Isaiah 11:1-10

Contemporary English Version

Peace at Last

11 ^(A) Like a branch that sprouts
    from a stump,
someone from David's family^[a]
    will someday be king.
²The Spirit of the Lord
    will be with him
to give him understanding,
    wisdom, and insight.
He will be powerful,
and he will know
    and honor the Lord.
³His greatest joy will be
    to obey the Lord.

This king won't judge
by appearances
    or listen to rumors.
⁴The poor and the needy
will be treated with fairness
    and with justice.
His word will be law
    everywhere in the land,
and criminals
    will be put to death.
⁵^(B) Honesty and fairness
    will be his royal robes.

⁶^(C) Leopards will lie down
    with young goats,
and wolves will rest
    with lambs.
Calves and lions
    will eat together
and be cared for
    by little children.
⁷Cows and bears will share
    the same pasture;
their young will rest
    side by side.
Lions and oxen
    will both eat straw.

⁸Little children will play
near snake holes.
They will stick their hands
into dens of poisonous snakes
and never be hurt.

⁹^(D) Nothing harmful will take place
    on the Lord's holy mountain.
Just as water fills the sea,
    the land will be filled
with people who know
    and honor the Lord.

God's People Will Come Back Home

¹⁰^(E) The time is coming when one of David's descendants^[b] will be the signal for the people of all nations to come together. They will follow his advice, and his own nation will become famous.

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Footnotes

11.1 David's family: Hebrew “Jesse's family.” Jesse was the father of King David.
11.10 David's descendants: Hebrew “Jesse's descendants” (see the note at 11.1).

Isaiah 65:17-25

Contemporary English Version

The Lord's New Creation

¹⁷^(A) I am creating new heavens
    and a new earth;
everything of the past
    will be forgotten.
¹⁸Celebrate and be glad forever!
I am creating a Jerusalem,
    full of happy people.
¹⁹^(B) I will celebrate with Jerusalem
    and all its people;
there will be no more crying
    or sorrow in that city.

²⁰No child will die in infancy;
everyone will live
    a very long life.
Anyone a hundred years old
    will be considered young,
and to die younger than that
    will be considered a curse.

²¹My people will live
    in the houses they build;
they will enjoy grapes
    from their own vineyards.
²²No one will take away
    their homes or vineyards.
My chosen people will live
    to be as old as trees,
and they will enjoy
    what they have earned.
²³Their work won't be wasted,
and their children won't die
    of dreadful diseases.^[a]
I will bless their children
    and their grandchildren.
²⁴I will answer their prayers
    before they finish praying.

²⁵^(C) Wolves and lambs
    will graze together;
lions and oxen
    will feed on straw.
Snakes will eat only dirt!
They won't bite or harm anyone
    on my holy mountain.
I, the Lord, have spoken!