And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
The prophecy of the shoot from Jesse points to the promised ruler, the Messiah, who is Christ Jesus the Son of God. Righteousness and faithfulness are his girdle, bound to him as closely and constantly as a belt around the waist, holding and defining and sustaining him. They are the firm foundation and strength that uphold his rule and judgment. His rule is marked throughout by righteous judgment, judging the poor with fairness and defending the meek in all his work and character and conduct. By faith in him his imputed righteousness restores God's moral image in people, giving the new birth and a changed life that overcomes inherited traits and defects of character.
Promised Branch and Girdle
Isaiah 11:5 belongs to the prophecy of the Branch or shoot from the stem of Jesse, and the promised ruler it describes is the Messiah, Christ Jesus, the Son of God. The Branch is perfectly marked by righteousness and faithfulness, which form the character of his rule and of all he does. These virtues are pictured as the belt that secures and characterizes him, as closely and securely bound to him as a girdle around the body.
Righteousness is the girdle of his loins and faithfulness the girdle of his reins, showing those qualities to be perfectly close, constant and essential to him, like a belt securing the body around the waist. They hold and define him, characterizing and sustaining him in who he is. They form the firm basis of his rule, the defining strength and supports that uphold his work, judgment, character and conduct.
The shoot from Jesse is endowed with the Spirit of the Lord. He came to reform a world corrupted by sin. John the Baptist proclaimed these prophecies about the Messiah, and his witness pointed to Jesus as the Son of God.
Righteous Rule and Restoration
His righteous rule is marked throughout by righteousness and faithfulness, which cling to him and define him as closely and constantly as a belt securing the waist. That character shapes all he does, including his work, his judgment, his conduct, and the supports that uphold his government. In that rule he judges with righteousness, judging the poor with fairness and defending the meek.
Through faith his righteousness is imputed to believers to restore God's moral image in them. That restoration brings the new birth and a changed life in which hereditary traits and deficiencies of character are overcome. Therefore human estimates of character cannot set a limit to what God is able to do in a life.
The prophecy of the shoot from Jesse points to the promised ruler, the Messiah, who is Christ Jesus the Son of God. Righteousness and faithfulness are his girdle, bound to him as closely and constantly as a belt around the waist, holding and defining and sustaining him. They are the firm foundation and strength that uphold his rule and judgment. His rule is marked throughout by righteous judgment, judging the poor with fairness and defending the meek in all his work and character and conduct. By faith in him his imputed righteousness restores God's moral image in people, giving the new birth and a changed life that overcomes inherited traits and defects of character.
Promised Branch and Girdle
Isaiah 11:5 belongs to the prophecy of the Branch or shoot from the stem of Jesse, and the promised ruler it describes is the Messiah, Christ Jesus, the Son of God. The Branch is perfectly marked by righteousness and faithfulness, which form the character of his rule and of all he does. These virtues are pictured as the belt that secures and characterizes him, as closely and securely bound to him as a girdle around the body.
Righteousness is the girdle of his loins and faithfulness the girdle of his reins, showing those qualities to be perfectly close, constant and essential to him, like a belt securing the body around the waist. They hold and define him, characterizing and sustaining him in who he is. They form the firm basis of his rule, the defining strength and supports that uphold his work, judgment, character and conduct.
The shoot from Jesse is endowed with the Spirit of the Lord. He came to reform a world corrupted by sin. John the Baptist proclaimed these prophecies about the Messiah, and his witness pointed to Jesus as the Son of God.
Righteous Rule and Restoration
His righteous rule is marked throughout by righteousness and faithfulness, which cling to him and define him as closely and constantly as a belt securing the waist. That character shapes all he does, including his work, his judgment, his conduct, and the supports that uphold his government. In that rule he judges with righteousness, judging the poor with fairness and defending the meek.
Through faith his righteousness is imputed to believers to restore God's moral image in them. That restoration brings the new birth and a changed life in which hereditary traits and deficiencies of character are overcome. Therefore human estimates of character cannot set a limit to what God is able to do in a life.