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]