Is. 11:10--In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to Him and His resting place will be glorious.
For more about God as our banner, go HERE or HERE (particularly the final paragraph in both links)
By the way, this is again a promise yet to be fulfilled. Verse 11 talks about the Lord reaching out His hand a second time--as in the second coming. I hope that all this is convincing you that God really does have a special plan for the remnant of Israel. But don't just take my word for it--study into it yourself and ask Holy Spirit for revelation and understanding.
Chapter 12 is, of course, a wonderful Song of Praise for any believer to sing to the Lord, but it is also a specific promise of what will come from the mouths of the Jews in that day. The Jews will finally be shouting aloud and singing for joy because great is the Holy One of Israel among them--and they recognize it!! :)
Chapter 13 is also real stuff that is promised to come. In other parts of the Bible, the end times is described as a great & terrible day. Chapter 13 certainly lists off reasons why it will be terrible. God's righteous judgment will come.
But chapter 14 lists off one of the many reasons why it will be great, as well! And again, as God's partners in intercession, we can join in crying out for both chapter 13 & 14 to come true. Because we do want evil to be punished, and we do want the Lord to have compassion on Jacob, to once again choose Israel and to settle them in their own land. (14:1) See? The Lord is graciously telling you what to pray for--now it's up to you to actually ask.
Good words! My church, Covenant, is studying Isaiah for Advent this year and the sermon this last Sunday was on Isaiah 11. I had never really thought about this, but this passage says a lot about Jesus restoring human relationships. In vs. 3b, we often think the line about judging is referring to sin, but it Vs. 4 it explains that we can not judge by appearance or economic status. Then in Vs. 12-13, it speaks about restoring the relationships of Israel at a time when Israel was in disarray. Often we see the past (shoot from Jesse), and the future (Lion with lamb, etc), in this passage, but overlook the peace that Jesus offers today.
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