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epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The Spirit of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> will rest on him<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,</p><p class="poem">a Spirit of counsel and strength,</p><p class="poem">a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>His delight will be in the fear of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="poem">He will not judge</p><p class="poem">by what he sees with his eyes,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he will not execute justice</p><p class="poem">by what he hears with his ears,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>but he will judge the poor righteously<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.</p><p class="poem">He will strike the land</p><p class="poem">with a scepter<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.11.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from his mouth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and he will kill the wicked<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">with a command<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.11.4.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> from his lips.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.4.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Righteousness will be a belt around his hips;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">faithfulness will be a belt around his waist.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The wolf will dwell with the lamb,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the leopard will lie down with the goat.</p><p class="poem">The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf will be together,</p><p class="poem">and a child will lead them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The cow and the bear will graze,</p><p class="poem">their young ones will lie down together,</p><p class="poem">and the lion will eat straw like cattle.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,</p><p class="poem">and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They will not harm or destroy each other</p><p class="poem">on my entire holy mountain,</p><p class="poem">for the land will be as full</p><p class="poem">of the knowledge of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">as the sea is filled with water.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">Israel Regathered</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>On that day the root of Jesse<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">will stand as a banner for the peoples.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">The nations will look to him for guidance,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.10.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">and his resting place will be glorious.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.10.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>On that day<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the Lord will extend his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who survive — from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He will lift up a banner for the nations</p><p class="poem">and gather the dispersed of Israel;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he will collect the scattered of Judah</p><p class="poem">from the four corners of the earth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Ephraim’s envy will cease;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Judah’s harassing will end.</p><p class="poem">Ephraim will no longer be envious of Judah,</p><p class="poem">and Judah will not harass Ephraim.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But they will swoop down</p><p class="poem">on the Philistine flank to the west.</p><p class="poem">Together they will plunder the people of the east.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">They will extend their power over Edom and Moab,</p><p class="poem">and the Ammonites will be their subjects.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> will divide<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.11.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.11.15.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> the Gulf of Suez.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.11.15.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">C</span></a></p><p class="poem">He will wave his hand over the Euphrates</p><p class="poem">with his mighty wind<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and will split it into seven streams,</p><p class="poem">letting people walk through on foot.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.11.16" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>There will be a highway for the remnant of his people</p><p class="poem">who will survive from Assyria,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">as there was for Israel</p><p class="poem">when they came up from the land of Egypt.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.11.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.11" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.11.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.4">11:4</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the rod</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.11.4.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.4">11:4</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">with the breath</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.11.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.15">11:15</a></span> Text emended; MT reads <span class="italic">destroy</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.11.15.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.15">11:15</a></span> Or <span class="italic">dry up</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.11.15.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.15">11:15</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the Sea of Egypt</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.11" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.1">11:1</a></span> Is 9:7; 11:10; Ac 13:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.1">11:1</a></span> Is 14:19; 60:21; Jr 23:5; 33:15; Dn 11:7; Zch 3:8; 6:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.2">11:2</a></span> Is 42:1; 48:16; 61:1; Mt 3:16; Jn 1:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.3">11:3</a></span> Jn 2:25; 7:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.4">11:4</a></span> Ps 72:2,13–14; Is 3:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.4">11:4</a></span> Ps 2:9; Is 49:2; Mal 4:6; Rv 1:16; 19:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.4">11:4</a></span> Gn 18:25; Ps 139:19; Ezk 3:18–19; 18:20–24; 33:8–15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.4.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.4">11:4</a></span> Jb 4:9; Is 30:28,33; 2Th 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.5">11:5</a></span> Eph 6:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.6">11:6</a></span> Is 65:25; Jr 5:6; Hs 2:18; 13:6–9</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.9">11:9</a></span> Ps 98:2–3; Is 45:6; 52:10; 66:18–23; Hab 2:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.10">11:10</a></span> Is 11:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.10">11:10</a></span> Is 49:22; 62:10; Jn 3:14–15; 12:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.10.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.10">11:10</a></span> Rm 15:12; Rv 5:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.10.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.10">11:10</a></span> Is 14:3; 28:12; 32:17–18</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.11">11:11</a></span> Is 27:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.11">11:11</a></span> Is 10:20–22; 37:4,31–32; 46:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.12">11:12</a></span> Is 56:8; Zph 3:10; Zch 10:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.12">11:12</a></span> Rv 7:1; 20:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.13">11:13</a></span> Is 9:21; Jr 3:18; Ezk 37:16–17,22; Hs 1:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.14">11:14</a></span> Jr 49:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.14">11:14</a></span> Ps 60:8; 83:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.15">11:15</a></span> Is 7:20; 8:7; Rv 16:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.16">11:16</a></span> Is 19:23; 35:8; 40:3; 62:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.11.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.11.16">11:16</a></span> Ex 14:26–29</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.11" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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