A
shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse,
and
a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
Yahweh’s
Spirit will 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.
His
delight will be in the fear of Yahweh.
He
will not judge by the sight of his eyes,
neither
decide by the hearing of his ears;
but
he will judge the poor with righteousness,
and
decide with equity for the humble of the earth.
He
will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
and
with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
Righteousness
will be the belt of his waist,
and
faithfulness the belt of his waist.
The
wolf will live with the lamb,
and
the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
the
calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together;
and
a little child will lead them.
The
cow and the bear will graze.
Their
young ones will lie down together.
The
lion will eat straw like the ox.
The
nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole,
and
the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
They
will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain;
for
the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh,
as
the waters cover the sea.
It
will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who
stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
It
will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time
to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt,
from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the
islands of the sea. He will set up a banner for the nations, and will
assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
Isaiah 11: 1-12
