1 And there shall come forth
a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out
of his roots:
2 And the 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
of the fear of the LORD;
3 And shall make him of quick
understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge
after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing
of his ears:
4 But with righteousness
shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek
of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of
his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the
wicked.
5 And righteousness shall
be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of
his reins.
6 The wolf also shall dwell
with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and
a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear
shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the
lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall
play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put
his hand on the cockatrice' den.
9 They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full
of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
10 And in that day there
shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of
the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall
be glorious.
