Isaiah 11-12

New American Standard Bible

Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 Then a ^(A)shoot will spring from the ^(B)stem of Jesse,
And a ^(C)Branch from ^(D)his roots will bear fruit.
²The ^(E)Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of ^(F)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and ^(G)strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
³And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes ^(H)see,
Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;
⁴But with ^(I)righteousness He will judge the ^(J)poor,
And decide with fairness for the ^(K)humble of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the ^(L)rod of His mouth,
And with the ^(M)breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
⁵Also ^(N)righteousness will be the belt around His hips,
And ^(O)faithfulness the belt around His waist.

⁶And the ^(P)wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion ^[a]and the fattened steer will be together;
And a little boy will lead them.
⁷Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the ^(Q)lion will eat straw like the ox.
⁸The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
⁹They will ^(R)not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the ^(S)earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰Then on that day
The ^(T)nations will resort to the ^(U)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a ^(V)signal flag for the peoples;
And His ^(W)resting place will be ^[b]glorious.

The Restored Remnant

¹¹Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover with His hand the second time
The ^(X)remnant of His people who will remain,
From ^(Y)Assyria, ^(Z)Egypt, Pathros, Cush, ^(AA)Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the ^[c]^(AB)islands of the sea.
¹²And He will lift up a ^(AC)flag for the nations
And ^(AD)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
¹³Then the ^(AE)jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be eliminated;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
¹⁴They will ^(AF)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the ^(AG)west;
Together they will ^(AH)plunder the ^[d]people of the east;
^[e]They will possess ^(AI)Edom and ^(AJ)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon will be ^[f]subject to them.
¹⁵And the Lord will ^[g]^(AK)utterly destroy
The tongue of the ^[h]Sea of Egypt;
And He will ^(AL)wave His hand over the ^(AM)Euphrates River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make people walk over in dry sandals.
¹⁶And there will be a ^(AN)highway from Assyria
For the ^(AO)remnant of His people who will be left,
Just as there was for Israel
On ^(AP)the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.

Thanksgiving Expressed

12 Then you will say on that day,
“^(AQ)I will give thanks to You, Lord;
For although ^(AR)You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.
²Behold, ^(AS)God is my salvation,
I will ^(AT)trust and not be afraid;
For ^(AU)the Lord God is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”
³Therefore you will joyously ^(AV)draw water
From the ^(AW)springs of salvation.
⁴And on that day you will ^(AX)say,
“^(AY)Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.
^(AZ)Make known His deeds among the peoples;
^[i]Make them remember that His name is exalted.”
⁵^(BA)Praise the Lord in song, for He has done ^[j]glorious things;
Let this be known throughout the earth.
⁶^(BB)Rejoice and shout for joy, you inhabitant of Zion,
For ^(BC)great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.