Isaiah 11
Legacy Standard Bible
The Judgments 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.
2 The (E)Spirit of Yahweh will rest on Him,
The spirit of (F)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and (G)might,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.
3 And He will delight in the fear of Yahweh,
And He will not judge by what His eyes (H)see,
Nor render a decision by what His ears hear;
4 But with (I)righteousness He will judge the (J)poor,
And decide with uprightness for the (K)afflicted 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 put the wicked to death.
5 Also (N)righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And (O)faithfulness the belt about His waist.
6 And the (P)wolf will [a]dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion [b]and the fatling together;
And a young boy will lead them.
7 Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the (Q)lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 And the nursing baby will play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
9 They will (R)do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,
For the (S)earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh
As the waters cover the sea.
A Remnant Remains
10 Then it will be in that day,
That the (T)nations will seek the (U)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a [c](V)standard for the peoples;
And His (W)resting place will be [d]glorious.
11 Then it will be in that day, that the Lord
Will again acquire the second time with His hand
The (X)remnant of His people, who will remain,
From (Y)Assyria, (Z)Egypt, Pathros, [e]Ethiopia, (AA)Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the (AB)coastlands of the sea.
12 And He will lift up a (AC)standard for the nations
And (AD)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the scattered of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
13 Then the (AE)jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who assail Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not assail Ephraim.
14 And they will (AF)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the (AG)west;
Together they will (AH)plunder the sons of the east;
[f]They will stretch out their hands over (AI)Edom and (AJ)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon [g]will obey them.
15 And Yahweh will (AK)devote to destruction
The tongue of the [h]Sea of Egypt;
And He will (AL)wave His hand over the [i](AM)River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over [j]dry-shod.
16 And there will be a (AN)highway from Assyria
For the (AO)remnant of His people who will remain,
Just as there was for Israel
In (AP)the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 11:6 Lit sojourn
- Isaiah 11:6 Some versions will feed together
- Isaiah 11:10 Or signal
- Isaiah 11:10 Lit glory
- Isaiah 11:11 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit Edom and Moab will be the outstretching of their hand
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit their obedience
- Isaiah 11:15 Possibly the Red Sea
- Isaiah 11:15 The Euphrates River
- Isaiah 11:15 Lit in sandals
Isaiah 11
Lexham English Bible
The Branch’s Righteous Reign
11 And a shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from its roots will bear fruit.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 And righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
6 And a wolf shall stay[c] with a lamb,
and a leopard shall lie down with a kid,
and a calf and a lion and a fatling together
as a small boy leads[d] them.
7 And a cow and a bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together.
And a lion shall eat straw like the cattle.
8 And an infant[e] shall play over a serpent’s hole,
and a toddler[f] shall put his hand on a viper’s hole.
9 They will not injure and they will not destroy on all of my holy mountain,[g]
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh,
as the waters cover the sea.
10 And this shall happen on that day:
the nations shall inquire of the root of Jesse,
which shall be standing as a signal to the peoples,
and his resting place shall be glorious.
The Regathered Remnant
11 And this shall happen on that day:
The Lord will again extend his hand a second time
to acquire the remnant of his people that is left,
from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coastlands of the sea,
12 and he will raise a signal for the nations.
And he will gather the outcasts of Israel,
and he will gather the scattered ones of Judah together from the four corners[h] of the earth.
13 And the jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
and the enemies of Judah shall be cut off.
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not be an enemy of Ephraim.
14 But they shall swoop[i] upon the Philistine shoulder,[j] westward.[k]
Together they shall plunder the sons of the east.
Edom and Moab will be under their command,[l]
and the sons of Ammon will be their subjugated people.
15 And Yahweh will divide[m] the tongue[n] of the sea of Egypt,[o]
and he will wave his hand over the river[p] with his scorching wind;
and he will strike it into seven streams,
and he will make it passable by foot.[q]
16 So there shall be a highway from Assyria for the remnant of his people that remains,
as there was for Israel when[r] it went up from the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- 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
- Isaiah 11:3 Literally “the rumors of”
- Isaiah 11:6 Literally “dwell as an alien”
- Isaiah 11:6 Literally “and a small boy leading”
- Isaiah 11:8 Literally “one nursing”
- Isaiah 11:8 Literally “one who is weaned”
- Isaiah 11:9 Literally “mountain of holiness”
- Isaiah 11:12 Literally “wings”
- Isaiah 11:14 Literally “fly”
- Isaiah 11:14 That is, the hill country west of Judah
- Isaiah 11:14 Literally “sea”
- Isaiah 11:14 Literally “the stretching of their hand”
- Isaiah 11:15 Or “utterly destroy”
- Isaiah 11:15 Probably the “gulf”
- Isaiah 11:15 That is, the Red Sea
- Isaiah 11:15 That is, the Euphrates River
- Isaiah 11:15 Literally “cause to walk with the sandal”
- Isaiah 11:16 Literally “in the day”
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