Isaiah 11

1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

1A new branch will grow from the stump of Jesse’s family; a shoot from his roots will produce fruit.

2And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.

2The 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 the fear of the LORD.

3And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;

3He will delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by what his eyes see or decide based on what his ears hear.

4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

4He will give justice to the poor and make fair decisions for the exploited people of the earth. His words will strike the earth like a rod, and the breath from his lips will destroy the wicked.

5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

5Righteousness will be like a belt around his waist, and faithfulness will be like a sash around his hips.

6And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

6In that day the wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf will be together, and a little child will lead them.

7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

7The cow and the bear will graze together, and their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like an ox.

8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

8A nursing baby will play near a cobra’s hole, and a toddler will put his hand into a nest of poisonous snakes.

9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

9Nothing will hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, for then the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD, just as the water fills the sea.

10And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.

10In that day the heir to Jesse’s throne will stand as a banner for all the world. The nations will seek him out, and his place of rest will be glorious.

11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

11In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to bring back the survivors of his people from Assyria, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.

12And he will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

12He will raise a flag for the nations and gather the scattered people of Israel; he will bring together the dispersed people of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

13The jealousy of Ephraim will end, and those who trouble Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be an enemy to Ephraim.

14And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

14They will join together to swoop down on the Philistines to the west. Together they will take the riches of the people to the east. They will conquer Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon will obey them.

15And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod.

15The LORD will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian Sea. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River with a scorching wind, breaking it into seven shallow streams so that people can walk across with their sandals on.

16And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

16There will be a highway for the remnant of his people coming back from Assyria, just as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.