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(A) My son, you are a lion
    ready to eat your victim!
You are terribly fierce;
    no one will bother you.

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You are a lion’s(A) cub,(B) Judah;(C)
    you return from the prey,(D) my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

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Peace at Last

11 (A) Like a branch that sprouts
    from a stump,
someone from David's family[a]
    will someday be king.

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Footnotes

  1. 11.1 David's family: Hebrew “Jesse's family.” Jesse was the father of King David.

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)

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God's People Will Come Back Home

10 (A) The time is coming when one of David's descendants[a] will be the signal for the people of all nations to come together. They will follow his advice, and his own nation will become famous.

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Footnotes

  1. 11.10 David's descendants: Hebrew “Jesse's descendants” (see the note at 11.1).