There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
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:
- BSB Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- 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 23:5“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Rev 22:16I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star.”
- Zech 6:12and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build Yahweh’s temple;
- Rev 5:5One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.”
- Acts 13:22–23When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
- Jer 33:15“In those days, and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Isa 53:2For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
- Zech 3:8Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.
- Rom 15:12Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.”
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
- Isa 4:2In that day, Yahweh’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.
- Isa 11:10It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
- Matt 1:6–16Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
- 1 Sam 17:58Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
- Ruth 4:17The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
- Luke 2:23–32(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
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