Isaiah chapter 11

This week I am happy to spend time in God's word once again. I haven't kept my study and prayer time as I should, so I am excited to reclaim the discipline to spend time with God. This morning I read several chapters from Isaiah and noticed that Isaiah appears to be talking about two important ideas. First he talks, with much sadness, about the fall of Israel. He reveals in detail borne from God's revelation to him how Israel will fall. Second, Isaiah talks with joy about the arrival of Jesus Christ. Isaiah includes a lineage from which Jesus will be born when, in chapter 11 verse 1, he says "a shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse."I looked up this passage in a bible commentary and found the passage below. I think this excerpt adds some interesting detail beyond what I caught during this morning's reading.

Isaiah’s prophecies in chapters 7–9 indicate that Immanuel, the virgin-born, divine Child is soon to appear. However, in this chapter {chapter 11} we are given a clear indication that His coming will be in the yet distant future. Isaiah predicts that the “tree” of the line of David will be cut down and that a shoot must grow out of the root stock of Jesse before the tree can flourish again. Isaiah’s point is to show that the kingdom has sunk so low that the Davidic line will apparently be cut down, and yet somehow will spring forth again in the person of the Messiah.

KJV Bible Commentary. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1994, S. 1320