It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
⛓ Read Isaiah 11 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation1
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
Fourth link and climax (15:12), formula-introduced ('Again, Isaiah says'): 'There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope' = LXX Isaiah 11:10. The LXX ('rule over' and 'hope in') diverges from the MT ('stand as a banner... seek') and Paul follows the LXX, which supplies both Gentile rule and Gentile hope, tying back to 15:13 'God of hope.' Davidic-messianic capstone of the catena.
High confidenceAllusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'The root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal to the peoples; him shall the nations seek.' Direct source for 'the root... of David' as the messianic ensign; LXX explicit 'rhiza tou Iessai.'
High confidenceThe 'root of Jesse' standing as a banner to which the nations rally undergirds the risen seed of David proclaimed in Paul's gospel for the chosen ones. Reinforces the Davidic-messiah background.
Medium confidenceEcho3
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The trilingual title heralding the king to all peoples ('many of the Jews read it') faintly recalls the root of Jesse standing as a signal to the nations. Faint and contested; offered for the universal-proclamation motif.
Low confidenceRoot of Jesse to whom 'the nations shall inquire' - eschatological nations-gathering; faint background to v.4's universal worship alongside Isa 66:23. Contested as too generic.
Low confidenceThe root of Jesse as a 'signal' / standard, supporting the named-and-known messianic rider; faint, secondary to 11:3-5.
Low confidence