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1 And there shall come forth a Rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from [his] root;
2 and the Spirit of God shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and godliness shall fill Him;
3 the spirit of the fear of God. He shall not judge according to appearance, nor reprove according to report;
4 but He shall judge the cause of the lowly, and shall reprove the lowly of the earth; and He shall smite the earth with the word of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He destroy the ungodly one.
5 And He shall have His loins girded with righteousness, and His sides clothed with truth.
6 And the wolf shall feed with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the young calf and bull and lion shall feed together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the ox and bear shall feed together; and their young shall be together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And an infant shall put his hand into the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps.
9 And they shall not be hurt, nor shall they be able to destroy anyone on My holy mountain; for the whole [world] is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as much water covers the seas.
10 And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, and He that shall arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him shall the Gentiles trust, and His rest shall be glorious.
11 And it shall be in that day, [that] the Lord shall again show His hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and [that] from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.
12 And He shall lift up a standard for the nations, and He shall gather the lost ones of Israel, and He shall gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
13 And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away, and the enemies of Judah shall perish; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not afflict Ephraim.
14 And they shall fly in the ships of the Philistines; they shall at the same time spoil the sea, and them [that come] from the east, and Edom; and they shall lay their hands on Moab first; but the children of Ammon shall first obey [them].
15 And the Lord shall make desolate the sea of Egypt; and He shall lay His hand on the river with a strong wind, and He shall smite the seven channels, so that men shall pass through it dry-shod.
16 And there shall be a passage for His people that are left in Egypt; and it shall be to Israel as the day when he came forth out of the land of Egypt.
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