The Meaning of Isaiah 11:7 Explained

Isaiah 11:7

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

YLT: And cow and bear do feed, Together lie down their young ones, And a lion as an ox eateth straw.

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

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

Discover Isaiah 11:7

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 11:7?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 11:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 11:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 11:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Isaiah 11:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 11:1-9 - The Kingdom Of The Messiah
The advance of the Assyrian along the great north road is graphically described. It was marked by raided villages and towns. The night sky was lurid with flames. But his collapse would be as sudden and irretrievable as the felling of forest timber. As the one chapter closes we can almost hear the crash of the Assyrian tree to the ground, and there is no sprout from his roots. But in the next the prophet descries a fair and healthy branch uprising from the trunk of Jesse's line. The vision of the King is then presented, who can be none other than the divine Redeemer on whom rests the sevenfold Spirit of God. The second verse defines the work of the Comforter, and is evidently the model of that royal hymn, Veni Creator Spiritus. But remember that He on whom this divine unction rested longs to share the pentecostal gift with the least of His disciples, 1 John 2:27. Note that as man's sin brought travail and groaning on all creation, so will His redemption deliver it, Romans 8:19-25. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 11

1  The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Jesse
10  The victorious restoration of Israel, and vocation of the Gentiles

What do the individual words in Isaiah 11:7 mean?

And the cow and the bear shall graze together shall lie down their young ones and the lion like the ox shall eat straw
וּפָרָ֤ה וָדֹב֙ תִּרְעֶ֔ינָה יַחְדָּ֖ו יִרְבְּצ֣וּ יַלְדֵיהֶ֑ן וְאַרְיֵ֖ה כַּבָּקָ֥ר יֹֽאכַל־ תֶּֽבֶן

וּפָרָ֤ה  And  the  cow 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פָּרָה  
Sense: cow, heifer.
וָדֹב֙  and  the  bear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: דֹּב  
Sense: bear.
תִּרְעֶ֔ינָה  shall  graze 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: רָעָה 
Sense: to pasture, tend, graze, feed.
יַחְדָּ֖ו  together 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַחַד 
Sense: union, unitedness adv.
יִרְבְּצ֣וּ  shall  lie  down 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָבַץ  
Sense: to stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out.
יַלְדֵיהֶ֑ן  their  young  ones 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: יֶלֶד  
Sense: child, son, boy, offspring, youth.
וְאַרְיֵ֖ה  and  the  lion 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲרִי 
Sense: lion.
כַּבָּקָ֥ר  like  the  ox 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
יֹֽאכַל־  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
תֶּֽבֶן  straw 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: תֶּבֶן  
Sense: straw, stubble.

What are the major concepts related to Isaiah 11:7?

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