Isaiah 11:1–9

The King of Peace Is Coming

11A new branch will grow

from a stump of a tree;

so a new king will come

from the family of Jesse. ⁿ

²The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon that king.

The Spirit will give him wisdom and understanding, guidance and power.

The Spirit will teach him to know and respect the Lord.

³This king will be glad to obey the Lord.

He will not judge by the way things look

or decide by what he hears.

⁴But he will judge the poor honestly;

he will be fair in his decisions for the poor people of the land.

At his command evil people will be punished,

and by his words the wicked will be put to death.

⁵Goodness and fairness will give him strength,

like a belt around his waist.

⁶Then wolves will live in peace with lambs,

and leopards will lie down to rest with goats.

Calves, lions, and young bulls will eat together,

and a little child will lead them.

⁷Cows and bears will eat together in peace.

Their young will lie down to rest together.

Lions will eat hay as oxen do.

⁸A baby will be able to play near a cobra’s hole,

and a child will be able to put his hand into the nest of a poisonous snake.

⁹They will not hurt or destroy each other

on all my holy mountain,

because the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord,

as the sea is full of water.