Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Parallel translations
- WEB A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
- KJV And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
- NKJV There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
- NASB Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- NLT Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
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Quick answer
From the cut-down line of David a new shoot — the Messiah — will spring up and bear fruit. Hope arises from what looked like a dead stump.
Overview
After the proud forest of Assyria is felled, a tender shoot grows 'out of the stock of Jesse,' David's father. The lowly imagery signals that the royal line, reduced to a stump, will revive in the Messiah. The New Testament identifies this Branch as Jesus Christ, the promised son of David (Rom. 15:12; Rev. 22:16).
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- Jer 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Rev 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- Zech 6:12And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
- Rev 5:5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Acts 13:22–23After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
- Jer 33:15In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Isa 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Zech 3:8Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
- Rom 15:12And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- Isa 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
- Isa 11:10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
- Matt 1:6–16and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
- 1 Sam 17:58“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
- Ruth 4:17The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
- Luke 2:23–32(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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