| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. | 1"A shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch will bear fruit from his roots. |
| 2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him-- a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. | 2The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. |
| 3His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what He sees with His eyes, He will not execute justice by what He hears with His ears, | 3His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He won't judge by what his eyes see, nor decide disputes by what his ears hear, |
| 4but He will judge the poor righteously and execute justice for the oppressed of the land. He will strike the land with discipline from His mouth, and He will kill the wicked with a command from His lips. | 4but with righteousness he will judge the needy, and decide with equity for earth's poor. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and the wicked will be killed with the breath of his lips. |
| 5Righteousness will be a belt around His loins; faithfulness will be a belt around His waist. | 5Righteousness will be the sash around his loins, and faithfulness the belt around his waist." |
| 6The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat. The calf, the young lion, and the fatling will be together, and a child will lead them. | 6"The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them. |
| 7The cow and the bear will graze, their young ones will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. | 7The cow and the bear will graze, and their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. |
| 8An infant will play beside the cobra's pit, and a toddler will put his hand into a snake's den. | 8The nursing child will play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on vipers' dens. |
| 9None will harm or destroy another on My entire holy mountain, for the land will be as full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is filled with water. | 9They will neither harm nor destroy on my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea." |
| 10On that day the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His resting place will be glorious. | 10At that time, as to the root of Jesse, who will be standing as a banner for the peoples, the nations will rally to him, and his resting place is glorious. |
| 11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover--from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west--the remnant of His people who survive. | 11At that time, the LORD will reach out his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. |
| 12He will lift up a banner for the nations and gather the dispersed of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. | 12He will raise a banner for the nations and will assemble the dispersed of Israel; he will gather the scattered people of Judah from the corners of the earth. |
| 13Ephraim's envy will cease; Judah's harassment will end. Ephraim will no longer be envious of Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim. | 13Ephraim's jealousy will vanish, and those who are hostile to Judah will be eliminated; Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not be hostile to Ephraim. |
| 14But they will swoop down on the Philistine flank to the west. Together they will plunder the people of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects. | 14But they will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west, and they will plunder the people to the east. They'll lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them. |
| 15The LORD will divide the Gulf of Suez. He will wave His hand over the Euphrates with His mighty wind and will split it into seven streams, letting people walk through on foot. | 15The LORD will totally destroy the gulf of the Sea of Egypt. He will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River with a violent wind, breaking it up into seven streams, and making a way for people to cross on foot. |
| 16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who will survive from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt. | 16And there will be a highway for the remnant that is left of his people out of Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt. |
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