Open English Translation ISA Chapter 11

11 Then a shoot will come out from the stump of Yishay (Jesse),

and a branch from his roots will grow to produce fruit.[ref]

2 Yahweh’s spirit will be with him—

a spirit of wisdom and understanding,

a spirit of good advice and strength,

a spirit of knowledge and striving to obey Yahweh.

3 ≈ He’ll be happy to respect and honour Yahweh.

He won’t judge just by what can be seen,

≈ or make decisions just from what can be heard,

4 but he’ll judge the ordinary people with justice

≈ and decide fairly for the poor in the world.

He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,

≈ and with the breath of his lips, he’ll execute the wicked.[ref]

5 His waistbelt will be doing what’s right,

≈ and the strap for his hips will be faithfulness.

6 At that time. the wolf will live with the lamb,

≈ the leopard will lie down with the young goat,

≈ and the cow and the young lion and the calf,

→ all there together, and a little child will lead them.[ref]

7 The cow and the bear will graze together.

Their young will lie down together,

and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

8 A child will play over the cobra’s hole,

≈ and the toddler will stretch his hand over the viper’s nest.

9 There’ll be no more pain or destruction on all my sacred mountain,

because the world will be full of knowledge about Yahweh,

just as the waters cover the sea.[ref]

10 Then on that day, Yishay’s (Jesse’s) root will stand as a signal to the peoples. Nations will search for him, and his residence will be wonderful.[ref] 11 At that time, my master will again exercise his power to recover a remnant of his people who remain in Assyria, Egypt, Patros, Kush (Ethiopia), Elam, Shinar, Hamat, and from various islands.

12 He’ll raise a banner for the nations,

and gather the Israelis who were banished—

≈ assembling the Jews who were scattered right around the world.

13 Efrayim’s jealousy will go, and Yehudah’s enemies will be eliminated.

≈ Efrayim will no longer be jealous of Yehudah, and Yehudah will no longer treat Efrayim as enemies.

14 They will swoop down the slopes to attack the Philistines on the west.

≈ Together they’ll plunder the peoples in the east.

They’ll take over Edom and Moab,

≈ and the Ammonites will become their subjects.

15 Then Yahweh will completely destroy the gulf from the Egyptian sea,

≈ and wave his hand with his scorching wind over the Euphrates river

→ and divide it into seven streams that can be crossed in sandals.[ref]

16 There’ll be a highway for the remnant of his people coming from Assyria,

≈ just like when Yisrael came out of Egypt.