Isaiah 11:5

“And righteousness will be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his hips.”
Isaiah 11:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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A shoot from Jesse will rule with justice, defending the humbleThe Kingdom of God

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And righteousnessצֶדֶקwill beוְהָיָהthe beltאֵזוֹרof his loins,מָתְנָיוand faithfulnessוְהָאֱמוּנָהthe beltאֵזוֹרof his hips.חֲלָצָיו

Allusion · Ephesians 6:14

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Both texts join the belt and righteousness (in Isaiah 11:5, of the king descended from Jesse; in Isaiah 59:17, of YHWH).

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

אֵזוֹרezorH232ὀσφὺνosphynG3751“belt”
צֶדֶקtsedekH6664δικαιοσύνηςdikaiosynēsG1343“righteousness, what is right”

Isaiah 11:5, word by word

And righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek

righteousness

Living uprightly before God.

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will beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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the beltאֵזוֹרezor

belt, band

A belt, a sash: a band tied around the waist.

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of his loinsמָתְנָיmatnay

waist, loins

Waist, loins.

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and faithfulnessאֱמוּנָהemuna

faithfulness

Being dependable, always keeping one's word, like YHWH.

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of his hipsחֲלָצָיchalatsay

loins

Loins: the waist, seen as the source of offspring and strength.

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The context

4but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with uprightness for the humble of the earth; and he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will put to death the wicked.

5 · This verse (above)

6And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fattened animal together, and a little boy will lead them.

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