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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 11 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Isaiah 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/10.htm" title="Isaiah 10">◄</a> Isaiah 11 <a href="../isaiah/12.htm" title="Isaiah 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Peaceful Kingdom</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_11_1"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.1" class="v23_11_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.11.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The royal line of David is like a tree that has been cut down; but just as new branches sprout from a stump, so a new king will arise from among David's descendants.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.2" class="v23_11_2">2</span>The spirit of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will give him wisdom</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_2">and the knowledge and skill to rule his people.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_2">He will know the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s will and honor him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.3" class="v23_11_3">3</span>and find pleasure in obeying him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_3">He will not judge by appearance or hearsay;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.4" class="v23_11_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.11.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> he will judge the poor fairly</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_4">and defend the rights of the helpless.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_4">At his command the people will be punished,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_4">and evil persons will die.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.5" class="v23_11_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.11.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He will rule his people with justice and integrity.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.6" class="v23_11_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.11.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Wolves and sheep will live together in peace,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_6">and leopards will lie down with young goats.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_6">Calves and lion cubs will feed<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.11.6!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> together,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_6">and little children will take care of them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.7" class="v23_11_7">7</span>Cows and bears will eat together,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_7">and their calves and cubs will lie down in peace.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_7">Lions will eat straw as cattle do.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.8" class="v23_11_8">8</span>Even a baby will not be harmed</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_8">if it plays near a poisonous snake.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.9" class="v23_11_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.11.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> On Zion, God's sacred hill,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_9">there will be nothing harmful or evil.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_11_9">The land will be as full of knowledge of the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_11_9">as the seas are full of water.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Exiled People Will Return</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_11_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.10" class="v23_11_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.11.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> A day is coming when the new king from the royal line of David will be a symbol to the nations. They will gather in his royal city and give him honor. </span><span class="v23_11_11"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.11" class="v23_11_11">11</span>When that day comes, the Lord will once again use his power and bring back home those of his people who are left in Assyria and Egypt, in the lands of Pathros, Ethiopia,<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.11.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Elam, Babylonia, and Hamath, and in the coastlands and on the islands of the sea. </span><span class="v23_11_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.12" class="v23_11_12">12</span>The Lord will raise a signal flag to show the nations that he is gathering together again the scattered people of Israel and Judah and bringing them back from the four corners of the earth. </span><span class="v23_11_13"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.13" class="v23_11_13">13</span>The kingdom of Israel will not be jealous of Judah any more, and Judah will not be the enemy of Israel. </span><span class="v23_11_14"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.14" class="v23_11_14">14</span>Together they will attack the Philistines on the west and plunder the people who live to the east. They will conquer the people of Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon will obey them. </span><span class="v23_11_15"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.15" class="v23_11_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.11.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> will dry up the Gulf of Suez, and he will bring a hot wind to dry up the Euphrates, leaving only seven tiny streams, so that anyone can walk across. </span><span class="v23_11_16"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.11.16" class="v23_11_16">16</span>There will be a highway out of Assyria for those of his people Israel who have survived there, just as there was for their ancestors when they left Egypt.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.6: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">will feed; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and well-fed cattle.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.11: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Cush: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). Learn more at <a href="http://www.gnt.bible">www.gnt.bible</a> . 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