Isaiah 11:7

WEB

The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.

KJV

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Commentary

And the cow and the bear shall feed,.... That is, together, in one church state, at one table, or in one pasture, upon the wholesome food of the Gospel, the salutary doctrines of Christ; who though before of different dispositions, the one tame and g entle, useful and profitable, dispensing the milk of the divine word, and gracious experience; the other cruel and voracious, barbarous and inhuman, worrying the lambs and sheep of Christ; but now of the same nature, and having no ill will to one another, and being without fear of each other: their young ones shall lie down together; those like the calf and the young bear, shall lie in the green pastures of Gospel ordinances, and do no injury, the latter to the former, being of one mind, and agreeing in doctrine and practice: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; kings shall be nursing fathers to the church, and feed on the same Gospel provisions; and there shall be a great agreement between them who were before comparable to lions for their strength, power, and cruelty, and ministers of the Gospel, who are compared to oxen, for their strength and laboriousness, Co1 9:9 "straw" here denotes true doctrine, though elsewhere false, see Co1 3:12 . See Gill (Editor's note) on "Isa 11:6" .