Psa 80:15, Isa 4:2, 11:1-5, 40:9, 11, 53:2, Eze 17:2-10, 22-24, 34:29 | TSK | STEP | vineyard. the branch.Or, "the Son," {ben,} or as 18 MSS., LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic read, {ben adam,} "Son of man;" which the Targumist renders {makla mesheecha,} "the King Messiah."

Psalms 80:15

vineyard.

8; Isa 5:1,2; Jer 2:21; Mr 12:1; Joh 15:1

the branch.Or, "the Son," {ben,} or as 18 MSS., LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic read, {ben adam,} "Son of man;" which the Targumist renders {makla mesheecha,} "the King Messiah."

89:21; Isa 11:1; 49:5; Jer 23:5,6; Eze 17:22-24; Zec 3:8; 6:12

Isaiah 4:2

the branch.

11:1; 60:21; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Eze 17:22,23; Zec 3:8; 6:12

beautiful and glorious. Heb. beauty and glory.

Ex 28:2; Zec 9:17; Joh 1:14; 2Co 4:6; 2Pe 1:16

the fruit.

27:6; 30:23; 45:8; Ps 67:6; 85:11,12; Ho 2:22,23; Joe 3:18

them that are escaped. Heb. the escaping.

10:20-22; 27:12,13; 37:31,32; Jer 44:14,28; Eze 7:16; Joe 2:32

Ob 1:17; Mt 24:22; Lu 21:36; Ro 11:4,5; Re 7:9-14

Isaiah 11:1-5

1 The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Jesse.

10 The victorious restoration of Israel, and vocation of the Gentiles.

And there shall.The prophet having described the destruction of the Assyrian army under that of a mighty forest, here takes occasion to represent the Great Person, who makes the subject of this chapter, as a slender twig, shooting out of the trunk of an old tree; which tender twig, though weak in appearance, should become fruitful and prosper.

53:2; Zec 6:12; Re 5:5; 22:16

of Jesse.

10; Ru 4:17; 1Sa 17:58; Mt 1:6-16; Lu 2:23-32; Ac 13:22,23

Ro 15:12

a Branch.

4:2; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zec 3:8; 6:12

the Spirit.

42:1; 59:21; 61:1; Nu 11:25,26; Mt 3:16; Joh 1:32,33; 3:34; Ac 10:38

the spirit of wisdom.

De 34:9; Joh 14:17; 15:26; 16:13; 1Co 1:30; Eph 1:17,18; Col 1:8,9

Col 2:2,3; 2Ti 1:7; Jas 3:17,18

shall make him.

33:6; Pr 2:5,9; Lu 2:52

understanding. Heb. scent. or, smell.

Job 12:11; 34:3; Php 1:9,10; Heb 5:14

and he shall not.

1Sa 16:7; 2Sa 14:17; 1Ki 3:9,28; Joh 7:24; 8:15,16; 1Co 2:13-15

1Co 4:3-5

But with.

32:1; 2Sa 8:15; 23:2-4; 1Ki 10:8,9; Ps 45:6,7; 72:1-4,12-14; 82:2-4

Jer 23:5,6; 33:15; Mt 11:5; Re 19:11

reprove. or, argue.

1:17; Pr 31:8,9; Jer 5:28

for the meek.

29:19; 61:1; Zep 2:3; Mt 5:5; 2Co 10:1; Ga 5:23; Tit 3:2; Jas 3:13

and he shall.

Job 4:9; Ps 2:9; 110:2; Mal 4:6; 2Th 2:8; Re 1:16; 2:16; 19:15

with the breath.

30:33; Ps 18:8; Ac 9:1

righteousness.

59:17; Ps 93:1; 2Co 6:7; Eph 6:14; 1Pe 4:1; Re 1:13

and faithfulness.

25:1; Ho 2:20; Heb 2:17; 1Jo 1:9; Re 3:14

Isaiah 40:9

O Zion, that bringest good tidings. or, O thou that tellestgood tidings to Zion.

