²³ They will not labor without success^(A)
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.^(B)

²⁵ The wolf and the lamb will feed together,^[a]
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,^(A)
but the serpent’s food will be dust!^(B)
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on My entire holy mountain,”^(C)
says the Lord.

¹⁸ On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.^(A)
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land^[a](B)
and will enable the people to rest securely.^(C)