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Isaiah 11:7

And the cow and the bear shall feed, all the bloodthirstiness of the latter forgotten; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox, his nature so completely changed that he is no longer a carnivorous, but a herbivorous animal.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 11:7. In this verse a word is omitted in the text, יחדו _yachdav, together_; which ought to be repeated in the second hemistich, being quite necessary to the sense. It is accordingly twic...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE COW AND THE BEAR SHALL FEED - That is, together. Animals that by nature do not dwell together, where by nature the one would be the prey of the other, shall dwell together - animage of safety...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This remarkable prophecy of the idyllic state of the brute creation is imitated in the Sibylline Oracles (3:766 ff.) and more faintly echoed in the Fourth and Fifth Eclogues of Vergil. Similarly, an A...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Cf. Isaiah 65:25. _shall feed_ Better, SHALL GRAZE, unless we are to supply "alike" as in Isaiah 65:25. Some critics prefer to read "shall associate together," with a small alteration of the text....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 876 THE CHANGE TO BE WROUGHT BY THE GOSPEL IN THE LATTER DAY Isaiah 11:6. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young li...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE WOLF ALSO SHALL DWELL WITH THE LAMB— We have here the illustrious consequence of the oeconomy of this divine kingdom, this kingdom of righteousness, equity, faith, and grace. Who can wonder that a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. AND THE COW AND THE BEAR SHALL FEED - together taken from the second clause...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The *Messiah’s arrival will bring about perfect harmony (peace and calm) in all life. This includes the animals, especially those animals that are natural enemies. No person or animal will be afraid o...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ פָרָ֤ה וָ דֹב֙ תִּרְעֶ֔ינָה יַחְדָּ֖ו יִרְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Spiritual blessings are promised, under figurative expressions. Such are the blessed effects introduced into the circumstances of mankind by the gospel of Christ, that, like the beasts of the forest t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE COW AND THE BEAR SHALL FEED,.... That is, together, in one church state, at one table, or in one pasture, upon the wholesome food of the Gospel, the salutary doctrines of Christ; who though be...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. Ver. 7. _And the cow and the bear shall feed._] An allegorical description of...

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

    _The wolf shall dwell with the lamb_, &c. “We have here the illustrious consequence of the economy of this divine kingdom, this kingdom of righteousness, equity, faith, and grace.” The expressions whi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SHALL FEED TOGETHER, as it follows, without any danger or fear. THE LION SHALL EAT STRAW, the grass and fruits of the earth, as they did at first, GENESIS 1:29,30, and shall not devour other living cr...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 11:7 cow H6510 bear H1677 graze H7462 (H8799) ones H3206 down H7257 (H8799) together H3162 lion...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb_ A PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY I. THE MORAL VARIETIES OF THE RACE. Men are here represented by irrational creatures, differing immensely in their organisations, thei...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 11:6 THE EARTH SHALL BE FULL OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD. The One whom Israel rejected as unhelpful renews the world (see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 32:15; Genesis 41:18; Genesis 41:2; Hosea 2:18; Isaiah 2:6;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Feed — Together, without any danger or fear. Straw — The grass of the earth, as they did at first, and shall not devour other living creatures....

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