[1] There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch
out of his roots shall bear fruit. [2] The Spirit of Yahweh shall 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
shall be in the fear of Yahweh; and he shall not judge after the sight of
his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; [4] but with
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the
humble of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his
mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he kill the wicked. [5]
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of
his loins. [6] The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fattened
calf together; and a little child shall lead them. [7] The cow and the bear
shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall
eat straw like the ox. [8] The sucking child shall play on the hole of the
asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder`s den. [9] They
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be
full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea. [10] It shall
happen in that day, that the root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign of the
peoples, to him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be
glorious. [11] It shall happen in that day, that the Lord will set his hand
again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who shall
remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and
from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the
sea. [12] He will set up an ensign 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 shall depart, and
those who vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and
Judah shall not vex Ephraim. [14] They shall fly down on the shoulder of
the Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the children of
the east: they shall put forth their hand on Edom and Moab; and the
children of Ammon shall obey them. [15] Yahweh will utterly destroy the
tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his
hand over the River, and will strike it into seven streams, and cause men
to march over in sandals. [16] There shall be a highway for the remnant of
his people, who shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in
the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
