Isaiah 11:1-9

Evangelical Heritage Version

A shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse,
and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
² The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him:
    the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and might,
    the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
³ He will be delighted with the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
nor will he render decisions based on what he hears with his ears,
⁴ but with righteousness he will judge the poor,
and he will render fair decisions in favor of the oppressed on the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath from his lips he will put the wicked to death.
⁵ Righteousness will be the belt around his waist,
and faithfulness the belt around his hips.
⁶ The wolf will dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together,
and a little child will lead them.
⁷ The cow and the bear will graze together,
and their young ones will lie down together.
The lion will eat straw like the cattle.
⁸ The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole,
and the weaned child will put his hand into a viper’s den.
⁹ They will not hurt or destroy anywhere on my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord,
as the waters cover the sea.