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The Reign of the Davidic King

11 “A shoot will come out
    from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch will bear fruit
    from his roots.
The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon him,
    the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and power,
    the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
    He won’t judge by what his eyes see,
        nor decide disputes by what his ears hear,
but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
    and decide with equity for[a] earth’s poor.[b]
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,[c]
    and the wicked will be killed[d] with the breath of his lips.
Righteousness will be the sash around his loins,
    and faithfulness the belt around his waist.”

A Transformed Ecology

“The wolf will live with the lamb;
    the leopard will lie down with the young goat.
The calf and the lion will graze[e] together,
    and a little child will lead them.
The cow and the bear will graze,
    and[f] their young will lie down together,
        and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child will play
    over the hole of the cobra,
        and the weaned child will put his hand on vipers’ dens.[g]
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on[h] my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full
    of the knowledge[i] of the Lord,[j]
        as the waters cover the sea.”

Israel Regathered

10 At that time,[k] as to[l] the root of Jesse, who will be standing as a banner for the peoples, the nations will rally to him, and his resting place is[m] glorious.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read for the
  2. Isaiah 11:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read humble
  3. Isaiah 11:4 I.e. by pronouncing judgment
  4. Isaiah 11:4 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT LXX read he will kill the wicked
  5. Isaiah 11:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads lion and the fattened calf
  6. Isaiah 11:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
  7. Isaiah 11:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads a viper’s den; LXX reads a den of vipers
  8. Isaiah 11:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsac MT read on all
  9. Isaiah 11:9 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read to know
  10. Isaiah 11:9 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsac reads of glory; cf. Hab 2:14
  11. Isaiah 11:10 Lit. day
  12. Isaiah 11:10 1QIsaa MT lack as to
  13. Isaiah 11:10 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read place will be

The Branch From Jesse

11 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 fear(I) 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 justice(N) 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[a] 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)
The infant(Y) will play near the cobra’s den,
    and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s(Z) nest.
They will neither harm nor destroy(AA)
    on all my holy mountain,(AB)
for the earth(AC) will be filled with the knowledge(AD) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.

10 In that day(AE) the Root of Jesse(AF) will stand as a banner(AG) for the peoples; the nations(AH) will rally to him,(AI) and his resting place(AJ) will be glorious.(AK)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed