Isaiah 11:6 KJV

Isaiah · chapter 11 · verse 6

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.Isaiah 11:6 · King James Version

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Isaiah 11:6 in context

4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

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

7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.

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Commentary

The prophet had before, in this sermon, spoken of a child that should be born, a son that should be given, on whose shoulders the government should be, intending this for the comfort of the people of God in times of trouble, as dying Jacob, many ages before, had intended the prospect of Shiloh for the comfort of his…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

togetheryachadproperly, a unitH3162 →
leopardnâmêra leopardH5246 →
fatlingmᵉrîyʼstall-fedH4806 →
littleqâṭânabbreviatedH6996 →
dwellgûwrproperly, to turn aside from the roadH1481 →
wolfzᵉʼêba wolfH2061 →

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Bible verses about the Millennium

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