The Returning Remnant of Israel

20 And it shall come to pass in that day

That the remnant of Israel,

And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob,

vWill never again depend on him who 5defeated them,

But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,

To the wMighty God.

22 xFor though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea,

yA remnant of them will return;

The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

23 zFor the Lord God of hosts

Will make a determined end

In the midst of all the land.

24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O My people, who dwell in Zion, ado not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of bEgypt. 25 For yet a very little while cand the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.” 26 And the Lord of hosts will 6stir up da scourge for him like the slaughter of eMidian at the rock of Oreb; fas His rod was on the sea, so will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.

27 It shall come to pass in that day

That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,

And his yoke from your neck,

And the yoke will be destroyed because of gthe anointing oil.

28 He has come to Aiath,

He has passed Migron;

At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.

29 They have gone 7along hthe ridge,

They have taken up lodging at Geba.

Ramah is afraid,

iGibeah of Saul has fled.

30 8Lift up your voice,

O daughter jof Gallim!

Cause it to be heard as far as kLaish—

9O poor Anathoth!

31 lMadmenah has fled,

The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.

32 As yet he will remain mat Nob that day;

He will nshake his fist at the mount of othe daughter of Zion,

The hill of Jerusalem.

33 Behold, the Lord,

The Lord of hosts,

Will lop off the bough with terror;

pThose of high stature will be hewn down,

And the haughty will be humbled.

34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,

And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

The Reign of Jesse’s Offspring

11 There ashall come forth a 1Rod from the 2stem of bJesse,

And ca Branch shall 3grow out of his roots.

2 dThe Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,

The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

The Spirit of counsel and might,

The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord,

And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,

Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;

4 But ewith righteousness He shall judge the poor,

And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;

He shall fstrike the earth with the rod of His mouth,

And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,

And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

6 “The gwolf also shall dwell with the lamb,

The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,

The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;

And a little child shall lead them.

7 The cow and the bear shall graze;

Their young ones shall lie down together;

And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole,

And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.

9 hThey shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,

For ithe earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord

As the waters cover the sea.

10 “And jin that day kthere shall be a Root of Jesse,

Who shall stand as a lbanner to the people;

For the mGentiles shall seek Him,

And His resting place shall be glorious.”

11 It shall come to pass in that day

That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time

To recover the remnant of His people who are left,

nFrom Assyria and Egypt,

From Pathros and Cush,

From Elam and Shinar,

From Hamath and the 4islands of the sea.

12 He will set up a banner for the nations,

And will 5assemble the outcasts of Israel,

And gather together othe dispersed of Judah

From the four 6corners of the earth.

13 Also pthe envy of Ephraim shall depart,

And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;

Ephraim shall not envy Judah,

And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

14 But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west;

Together they shall plunder the 7people of the East;

qThey shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab;

And the people of Ammon shall obey them.

15 The Lord rwill utterly 8destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt;

With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over 9the River,

And strike it in the seven streams,

And make men cross over 1dryshod.

16 sThere will be a highway for the remnant of His people

Who will be left from Assyria,

tAs it was for Israel

In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.

A Hymn of Praise

12 And ain that day you will say:

“O Lord, I will praise You;

Though You were angry with me,

Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.

2 Behold, God is my salvation,

I will trust and not be afraid;

b‘For cYah, the Lord, is my strength and song;

He also has become my salvation.’ ”

3 Therefore with joy you will draw dwater

From the wells of salvation.

4 And in that day you will say:

e“Praise the Lord, call upon His name;

fDeclare His deeds among the peoples,

Make mention that His gname is exalted.

5 hSing to the Lord,

For He has done excellent things;

This is known in all the earth.

6 iCry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,

For great is jthe Holy One of Israel in your midst!”