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Righteous Reign 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 the LORD will rest on Him,
The spirit of ^(C2)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and ^(C3)strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

³ And He will delight in the fear of the LORD,
And He will not judge by what His eyes ^(C1)see,
Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;

⁴ But with ^(C1)righteousness He will judge the ^(C2)poor,
And decide with fairness for the ^(C3)humble 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 slay the wicked.

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

⁶ And the ^(C1)wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion ^(F1)and the fattened steer will be together;
And a little 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 The nursing child 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)not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the ^(C2)earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD
As the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰ Then on that day
The ^(C1)nations will resort to the ^(C2)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a ^(C3)signal flag for the peoples;
And His ^(C4)resting place will be ^(F1)glorious.

The Restored Remnant

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

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

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

¹⁴ They will ^(C1)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the ^(C2)west;
Together they will ^(C3)plunder the ^(F1)people of the east;
^(F2)They will possess ^(C4)Edom and ^(C5)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon will be ^(F3)subject to them.

¹⁵ And the LORD will ^(F1)(C1)utterly destroy
The tongue of the ^(F2)Sea of Egypt;
And He will ^(C2)wave His hand over the ^(C3)Euphrates River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make people walk over in dry sandals.

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