Chapter 11
1 A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse , and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit .
2 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 .
3 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;
4 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 .
5 Righteousness will be the belt around his waist , and faithfulness the belt around his waist .
6 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 .
7 The cow and the bear will graze . Their young ones will lie down together . The lion will eat straw like the ox .
8 The nursing child will play near a cobra ’s hole , and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper ’s den .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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.
13 The envy also of Ephraim will depart , and those who persecute Judah will be cut off . Ephraim won’t envy Judah , and Judah won’t persecute Ephraim.
14 They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west . Together they will plunder the children of the east . They will extend their power over Edom and Moab , and the children of Ammon will obey them .
15 Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea ; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River , and will split it into seven streams , and cause men to march over in sandals .
16 There will be a highway for the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, like there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt .