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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 11:2 - 11:2
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Spirit of the Lord - Jehovah. The Spirit by which the prophets spake: for Messiah was to be a Prophet (Isa 61:1; Deu 18:15, Deu 18:18). Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are specified, to imply that the perfection of them was to be in Him. Compare “the seven Spirits” (Rev 1:4), that is, the Holy Ghost in His perfect fullness: seven being the sacred number. The prophets had only a portion out of the “fullness” in the Son of God (Joh 1:16; Joh 3:34; Col 1:19).
rest - permanently; not merely come upon Him (Num 11:25, Num 11:26).
wisdom - (1Co 1:30; Eph 1:17; Col 2:3).
understanding - coupled with “wisdom,” being its fruit. Discernment and discrimination (Mat 22:18; Joh 2:25).
counsel ... might - the faculty of forming counsels, and that of executing them (Isa 28:29). Counsellor (Isa 9:6).
knowledge - of the deep things of God (Mat 11:27). The knowledge of Him gives us true knowledge (Eph 1:17).
fear of the Lord - reverential, obedient fear. The first step towards true “knowledge” (Job 28:28; Psa 111:10).