Isaiah 11:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 11:5

3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;

4 But ^awith righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall ^bstrike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

6 “The^a wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.

7 The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole,
And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.

9 ^aThey shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,
For ^bthe earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.

10 “And^a in that day ^bthere shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a ^cbanner to the people;
For the ^dGentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”

11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
^aFrom Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea.

12 He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will¹ assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together ^athe dispersed of Judah
From the four¹ corners of the earth.

13 Also ^athe envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

14 But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west;
Together they shall plunder the¹ people of the East;
^aThey shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab;
And the people of Ammon shall obey them.

15 The Lord ^awill utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over¹ the River,
And strike it in the seven streams,
And make men cross over¹ dry-shod.

16 ^aThere will be a highway for the remnant of His people
Who will be left from Assyria,
^bAs it was for Israel
In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.

Verse Comparison: Isaiah 11:5

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American Standard Version
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

Amplified® Bible
And righteousness shall be the girdle of His waist and faithfulness the girdle of His loins.

Contemporary English Version
Honesty and fairness will be his royal robes.

Darby English Version
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

Good News Bible
He will rule his people with justice and integrity.

King James Version
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

New American Standard Bible
Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

New International Version
Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

New King James Version
Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Also righteousness will consist of the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

Revised Standard Version
Righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

Young's Literal Translation
And righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness -- the girdle of his reins.

New English Translation
Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips.¹

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