1
A shoot will come upfrom the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch
will bear fruit.
2
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD -
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and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with
his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;
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but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions
for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with
the breach of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5
Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf
and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
7
The cow will feed with the bear,their young will lie down together, and the lion
will eat straw like the ox.
8
The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand
into the viper's nest.
9
They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be
full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
10
In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations
will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.
11
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant
that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from
Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.
12
He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will
assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.
13
Ephraim's jealousy will vanish, and Judah's enemies will be cut off; Ephraim
will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.
14
They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west; together they
will plunder the people to the east. They will lay hands on Edpm and Moab,
and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
15
The LORD will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he
will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River. He will break it up into seven
streams so that men can cross over in sandals.
16
There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria,
as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.
