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.
A Remnant Remains
10 Then it will be in that day,
That the anations will seek the broot of Jesse,
Who will stand as a cstandard for the peoples;
And His dresting place will be glorious.
11 Then it will be in that day, that the Lord
Will again acquire the second time with His hand
The aremnant of His people, who will remain,
From bAssyria, cEgypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, dElam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the ecoastlands of the sea.
12 And He will lift up a astandard for the nations
And bassemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the scattered of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
13 Then the ajealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who assail Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not assail Ephraim.
14 And they will aswoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the bwest;
Together they will cplunder the sons of the east;
They will stretch out their hands over dEdom and eMoab,
And the sons of Ammon will obey them.
15 And Yahweh will adevote to destruction
The tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
And He will bwave His hand over the cRiver
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over dry‑shod.
16 And there will be a ahighway from Assyria
For the bremnant of His people who will remain,
Just as there was for Israel
In cthe day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.