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    And his breath[a] is in the fear of Yahweh.
And he shall judge not by his eyesight,
    and he shall rebuke not by what he hears with[b] his ears.
But he shall judge the poor with righteousness,
    and he shall decide for the needy of the earth with rectitude.
And he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and he shall kill the wicked person with the breath of his lips.
And righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,
    and faithfulness the belt around his loins.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:3 Hebrew “smelling,” perhaps metaphorically as “delight” as in Amos 5:14; perhaps this line was accidentally copied twice from the preceding line
  2. Isaiah 11:3 Literally “the rumors of”