41:27; 52:7; Ezr 1:1,2; Lu 24:47; Ro 10:18

get.

Jud 9:7; 1Sa 26:13,14; 2Ch 13:4

O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings. or, O thou thattellest good tidings to Jerusalem. lift up.

52:8; 58:4; Jer 22:20; Ac 2:14

be not.

35:3,4; 51:7,12; Ac 4:13,29; 5:41,42; Eph 6:19; Php 1:28,29

1Pe 3:14

Behold.

12:2; 25:9; 1Ti 3:16; 1Jo 5:20,21

Isaiah 40:11

feed.

49:9,10; 63:11; Ge 49:24; Ps 23:1-6; 78:71,72; 80:1; Eze 34:12-14

Eze 34:23,31; 37:24; Mic 5:4; Joh 10:11-16; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25

1Pe 5:4; Re 7:17

he shall gather.

42:3; Ge 33:13; Eze 34:16; Joh 21:15-17; 1Co 3:1,2

shall gently lead.A beautiful image, as Bp. Lowth remarks, expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, Ge 33:13; which is set in a still stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin: "Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength enough to follow."

are with young. or, give suck.

Isaiah 53:2

he shall grow.

11:1; Jer 23:5; Eze 17:22-24; Zec 6:12; Mr 6:3; Lu 2:7,39,40,51,52

Lu 9:58; Ro 8:3; Php 2:6,7

he hath no.

52:14; Mr 9:12; Joh 1:10-14; 9:28,29; 18:40; 19:5,14,15; 1Pe 2:14

Ezekiel 17:2-10

20:49; Jud 9:8-15; 14:12-19; 2Sa 12:1-4; Ho 12:10; Mt 13:13,14,35

Mr 4:33,34; 1Co 13:12

A great.Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his towering ambition and rapaciousness.

7,12-21; De 28:49; Jer 4:13; 48:40; 49:16; La 4:19; Ho 8:1; Mt 24:28

great wings.Extensive empire, both in length and breadth.

Da 2:38; 4:22; 7:4

full.Numerous subjects, of various nations, and of different languages and manners.

divers colours. Heb. embroidering. came.Came against Judah and Jerusalem.

12; 2Ki 24:10-16; 2Ch 36:9,10; Jer 22:23-28; 24:1

the highest.Jeconiah, whom he took captive to Babylon.

the cedar.The royal and ancient family of David.

the top.The princes of Judah.

into.

Isa 43:14; 47:15; Jer 51:13; Re 18:3,11-19

a land. Chaldea. a city.Babylon, which by means of the Euphrates and Tigris, had communications with the richest and most distant nations.

the seed.Zedekiah, brother to Jeconiah.

13; 2Ki 24:17; Jer 37:1

planted it in a fruitful field. Heb. put it in a field ofseed. Made him king of Judea.

De 8:7-9

he placed.Made him dependent on Babylon, the city of great waters, as the willow is on humidity.

19:11,12; Isa 15:7; 44:4

it grew.

14; Pr 16:18,19

whose.The Jewish state had then no height of dominion; and Zedekiah was wholly dependent on Nebuchadnezzar.

another.Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, king of Egypt.

15; 2Ki 24:20; 2Ch 26:13; Jer 37:5-7

did bend.Looked to him for support, in his intended rebellion.

soil. Heb. field.

5,6

and that.Though he was dependent on Babylon, yet he was in such a situation as would have enabled him to reign in credit, and be useful to his people.

Shall it.Shall he succeed in casting off the yoke of the king of Babylon, to whom he had sworn fealty?

10,15-17; Nu 14:41; 2Ch 13:12; 20:20; Isa 8:9,10; 30:1-7; 31:1-3

Jer 32:5

shall he.He shall come and dethrone him, and carry him captive.

2Ki 25:4-7; Jer 21:4-7; 24:8-10; 29:4-7; 52:7-11

the fruit.The children of Zedekiah.

even.

Jer 37:10

shall it.

19:12-14; Ho 12:1; 13:15; Mt 21:19; Mr 11:20; Joh 15:6; Jude 1:12