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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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29011" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29011" class="cn"><a id="rfn29011000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29011000-1">*</a></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">The Ideal Davidic King<a id="rfn29011001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29011001-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29011001" class="ver">1</span>But a shoot shall sprout from the stump<a id="rfn29011001-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29011001-2">*</a> of Jesse,</p> <p class="sl1">and from his roots a bud shall blossom.<a id="ren29011001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011002" class="ver">2</span><a id="rfn29011002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29011002-1">*</a> The spirit of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> shall rest upon him:<a id="ren29011002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">a spirit of wisdom and of understanding,</p> <p class="sl">A spirit of counsel and of strength,</p> <p class="sl1">a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29011003" class="ver">3</span>and his delight shall be the fear of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl">Not by appearance shall he judge,</p> <p class="sl1">nor by hearsay shall he decide,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011004" class="ver">4</span>But he shall judge the poor with justice,</p> <p class="sl1">and decide fairly for the land’s afflicted.<a id="ren29011004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl">He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth,</p> <p class="sl1">and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.<a id="ren29011004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011004-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011005" class="ver">5</span>Justice shall be the band around his waist,</p> <p class="sl1">and faithfulness a belt upon his hips.<a id="ren29011005-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011005-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011006" class="ver">6</span><a id="rfn29011006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29011006-1">*</a> Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb,</p> <p class="sl1">and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat;</p> <p class="sl">The calf and the young lion shall browse together,</p> <p class="sl1">with a little child to guide them.<a id="ren29011006-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011006-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011007" class="ver">7</span>The cow and the bear shall graze,</p> <p class="sl1">together their young shall lie down;</p> <p class="sl1">the lion shall eat hay like the ox.<a id="ren29011007-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011007-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011008" class="ver">8</span>The baby shall play by the viper’s den,</p> <p class="sl1">and the child lay his hand on the adder’s lair.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011009" class="ver">9</span>They shall not harm or destroy on all my holy mountain;</p> <p class="sl1">for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">as water covers the sea.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Restoration<a id="rfn29011010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29011010-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v29011010" class="ver">10</span>On that day,</p> <p class="sl">The root of Jesse,</p> <p class="sl1">set up as a signal for the peoples—</p> <p class="sl">Him the nations will seek out;</p> <p class="sl1">his dwelling shall be glorious.<a id="ren29011010-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011010-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29011011" class="ver">11</span>On that day,</p> <p class="sl">The Lord shall again take it in hand</p> <p class="sl1">to reclaim the remnant of his people</p> <p class="sl1">that is left from Assyria and Egypt,</p> <p class="sl">Pathros, Ethiopia, and Elam,</p> <p class="sl1">Shinar, Hamath, and the isles of the sea.<a id="ren29011011-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011011-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011012" class="ver">12</span>He shall raise a signal to the nations<a id="ren29011012-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011012-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl1">and gather the outcasts of Israel;</p> <p class="sl">The dispersed of Judah he shall assemble</p> <p class="sl1">from the four corners of the earth.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011013" class="ver">13</span>The envy of Ephraim shall pass away,</p> <p class="sl1">and those hostile to Judah shall be cut off;</p> <p class="sl">Ephraim shall not envy Judah,</p> <p class="sl1">and Judah shall not be hostile to Ephraim;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011014" class="ver">14</span>But they shall swoop down on the foothills</p> <p class="sl1">of the Philistines to the west,</p> <p class="sl1">together they shall plunder the people of the east;<a id="rfn29011014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29011014-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">Edom and Moab shall be their possessions,</p> <p class="sl1">and the Ammonites their subjects.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011015" class="ver">15</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> shall dry up the tongue<a id="rfn29011015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29011015-1">*</a> of the Sea of Egypt,</p> <p class="sl1">and wave his hand over the Euphrates with his fierce wind,</p> <p class="sl">And divide it into seven streamlets,</p> <p class="sl1">so that it can be crossed in sandals.<a id="ren29011015-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011015-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29011016" class="ver">16</span>There shall be a highway for the remnant of his people</p> <p class="sl1">that is left from Assyria,</p> <p class="sl">As there was for Israel</p> <p class="sl1">when it came up from the land of Egypt.<a id="ren29011016-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29011016-l">l</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 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