Isaiah 11:1-9

Revised Standard Version

He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
    or decide by what his ears hear;
⁴ but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
    and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
⁵ Righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist,
    and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

⁶ The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
    and the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
and the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
    and a little child shall lead them.
⁷ The cow and the bear shall feed;
    their young shall lie down together;
    and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
⁸ The sucking child shall play over the hole of the asp,
    and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.
⁹ They shall not hurt or destroy
    in all my holy mountain;
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.