Isaiah 11-12

New American Standard Bible

Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 Then a ^(A)shoot will spring from the ^(B)stem of Jesse,
And a ^(C)Branch from ^(D)his roots will bear fruit.
²The ^(E)Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of ^(F)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and ^(G)strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
³And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes ^(H)see,
Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;
⁴But with ^(I)righteousness He will judge the ^(J)poor,
And decide with fairness for the ^(K)humble of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the ^(L)rod of His mouth,
And with the ^(M)breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
⁵Also ^(N)righteousness will be the belt around His hips,
And ^(O)faithfulness the belt around His waist.

⁶And the ^(P)wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion ^[a]and the fattened steer will be together;
And a little boy will lead them.
⁷Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the ^(Q)lion will eat straw like the ox.
⁸The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
⁹They will ^(R)not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the ^(S)earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰Then on that day
The ^(T)nations will resort to the ^(U)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a ^(V)signal flag for the peoples;
And His ^(W)resting place will be ^[b]glorious.

The Restored Remnant

¹¹Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover with His hand the second time
The ^(X)remnant of His people who will remain,
From ^(Y)Assyria, ^(Z)Egypt, Pathros, Cush, ^(AA)Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the ^[c]^(AB)islands of the sea.
¹²And He will lift up a ^(AC)flag for the nations
And ^(AD)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
¹³Then the ^(AE)jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be eliminated;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
¹⁴They will ^(AF)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the ^(AG)west;
Together they will ^(AH)plunder the ^[d]people of the east;
^[e]They will possess ^(AI)Edom and ^(AJ)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon will be ^[f]subject to them.
¹⁵And the Lord will ^[g]^(AK)utterly destroy
The tongue of the ^[h]Sea of Egypt;
And He will ^(AL)wave His hand over the ^(AM)Euphrates River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make people walk over in dry sandals.
¹⁶And there will be a ^(AN)highway from Assyria
For the ^(AO)remnant of His people who will be left,
Just as there was for Israel
On ^(AP)the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.

Thanksgiving Expressed

12 Then you will say on that day,
“^(AQ)I will give thanks to You, Lord;
For although ^(AR)You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.
²Behold, ^(AS)God is my salvation,
I will ^(AT)trust and not be afraid;
For ^(AU)the Lord God is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”
³Therefore you will joyously ^(AV)draw water
From the ^(AW)springs of salvation.
⁴And on that day you will ^(AX)say,
“^(AY)Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.
^(AZ)Make known His deeds among the peoples;
^[i]Make them remember that His name is exalted.”
⁵^(BA)Praise the Lord in song, for He has done ^[j]glorious things;
Let this be known throughout the earth.
⁶^(BB)Rejoice and shout for joy, you inhabitant of Zion,
For ^(BC)great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Footnotes

Isaiah 11:6 Some ancient versions will feed together
Isaiah 11:10 Lit glory
Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
Isaiah 11:14 Lit sons
Isaiah 11:14 Lit Edom and Moab will be the outstretching of their hand
Isaiah 11:14 Lit their obedience
Isaiah 11:15 Another reading is dry up the tongue
Isaiah 11:15 Perhaps the Red Sea
Isaiah 12:4 Or Proclaim to them that
Isaiah 12:5 Or gloriously

James 5

New American Standard Bible

Misuse of Riches

5 ^(A)Come now, ^(B)you rich people, ^(C)weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. ²^(D)Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will ^[a]serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is ^(E)in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! ⁴Behold, ^(F)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and ^(G)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of ^(H)the Lord ^[b]of armies. ⁵You have ^[c]^(I)lived for pleasure on the earth and lived luxuriously; you have ^[d]fattened your hearts in ^(J)a day of slaughter. ⁶You have condemned and ^[e]^(K)put to death ^(L)the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.

Exhortation

⁷Therefore be patient, ^(M)brothers and sisters, ^(N)until the coming of the Lord. ^(O)The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until ^[f]it gets ^(P)the early and late rains. ⁸^(Q)You too be patient; ^(R)strengthen your hearts, for ^(S)the coming of the Lord is ^(T)near. ⁹^(U)Do not ^[g]complain, ^(V)brothers and sisters, against one another, so that you may not be judged; behold, ^(W)the Judge is standing ^[h]^(X)right at the ^[i]door. ¹⁰As an example, ^(Y)brothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take ^(Z)the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹We count those ^(AA)blessed who endured. You have heard of ^(AB)the ^[j]endurance of Job and have seen ^(AC)the ^[k]outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that ^(AD)the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

¹²But above all, ^(AE)my brothers and sisters, ^(AF)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but ^[l]your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you do not fall under judgment.

¹³Is anyone among you ^(AG)suffering? ^(AH)Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to ^(AI)sing praises. ¹⁴Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for ^(AJ)the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, ^[m]^(AK)anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; ¹⁵and the ^(AL)prayer of faith will ^[n]^(AM)restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will ^(AN)raise him up, and if he has committed sins, ^[o]they will be forgiven him. ¹⁶Therefore, ^(AO)confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be ^(AP)healed. ^(AQ)A ^[p]prayer of a righteous person, when it is ^[q]brought about, can accomplish much. ¹⁷Elijah was ^(AR)a man with a nature like ours, and ^(AS)he prayed ^[r]earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for ^(AT)three years and six months. ¹⁸Then he ^(AU)prayed again, and ^(AV)the sky ^[s]poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

¹⁹My brothers and sisters, ^(AW)if anyone among you strays from ^(AX)the truth and someone turns him back, ²⁰let him know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will ^(AY)save his soul from death and ^(AZ)cover a multitude of sins.