Isaiah 11
Christian Standard Bible
Reign of the Davidic King
11 Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse,(A)
and a branch(B) from his roots will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him(C)—
a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
a Spirit of counsel and strength,
a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
3 His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge
by what he sees with his eyes,(D)
he will not execute justice
by what he hears with his ears,
4 but he will judge the poor righteously(E)
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with a scepter[a] from his mouth,(F)
and he will kill the wicked(G)
with a command[b] from his lips.(H)
5 Righteousness will be a belt around his hips;(I)
faithfulness will be a belt around his waist.
6 The wolf will dwell with the lamb,(J)
and the leopard will lie down with the goat.
The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf will be together,
and a child will lead them.
7 The cow and the bear will graze,
their young ones will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like cattle.
8 An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,
and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.
9 They will not harm or destroy each other
on my entire holy mountain,
for the land will be as full
of the knowledge of the Lord
as the sea is filled with water.(K)
Israel Regathered
10 On that day the root of Jesse(L)
will stand as a banner for the peoples.(M)
The nations will look to him for guidance,(N)
and his resting place will be glorious.(O)
11 On that day(P) the Lord will extend his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who survive—from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west.(Q)
12 He will lift up a banner for the nations
and gather the dispersed of Israel;(R)
he will collect the scattered of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.(S)
13 Ephraim’s envy will cease;(T)
Judah’s harassing will end.
Ephraim will no longer be envious of Judah,
and Judah will not harass Ephraim.
14 But they will swoop down
on the Philistine flank to the west.
Together they will plunder the people of the east.(U)
They will extend their power over Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites will be their subjects.(V)
15 The Lord will divide[c][d] the Gulf of Suez.[e]
He will wave his hand over the Euphrates
with his mighty wind(W)
and will split it into seven streams,
letting people walk through on foot.
16 There will be a highway for the remnant of his people
who will survive from Assyria,(X)
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.(Y)
Isaiah 11
International Standard Version
The Reign of the Davidic King
11 “A shoot will come out
from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch will bear fruit
from his roots.
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and power,
the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
3 His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
He won’t judge by what his eyes see,
nor decide disputes by what his ears hear,
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
and decide with equity for[a] earth’s poor.[b]
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,[c]
and the wicked will be killed[d] with the breath of his lips.
5 Righteousness will be the sash around his loins,
and faithfulness the belt around his waist.”
A Transformed Ecology
6 “The wolf will live with the lamb;
the leopard will lie down with the young goat.
The calf and the lion will graze[e] together,
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow and the bear will graze,
and[f] their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child will play
over the hole of the cobra,
and the weaned child will put his hand on vipers’ dens.[g]
9 They will neither harm nor destroy
on[h] my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full
of the knowledge[i] of the Lord,[j]
as the waters cover the sea.”
Israel Regathered
10 At that time,[k] as to[l] the root of Jesse, who will be standing as a banner for the peoples, the nations will rally to him, and his resting place is[m] glorious.
11 At that time,[n] the Lord will reach out his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,[o] from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands[p] of the sea.
12 He will raise a banner for the nations
and will assemble the dispersed of Israel;
he will gather the scattered people of Judah
from the corners[q] of the earth.
Israel’s Victory over Its Enemies
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,[r]
and those who are hostile to Judah will be eliminated;[s]
Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah,
and Judah will not be hostile to Ephraim.
14 But they[t] will swoop down
on the slopes[u] of the Philistines to the west,
and they will plunder[v] the people to[w] the east.
They’ll lay their hands on Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
15 The Lord will totally destroy
the gulf[x] of the Sea of Egypt.
He will sweep his hand
over the Euphrates River
with a violent wind,[y]
breaking it up into seven streams,
and making a way for people to cross on foot.
16 And there will be a highway
for the remnant that is left of his people out of Assyria,
as there was for Israel
when they came up
from the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 11:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read for the
- Isaiah 11:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read humble
- Isaiah 11:4 I.e. by pronouncing judgment
- Isaiah 11:4 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT LXX read he will kill the wicked
- Isaiah 11:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads lion and the fattened calf
- Isaiah 11:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
- Isaiah 11:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads a viper’s den; LXX reads a den of vipers
- Isaiah 11:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsac MT read on all
- Isaiah 11:9 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read to know
- Isaiah 11:9 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsac reads of glory; cf. Hab 2:14
- Isaiah 11:10 Lit. day
- Isaiah 11:10 1QIsaa MT lack as to
- Isaiah 11:10 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read place will be
- Isaiah 11:11 Lit. day
- Isaiah 11:11 Lit. from Egypt, from Pathros
- Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
- Isaiah 11:12 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsaa MT LXX read four corners
- Isaiah 11:13 Lit. depart
- Isaiah 11:13 Lit. be cut off
- Isaiah 11:14 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsaa Targ read he
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit. backs
- Isaiah 11:14 So pap4QIsae 1QIsaa; MT LXX read the west; together they will plunder
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit. of
- Isaiah 11:15 Lit. tongue
- Isaiah 11:15 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read his violent wind
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