[1] And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch
out of his roots will give fruit. [2] And the spirit of the Lord will be
resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise
guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
[3] And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give
decisions by the hearing of his ears: [4] But he will do right in the cause
of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need;
and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath
of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer. [5] And righteousness will
be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast. [6] And
the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest
with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and
the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child
will be their guide. [7] And the cow and the bear will be friends while
their young ones are sleeping together. [8] And the child at the breast
will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his
hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake. [9] There will be no cause of
pain or destruction in all my holy mountain: for the earth will be full of
the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters. [10] And in
that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which
will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be
glory. [11] And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the
second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from
Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and
from Hamath, and from the sea-lands. [12] And he will put up a flag as a
sign to the nations, and he will get together those of Israel who had been
sent away, and the wandering ones of Judah, from the four ends of the
earth. [13] And the envy of Ephraim will be gone, and those who make
trouble for Judah will come to an end: Ephraim will have no more envy of
Judah, and there will be an end of Judah's hate for Ephraim. [14] And they
will be united in attacking the Philistines on the west, and together they
will take the goods of the children of the east: their hand will be on Edom
and Moab; and the children of Ammon will be under their rule. [15] And the
Lord will make the tongue of the Egyptian sea completely dry; and with his
burning wind his hand will be stretched out over the River, and it will be
parted into seven streams, so that men may go over it with dry feet. [16]
And there will be a highway for the rest of his people from Assyria; as
there was for Israel in the day when he came up out of the land of Egypt.
