當掃羅被廢棄,撒母耳膏立大衛為王時,上帝就已經開啟這個預言的實現。
大衛屬於猶大支派,基督也出於猶大支派,祂又是大衛的根。這呼應了先知以賽亞書6 : 13 ; 11 : 1的預言,上帝曾對大衛說過,祂必藉著大衛和他的後裔治理祂的國度(撒下7 : 12-16)。
賽6:13境內剩下的人若還有十分之一,也必被吞滅,像栗樹、橡樹雖被砍伐,樹ㄋㄧㄝˋ子{(4678) מַצֶּבֶתstump (of tree)}卻仍存留。這聖潔的種類在國中也是如此。
13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.(KJV)
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13 If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed:
as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled;
so the holy seed is its stock.”(WEB)
A tenth - A small remnant reserved, that number being put indefinitely. Return - Out of the Babylonish captivity, into their own land.
Eaten - That remnant shall be devoured a second time, by the kings of Syria, and afterwards by the Romans.
Yet - Yet there shall be another remnant, not such an one as that which came out of Babylon, but an holy seed, who shall afterwards look upon him whom they have pierced, and mourn over him.
When - Who when their leaves are cast in winter, have a substance within themselves腐葉, a vital principle, which preserves life in the root of the tree, and in due time sends it forth into all the branches.
The support - Of the land or people, which, were it not for the sake of these, should be finally rooted out.
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賽11:1從耶西的本(原文作?與賽6:13同字,「樹頭;樹遭砍斷後,殘留有根的樹幹」)必發一條;從他根生的枝子必結果實。
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:(KJV)
A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.(WEB)
The stem - Or, stump: for the word signifies properly a trunk cut off from the root. By which he clearly implies, that the Messiah should be born of the royal house of David, at that time when it was in a most forlorn condition, like a tree cut down, and whereof nothing is left but a stump or root under ground.