Isaiah 10:12-11:9

New International Version

¹²When the Lord has finished all his work^(A) against Mount Zion^(B) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria^(C) for the willful pride^(D) of his heart and the haughty look^(E) in his eyes. ¹³For he says:

“‘By the strength of my hand^(F) I have done this,^(G)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;^(H)
    like a mighty one I subdued^[a] their kings.^(I)
¹⁴As one reaches into a nest,^(J)
    so my hand reached for the wealth^(K) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;^(L)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.^(M)’”

¹⁵Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?^(N)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club^(O) brandish the one who is not wood!
¹⁶Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(P) upon his sturdy warriors;^(Q)
under his pomp^(R) a fire^(S) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
¹⁷The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(T)
    their Holy One^(U) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(V) and his briers.^(W)
¹⁸The splendor of his forests^(X) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(Y)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹And the remaining trees of his forests^(Z) will be so few^(AA)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

²⁰In that day^(AB) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors^(AC) of Jacob,
will no longer rely^(AD) on him
    who struck them down^(AE)
but will truly rely^(AF) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.^(AG)
²¹A remnant^(AH) will return,^[b]^(AI) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.^(AJ)
²²Though your people be like the sand^(AK) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.^(AL)
Destruction has been decreed,^(AM)
    overwhelming and righteous.
²³The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed^(AN) upon the whole land.^(AO)

²⁴Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“My people who live in Zion,^(AP)
    do not be afraid^(AQ) of the Assyrians,
who beat^(AR) you with a rod^(AS)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
²⁵Very soon^(AT) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath^(AU) will be directed to their destruction.^(AV)”

²⁶The Lord Almighty will lash^(AW) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian^(AX) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff^(AY) over the waters,^(AZ)
    as he did in Egypt.
²⁷In that day^(BA) their burden^(BB) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke^(BC) from your neck;^(BD)
the yoke^(BE) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.^[c]

²⁸They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;^(BF)
    they store supplies^(BG) at Mikmash.^(BH)
²⁹They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.^(BI)”
Ramah^(BJ) trembles;
    Gibeah^(BK) of Saul flees.^(BL)
³⁰Cry out, Daughter Gallim!^(BM)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!^(BN)
³¹Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
³²This day they will halt at Nob;^(BO)
    they will shake their fist^(BP)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,^(BQ)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

³³See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(BR) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(BS)
    the tall^(BT) ones will be brought low.^(BU)
³⁴He will cut down^(BV) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(BW) will fall before the Mighty One.^(BX)

The Branch From Jesse

11 A shoot^(BY) will come up from the stump^(BZ) of Jesse;^(CA)
    from his roots a Branch^(CB) will bear fruit.^(CC)
²The Spirit^(CD) of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom^(CE) and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,^(CF)
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
³and he will delight in the fear^(CG) of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,^(CH)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;^(CI)
⁴but with righteousness^(CJ) he will judge the needy,^(CK)
    with justice^(CL) he will give decisions for the poor^(CM) of the earth.
He will strike^(CN) the earth with the rod of his mouth;^(CO)
    with the breath^(CP) of his lips he will slay the wicked.^(CQ)
⁵Righteousness will be his belt^(CR)
    and faithfulness^(CS) the sash around his waist.^(CT)

⁶The wolf will live with the lamb,^(CU)
    the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling^[d] 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.^(CV)
⁸The infant^(CW) will play near the cobra’s den,
    and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s^(CX) nest.
⁹They will neither harm nor destroy^(CY)
    on all my holy mountain,^(CZ)
for the earth^(DA) will be filled with the knowledge^(DB) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.