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And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest on him—
    a spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    a spirit of counsel and might,
    a spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.
    And his breath[a] is in the fear of Yahweh.
And he shall judge not by his eyesight,
    and he shall rebuke not by what he hears with[b] his ears.
But he shall judge the poor with righteousness,
    and he shall decide for the needy of the earth with rectitude.
And he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and he shall kill the wicked person with the breath of his lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:3 Hebrew “smelling,” perhaps metaphorically as “delight” as in Amos 5:14; perhaps this line was accidentally copied twice from the preceding line
  2. Isaiah 11:3 Literally “the rumors of”

The Spirit(A) of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom(B) and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,(C)
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord
and he will delight in the fear(D) of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(E)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;(F)
but with righteousness(G) he will judge the needy,(H)
    with justice(I) he will give decisions for the poor(J) of the earth.
He will strike(K) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(L)
    with the breath(M) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(N)

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