CHAPTER 11
The Spirit
of the LORD
will rest
on Him—
the Spirit
of wisdom
and understanding,
the Spirit
of counsel
and strength,
the Spirit
of knowledge
and the fear
of the LORD.
And He will delight
in the fear
of the LORD.
He will not
judge
by what His eyes
see,
and He will not
decide
by what His ears
hear,
but with righteousness
He will judge
the poor,
and with equity
He will decide in favor
of the earth’s
oppressed.
He will strike
the earth
with the rod
of His mouth
and slay
the wicked
with the breath
of His lips.
The wolf
will live
with
the lamb,
and the leopard
will lie down
with
the goat;
the calf
and young lion
and fatling
will be together,
and a little child
will lead
them.
The cow
will graze
with the bear,
their young
will lie down
together,
and the lion
will eat
straw
like the ox.
They will neither
harm
nor
destroy
on all
My holy
mountain,
for
the earth
will be full
of the knowledge
of the LORD
as the sea
is full
of water.
On that
day
the root
of Jesse
will stand
as a banner
for the peoples.
The nations
will seek Him,
and His place of rest
will be glorious.
On that
day
the Lord
will extend His hand
a second time
to recover
the remnant
of His people
from Assyria,
from Egypt,
from Pathros,
from Cush,
from Elam,
from Shinar,
from Hamath,
and from the islands
of the sea.
He will raise
a banner
for the nations
and gather
the exiles
of Israel;
He will collect
the scattered
of Judah
from the four
corners
of the earth.
Then the jealousy
of Ephraim
will depart,
and the adversaries
of Judah
will be cut off.
Ephraim
will no longer
envy
Judah,
nor will
Judah
harass
Ephraim.
They will swoop down
on the slopes
of the Philistines
to the west;
together
they will plunder
the people
of the east.
They will lay
their hands
on Edom
and Moab,
and the Ammonites
will be subject to them.
The LORD
will devote to destruction
the gulf
of the Egyptian
Sea;
with a scorching
wind
He will sweep
His hand
over
the Euphrates.
He will split
it into seven
streams,
for men to cross
with dry sandals.
There will be
a highway
for the remnant
of His people
who
remain
from Assyria,
as
there was
for Israel
when
they came up
from the land
of Egypt.