²³ They will not labor in vain,^(A)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(B)
for they will be a people blessed^(C) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(D) with them.

²⁵ The wolf and the lamb^(A) will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,^(B)
    and dust will be the serpent’s^(C) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”^(D)
says the Lord.

¹⁸ In that day I will make a covenant for them
    with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the creatures that move along the ground.^(A)
Bow and sword and battle
    I will abolish^(B) from the land,
    so that all may lie down in safety.^(C)