For] Heb. And as vers. 11. Chap. 64. 5. he shall grow up before him as a tender plant] The beginnings of Christs kingdom shall be mean and contemptible in mans eye; but shall wonderfully thrive and grow up in Gods sight, Chap. 52. 13, 14. Matth. 13. 31, 32. Mark 4:27,—32. before him] Either the people that contemned him: and so it is referred to his beginnings. Or, God the Father, who protected, supported, and advanced him, Chap. 49. 2. & 52. 13. and then it respecteth his growth. as a root out of a dry ground] The decaied house of David, and mean family of Jesse, reduced now to a farre lower estate then at first. See Chap. 11. 1. that we should desire him] Heb. and. as Chap. 40. 25. Malac. 1. 9.