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Isaiah 11
New International Version

### The Branch From Jesse

11 A shoot(A) will come up from the stump(B) of Jesse;(C)
from his roots a Branch(D) will bear fruit.(E)
2 The Spirit(F) of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom(G) and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,(H)
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear(I) of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(J)
or decide by what he hears with his ears;(K)
4 but with righteousness(L) he will judge the needy,(M)
with justice(N) he will give decisions for the poor(O) of the earth.
He will strike(P) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(Q)
with the breath(R) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(S)
5 Righteousness will be his belt(T)
and faithfulness(U) the sash around his waist.(V)

6 The wolf will live with the lamb,(W)
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling[a] together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.(X)
8 The infant(Y) will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s(Z) nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy(AA)
on all my holy mountain,(AB)
for the earth(AC) will be filled with the knowledge(AD) of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.

10 In that day(AE) the Root of Jesse(AF) will stand as a banner(AG) for the peoples; the nations(AH) will rally to him,(AI) and his resting place(AJ) will be glorious.(AK) 11 In that day(AL) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(AM) of his people from Assyria,(AN) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(AO) from Cush,[b](AP) from Elam,(AQ) from Babylonia,[c] from Hamath(AR) and from the islands(AS) of the Mediterranean.(AT)

12 He will raise a banner(AU) for the nations
and gather(AV) the exiles of Israel;(AW)
he will assemble the scattered people(AX) of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.(AY)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies[d] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(AZ)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(BA) to the west;
together they will plunder the people to the east.(BB)
They will subdue Edom(BC) and Moab,(BD)
and the Ammonites(BE) will be subject to them.(BF)
15 The Lord will dry up(BG)
the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(BH) he will sweep his hand(BI)
over the Euphrates River.(BJ)
He will break it up into seven streams
so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(BK)
16 There will be a highway(BL) for the remnant(BM) of his people
that is left from Assyria,(BN)
as there was for Israel
when they came up from Egypt.(BO)

