Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Isa. 11:1-16)
rod--When the proud "boughs" of "Lebanon" (Isaiah 10:33-34, the Assyrians) are lopped, and the vast "forests cut down" amidst all this rage, a seemingly humble rod shall come out of Jesse (Messiah), who shall retrieve the injuries done by the Assyrian "rod" to Israel (Isaiah 10:5-6, Isaiah 10:18-19).
stem--literally, "the stump" of a tree cut close by the roots: happily expressing the depressed state of the royal house of David, owing to the hostile storm (Isaiah 10:18-19), when Messiah should arise from it, to raise it to more than its pristine glory. Luke 2:7 proves this (Isaiah 53:2; compare Job 14:7-8; see on Isaiah 8:6).
Branch--Scion. He is nevertheless also the "root" (Isaiah 11:10; Revelation 5:5; Revelation 22:16. "Root and offspring" combines both, Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Genesis 49:10
Psalms 72:12-14
Psalms 89:47
Isaiah 4:2
Isaiah 11:9
Isaiah 11:10
Isaiah 14:29
Isaiah 37:35
Isaiah 40:24
Isaiah 53:2
Isaiah 57:21
Jeremiah 23:5
Ezekiel 17:22
Ezekiel 19:14
Ezekiel 34:29
Daniel 4:15
Micah 5:2
Zechariah 3:1
Zechariah 3:8
Matthew 2:23
Revelation 5:5
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