Isaiah 11 -What is righteousness? It will be the belt around His loins- following His Torah. 6.28.24

Isaiah 11

This section of Isaiah that deals with prophecies during the reign of Ahaz have a logical progression. Actually, there are two logical progressions in this prophecy.

One progression concerns the nation of Israel. Chapter 7 deals with the coming invasion by Assyria. Chapter 8 warns Ahaz against making associations with other nations as a substitute for reliance on Elohim. Chapter 9 deals with the continuing judgment of the Israelite's up to the time of today. Chapter 10 prophesies about the attack of Assyria on Judah and Jerusalem.

The other progression that takes place in these six chapters is the prophecy of the Messiah. Chapter 7 tells us about a virgin that will conceive, bear a Son, and call Him Emmanuel (Isa 7:14). Chapter 8 makes no apparent direct prophecy about Messiah, but chapter nine takes us past the birth of Yeshua and His first coming to the time He is crowned King and His reign over the world (Isa 9:6-7). Chapter 10 has no apparent direct prophecy of Messiah, but in chapter 11, reign of Yeshua over the world is prophesied. Chapter 12 shows all the nation of Israel praising Elohim.

Isa 11:1 Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Isaiah states that a shoot shall spring forth from the stem of Jesse. The shoot is obviously Yeshua. The Hebrew word for "stem" is "geza" which actually means a "stump of a tree." That makes this prophecy even more amazing. It is saying that the great tree , or kingship, of David is going to be cut down. The kingdom of Israel will be dead and without a king. But we are told here that out of that dead stump will spring forth a living Branch. And from that living stem will come fruit.

Isa 11:2 And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

This is a seven-fold description of the Spirit of Elohim. Spirit of Elohim consists of the Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge and the fear of Yahweh

This description appears to be the "seven spirits before Yahweh spoken of in Revelation (Rev 1:4, 3:1, 4:5, 5:6).

Isa 11:3 And He will delight in the fear of the LORD, And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;

Isa 11:4 But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

He won't judge according to expert testimony or according to what an expensive lawyer states. He is going to judge in total righteousness.

He will bring righteousness to the poor and meek. The wicked will be judged with the rod or sword of His mouth (Rev 19:15). What is the sword of His mouth? It is His Torah (Psalm 119:72).

Isa 11:5 Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

What is righteousness? It will be the belt around His loins and it is following His Torah ( Deut 6:25, 1 John 3:4-7).

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