Isaiah 11

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1. 1A new shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a branch will grow from his roots.
2. 2The spirit of the LORD will rest on 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. 3He will have quick understanding in the fear of the LORD. He won't judge by what his eyes see or make decisions based on what his ears hear.
4. 4But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and reprove with fairness for the meek of the earth; and he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
5. 5Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness will be the belt around his hips.
6. 6The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf, the young lion, and the fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
7. 7The cow and the bear will graze side by side, and their young will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.
8. 8A nursing child will play by the hole of a cobra, and a weaned child will put his hand on a viper's den.
9. 9They shall not hurt or 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. 10On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the nations. The Gentiles will seek him out, and his resting place will be glorious.
11. 11On that day, the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who remain in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the islands of the sea.
12. 12He will raise a banner for the nations, gather the outcasts of Israel, and bring together the scattered people of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
13. 13Ephraim's jealousy will disappear, and those who harass Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won't be jealous of Judah, and Judah won't antagonize Ephraim.
14. 14But they will fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they will plunder the people of the east together. They will lay their hand on Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.
15. 15The LORD will completely destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea. With his mighty wind, he will wave his hand over the river and strike it into seven streams, allowing people to cross on dry ground.
16. 16There will be a highway for the remnant of his people coming back from Assyria — just as there was for Israel on the day they came up out of Egypt.