Isaiah 11

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

2And 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;

3And 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:footnote a

4But 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.footnote b

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

6The 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.

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

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

9They 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.

10And 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.footnote d

11And 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.

12And 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.footnote e

13The 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.

14But 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.footnote ffootnote gfootnote h

15And 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.footnote i

16And 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.

The Root of Jesse

1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse,and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. 2The 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. 3And 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, 4but 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 mouthand slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. 5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips,and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

6The 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,footnote aand a little child will lead them. 7The cow will graze with the bear,their young will lie down together,and the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8The infant will play by the cobra’s den,and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. 9They will neither harm nor destroyon all My holy mountain,for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORDas the sea is full of water.

10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him,footnote b and His place of rest will be glorious. 11On 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,footnote c from Elam, from Shinar,footnote d from Hamath, and from the islandsfootnote e of the sea.

12He will raise a banner for the nationsand gather the exiles of Israel;He will collect the scattered of Judahfrom the four corners of the earth. 13Then the jealousy of Ephraimfootnote fwill depart,and the adversariesfootnote gof Judah will be cut off.Ephraim will no longer envy Judah,nor will Judah harass Ephraim.

14They 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. 15The LORD will devote to destructionfootnote hthe gulffootnote iof the Sea of Egypt;with a scorching wind He will sweep His handover the Euphrates.footnote jHe will split it into seven streamsfor men to cross with dry sandals. 16There will be a highway for the remnant of His peoplewho remain from Assyria,as there was for Israelwhen they came up from the land of Egypt.