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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><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="/bmc//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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/isaiah/">Isaiah</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/isaiah/11.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/isaiah/11.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/isaiah/11.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/isaiah/11.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/11.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/isaiah/11.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/11.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Root of Jesse<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, <p class="indent2"> and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—<p class="indent2"> the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, <p class="indent2"> the Spirit of counsel and strength, <p class="indent2"> the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. <p class="indent1stline"> He will not judge by what His eyes see, <p class="indent2"> and He will not decide by what His ears hear, <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>but with righteousness He will judge the poor, <p class="indent2"> and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. <p class="indent1"> He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth <p class="indent2"> and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, <p class="indent2"> and faithfulness the sash around His waist. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The wolf will live with the lamb, <p class="indent2"> and the leopard will lie down with the goat; <p class="indent1"> the calf and young lion and fatling will be together,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and a little child will lead them. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The cow will graze with the bear, <p class="indent2"> their young will lie down together, <p class="indent2"> and the lion will eat straw like the ox. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The infant will play by the cobra’s den, <p class="indent2"> and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They will neither harm nor destroy <p class="indent2"> on all My holy mountain, <p class="indent1"> for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD <p class="indent2"> as the sea is full of water. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> and His place of rest will be glorious. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> from Elam, from Shinar,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> from Hamath, and from the islands<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> of the sea. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He will raise a banner for the nations <p class="indent2"> and gather the exiles of Israel; <p class="indent1"> He will collect the scattered of Judah <p class="indent2"> from the four corners of the earth. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the jealousy of Ephraim<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> will depart, <p class="indent2"> and the adversaries<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> of Judah will be cut off. <p class="indent1"> Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, <p class="indent2"> nor will Judah harass Ephraim. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; <p class="indent2"> together they will plunder the sons of the east. <p class="indent1"> They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, <p class="indent2"> and the Ammonites will be subject to them. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The LORD will devote to destruction<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <p class="indent2"> the gulf<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> of the Sea of Egypt; <p class="indent1"> with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand <p class="indent2"> over the Euphrates.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> <p class="indent1"> He will split it into seven streams <p class="indent2"> for men to cross with dry sandals. <p class="indent1"><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 class="indent2"> who remain from Assyria, <p class="indent1"> as there was for Israel <p class="indent2"> when they came up from the land of Egypt.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew; LXX <i>the young calf and bull and lion will feed together</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX <i>On that day the Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope</i><span class="thin"> </span>; cited in <a href="../romans/15.htm#12">Romans 15:12</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> That is, the upper Nile region<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> That is, Babylonia<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>coastlands</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> That is, the northern kingdom of Israel<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Or <i>hostility</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Or <i>will completely dry up</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Hebrew <i>the tongue</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> Hebrew <i>the River</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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