Isaiah 11

The Branch From Jesse

A shoot^a will come up from the stump^b of Jesse;^c

from his roots a Branch^d will bear fruit.^e

The Spirit^f of the Lord will rest on him—

the Spirit of wisdom^g and of understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and of might,^h

the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—

and he will delight in the fearⁱ of the Lord.

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

or decide by what he hears with his ears;^k

but with righteousness^l he will judge the needy,^m

with justiceⁿ he will give decisions for the poor^o of the earth.

He will strike^p the earth with the rod of his mouth;^q

with the breath^r of his lips he will slay the wicked.^s

Righteousness will be his belt^t

and faithfulness^u the sash around his waist.^v

The wolf will live with the lamb,^w

the leopard will lie down with the goat,

the calf and the lion and the yearling together;

and a little child will lead them.

The cow will feed with the bear,

their young will lie down together,

and the lion will eat straw like the ox.^x

Infants^y will play near the hole of the cobra;

young children will put their hands into the viper’s^z nest.

They will neither harm nor destroy^a

on all my holy mountain,^b

for the earth^c will be filled with the knowledge^d of the Lord

as the waters cover the sea.

In that day^e the Root of Jesse^f will stand as a banner^g for the peoples; the nations^h will rally to him,ⁱ and his resting place^j will be glorious.^k In that day^l the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant^m of his people from Assyria,ⁿ from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,^o from Cush,^p from Elam,^q from Babylonia, from Hamath^r and from the islands^s of the Mediterranean.^t

He will raise a banner^u for the nations

and gather^v the exiles of Israel;^w

he will assemble the scattered people^x of Judah

from the four quarters of the earth.^y

Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,

and Judah’s enemies will be destroyed;

Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,

nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.^z

They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia^a to the west;

together they will plunder the people to the east.^b

They will lay hands on Edom^c and Moab,^d

and the Ammonites^e will be subject to them.^f

The Lord will dry up^g

the gulf of the Egyptian sea;

with a scorching wind^h he will sweep his handⁱ

over the Euphrates River.^j

He will break it up into seven streams

so that anyone can cross over in sandals.^k

There will be a highway^l for the remnant^m of his people

that is left from Assyria,ⁿ

as there was for Israel

when they came up from Egypt.^o