Isaiah 11-12

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.

Songs of Praise 1In that day you will say: “I will praise you, LORD . Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.

2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense Or song ; he has become my salvation.”

3With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

4In that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.

5Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. 6Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”