As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God

by Eugene H. Peterson

It would grow, blossom, and develop because “the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him” (Isaiah 11:2). Notice that the stump is now a person: from the stump of Jesse, Jesus. The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. (verse 2)