a root Lit. the root. The quotation is from Isaiah 11:10: verbatim with LXX. The Heb. reads, "It shall come to pass … the root of Jesse, which standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto it (or Him) shall the Gentiles seek." Here the LXX. forms a sufficient rendering of the substance of the Heb.

trust Lit. hope.

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