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11 But there shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse. And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him—the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the LORD—
3 and shall make Him prudent in the fear of the LORD. For He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, nor rebuke by the hearing of His ears.
4 But with righteousness, He shall judge the lowly. And with equality, He shall rebuke for the poor of the Earth. And He shall strike the Earth with the rod of His Mouth. And with the Breath of His Lips shall He slay the wicked.
5 And justice shall be the belt of His loins, and faithfulness the belt of His reins.
6 The wolf, also, shall dwell with the lamb. And the leopard shall lie with the kid and the calf and the lion and the fat beast, together. And a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed. Their young ones shall lie together. And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play upon the hole of the asp. And the weaned child shall put his hand upon the viper’s hole.
9 Then shall no one hurt or destroy in all the mountain of My Holiness. For the Earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters that cover the sea.
10 And on that day the Root of Jesse which shall stand up for a sign to the people, the nations shall seek It. And His rest shall be glorious.
11 And on the same day the LORD shall stretch out His Hand again a second time, to possess the remnant of His people who shall be left: of Assyria and of Egypt and of Pathros and of Ethiopia and of Elam and of Shinar and of Hamath and of the isles of the sea.
12 And He shall set up a sign to the Nations, and assemble the dispersed of Israel, and gather the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the world.
13 The hatred, also, of Ephraim shall depart. And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off. Ephraim shall not envy Judah, nor shall Judah trouble Ephraim.
14 But they shall flee upon the shoulders of the Philistines, toward the West. They shall spoil those of the East together. They shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab and hear the children of Ammon.
15 The LORD, also, shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian’s sea. And with His mighty wind He shall lift up His Hand over the river, and shall strike him in seven streams, and cause men to walk with shoes.
16 And there shall be a path to the remnant of His people who are left in Assyria, like it was to Israel on the day that He came up out of the land of Egypt.
12 And you shall say on that day, “O Lord, I will praise You! Though You were angry with me, Your wrath has turned away, and You comfort me!
2 “Behold, God, my salvation! I will trust and will not fear! For the LORD God is my strength and song. He has also become my salvation!”
3 Therefore, with joy shall you draw waters out of the wells of salvation.
4 And you shall say on that day, “Praise the LORD! Call upon His Name! Declare His works among the people! Make mention of them, for His Name is exalted!
5 “Sing to the LORD! For He has done excellent things! This is known in all the world!
6 “Cry out, and shout, O inhabitant of Zion! For great is the Holy One of Israel, in the midst of you.”
13 The burden of Babel, which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
2 “Lift up a standard upon the high mountain. Lift up the voice to them. Wave the hand, so that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
3 “I have Commanded those whom I have sanctified. And I have called the mighty to My wrath, those who rejoice in My Glory.”
4 The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, like a great people, a tumultuous voice of the kingdoms of the Nations gathered together. The LORD of Hosts numbers the army of the battle.
5 They come from a far country, from the end of the heaven, the LORD with the weapons of His wrath, to destroy the whole land.
6 Howl! For the day of the LORD is at hand! It shall come as a destroyer from the Almighty!
7 Therefore shall all hands be weakened. And all men’s hearts shall melt.
8 And they shall be afraid. Anguish and sorrow shall take them. And they shall have pain, as a woman in childbirth. Everyone shall be amazed at his neighbor, and their faces flames of fire.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land waste. And He shall destroy the sinners out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and its planets shall not give their light. The Sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 “And I will visit the wickedness upon the world, and their iniquity upon the wicked. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will cast down the pride of tyrants.
12 “I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even a man above the wedge of gold of Ophir.
13 “Therefore I will shake the heaven, and the Earth shall move out of her place in the wrath of the LORD of Hosts, and on the day of His fierce anger.
14 “And it shall be as a chased doe, and as a sheep which no man gathers. Every man shall turn to his own people and flee to his own land.
15 “Everyone who is found shall be stricken through. And whoever is caught up, shall fall by the sword.
16 “Their children also shall be broken in pieces before their eyes. Their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.
17 “Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, nor be desirous of gold.
18 “With bows, also, they shall destroy the young men and shall have no compassion upon the fruit of the womb. And their eyes shall not spare the children.
19 “And Babel, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty and pride of the Chaldeans, shall be as the destruction of God in Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 “It shall not be inhabited forever, nor shall it be indwelt from generation to generation. Nor shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall their shepherds make their folds there.
21 “But Zijm shall lodge there. And their houses shall be full of Ohim. Ostriches shall dwell there. And the hairy goats shall dance there.
22 “And Iim shall cry in their palaces, and dragons in their pleasant palaces. And that time is ready to come. And those days shall not be prolonged.”
4 I, therefore, being the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling to which you were called,
2 with all humility and gentleness; with patience, bearing with one another in love,
3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called into one hope of your vocation,
5 one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism,
6 one God and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in all.
7 But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Therefore it says, “When He ascended upon high, He captured captivity and gave gifts to man.
9 (Now, in that He ascended, what is it but that He had also descended first into the lowest parts of the Earth?
10 He Who descended is also the same Who ascended far above all heavens, so that He might complete all things.)
11 He, indeed, gave some to be Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastors and Teachers,
12 for the preparing of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edification of the body of Christ
13 until we all reach the unity of faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature belonging to the fullness of Christ.
14 So that we are henceforth children no more, wavering and carried about with every wind of doctrine and by the deceit of men, who with craftiness lay in wait to deceive.
15 But let us speak the truth in love. And in all things grow up into Him Who is the Head, Christ,
16 by Whom all the body, being coupled and knit together by the supply of every joint, according to the measure of each individual part, makes increase to the body, to the edifying of itself in love.
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord: that you henceforth do not walk as other Gentiles walk (in the frivolity of their mind,
18 having their understanding darkened, and being strangers to the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart);
19 who, having grown numb to all feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness for the working of uncleanness with all greediness.
20 But, you have not so learned Christ,
21 if indeed you have heard Him, and have been taught by Him, just as truth is in Jesus.
22 As for your past life, you are to cast off the old man who is being corrupted through deceitful desires,
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
24 And put on the new man, who has been created according to God for righteousness and true holiness.
25 Therefore, having laid aside lying, everyone speak truth to his neighbor. For we are members one of another.
26 Be angry, but do not sin. Do not let the Sun go down upon your irritation,
27 nor give place to the devil.
28 Let him who stole, steal no more. But rather, let him labor and work with his hands that which is good, so that he may have something to give to those in need.
29 Let no worthless word proceed out of your mouth, but only if it is good for edification, so that it may give grace to those who hear.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom you are sealed for the Day of Redemption.
31 Let all bitterness and fury and anger, clamor and slander, be taken from you, along with all wickedness.
32 Be kind one to another, and tender-hearted, freely forgiving one another; even as God, for Christ’s sake, freely forgave you.
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