Isaiah 11:1–9

The Lord’s Kingdom Will Be Ruled by a Shoot from Jesse’s Stump

¹Then a shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, 

and a branch from its roots will bear fruit. 

²The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— 

the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, 

the Spirit of advice and power, 

the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord. 

³He will gladly bear the fear of the Lord. 

He will not judge by what his eyes see 

or decide by what his ears hear. 

⁴He will judge the poor justly. 

He will make fair decisions for the humble people on earth. 

He will strike the earth with a rod from his mouth. 

He will kill the wicked with the breath from his lips. 

⁵Justice will be the belt around his waist. 

Faithfulness will be the belt around his hips. 

⁶Wolves will live with lambs. 

Leopards will lie down with goats. 

Calves, young lions, and year-old lambs will be together, 

and little children will lead them. 

⁷Cows and bears will eat together. 

Their young will lie down together. 

Lions will eat straw like oxen. 

⁸Infants will play near cobras’ holes. 

Toddlers will put their hands into vipers’ nests. 

⁹They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain. 

The world will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord 

like water covering the sea.