11A green Shoot will sprout from Jesse's stump, from his roots a budding Branch.H3318H2415H1503H3448H5342H6509H83282The life-giving Spirit of GOD will hover over him, the Spirit that brings wisdom and understanding, The Spirit that gives direction and builds strength, the Spirit that instills knowledge and Fear-of-GOD.H7307H3068H5117H7307H2451H998H7307H6098H1369H7307H1847H3374H30683Fear-of-GOD will be all his joy and delight. He won't judge by appearances, won't decide on the basis of hearsay.H7306H3374H3068H8199H4758H5869H3198H4926H2414He'll judge the needy by what is right, render decisions on earth's poor with justice. His words will bring everyone to awed attention. A mere breath from his lips will topple the wicked.H6664H8199H1800H3198H4334H6035H776H5221H776H7626H6310H7307H8193H4191H75635Each morning he'll pull on sturdy work clothes and boots, and build righteousness and faithfulness in the land.H6664H232H4975H530H232H2504
A Living Knowledge of God
6The wolf will romp with the lamb, the leopard sleep with the kid. Calf and lion will eat from the same trough, and a little child will tend them.H2061H1481H3532H5246H7257H1423H5695H3715H4806H3162H6996H5288H50907Cow and bear will graze the same pasture, their calves and cubs grow up together, and the lion eat straw like the ox.H6510H1677H7462H3206H7257H3162H738H398H8401H12418The nursing child will crawl over rattlesnake dens, the toddler stick his hand down the hole of a serpent.H3243H8173H2352H6620H1580H1911H3027H6848H39759Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill on my holy mountain. The whole earth will be brimming with knowing God-Alive, a living knowledge of God ocean-deep, ocean-wide.H7489H7843H6944H2022H776H4390H1844H3068H4325H3680H322010On that day, Jesse's Root will be raised high, posted as a rallying banner for the peoples. The nations will all come to him. His headquarters will be glorious.H3117H8328H3448H5975H5251H5971H1471H1875H4496H351911Also on that day, the Master for the second time will reach out to bring back what's left of his scattered people. He'll bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Sinar, Hamath, and the ocean islands.H3117H136H3254H3027H3254H8145H7069H7605H5971H7604H804H4714H6624H3568H5867H8152H2574H339H322012And he'll raise that rallying banner high, visible to all nations, gather in all the scattered exiles of Israel, Pull in all the dispersed refugees of Judah from the four winds and the seven seas.H5375H5251H1471H622H1760H3478H6908H5310H3063H702H3671H77613The jealousy of Ephraim will dissolve, the hostility of Judah will vanish— Ephraim no longer the jealous rival of Judah, Judah no longer the hostile rival of Ephraim!H7068H669H5493H6887H3063H3772H669H7065H3063H3063H6887H66914Blood brothers united, they'll pounce on the Philistines in the west, join forces to plunder the people in the east. They'll attack Edom and Moab. The Ammonites will fall into line.H5774H3802H6430H3220H962H1121H6924H3162H4916H3027H123H4124H1121H5983H492815GOD will once again dry up Egypt's Red Sea, making for an easy crossing. He'll send a blistering wind down on the great River Euphrates, Reduce it to seven mere trickles. None even need get their feet wet!H3068H2763H3956H4714H3220H5868H7307H5130H3027H5104H5221H7651H5158H1869H527516In the end there'll be a highway all the way from Assyria, easy traveling for what's left of God's people— A highway just like the one Israel had when he marched up out of Egypt.H4546H7605H5971H834H7604H804H3478H3117H5927H776H4714