1A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.2The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.3He shall smell in the fear of the LORD; he shall not judge by the sight of his eyes, nor decide by the hearing of his ears.4He shall judge the poor with righteousness and decide for the afflicted of the land with equity; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.5Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.6The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat; the calf and the lion and the fattened animal shall be together, and a little child shall lead them.7The cow and the bear shall graze together; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.8The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper's den.9They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.10In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations shall seek him, and his resting place shall be glorious.11In that day the LORD will again stretch out his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who remain from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.12He will raise a banner for the nations and assemble the outcasts of Israel; he will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.13The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and the hostility of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.14They shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines to the west; together they shall plunder the people of the east; Edom and Moab shall stretch out their hands, and the sons of Ammon shall obey them.15The LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt and wave his hand over the River with his scorching breath; he will strike it into seven channels and make a way to cross in sandals.16There shall be a highway for the remnant of his people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.