah 62:10; Jeremiah 50:5
43. S Genesis 45:7
44. S ver 11
45. Exodus 14:26-31

Footnotes 4

[a]. Hebrew; Septuagint "lion will feed"
[b]. That is, the upper Nile region
[c]. Hebrew "Shinar"
[d]. Or "hostility"

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