Isaiah 11:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. ”

Isaiah 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the sucking child - An emblem here of harmlessness and innocence. The change in the world, under the Messiah, shall be as great as if a sucking infant should be able to play unharmed with a v...
Isaiah 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cockatrice' = viper's. Hebrew. zepha'. Occurs only here in "former" portion; and in Isaiah 59:5 in "latter". App-79.
Isaiah 11:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And the child shall play on the hole of the asp. He continues to illustrate the same sentiment, that when men have been brought into a state of favor with God, and have been cleansed from...
Isaiah 11:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 876 THE CHANGE TO BE WROUGHT BY THE GOSPEL IN THE LATTER DAY Isaiah 11:6-9 . The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the...
Isaiah 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. The cockatrice' den - This is supposed, both by the Targum and by Kimchi, to m...
Isaiah 11:8 - 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 tha...
Isaiah 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp - "play," lite...
Isaiah 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp... — The description culminates in the transformation of the brute forms which were most identified with evil. As it is, the sight of a child...
Isaiah 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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...
Isaiah 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp ,.... Without fear or danger: and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den ; and suffer no damage: the meaning is explain...
Isaiah 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. Ver. 8. And the sucking child shall play upon the hole of the asp, &c....
Isaiah 11:8 - 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 expression...
Isaiah 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophecy of the Messiah; The Government of Messiah. B. C. 740. 1 And there shall come fo...
Isaiah 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The asp; a most fierce and poisonous serpent, Deuteronomy 32:33 Job 20:14,16 , which also will not be charmed by any art of man, Psalms 58:5 . The cockatrice; a serpent of more than ordin...
Isaiah 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Messiah, The Branch out of the Stem Of Jesse
Isaiah 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 59:5 ; Psalms 140:3
Isaiah 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 11:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 11:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary