⁸ “Judah,^[a](A) your brothers will praise you;
    your hand will be on the neck^(B) of your enemies;
    your father’s sons will bow down to you.^(C)
9 You are a lion’s^(D) cub,^(E) Judah;^(F)
    you return from the prey,^(G) my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah,^(H)
    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,^[b]
until he to whom it belongs^[c] shall come^(I)
    and the obedience of the nations shall be his.^(J)

⁶ For to us a child is born,^(A)
    to us a son is given,^(B)
    and the government^(C) will be on his shoulders.^(D)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,^(E) Mighty God,^(F)
    Everlasting^(G) Father,^(H) Prince of Peace.^(I)
7 Of the greatness of his government^(J) and peace^(K)
    there will be no end.^(L)
He will reign^(M) on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
    with justice^(N) and righteousness^(O)
    from that time on and forever.^(P)
The zeal^(Q) of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

²² For the Lord is our judge,^(A)
    the Lord is our lawgiver,^(B)
the Lord is our king;^(C)
    it is he who will save^(D) us.

the mountain^(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;^(C)
it will be exalted^(D) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.^(E)

“Come, let us go^(G) up to the mountain^(H) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law^(I) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.^(J)
4 He will judge^(K) between the nations
    and will settle disputes^(L) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.^(M)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,^(N)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

⁵ “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David^[a] a righteous Branch,^(F)
a King^(G) who will reign^(H) wisely
    and do what is just and right^(I) in the land.
⁶ In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.^(J)
This is the name^(K) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.^(L)

²⁵ I know that my redeemer^[a](A) lives,^(B)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.^[b]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet^[c] in^[d] my flesh I will see God;^(C)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes^(D)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns^(E) within me!

¹⁷ Your eyes will see the king^(A) in his beauty^(B)
    and view a land that stretches afar.^(C)