大衛的後裔做王
1就像樹墩上長出新的枝條，
大衛的後裔中必有一人做王。
2耶和華的靈必住在他身上，
使他有聰明和智慧、謀略和能力，
能認識並敬畏耶和華。
3他必以敬畏耶和華為樂。
他不憑眼見施行審判，
不憑耳聞斷定是非，
4而是按公義審判貧窮人，
以公正為受苦者斷案。
他必用口中的杖擊打世界，
以嘴裡的氣殺戮惡人。
5公義必作他的腰帶，
信實必作他肋下的帶子。
6那時，豺狼和綿羊羔同住，
豹子和山羊羔同臥，
牛犢和獅子同群，
小孩子可以照看牠們。
7牛與熊一起吃喝，
小牛和小熊一起躺臥，
獅子像牛一樣吃草。
8吃奶的嬰孩在毒蛇的洞口玩耍，
斷奶的孩子把手伸進蛇洞。
9在我的整個聖山上，
牠們都不傷人、不害物。
認識耶和華的人必充滿天下，
就像水充滿海洋一樣。
10到那日，耶西的根必成為引導萬民的旗幟，外族人都來尋求他，他的住處充滿榮耀。 11到那日，主必再次伸手從亞述、埃及、巴特羅、古實、以攔、示拿、哈馬和眾海島救回祂剩餘的子民。
12祂必向各國豎立旗幟，
召集被擄的以色列人，
把分散在世界各地的猶大人聚集起來。
13以色列必不再嫉妒猶大，
猶大必不再與以色列為敵，
以色列的嫉妒和猶大的敵意必煙消雲散。
14他們必聯合起來，
向西征討非利士，
向東征服以東、摩押和亞捫。
15耶和華必使埃及的海乾涸，
揮手用焦熱的風使幼發拉底河分成七條溪流，
使人可以涉水而過。
16祂剩餘的子民必沿著大路從亞述歸回，
就像昔日以色列人離開埃及一樣。
The Branch From Jesse
1A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed together;
and a little child will lead them.
7The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious. 11In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush,11:11 That is, the upper Nile region from Elam, from Babylonia,11:11 Hebrew Shinar from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.
12He will raise a banner for the nations
and gather the exiles of Israel;
he will assemble the scattered people of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.
13Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies11:13 Or hostility will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.
14They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west;
together they will plunder the people to the east.
They will subdue Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
15The Lord will dry up
the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand
over the Euphrates River.
He will break it up into seven streams
so that anyone can cross over in sandals.
16There will be a highway for the remnant of his people
that is left from Assyria,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from Egypt.
