Isaiah 11:1–9

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.