Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
play—literally, "delight" himself in sport.
cockatrice—a fabulous serpent supposed to be hatched from the egg of a cock. The Hebrew means a kind of adder, more venomous than the asp; BOCHART supposes the basilisk to be meant, which was thought to poison even with its breath.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 11:8:
Psalms 72:12-14
Psalms 89:47
Psalms 131:2
Isaiah 11:9
Isaiah 35:9
Isaiah 65:25
Jeremiah 8:17
Ezekiel 34:25
Hosea 2:18
Revelation 4:8
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