1  ^aAnd there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

  2  For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

  5  And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

  2  Verily thus saith the Lord: It is Christ.