Isaiah 11:1

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of aJesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

Isaiah 53:2

2For he grew up before him like a young plant,
band like a root out of dry ground;
che had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.

Ezekiel 17:22-24

22Thus says the Lord God: d“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. eI will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and fI myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 gOn the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. hAnd under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; iI bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up jthe green tree, and make kthe dry tree flourish. lI am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”

Amos 9:11

The Restoration of Israel

11 “In that day mI will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,

Luke 2:4-7

4And Joseph also went up nfrom Galilee, from the town of oNazareth, to Judea, to pthe city of David, which is called qBethlehem, rbecause he was of the house and lineage of David, 5to be registered with Mary, his betrothed,
That is, one legally pledged to be married
who was with child.
6And twhile they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and uwrapped him in swaddling cloths and vlaid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in wthe inn.

1 Corinthians 1:27-28

27But xGod chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; yGod chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28God chose what is low and despised in the world, even zthings that are not, to aabring to nothing things that are,
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