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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 11:3 - 11:3
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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 (Mat 12:20; Act 10:1-48; Act 16:14) [Horsley]. But Maurer, “He shall delight in the fear of God.” The Hebrew means “to delight in the odors” of anything (Exo 30:38; Amo 5:21); “smell,” that is, “delight in.”
after ... sight - according to mere external appearances (Joh 7:24; Joh 8:15; Jam 2:1; 1Sa 16:7). Herein Messiah is represented a just Judge and Ruler (Deu 1:16, Deu 1:17).
reprove - “decide,” as the parallelism shows.
after ... ears - by mere plausible hearsays, but by the true merits of each case (Joh 6:64; Rev 2:23).