Isaiah 11:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. ”

Isaiah 11:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And righteousness shall be the gridle of his loins - The sense of this verse is plain. He will always exhibit himself as a just and faithful king. “The girdle of the loins” refers to the cincture...
Isaiah 11:5 - 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 ne...
Isaiah 11:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. And righteousness shall be the belt. (185) Some translate it girdle; but as the Prophet represents Christ to us wearing, as it were, the emblems of royalty, I have rather translated it...
Isaiah 11:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. The girdle "The cincture" - All the ancient Versions, except that of Symmachus, have two different words...
Isaiah 11:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins— We have here the basis and foundation of this oeconomy, namely, the justice and fidelity of the king. Girdles were worn by the easterns both fo...
Isaiah 11:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins - ( Revelation 1:13 ; Revelation 19:11 .) The ant...
Isaiah 11:5 - 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...
Isaiah 11:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins... — The image of clothing as the symbol of habit or character was already familiar ( Psalms 109:18-19 ). The repetition of “girdle” has needlessly of...
Isaiah 11:5 - 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 Assy...
Isaiah 11:5 - 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 nigh...
Isaiah 11:5 - 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...
Isaiah 11:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I beg the Reader to say, if it be not so, whether these divine perfections of our Lord were not introduced here in order that his people might behold in them their perfect security? And as a man's gi...
Isaiah 11:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins ,.... He shall be adorned with it, strengthened by it, and ready at all times to perform it; he loved righteousness, and did acts of righteousness...
Isaiah 11:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. Ver. 5. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins. ] Symbolum Regis hoc est, saith Scultetu...
Isaiah 11:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins It shall adorn him, and be the glory of his government, as a girdle was used for an ornament, Isaiah 3:24 ; and as an ensign of power, Job 12:18...
Isaiah 11:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophecy of the Messiah; The Government of Messiah. B. C. 740. 1 And there shall come fo...
Isaiah 11:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall be the girdle of his loins; it shall adorn him, and be the glory of his government, as a girdle was used for ornament, Isaiah 3:24 , and as an ensign of power, Job 12:18 ; and it shall...
Isaiah 11:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Coming Paradise ( Isaiah 11:5-10 ). 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...
Isaiah 11:5 - 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 p...
Isaiah 11:5 - 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 ou...
Isaiah 11:5 - 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...
Isaiah 11:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 11:1-23 A RENEWED PROPHECY OF MESSIAH AND OF HIS KINGDOM . This chapter is closely connected with the preceding. With the final destruction of Assyria, whic...
Isaiah 11:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Messiah, The Branch out of the Stem Of Jesse
Isaiah 11:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:9 ; 1 Peter 4:1 ; 2 Corinthians 6:7 ; Ephesians 6:14 ; Hebrews 2:17 ; Hosea 2:20 ; Isaiah 25:1 ; Isaiah 59:17 ; Psalms 93:1 ; Revelation 1:13 ; Revelation 3:14
Isaiah 11:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

From the Cradle to the Cross Isaiah 11:1-10 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...
Isaiah 11:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The girdle — It shall adorn him, and be the glory of his government, as a girdle was used for an ornament, Isaiah 3:24 , and as an ensign of power, Job 12:18 , and it shall constantly cleave to h...

Isaiah 11:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 11:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 11:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 11:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 11:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 11:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 11:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 11:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 11:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 11:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 11:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 11:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 11:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 11:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Isaiah 11:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes