Isaiah 10:20-11:16

The Remnant of Israel 20In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

21A remnant will return, Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22 a remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God.

22Though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.

23The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.

24Therefore this is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: “My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians, who beat you with a rod and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.

25Very soon my anger against you will end and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.”

26The LORD Almighty will lash them with a whip, as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb; and he will raise his staff over the waters, as he did in Egypt.

27In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat. Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders

28They enter Aiath; they pass through Migron; they store supplies at Mikmash.

29They go over the pass, and say, “We will camp overnight at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

30Cry out, Daughter Gallim! Listen, Laishah! Poor Anathoth!

31Madmenah is in flight; the people of Gebim take cover.

32This day they will halt at Nob; they will shake their fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

33See, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be felled, the tall ones will be brought low. 34He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax; Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

The Branch From Jesse 1A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD —

3and he will delight in the fear of the LORD . He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;

4but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

5Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

6The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed together; and a little child will lead them.

7The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

8The infant will play near the cobra’s den, and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.

9They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. 10In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.

11In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, That is, the upper Nile region from Elam, from Babylonia, Hebrew Shinar from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.

12He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.

13Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, and Judah’s enemies Or hostility will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

14They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west; together they will plunder the people to the east. They will subdue Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

15The LORD will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River. He will break it up into seven streams so that anyone can cross over in sandals. 16There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.