Isaiah 11
WEB·Isaiah 11
1A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
KJVAnd there shall come forthH3318(H8804) a rodH2415 out of the stemH1503 of JesseH3448, and a BranchH5342 shall growH6509(H8799) out of his rootsH8328:
2 Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
KJVAnd the spiritH7307 of the LORDH3068 shall restH5117(H8804) upon him, the spiritH7307 of wisdomH2451 and understandingH998, the spiritH7307 of counselH6098 and mightH1369, the spiritH7307 of knowledgeH1847 and of the fearH3374 of the LORDH3068;
3 His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
KJVAnd shall make him of quick understandingH7306(H8687) in the fearH3374 of the LORDH3068: and he shall not judgeH8199(H8799) after the sightH4758 of his eyesH5869, neither reproveH3198(H8686) after the hearingH4926 of his earsH241:
4 but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
KJVBut with righteousnessH6664 shall he judgeH8199(H8804) the poorH1800, and reproveH3198(H8689) with equityH4334 for the meekH6035 of the earthH776: and he shall smiteH5221(H8689) the earthH776 with the rodH7626 of his mouthH6310, and with the breathH7307 of his lipsH8193 shall he slayH4191(H8686) the wickedH7563.
5 Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his waist.
KJVAnd righteousnessH6664 shall be the girdleH232 of his loinsH4975, and faithfulnessH530 the girdleH232 of his reinsH2504.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
KJVThe wolfH2061 also shall dwellH1481(H8804) with the lambH3532, and the leopardH5246 shall lie downH7257(H8799) with the kidH1423; and the calfH5695 and the young lionH3715 and the fatlingH4806 togetherH3162; and a littleH6996 childH5288 shall leadH5090(H8802) them.
7 The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.
KJVAnd the cowH6510 and the bearH1677 shall feedH7462(H8799); their young onesH3206 shall lie downH7257(H8799) togetherH3162: and the lionH738 shall eatH398(H8799) strawH8401 like the oxH1241.
8 The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
KJVAnd the sucking childH3243(H8802) shall playH8173(H8773) on the holeH2352 of the aspH6620, and the weaned childH1580(H8803) shall putH1911(H8804) his handH3027 on the cockatriceH6848' denH3975.
9 They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
KJVThey shall not hurtH7489(H8686) nor destroyH7843(H8686) in all my holyH6944 mountainH2022: for the earthH776 shall be fullH4390(H8804) of the knowledgeH1844 of the LORDH3068, as the watersH4325 coverH3680(H8764) the seaH3220.
10 It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
KJVAnd in that dayH3117 there shall be a rootH8328 of JesseH3448, which shall standH5975(H8802) for an ensignH5251 of the peopleH5971; to it shall the GentilesH1471 seekH1875(H8799): and his restH4496 shall be gloriousH3519.
11 It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
KJVAnd it shall come to pass in that dayH3117, that the LordH136 shall setH3254 his handH3027 againH3254(H8686) the second timeH8145 to recoverH7069(H8800) the remnantH7605 of his peopleH5971, which shall be leftH7604(H8735), from AssyriaH804, and from EgyptH4714, and from PathrosH6624, and from CushH3568, and from ElamH5867, and from ShinarH8152, and from HamathH2574, and from the islandsH339 of the seaH3220.
12 He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
KJVAnd he shall set upH5375(H8804) an ensignH5251 for the nationsH1471, and shall assembleH622(H8804) the outcastsH1760(H8737) of IsraelH3478, and gather togetherH6908(H8762) the dispersedH5310(H8803) of JudahH3063 from the fourH702 cornersH3671 of the earthH776.
13 The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won’t envy Judah, and Judah won’t persecute Ephraim.
KJVThe envyH7068 also of EphraimH669 shall departH5493(H8804), and the adversariesH6887(H8802) of JudahH3063 shall be cut offH3772(H8735): EphraimH669 shall not envyH7065(H8762) JudahH3063, and JudahH3063 shall not vexH6887(H8799) EphraimH669.
14 They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.
KJVBut they shall flyH5774(H8804) upon the shouldersH3802 of the PhilistinesH6430 toward the westH3220; they shall spoilH962(H8799) themH1121 of the eastH6924 togetherH3162: they shall layH4916 their handH3027 upon EdomH123 and MoabH4124; and the childrenH1121 of AmmonH5983 shall obeyH4928 them.
15 Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march over in sandals.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 shall utterly destroyH2763(H8689) the tongueH3956 of the EgyptianH4714 seaH3220; and with his mightyH5868 windH7307 shall he shakeH5130(H8689) his handH3027 over the riverH5104, and shall smiteH5221(H8689) it in the sevenH7651 streamsH5158, and make men go overH1869(H8689) dryshodH5275.
16 There will be a highway for the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, like there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
KJVAnd there shall be an highwayH4546 for the remnantH7605 of his peopleH5971, whichH834 shall be leftH7604(H8735), from AssyriaH804; like as it was to IsraelH3478 in the dayH3117 that he came upH5927(H8800) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714.
Isaiah 11
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