Isaiah 10:20-11:10

New International Version

The Remnant of Israel

²⁰In that day^(A) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors^(B) of Jacob,
will no longer rely^(C) on him
    who struck them down^(D)
but will truly rely^(E) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.^(F)
²¹A remnant^(G) will return,^[a]^(H) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.^(I)
²²Though your people be like the sand^(J) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.^(K)
Destruction has been decreed,^(L)
    overwhelming and righteous.
²³The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed^(M) upon the whole land.^(N)

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

“My people who live in Zion,^(O)
    do not be afraid^(P) of the Assyrians,
who beat^(Q) you with a rod^(R)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
²⁵Very soon^(S) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath^(T) will be directed to their destruction.^(U)”

²⁶The Lord Almighty will lash^(V) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian^(W) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff^(X) over the waters,^(Y)
    as he did in Egypt.
²⁷In that day^(Z) their burden^(AA) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke^(AB) from your neck;^(AC)
the yoke^(AD) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.^[b]

²⁸They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;^(AE)
    they store supplies^(AF) at Mikmash.^(AG)
²⁹They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.^(AH)”
Ramah^(AI) trembles;
    Gibeah^(AJ) of Saul flees.^(AK)
³⁰Cry out, Daughter Gallim!^(AL)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!^(AM)
³¹Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
³²This day they will halt at Nob;^(AN)
    they will shake their fist^(AO)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,^(AP)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

³³See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(AQ) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(AR)
    the tall^(AS) ones will be brought low.^(AT)
³⁴He will cut down^(AU) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(AV) will fall before the Mighty One.^(AW)

The Branch From Jesse

11 A shoot^(AX) will come up from the stump^(AY) of Jesse;^(AZ)
    from his roots a Branch^(BA) will bear fruit.^(BB)
²The Spirit^(BC) of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom^(BD) and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,^(BE)
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
³and he will delight in the fear^(BF) of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,^(BG)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;^(BH)
⁴but with righteousness^(BI) he will judge the needy,^(BJ)
    with justice^(BK) he will give decisions for the poor^(BL) of the earth.
He will strike^(BM) the earth with the rod of his mouth;^(BN)
    with the breath^(BO) of his lips he will slay the wicked.^(BP)
⁵Righteousness will be his belt^(BQ)
    and faithfulness^(BR) the sash around his waist.^(BS)

⁶The wolf will live with the lamb,^(BT)
    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.^(BU)
⁸The infant^(BV) will play near the cobra’s den,
    and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s^(BW) nest.
⁹They will neither harm nor destroy^(BX)
    on all my holy mountain,^(BY)
for the earth^(BZ) will be filled with the knowledge^(CA) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰In that day^(CB) the Root of Jesse^(CC) will stand as a banner^(CD) for the peoples; the nations^(CE) will rally to him,^(CF) and his resting place^(CG) will be glorious.^(CH)