And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins and faithfulness, upon which His believers may rely with full confidence, the girdle of His reins, holding up His clothes at His hips. Even as the girdle confined the wide garments of the ancients and enabled them to work, run, and fight without hindrance, so the Messiah furthers His cause and makes use of His full strength by righteousness and truth. The conditions of His reign are now described.
Verse Isaiah 11:5. _THE GIRDLE _- "The cincture"] All the ancient Versions, except that of _Symmachus_, have two different words for _girdle_ in the two hemistichs. It is not probable that Isaiah wou...
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE THE GRIDLE OF HIS LOINS - The sense of this verse is plain. He will always exhibit himself as a just and faithful king. “The girdle of the loins” refers to the cincture, or...
CHAPTER 11 The Coming King and His Kingdom 1. _The King: Who He is and what He will do (Isaiah 11:1)_ 2. _The peace and blessing He brings (Isaiah 11:6)_ 3. The gathering of scattered Israel (Isaiah...
THE MESSIAH'S DIVINE EQUIPMENT. If the reference to the hewn stump of David's house implies the overthrow of the monarchy, the passage presumably is not Isaiah's. This inference, perhaps, is not neces...
Isaiah 11:1-9. The Messiah and His Kingdom It is interesting to compare this passage with ch. Isaiah 9:1-7. There the delineation of the Messianic age starts from its broadest and most general featur...
Thus equipped with all the personal qualities needful for his high office, the ideal King will exercise a perfectly just and equitable government over his subjects. The Hebrew conception of kingship i...
"Righteousness" and "faithfulness" are the strength of the Messiah's government (ch. Isaiah 9:7). The girdle is the symbol of resolute and vigorous action. Comp. the "girdle of truth" in Ephesians 6:1...
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE THE GIRDLE OF HIS LOINS— We have here the basis and foundation of this oeconomy, namely, the justice and fidelity of the king. _Girdles_ were worn by the easterns both for o...
CHAPTER ELEVEN E. PROGRAM OF IMMANUEL 1. DIVINE DIRECTION TEXT: Isaiah 11:1-9 1 And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit: 2 and...
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE THE GIRDLE OF HIS LOINS - (; .) The antitypical High Priest (). Faithfulness t...
THE GIRDLE] stands for readiness for action—He shall be always ready for righteousness and faithfulness....
1. ROD OUT OF THE STEM] RV 'shoot out of the stock,' implying that the tree has been cut down. The Assyrians have been compared in the vv. preceding to cedars, which when felled throw out no fresh suc...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 11 THE KING WHO IS COMING V1 Like a branch that grows from a *stump...
RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE THE GIRDLE OF HIS LOINS... — The image of clothing as the symbol of habit or character was already familiar (Psalms 109:18). The repetition of “girdle” has needlessly offended s...
וְ הָ֥יָה צֶ֖דֶק אֵזֹ֣ור מָתְנָ֑יו וְ הָ
BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assyrian...
THE KINGDOM OF THE MESSIAH Isaiah 10:33-34; Isaiah 11:1-9 The advance of the Assyrian along the great north road is graphically described. It was marked by raided villages and towns. The night sky wa...
In this section the prophet's eyes are lifted toward the light of a far-off day. With judgment imminent, he yet sees the ultimate issue of it all. There is fist a description of a Coming One Isaiah 11...
_Reins. He shall possess these virtues, performing his promises with the strictest fidelity. (Calmet)_...
I beg the Reader to say, if it be not so, whether these divine perfections of our Lord were not introduced here in order that his people might behold in them their perfect security? And as a man's gir...
5._And righteousness shall be the belt. _(185) Some translate it _girdle_; but as the Prophet represents Christ to us wearing, as it were, the emblems of royalty, I have rather translated it _belt_, w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9:8-21, 10, 11, AND 12. In Isaiah 9:8 the Spirit, having given the great leading facts as to Messiah, Immanuel, resumes the general history of Israel without...
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE THE GIRDLE OF HIS LOINS,.... He shall be adorned with it, strengthened by it, and ready at all times to perform it; he loved righteousness, and did acts of righteousness thr...
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. Ver. 5. _And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins._] _Symbolum Regis hoc est,_ saith Scultetus....
_And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins_ It shall adorn him, and be the glory of his government, as a girdle was used for an ornament, Isaiah 3:24; and as an ensign of power, Job 12:18; an...
1-9 The Messiah is called a Rod, and a Branch. The words signify a small, tender product; a shoot, such as is easily broken off. He comes forth out of the stem of Jesse; when the royal family was cut...
SHALL BE THE GIRDLE OF HIS LOINS; it shall adorn him, and be the glory of his government, as a girdle was used for ornament, ISAIAH 3:24, and as an ensign of power, JOB 12:18; and it shall constantly...
Isaiah 11:5 Righteousness H6664 belt H232 loins H4975 faithfulness H530 belt H232 waist H2504 righteousness -...
THE COMING PARADISE (ISAIAH 11:5). And now, having depicted a situation where good will triumph and evil perish, where all will be just and right, where everything will be in accord with the holiness...
CONTENTS: Prophecy of the Davidic Kingdom and restoration of Israel. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: The great comfort in days of distress is the hope of the coming universal kingdom of...
Isaiah 11:1. _A rod out of the stem of Jesse._ See the note on Isaiah 4:2. David's house had been cut down by Jehu, and latterly by the invasion against Ahaz: chap. 7. Now a branch shall arise out of...
_And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins and faithfulness the girdle of His reins_ THE RIGHT GIRDLE I. We have the Saviour here represented in His RIGHTEOUSNESS. The Saviour was abstracted...
_And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him_ THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD חריס is the Divine Spirit as the bearer of the whole fulness Divine powers. Then follow in three pairs the six spirits compre...
_And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse_ A PROPHECY CONCERNING MESSIAH THE PRINCE I. HIS RISE OUT OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID (Isaiah 11:1). II. HIS QUALIFICATIONS FOR HIS GREAT UNDERT...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 11:5 RIGHTEOUSNESS... FAITHFULNESS. The Messiah will clothe himself with just decisions and consistent integrity. ⇐...
ISAIAH’S VISION OF THE KING AND OF HIS KINGDOM Chapter S 11 AND 12 This is one of the visions that Isaiah _saw_ (chap. Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 2:1, &c.). He was a dreamer of dreams. With a keen perception,...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 11:1 A RENEWED PROPHECY OF MESSIAH AND OF HIS KINGDOM. This chapter is closely connected with the preceding. With the final destruction of Assyria, which, being cut down, sends out...
Shall we turn to Isaiah, chapter 11, for the beginning of our study this evening. In the tenth chapter, the closing part of chapter 10 of Isaiah, and again, let me remind you that the chapter distinct...
1 John 1:9; 1 Peter 4:1; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:14; Hebrews 2:1
FROM THE CRADLE TO THE CROSS Isaiah 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Holy Spirit in various parts of the Old Testament gave us all that we need to know beforehand about the birth, the life, the death, a...
The girdle — It shall adorn him, and be the glory of his government, as a girdle was used for an ornament, Isaiah 3:24, and as an ensign of power, Job 12:18, and it shall constantly cleave to him in a...