Isaiah 11-12

New American Standard Bible 1995

11 Then a ^(A)shoot will spring from the ^(B)stem of Jesse,
And a ^(C)branch from ^(D)his roots will bear fruit.
² The ^(E)Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of ^(F)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and ^(G)strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
³ And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes ^(H)see,
Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;
⁴ But with ^(I)righteousness He will judge the ^(J)poor,
And decide with fairness for the ^(K)afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the ^(L)rod of His mouth,
And with the ^(M)breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
⁵ Also ^(N)righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And ^(O)faithfulness the belt about His waist.

¹¹ Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover the second time with His hand
The ^(X)remnant of His people, who will remain,
From ^(Y)Assyria, ^(Z)Egypt, Pathros, Cush, ^(AA)Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the ^[d](AB)islands of the sea.
¹² And He will lift up a ^(AC)standard for the nations
And ^(AD)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
¹³ Then the ^(AE)jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
¹⁴ They will ^(AF)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the ^(AG)west;
Together they will ^(AH)plunder the sons of the east;
^[e]They will possess ^(AI)Edom and ^(AJ)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon will be ^[f]subject to them.
¹⁵ And the Lord will ^[g](AK)utterly destroy
The tongue of the ^[h]Sea of Egypt;
And He will ^(AL)wave His hand over the ^[i](AM)River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over ^[j]dry-shod.
¹⁶ And there will be a ^(AN)highway from Assyria
For the ^(AO)remnant of His people who will be left,
Just as there was for Israel
In ^(AP)the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.

12 Then you will say on that day,
“^(AQ)I will give thanks to You, O Lord;
For ^(AR)although You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.
² “Behold, ^(AS)God is my salvation,
I will ^(AT)trust and not be afraid;
For ^(AU)the Lord God is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”
³ Therefore you will joyously ^(AV)draw water
From the ^(AW)springs of salvation.
⁴ And in that day you will ^(AX)say,
“^(AY)Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.
^(AZ)Make known His deeds among the peoples;
^[k]Make them remember that His name is exalted.”
^5 (BA)Praise the Lord in song, for He has done ^[l]excellent things;
Let this be known throughout the earth.
^6 (BB)Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
For ^(BC)great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.