Isaiah 11:1-3 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. Jesus is the branch that was to come up from the stump of Jessie. This is one of the prophesies of the Old Testament that predicted the coming of the Messiah. Jessie was the father of David, and the Messiah was foretold to be descended from King David. The rest of this passage elaborates on the attributes of Jesus