Isaiah 11

The Branch’s Righteous Reign

1 And a shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse,

and a branch from its roots will bear fruit.

2 And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest on him—

a spirit of wisdom and understanding,

a spirit of counsel and might,

a spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.

3 And his breath*Hebrew "smelling," perhaps metaphorically as "delight" as in Amos 5:14; perhaps this line was accidentally copied twice from the preceding line is in the fear of Yahweh.

And he shall judge not by his eyesight,

and he shall rebuke not by what he hears with*Literally "the rumors of" his ears.

4 But he shall judge the poor with righteousness,

and he shall decide for the needy of the earth with rectitude.

And he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,

and he shall kill the wicked person with the breath of his lips.

5 And righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,

and faithfulness the belt around his loins.

6 And a wolf shall stay*Literally "dwell as an alien" with a lamb,

and a leopard shall lie down with a kid,

and a calf and a lion and a fatling together

as a small boy leads*Literally "and a small boy leading" them.

7 And a cow and a bear shall graze;

their young shall lie down together.

And a lion shall eat straw like the cattle.

8 And an infant*Literally "one nursing" shall play over a serpent’s hole,

and a toddler*Literally "one who is weaned" shall put his hand on a viper’s hole.

9 They will not injure and they will not destroy on all of my holy mountain,*Literally "mountain of holiness"

for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh,

as the waters cover the sea.

10 And this shall happen on that day:

the nations shall inquire of the root of Jesse,

which shall be standing as a signal to the peoples,

and his resting place shall be glorious.

The Regathered Remnant

11 And this shall happen on that day:

The Lord will again extend his hand a second time

to acquire the remnant of his people that is left,

from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coastlands of the sea,

12 and he will raise a signal for the nations.

And he will gather the outcasts of Israel,

and he will gather the scattered ones of Judah together from the four corners*Literally "wings" of the earth.

13 And the jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,

and the enemies of Judah shall be cut off.

Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,

and Judah shall not be an enemy of Ephraim.

14 But they shall swoop*Literally "fly" upon the Philistine shoulder,*That is, the hill country west of Judah westward.*Literally "sea"

Together they shall plunder the sons of the east.

Edom and Moab will be under their command,*Literally "the stretching of their hand"

and the sons of Ammon will be their subjugated people.

15 And Yahweh will divide*Or "utterly destroy" the tongue*Probably the "gulf" of the sea of Egypt,*That is, the Red Sea

and he will wave his hand over the river*That is, the Euphrates River with his scorching wind;

and he will strike it into seven streams,

and he will make it passable by foot.*Literally "cause to walk with the sandal"

16 So there shall be a highway from Assyria for the remnant of his people that remains,

as there was for Israel when*Literally "in the day" it went up from the land of Egypt.