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The Judgments of the Branch

¹ Then a ^(C1)shoot will spring from the ^(C2)stem of Jesse,
And a ^(C3)branch from ^(C4)his roots will bear fruit.

² The ^(C1)Spirit of Yahweh will rest on Him,
The spirit of ^(C2)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and ^(C3)might,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.

³ And He will delight in the fear of Yahweh,
And He will not judge by what His eyes ^(C1)see,
Nor render a decision by what His ears hear;

⁴ But with ^(C1)righteousness He will judge the ^(C2)poor,
And decide with uprightness for the ^(C3)afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the ^(C4)rod of His mouth,
And with the ^(C5)breath of His lips He will put the wicked to death.

⁵ Also ^(C1)righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And ^(C2)faithfulness the belt about His waist.

⁶ And the ^(C1)wolf will ^(F1)dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion ^(F2)and the fatling together;
And a young boy will lead them.

⁷ Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the ^(C1)lion will eat straw like the ox.

⁸ And the nursing baby will play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.

⁹ They will ^(C1)do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,
For the ^(C2)earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh
As the waters cover the sea.

A Remnant Remains

¹⁰ Then it will be in that day,
That the ^(C1)nations will seek the ^(C2)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a ^(F1)(C3)standard for the peoples;
And His ^(C4)resting place will be ^(F2)glorious.

¹¹ Then it will be in that day, that the Lord
Will again acquire the second time with His hand
The ^(C1)remnant of His people, who will remain,
From ^(C2)Assyria, ^(C3)Egypt, Pathros, ^(F1)Ethiopia, ^(C4)Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the ^(C5)coastlands of the sea.

¹² And He will lift up a ^(C1)standard for the nations
And ^(C2)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the scattered of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.

¹³ Then the ^(C1)jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who assail Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not assail Ephraim.

¹⁴ And they will ^(C1)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the ^(C2)west;
Together they will ^(C3)plunder the sons of the east;
^(F1)They will stretch out their hands over ^(C4)Edom and ^(C5)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon ^(F2)will obey them.

¹⁵ And Yahweh will ^(C1)devote to destruction
The tongue of the ^(F1)Sea of Egypt;
And He will ^(C2)wave His hand over the ^(F2)(C3)River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over ^(F3)dry-shod.

¹⁶ And there will be a ^(C1)highway from Assyria
For the ^(C2)remnant of His people who will remain,
Just as there was for Israel
In ^(C3)the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.