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1. A new branch will grow from a stump of a tree; so a new king will come from the family of Jesse.
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1. And there shall come forth H3318 a rod H2415 out of the stem H4480 H1503 of Jesse H3448 , and a Branch H5342 shall grow H6509 out of his roots H4480 H8328 :
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2. The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon that king. The Spirit will give him wisdom and understanding, guidance and power. the Lord.
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2. And the spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 shall rest H5117 upon H5921 him , the spirit H7307 of wisdom H2451 and understanding H998 , the spirit H7307 of counsel H6098 and might H1369 , the spirit H7307 of knowledge H1847 and of the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 ;
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3. This king will be glad to obey the Lord. He will not judge by the way things look or decide by what he hears.
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3. And shall make him of quick understanding H7306 in the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 : and he shall not H3808 judge H8199 after the sight H4758 of his eyes H5869 , neither H3808 reprove H3198 after the hearing H4926 of his ears H241 :
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4. But he will judge the poor honestly; he will be fair in his decisions for the poor people of the land. At his command evil people will be punished, and by his words the wicked will be put to death.
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4. But with righteousness H6664 shall he judge H8199 the poor H1800 , and reprove H3198 with equity H4334 for the meek H6035 of the earth H776 : and he shall smite H5221 the earth H776 with the rod H7626 of his mouth H6310 , and with the breath H7307 of his lips H8193 shall he slay H4191 the wicked H7563 .
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5. Goodness and fairness will give him strength, like a belt around his waist.
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5. And righteousness H6664 shall be H1961 the girdle H232 of his loins H4975 , and faithfulness H530 the girdle H232 of his reins H2504 .
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6. Then wolves will live in peace with lambs, and leopards will lie down to rest with goats. Calves, lions, and young bulls will eat together, and a little child will lead them.
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6. The wolf H2061 also shall dwell H1481 with H5973 the lamb H3532 , and the leopard H5246 shall lie down H7257 with H5973 the kid H1423 ; and the calf H5695 and the young lion H3715 and the fatling H4806 together H3162 ; and a little H6996 child H5288 shall lead H5090 them.
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7. Cows and bears will eat together in peace. Their young will lie down to rest together. Lions will eat hay as oxen do.
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7. And the cow H6510 and the bear H1677 shall feed H7462 ; their young ones H3206 shall lie down H7257 together H3162 : and the lion H738 shall eat H398 straw H8401 like the ox H1241 .
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8. A baby will be able to play near a cobra's hole, and a child will be able to put his hand into the nest of a poisonous snake.
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8. And the sucking H3243 child shall play H8173 on H5921 the hole H2352 of the asp H6620 , and the weaned child H1580 shall put H1911 his hand H3027 on H5921 the cockatrice H6848 's den H3975 .
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9. They will not hurt or destroy each other on all my holy mountain, because the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the sea is full of water.
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9. They shall not H3808 hurt H7489 nor H3808 destroy H7843 in all H3605 my holy H6944 mountain H2022 : for H3588 the earth H776 shall be full H4390 of the knowledge H1844 of H853 the LORD H3068 , as the waters H4325 cover H3680 the sea H3220 .
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10. At that time the new king from the family of Jesse will stand as a banner for all peoples. The nations will come together around him, and the place where he lives will be filled with glory.
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10. And in that H1931 day H3117 there shall be H1961 a root H8328 of Jesse H3448 , which H834 shall stand H5975 for an ensign H5251 of the people H5971 ; to H413 it shall the Gentiles H1471 seek H1875 : and his rest H4496 shall be H1961 glorious H3519 .
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11. At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left alive in Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the islands of the sea.
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11. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that the Lord H136 shall set his hand H3027 again H3254 the second time H8145 to recover H7069 H853 the remnant H7605 of his people H5971 , which H834 shall be left H7604 , from Assyria H4480 H804 , and from Egypt H4480 H4714 , and from Pathros H4480 H6624 , and from Cush H4480 H3568 , and from Elam H4480 H5867 , and from Shinar H4480 H8152 , and from Hamath H4480 H2574 , and from the islands H4480 H339 of the sea H3220 .
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12. God will raise a banner as a sign for all nations, and he will gather the people of Israel who were forced from their country. from all parts of the earth.
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12. And he shall set up H5375 an ensign H5251 for the nations H1471 , and shall assemble H622 the outcasts H5080 of Israel H3478 , and gather together H6908 the dispersed H5310 of Judah H3063 from the four H4480 H702 corners H3671 of the earth H776 .
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13. At that time Israel will not be jealous anymore, and Judah will have no more enemies. Israel will not be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not hate Israel.
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13. The envy H7068 also of Ephraim H669 shall depart H5493 , and the adversaries H6887 of Judah H3063 shall be cut off H3772 : Ephraim H669 shall not H3808 envy H7065 H853 Judah H3063 , and Judah H3063 shall not H3808 vex H6887 H853 Ephraim H669 .
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14. But Israel and Judah will attack the Philistines on the west. Together they will take the riches from the people of the east. They will conquer Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon will be under their control.
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14. But they shall fly H5774 upon the shoulders H3802 of the Philistines H6430 toward the west H3220 ; they shall spoil H962 H853 them H1121 of the east H6924 together H3162 : they shall lay H4916 their hand H3027 upon Edom H123 and Moab H4124 ; and the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 shall obey H4928 them.
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15. The Lord will dry up the Red Sea of Egypt. and dry it up with a scorching wind. He will divide it into seven small rivers so that people can walk across them with their sandals on.
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15. And the LORD H3068 shall utterly destroy H2763 H853 the tongue H3956 of the Egyptian H4714 sea H3220 ; and with his mighty H5868 wind H7307 shall he shake H5130 his hand H3027 over H5921 the river H5104 , and shall smite H5221 it in the seven H7651 streams H5158 , and make men go over H1869 dry H5275 -shod.
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16. So God's people who are left alive will have a way to leave Assyria, just like the time the Israelites came out of Egypt.
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16. And there shall be H1961 a highway H4546 for the remnant H7605 of his people H5971 , which H834 shall be left H7604 , from Assyria H4480 H804 ; like as H834 it was H1961 to Israel H3478 in the day H3117 that he came up H5927 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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