1 There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a
branch out of his roots shall bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of Yahweh shall
rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel
and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. 3 His
delight shall be in the fear of Yahweh; and he shall not judge after the
sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; 4 but
with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the
humble of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
and with the breath of his lips shall he kill the wicked. 5 Righteousness
shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with
the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fattened calf together; and
a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall feed; their
young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 The sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned
child shall put his hand on the adder’s den. 9 They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge
of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea. 10 It shall happen in that day,
that the root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign of the peoples, to him shall
the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious. 11 It shall
happen in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to
recover the remnant of his people, who shall remain, 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 He will set up an ensign
for the nations, and will 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 those who vex Judah shall be cut off:
Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 14 They
shall fly down on the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall
they despoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand on
Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 15 Yahweh will
utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind
will he wave his hand over the River, and will strike it into seven streams,
and cause men to march over in sandals. 16 There shall be a highway for
the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was
for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
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