Reign of the Davidic King

11 Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse,(A)
and a branch(B) from his roots will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him(C)
a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
a Spirit of counsel and strength,
a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge
by what he sees with his eyes,(D)
he will not execute justice
by what he hears with his ears,
but he will judge the poor righteously(E)
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with a scepter[a] from his mouth,(F)
and he will kill the wicked(G)
with a command[b] from his lips.(H)
Righteousness will be a belt around his hips;(I)
faithfulness will be a belt around his waist.

The wolf will dwell with the lamb,(J)
and the leopard will lie down with the goat.
The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf will be together,
and a child will lead them.
The cow and the bear will graze,
their young ones will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like cattle.
An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,
and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.
They will not harm or destroy each other
on my entire holy mountain,
for the land will be as full
of the knowledge of the Lord
as the sea is filled with water.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:4 Lit the rod
  2. 11:4 Lit with the breath

The Reign of the Davidic King

11 “A shoot will come out
    from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch will bear fruit
    from his roots.
The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon him,
    the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and power,
    the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
    He won’t judge by what his eyes see,
        nor decide disputes by what his ears hear,
but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
    and decide with equity for[a] earth’s poor.[b]
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,[c]
    and the wicked will be killed[d] with the breath of his lips.
Righteousness will be the sash around his loins,
    and faithfulness the belt around his waist.”

A Transformed Ecology

“The wolf will live with the lamb;
    the leopard will lie down with the young goat.
The calf and the lion will graze[e] together,
    and a little child will lead them.
The cow and the bear will graze,
    and[f] their young will lie down together,
        and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child will play
    over the hole of the cobra,
        and the weaned child will put his hand on vipers’ dens.[g]
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on[h] my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full
    of the knowledge[i] of the Lord,[j]
        as the waters cover the sea.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read for the
  2. Isaiah 11:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read humble
  3. Isaiah 11:4 I.e. by pronouncing judgment
  4. Isaiah 11:4 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT LXX read he will kill the wicked
  5. Isaiah 11:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads lion and the fattened calf
  6. Isaiah 11:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
  7. Isaiah 11:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads a viper’s den; LXX reads a den of vipers
  8. Isaiah 11:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsac MT read on all
  9. Isaiah 11:9 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read to know
  10. Isaiah 11:9 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsac reads of glory; cf. Hab 2:14