Isaiah 10:16-11

New International Version

¹⁶Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(A) upon his sturdy warriors;^(B)
under his pomp^(C) a fire^(D) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
¹⁷The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(E)
    their Holy One^(F) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(G) and his briers.^(H)
¹⁸The splendor of his forests^(I) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(J)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹And the remaining trees of his forests^(K) will be so few^(L)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

²⁰In that day^(M) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors^(N) of Jacob,
will no longer rely^(O) on him
    who struck them down^(P)
but will truly rely^(Q) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.^(R)
²¹A remnant^(S) will return,^[a]^(T) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.^(U)
²²Though your people be like the sand^(V) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.^(W)
Destruction has been decreed,^(X)
    overwhelming and righteous.
²³The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed^(Y) upon the whole land.^(Z)

²⁴Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“My people who live in Zion,^(AA)
    do not be afraid^(AB) of the Assyrians,
who beat^(AC) you with a rod^(AD)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
²⁵Very soon^(AE) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath^(AF) will be directed to their destruction.^(AG)”

²⁶The Lord Almighty will lash^(AH) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian^(AI) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff^(AJ) over the waters,^(AK)
    as he did in Egypt.
²⁷In that day^(AL) their burden^(AM) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke^(AN) from your neck;^(AO)
the yoke^(AP) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.^[b]

²⁸They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;^(AQ)
    they store supplies^(AR) at Mikmash.^(AS)
²⁹They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.^(AT)”
Ramah^(AU) trembles;
    Gibeah^(AV) of Saul flees.^(AW)
³⁰Cry out, Daughter Gallim!^(AX)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!^(AY)
³¹Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
³²This day they will halt at Nob;^(AZ)
    they will shake their fist^(BA)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,^(BB)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

³³See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(BC) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(BD)
    the tall^(BE) ones will be brought low.^(BF)
³⁴He will cut down^(BG) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(BH) will fall before the Mighty One.^(BI)

The Branch From Jesse

11 A shoot^(BJ) will come up from the stump^(BK) of Jesse;^(BL)
    from his roots a Branch^(BM) will bear fruit.^(BN)
²The Spirit^(BO) of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom^(BP) and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,^(BQ)
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
³and he will delight in the fear^(BR) of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,^(BS)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;^(BT)
⁴but with righteousness^(BU) he will judge the needy,^(BV)
    with justice^(BW) he will give decisions for the poor^(BX) of the earth.
He will strike^(BY) the earth with the rod of his mouth;^(BZ)
    with the breath^(CA) of his lips he will slay the wicked.^(CB)
⁵Righteousness will be his belt^(CC)
    and faithfulness^(CD) the sash around his waist.^(CE)

⁶The wolf will live with the lamb,^(CF)
    the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling^[c] together;
    and a little child will lead them.
⁷The cow will feed with the bear,
    their young will lie down together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox.^(CG)
⁸The infant^(CH) will play near the cobra’s den,
    and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s^(CI) nest.
⁹They will neither harm nor destroy^(CJ)
    on all my holy mountain,^(CK)
for the earth^(CL) will be filled with the knowledge^(CM) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰In that day^(CN) the Root of Jesse^(CO) will stand as a banner^(CP) for the peoples; the nations^(CQ) will rally to him,^(CR) and his resting place^(CS) will be glorious.^(CT) ¹¹In that day^(CU) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant^(CV) of his people from Assyria,^(CW) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,^(CX) from Cush,^[d]^(CY) from Elam,^(CZ) from Babylonia,^[e] from Hamath^(DA) and from the islands^(DB) of the Mediterranean.^(DC)

¹²He will raise a banner^(DD) for the nations
    and gather^(DE) the exiles of Israel;^(DF)
he will assemble the scattered people^(DG) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.^(DH)
¹³Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies^[f] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.^(DI)
¹⁴They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia^(DJ) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.^(DK)
They will subdue Edom^(DL) and Moab,^(DM)
    and the Ammonites^(DN) will be subject to them.^(DO)
¹⁵The Lord will dry up^(DP)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind^(DQ) he will sweep his hand^(DR)
    over the Euphrates River.^(DS)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.^(DT)
¹⁶There will be a highway^(DU) for the remnant^(DV) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,^(DW)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.^(DX)