Isaiah 11

Thomson(i) 1 And there shall spring up a shoot from the root of Jessai; even from that root shall spring up a blooming shoot; 2 and the spirit of God will rest upon him; a spirit of wisdom and understanding; a spirit of counsel and majesty; a spirit of knowledge and piety: 3 by this spirit he will be filled with the fear of God. He will not judge according to opinion, nor will he reprove according to report; 4 but he will administer justice to the lowly, and work conviction in the meek of the earth. And he will smite the earth with the word of his mouth, and with a breath from his lips destroy the wicked. 5 His loins will be girded with saving goodness, and his reins clothed with truth. 6 And a wolf shall pasture with a lamb; and a leopard shall lie down with a kid; and the calf, and bull and lion shall pasture together, and a little child shall tend them. 7 The cow and bear shall feed together; and together their young shall herd; and the lion shall eat chaff like an ox. 8 And the sucking child shall lay its hand on the holes of asps and on the bed of young asps. 9 And they shall not hurt nor have power to destroy any one on the mountain which is my sanctuary. Because the whole earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord as abundant water covereth depths of seas; 10 therefore there shall be in that day, the root of Jesse, even he who riseth up to rule nations: in him nations will put their trust, and his resting place shall be glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will proceed to shew his hand to provoke to jealousy the remnant of his people; that residue which is left from the Assyrians and from Egypt and from Babylonia, and from Ethiopia and the Elamites, and from the risings of the sun and Arabia. 12 And he will erect a standard for the nations, and gather together the outcasts of Israel, and assemble the dispersed of Juda from the four quarters of the earth. 13 And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away; and the enemies of Juda shall be destroyed: Ephraim shall not envy Juda; nor shall Juda vex Ephraim: 14 And they shall be wafted in the ships of foreign tribes; and they shall spoil both the sea and them of the east and Idumea; and upon Moab they shall first lay their hands; but the sons of Ammon shall first obey. 15 And the Lord will dry up the sea of Egypt, and lay his hand on the river with a vehement wind; and smite the seven channels, so that they may be crossed dry shod. 16 And there shall be a passage for my people left in Egypt. It shall be for Israel as on the day when they came up out of the land of Egypt.