Abstract
Isa. 11:1-5 was probably the most popular text of Davidic messianism in earlyJudaism. Modern readers usually assume that this prophecy begins at Isa. 11:1 and do not connect the preceding verses with it.' Ancient Jewish exegesis, however, frequently sought the connexions between adjacent passages of Scripture. In this article we shall examine evidence that ajewish exegetical tradition which appears in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch not only connected Isa. 10:33-34 closely with the following verses, but also found a reference to the Messiah in Isa. 10:34. This tradition of messianic interpretation of Isa. 10:34 will then be shown to inform the preaching of John the Baptist, as it appears in the Gospels, with the implication that, contrary to mnany interpretations of John's message, he did expect the coming of the Davidic Messiah.
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