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1 A
shoot will come
out of the
stock of Jesse,
and a branch
out of his
roots will bear
fruit.
2 The
LORD’s Spirit will
rest on him:
the spirit of
wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of
counsel and might,
the spirit of
knowledge and of
the fear of
the LORD.
3 His delight
will be in
the fear of
the LORD.
He will not
judge by the
sight of his
eyes,
neither decide by
the hearing of
his ears;
4 but
he will judge
the poor with
righteousness,
and decide with
equity for the
humble of
the earth.
He will strike
the earth with the
rod of his
mouth;
and with the
breath of his
lips he will
kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness
will be the belt
around his waist,
and faithfulness the belt around
his waist.
6 The
wolf will live
with the lamb,
and the leopard
will lie down
with the young
goat,
the calf, the
young lion, and
the fattened calf
together;
and a little
child will lead
them.
7 The
cow and the
bear will graze.
Their young ones
will lie down
together.
The lion will eat
straw like the
ox.
8 The
nursing child will
play near a
cobra’s hole,
and the weaned
child will put
his hand on
the viper’s den.
9 They
will not hurt
nor destroy in
all my holy
mountain;
for the earth
will be full
of the knowledge
of the LORD,
as the waters
cover the sea.
10 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.
11 It
will happen in
that day that
the Lord will set
his hand again
the second time
to recover the
remnant that is
left of his
people from Assyria,
from Egypt, from
Pathros, from Cush,
from Elam, from
Shinar, from
Hamath, and from
the islands of the
sea.
12 He
will set up
a banner for
the nations, and
will assemble the
outcasts of Israel,
and gather
together the
dispersed of Judah
from the four
corners of
the earth.
13 The
envy also
of Ephraim will
depart, and those
who persecute Judah
will be cut
off. Ephraim won’t envy
Judah, and
Judah won’t persecute Ephraim.
14 They
will fly down
on the shoulders
of the Philistines
on the west.
Together they
will plunder the
children of the
east. They
will extend their
power over Edom
and Moab, and
the children of
Ammon will obey
them.
15 The
LORD will utterly
destroy the tongue
of the Egyptian
sea; and with
his scorching wind
he will wave
his hand over
the River, and
will split it into
seven streams,
and cause men to
march over in
sandals.
16 There
will be a
highway for the
remnant that is
left of his
people from Assyria,
like there was
for Israel in
the day that
he came up
out of the land
of Egypt.