Isaiah 11

1 Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

3 And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

4 but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

5 Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

6 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

7 The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

8 The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

10 On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

13 Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.

14 They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

15 The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.

1 ¶ And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

2 And the 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 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

10 ¶ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

11 And 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, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.

16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

1 And there shall come up a rod from the tribe of Jesse, and a branch from his root shall bring forth fruit.

2 Upon whom shall rest the Spirit of the LORD, the Spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel, and of strength, the Spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the LORD.

3 And his smelling shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge according to that his eyes see, nor punish according to that his ears hear,

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and with judgment shall he punish the wretched of the earth: and with the rod of his mouth shall he smite the earth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

5 Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faith the girdle of his kidneys.

6 The wolves shall dwell with the lambs, and the pardel shall lie with the rams. A little boy shall drive calves and young lions and fatlings together.

7 Cows and bears shall go by the pasture, and their young shall lie down together: and lions shall eat straw like oxen.

8 And an infant shall have his delight in the hole of the adder, and a weaned man shall put his hand into the den of the basilisk.

9 There shall no man hurt nor destroy in my holy mountain: for the land is full of the knowledge of the LORD, as it is covered with the waters of the sea.

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, which is for a panoply to the nations, shall be inquired of by the heathen; and his rest shall be honour.

11 And the LORD shall stretch out his hand in that day the second time, to conquer the remnant of his people that are left of the Assyrians, and of the Egyptians, and of the Pathros, and of the Moors, and of the Elamites, and of Sinear, and of Hamath, and of the isles of the sea,

12 And he shall set a standard among the heathen, and gather together the outcasts of Israel, and shall bring the dispersed of Judah by multitude out of the four places of the earth.

13 And the envy of Ephraim shall cease, and the enemies of Judah shall be cut off, that Ephraim envy not Judah, and Judah be not against Ephraim.

14 And they shall be upon the neck of the Philistines toward the west, and shall spoil all them that dwell toward the east. Edom and Moab shall fold their hands against them. And the children of Ammon shall be obedient.

15 And the LORD shall destroy the river of the sea in Egypt, and shall cause his hand to pass over the waters with his strong wind, and shall smite the seven rivers, that men may pass through with shoes.

16 And there shall be a course for the remnant of his people that remain of the Assyrians, as it was to Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.