Isaiah 11:2

²And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.b

Isaiah 11 is one of the most majestic messianic passages in the Old Testament. It opens with a tender image: a shoot sprouting from the stump of Jesse, a promise of new life after the judgment of the felled tree of David's dynasty. The chapter then describes the Spirit-anointed King