John Trapp on Isaiah 11:1

CHAP. XI.

Ver. 1. ANd there ſhall come forth a rod] i. e. Chriſt ſhall be born: whom our Prophet having called the annointing or Meſſiah, chap. 10.27. maketh him and his Kingdom hence forward the chief matter of his diſcourſe, to the end of his book. Here he beginneth with his Nativity, calling him a Rod or Twig ſpringing not out of the ſtock of David, but out of the ſtump of Jeſſe a mean man, and that then, when the Royal Family was ſunk ſo low as from David the King, to Joſeph the Carpenter. Well might Chryſoſtom ſay, that the foundation of our Philoſophy was humility: And another, that at Bethlehem brake forth that well of Salvation, Scultet. which in the type once David ſo thirſted after, 2 Sam. 23.15.

And a branch] Or the Nazaren born at Nazareth (ſaith Junius) which ſignifieth a branch; for ſo it was generally deemed: and our Saviour ſtileth himſelf Jeſus of Nazareth, Act. 22.8. and on his Croſs they wrote Jeſus of Nazareth King of the Jews: wherein that Prodigie (faith A Lapide) ſeemeth to have fallen out, concerning which the Poet enquireth, Dic quibus in terris inſcripti nomine Regis Naſcantur fl[illegible: 1 letter]res.—

For Nazareth, he interpreteth a Flower, or ſomething flowry; and for (ſhall grow) others render ſhall bud, or bear fruit.