Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
make him of quick understanding—literally, "quick-scented in the fear of Jehovah"; endowed with a singular sagacity in discerning the genuine principle of religious fear of God, when it lies dormant in the yet unawakened sinner (Matthew 12:20; Acts 10:1-48; Acts 16:14) [HORSLEY]. But MAURER, "He shall delight in the fear of God." The Hebrew means "to delight in the odors" of anything (Exodus 30:38; Amos 5:21); "smell," that is, "delight in."
after . . . sight—according to mere external appearances (John 7:24; John 8:15; James 2:1; I Samuel 16:7). Herein Messiah is represented a just Judge and Ruler (Deuteronomy 1:16-17).
reprove—"decide," as the parallelism shows.
after . . . ears—by mere plausible hearsays, but by the true merits of each case (John 6:64; Revelation 2:23).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 11:3:
Job 39:25
Psalms 72:12-14
Psalms 89:47
Song of Solomon 8:2
Isaiah 11:9
Isaiah 32:1
Isaiah 57:21
Micah 5:2
Zechariah 3:9
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