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Isaiah 11:8 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 11 · verse 8
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.Isaiah 11:8 · King James Version
Isaiah 11:8 in context
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.
9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- cockatrice'tsephaʻa viper (as thrusting out the tongueH6848 →
- childyânaqto suckH3243 →
- childgâmalto treat a personH1580 →
- playshâʻaʻto look uponH8173 →
- holechûwrthe crevice of a serpentH2352 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
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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