Isaiah 11:1–9

REIGN OF THE DAVIDIC KING

11Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse,^c

and a branch^d from his roots will bear fruit.

²The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him^e—

a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

a Spirit of counsel and strength,

a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

³His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.

He will not judge

by what he sees with his eyes,^f

he will not execute justice

by what he hears with his ears,

⁴but he will judge the poor righteously^g

and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.

He will strike the land

with a scepter^B from his mouth,^h

and he will kill the wickedⁱ

with a command^C from his lips.^j

⁵Righteousness will be a belt around his hips;^k

faithfulness will be a belt around his waist.

⁶The wolf will dwell with the lamb,^m

and the leopard will lie down with the goat.

The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf will be together,

and a child will lead them.

⁷The cow and the bear will graze,

their young ones will lie down together,

and the lion will eat straw like cattle.

⁸An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,

and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.

⁹They will not harm or destroy each other

on my entire holy mountain,

for the land will be as full

of the knowledge of the Lord

as the sea is filled with water.ⁿ