Darby Bible Translation

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The Root of Jesse

And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall be fruitful;

1

A Branch from David’s Line

Out of the stump of David’s familya will grow a shoot —
yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.

2

and 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.

2

And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on him —
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

3

And his delight will be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears;

3

He will delight in obeying the LORD.
He will not judge by appearance
nor make a decision based on hearsay.

4

but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity 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.

4

He will give justice to the poor
and make fair decisions for the exploited.
The earth will shake at the force of his word,
and one breath from his mouth will destroy the wicked.

5

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

5

He will wear righteousness like a belt
and truth like an undergarment.

6

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them.

6

In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together;
the leopard will lie down with the baby goat.
The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion,
and a little child will lead them all.

7

And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

7

The cow will graze near the bear.
The cub and the calf will lie down together.
The lion will eat hay like a cow.

8

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den.

8

The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra.
Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm.

9

They 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.

9

Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,
for as the waters fill the sea,
so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD.

10

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory.

10

In that day the heir to David’s throneb
will be a banner of salvation to all the world.
The nations will rally to him,
and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.c

11

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, 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.

11

In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
to bring back the remnant of his people —
those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;
in southern Egypt, Ethiopia,d and Elam;
in Babylonia,e Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.

12

And he shall lift up a banner to the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

12

He will raise a flag among the nations
and assemble the exiles of Israel.
He will gather the scattered people of Judah
from the ends of the earth.

13

And the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the troublers of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah will not trouble Ephraim:

13

Then at last the jealousy between Israelf and Judah will end.
They will not be rivals anymore.

14

but they shall fly upon the shoulder of the Philistines towards the west; together shall they spoil the sons of the east; they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

14

They will join forces to swoop down on Philistia to the west.
Together they will attack and plunder the nations to the east.
They will occupy the lands of Edom and Moab,
and Ammon will obey them.

15

And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind will he shake his hand over the river, and will smite it into seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.

15

The LORD will make a dry path through the gulf of the Red Sea.g
He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River,h
sending a mighty wind to divide it into seven streams
so it can easily be crossed on foot.

16

And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people which will be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day when he went up out of the land of Egypt.

16

He will make a highway for the remnant of his people,
the remnant coming from Assyria,
just as he did for Israel long ago
when they returned from Egypt.

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Isaiah 11

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