The Judgments of the Branch
Then a ashoot will spring from the bstem of Jesse,
And a cbranch from dhis roots will bear fruit.
2 The aSpirit of Yahweh will rest on Him,
The spirit of bwisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and cmight,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.
3 And He will delight in the fear of Yahweh,
And He will not judge by what His eyes asee,
Nor render a decision by what His ears hear;
4 But with arighteousness He will judge the bpoor,
And decide with uprightness for the cafflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the drod of His mouth,
And with the ebreath of His lips He will put the wicked to death.
5 Also arighteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And bfaithfulness the belt about His waist.
6 And the awolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a young boy will lead them.
7 Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the alion will eat straw like the ox.
8 And the nursing baby will play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
9 They will ado no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,
For the bearth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh
As the waters cover the sea.