1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse , and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit . 2And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him , the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might , the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah . 3And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah ; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes , neither decide after the hearing of his ears; 4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor , and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth ; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked . 5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist , and faithfulness the girdle of his loins .
The Peaceful Kingdom
6And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb , and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together ; and a little child shall lead them . 7And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young ones shall lie down together ; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox . 8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp , and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder ’s den . 9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain ; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah , as the waters cover the sea .
The Gathering of the Remnant
10And it shall come to pass in that day , that the root of Jesse , that standeth for an ensign of the peoples , unto him shall the nations seek ; and his resting-place shall be glorious . 11And it shall come to pass in that day , that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people , that shall remain , from Assyria, and from Egypt , and from Pathros , and from Cush , and from Elam , and from Shinar , and from Hamath , and from the islands of the sea . 12And he will set up an ensign for the nations , and will assemble the outcasts of Israel , and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart , and they that vex Judah shall be cut off : Ephraim shall not envy Judah , and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 14And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west ; together shall they despoil the children of the east : they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab ; and the children of Ammon shall obey them . 15And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea ; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River , and will smite it into seven streams , and cause men to march over dryshod . 16And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people , that shall remain , from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt .