Isaiah 11–12

CHAPTER 11

The Judgments of the Branch

¹Then a ^ashoot will spring from the ^bstem of Jesse,

And a ^cbranch from ^dhis roots will bear fruit.

²The ^aSpirit of Yahweh will rest on Him,

The spirit of ^bwisdom and understanding,

The spirit of counsel and ^cmight,

The spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.

³And He will delight in the fear of Yahweh,

And He will not judge by what His eyes ^asee,

Nor render a decision by what His ears hear;

⁴But with ^arighteousness He will judge the ^bpoor,

And decide with uprightness for the ^cafflicted of the earth;

And He will strike the earth with the ^drod of His mouth,

And with the ^ebreath of His lips He will put the wicked to death.

⁵Also ^arighteousness will be the belt about His loins,

And ^bfaithfulness the belt about His waist.

⁶And the ^awolf will ¹dwell with the lamb,

And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,

And the calf and the young lion ²and the fatling together;

And a young boy will lead them.

⁷Also the cow and the bear will graze,

Their young will lie down together,

And the ^alion will eat straw like the ox.

⁸And the nursing baby will play by the hole of the cobra,

And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.

⁹They will ^ado no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,

For the ^bearth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh

As the waters cover the sea.

A Remnant Remains

¹⁰Then it will be in that day,

That the ^anations will seek the ^broot of Jesse,

Who will stand as a ^1cstandard for the peoples;

And His ^dresting place will be ²glorious.

¹¹Then it will be in that day, that the Lord

Will again acquire the second time with His hand

The ^aremnant of His people, who will remain,

From ^bAssyria, ^cEgypt, Pathros, ¹Ethiopia, ^dElam, Shinar, Hamath,

And from the ^ecoastlands of the sea.

¹²And He will lift up a ^astandard for the nations

And ^bassemble the banished ones of Israel,

And will gather the scattered of Judah

From the four corners of the earth.

¹³Then the ^ajealousy of Ephraim will depart,

And those who assail Judah will be cut off;

Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,

And Judah will not assail Ephraim.

¹⁴And they will ^aswoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the ^bwest;

Together they will ^cplunder the sons of the east;

¹They will stretch out their hands over ^dEdom and ^eMoab,

And the sons of Ammon ²will obey them.

¹⁵And Yahweh will ^adevote to destruction

The tongue of the ¹Sea of Egypt;

And He will ^bwave His hand over the ^2cRiver

With His scorching wind;

And He will strike it into seven streams

And make men walk over ³dry-shod.

¹⁶And there will be a ^ahighway from Assyria

For the ^bremnant of His people who will remain,

Just as there was for Israel

In ^cthe day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.

CHAPTER 12

Yahweh Is My Strength and My Song

¹Then you will say in that day,

“^aI will give thanks to You, O Yahweh;

For ^balthough You were angry with me,

Your anger is turned away,

And You comfort me.

²“Behold, ^aGod is my salvation,

I will ^btrust and not dread;

For ^1cYah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song,

And He has become my salvation.”

³Therefore you will joyously ^adraw water

From the ^bsprings of salvation.

⁴And in that day you will ^asay,

“^bGive thanks to Yahweh, call on His name.

^cMake known His deeds among the peoples;

¹Make them remember that His name is exalted.”

^5aPraise Yahweh in song, for He has done ¹majestic things;

Let this be known throughout the earth.

^6aCry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,

For ^bgreat in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.