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Isaiah 11:2

David did many great things for his people. But his own life was not perfect (see 2 Samuel Chapter s 11 to 12).

• God’s Spirit will provide the king that is coming with special gifts (skills) and qualities. Other national leaders can only pretend to possess such qualities.

Peace at last

v6 Fierce animals will live calmly with young sheep and young goats. v7 Cows and bears will feed together. Lions will eat straw as the farmer’s animals do. And a little child will look after them. v8 Young children will play safely near the hole of a poisonous snake. They will even put their hands on its nest. v9 Nobody will hurt or destroy anywhere on my holy mountain. For the land will be as full of the knowledge about the *Lord as the waters fill the sea.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SPIRIT. Hebrew. App-9. Same word as Isaiah 11:4, " breath" and Isaiah 11:15 "wind". THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. REST UPON HIM. Compare Isaiah 61:1. A prophecy which is appropriated by Christ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Leaving the figure Isaiah here indicates the character of the future Ruler. The gifts of the divine Spirit bestowed upon Him are arranged in three pairs, the first pair indicating perfection of intell...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ נָחָ֥ה עָלָ֖יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֑ה ר֧וּחַ חָכְמ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    _And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him. _He now begins to speak of Christ plainly and without a figure; for it was enough to have represented the consolation under that figure, in order that...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 11:2 Spirit H7307 LORD H3068 rest H5117 (H8804) Spirit H7307 wisdom H2451 understanding H998 Spirit H7307 counse

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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