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed
2. Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
3. Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
4. Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 11:1 : S 2Ki 19:26; S Job 14:7
2. Isaiah 11:1 : S Job 14:8
3. Isaiah 11:1 : ver 10; Isa 9:7; S Mt 1:1; S Rev 5:5
4. Isaiah 11:1 : S Isa 4:2
5. Isaiah 11:1 : S 2Ki 19:30; S Isa 27:6
6. Isaiah 11:2 : S Jdg 3:10; Isa 32:15; 42:1; 44:3; 48:16; 59:21; 61:1; Eze 37:14; 39:29; Joel 2:28; Mt 3:16; Jn 1:32-33; 16:13
7. Isaiah 11:2 : S Ex 28:3; S Eph 1:17; S Col 2:3
8. Isaiah 11:2 : S Isa 9:6; 2Ti 1:7
9. Isaiah 11:3 : Isa 33:6
10. Isaiah 11:3 : Jn 7:24
11. Isaiah 11:3 : Jn 2:25
12. Isaiah 11:4 : S Ps 72:2
13. Isaiah 11:4 : S Ps 72:4; S Isa 14:30
14. Isaiah 11:4 : S Isa 9:7; Rev 19:11
15. Isaiah 11:4 : S Job 5:16; S Isa 3:14
16. Isaiah 11:4 : Isa 27:7; 30:31; Zec 14:12; Mal 4:6
17. Isaiah 11:4 : S Job 40:18; Ps 2:9; Rev 19:15
18. Isaiah 11:4 : S Job 4:9; Ps 18:8; Isa 30:28, 33; 40:24; 59:19; Eze 21:31; 2Th 2:8
19. Isaiah 11:4 : S Ps 139:19
20. Isaiah 11:5 : Ex 12:11; 1Ki 18:46
21. Isaiah 11:5 : Isa 25:1
22. Isaiah 11:5 : Eph 6:14
23. Isaiah 11:6 : Isa 65:25
24. Isaiah 11:7 : S Job 40:15
25. Isaiah 11:8 : Isa 65:20
26. Isaiah 11:8 : Isa 14:29; 30:6; 59:5
27. Isaiah 11:9 : S Nu 25:12; S Isa 2:4; S 9:7
28. Isaiah 11:9 : S Ps 48:1; S Isa 2:2
29. Isaiah 11:9 : 1Sa 17:46; Ps 98:2-3; Isa 45:22; 48:20; 52:10
30. Isaiah 11:9 : Ex 7:5; Isa 19:21; 45:6, 14; 49:26; Jer 24:7; 31:34; Hab 2:14
31. Isaiah 11:10 : S Isa 10:20
32. Isaiah 11:10 : S ver 1
33. Isaiah 11:10 : S Ps 20:5; Isa 18:3; Jer 4:6; Jn 12:32
34. Isaiah 11:10 : Isa 2:4; 14:1; 49:23; 56:3, 6; 60:5, 10; Lk 2:32; Ac 11:18
35. Isaiah 11:10 : Ro 15:12*
36. Isaiah 11:10 : S Ps 116:7; Isa 14:3; 28:12; 32:17-18; 40:2; Jer 6:16; 30:10; 46:27
37. Isaiah 11:10 : Hag 2:9; Zec 2:5
38. Isaiah 11:11 : S Isa 10:20
39. Isaiah 11:11 : S Dt 30:4; S Isa 1:9
40. Isaiah 11:11 : Isa 19:24; Hos 11:11; Mic 7:12; Zec 10:10
41. Isaiah 11:11 : Jer 44:1, 15; Eze 29:14; 30:14
42. Isaiah 11:11 : S Ge 10:6; Ac 8:27
43. Isaiah 11:11 : S Ge 10:22
44. Isaiah 11:11 : S Isa 10:9
45. Isaiah 11:11 : Isa 24:15; 41:1, 5; 42:4, 10, 12; 49:1; 51:5; 59:18; 60:9; 66:19
46. Isaiah 11:11 : Isa 49:12; Jer 16:15; 46:27; Eze 38:8; Zec 8:7
47. Isaiah 11:12 : S Ps 20:5
48. Isaiah 11:12 : Isa 14:2; 43:5; 49:22; 54:7; Jer 16:15; 31:10; 32:37
49. Isaiah 11:12 : S Ne 1:9; S Ps 106:47; Isa 14:1; 41:14; 49:5
50. Isaiah 11:12 : Eze 28:25; Zep 3:10
51. Isaiah 11:12 : S Ps 48:10; 67:7; Isa 41:5; Rev 7:1
52. Isaiah 11:13 : S 2Ch 28:6; Jer 3:18; Eze 37:16-17, 22; Hos 1:11
53. Isaiah 11:14 : S 2Ch 26:6; S 28:18
54. Isaiah 11:14 : S Jdg 6:3
55. Isaiah 11:14 : S Nu 24:18; S Ps 137:7; Isa 34:5-6; 63:1; Jer 49:22; Eze 25:12; Da 11:41; Joel 3:19; Ob 1:1; Mal 1:4
56. Isaiah 11:14 : Isa 15:1; 16:14; 25:10; Jer 48:40; Zep 2:8-11
57. Isaiah 11:14 : Jdg 11:14-18
58. Isaiah 11:14 : Isa 25:3; 60:12
59. Isaiah 11:15 : S Ex 14:22; S Dt 11:10; Isa 37:25; 42:15; Jer 50:38; 51:36
60. Isaiah 11:15 : S Ge 41:6
61. Isaiah 11:15 : Isa 19:16; 30:32
62. Isaiah 11:15 : S Isa 7:20
63. Isaiah 11:15 : S Ex 14:29
64. Isaiah 11:16 : Isa 19:23; 35:8; 40:3; 49:11; 51:10; 57:14; 62:10; Jer 50:5
65. Isaiah 11:16 : S Ge 45:7
66. Isaiah 11:16 : S ver 11
67. Isaiah 11:16 : Ex 14:26-31

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