Isaiah 10:32–12:6

32 This day they will halt at Nob;l

they will shake their fistm

at the mount of Daughter Zion,n

at the hill of Jerusalem.

33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,

will lop offo the boughs with great power.

The lofty trees will be felled,p

the tallq ones will be brought low.r

34 He will cut downs the forest thickets with an ax;

Lebanont will fall before the Mighty One.u

The Branch From Jesse

11 A shootv will come up from the stumpw of Jesse;x

from his roots a Branchy will bear fruit.z

2 The Spirita of the Lord will rest on him—

the Spirit of wisdomb and of understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and of might,c

the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—

3 and he will delight in the feard of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,e

or decide by what he hears with his ears;f

4 but with righteousnessg he will judge the needy,h

with justicei he will give decisions for the poorj of the earth.

He will strikek the earth with the rod of his mouth;l

with the breathm of his lips he will slay the wicked.n

5 Righteousness will be his belto

and faithfulnessp the sash around his waist.q

6 The wolf will live with the lamb,r

the leopard will lie down with the goat,

the calf and the lion and the yearlinga together;

and a little child will lead them.

7 The cow will feed with the bear,

their young will lie down together,

and the lion will eat straw like the ox.s

8 The infantt will play near the cobra’s den,

the young child will put its hand into the viper’su nest.

9 They will neither harm nor destroyv

on all my holy mountain,w

for the earthx will be filled with the knowledgey of the Lord

as the waters cover the sea.

10 In that dayz the Root of Jessea will stand as a bannerb for the peoples; the nationsc will rally to him,d and his resting placee will be glorious.f 11 In that dayg the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnanth of his people from Assyria,i from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,j from Cush,b k from Elam,l from Babylonia,c from Hamathm and from the islandsn of the Mediterranean.o

12 He will raise a bannerp for the nations

and gatherq the exiles of Israel;r

he will assemble the scattered peoples of Judah

from the four quarters of the earth.t

13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,

and Judah’s enemiesd will be destroyed;

Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,

nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.u

14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistiav to the west;

together they will plunder the people to the east.w

They will subdue Edomx and Moab,y

and the Ammonitesz will be subject to them.a

15 The Lord will dry upb

the gulf of the Egyptian sea;

with a scorching windc he will sweep his handd

over the Euphrates River.e

He will break it up into seven streams

so that anyone can cross over in sandals.f

16 There will be a highwayg for the remnanth of his people

that is left from Assyria,i

as there was for Israel

when they came up from Egypt.j

Songs of Praise

12 In that dayk you will say:

“I will praisel you, Lord.

Although you were angry with me,

your anger has turned awaym

and you have comfortedn me.

2 Surely God is my salvation;o

I will trustp and not be afraid.

The Lord, the Lord himself,q is my strengthr and my defensea;

he has become my salvation.s”

3 With joy you will draw watert

from the wellsu of salvation.

4 In that dayv you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;w

make known among the nationsx what he has done,

and proclaim that his name is exalted.y

5 Singz to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;a

let this be known to all the world.

6 Shout aloud and sing for joy,b people of Zion,

for greatc is the Holy One of Israeld among you.e”