< Isaiah 11 >

1 [Like] [MET] a [new] shoot [often] grows from the stump [of a tree], there will be a descendant of King David who will be a new king.
and to come out: issue branch from stock Jesse and branch from root his be fruitful
2 The Spirit of Yahweh will always be with him. The Spirit will enable him to be wise and to understand [much about many things]. The Spirit will enable him to decide what is good to do, and will enable him to be very powerful. The Spirit will enable him to know Yahweh and to revere him.
and to rest upon him spirit LORD spirit wisdom and understanding spirit counsel and might spirit knowledge and fear LORD
3 He will be glad to obey Yahweh. He will not decide [whether someone is righteous or not only] by seeing what that person looks like, or by listening to [what others say about that person].
and to smell he in/on/with fear LORD and not to/for appearance eye his to judge and not to/for hearing ear his to rebuke
4 He will judge [the cases of] needy people fairly; and he will act justly toward poor people. He will punish evil people as a result of what he decides [MTY]; he will get rid of wicked people because of [MTY] [their behavior].
and to judge in/on/with righteousness poor and to rebuke in/on/with plain to/for poor land: country/planet and to smite land: country/planet in/on/with tribe: staff lip his and in/on/with spirit: breath lips his to die wicked
5 He will always act righteously; his doing that will [accompany him like] [MET] a belt [around his waist]. He will always speak what is true; his doing that will [accompany him like] [MET] a sash [around his waist].
and to be righteousness girdle loin his and [the] faithfulness girdle loin his
6 [When he becomes king], wolves and lambs will live together [peacefully]; leopards, [instead of killing] baby goats, will lie down with them. [Similarly], calves and lions will eat food together; and a young child will take care of them.
and to sojourn wolf with lamb and leopard with kid to stretch and calf and lion and fatling together and youth small to lead in/on/with them
7 Cows and bears will eat [together]; bear cubs and calves will lie down together. Lions will [not eat other animals]; [instead], they will eat hay like cows do.
and heifer and bear to accompany together to stretch youth their and lion like/as cattle to eat straw
8 Babies will play [safely] near the holes where cobra snakes [live]; small children will [even] put their hands into nests of poisonous snakes, [and the snakes will not harm them].
and to delight to suckle upon cavern cobra and upon hole serpent to wean hand his to stretch out
9 No creatures will harm or kill other creatures on [Zion Hill], my holy hill; and the earth will [be filled with people who] know Yahweh like [SIM] the seas are full of water.
not be evil and not to ruin in/on/with all mountain: mount holiness my for to fill [the] land: country/planet knowledge [obj] LORD like/as water to/for sea to cover
10 At that time, a descendant of King David will [hold up] a flag to signal to the people of all people-groups [that they should gather around him]; they will come to him to get his advice, and the place where he lives will be glorious.
and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it root Jesse which to stand: stand to/for ensign people to(wards) him nation to seek and to be resting his glory
11 At that time, Yahweh will (reach out his hand/use his power) as he did long ago; he will enable those who had been (exiled from/forced to leave) Israel to return home, from Assyria, from northern Egypt, from southern Egypt, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath, and from all the distant countries near the sea.
and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to add Lord second hand: power his to/for to buy [obj] remnant people his which to remain from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Cush and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from coastland [the] sea
12 Yahweh will raise his flag among [all] the people-groups, and he will gather together the people of Israel who had been exiled [long ago]. He will gather from very distant places [IDM] on the earth the people of Judah who [(had been scattered to/are living in) those places].
and to lift: raise ensign to/for nation and to gather to banish Israel and to disperse Judah to gather from four wing [the] land: country/planet
13 [Then], the people of Israel and the people of Judah will not be jealous of each other [any longer], and they will no [longer] be enemies of each other.
and to turn aside: depart jealousy Ephraim and to vex Judah to cut: eliminate Ephraim not be jealous [obj] Judah and Judah not to vex [obj] Ephraim
14 Their [armies] will [join together to] attack the people of Philistia to the west. And together they will attack nations to the east; they will [defeat those nations and] take away all their valuable possessions. They will capture [the areas of] Edom and Moab, and the people of the Ammon people-group will be controlled/ruled by the people of Israel and Judah.
and to fly in/on/with shoulder Philistine sea: west [to] together to plunder [obj] son: descendant/people front: east Edom and Moab sending hand: power their and son: descendant/people Ammon guard their
15 Yahweh will make a dry road through the sea near Egypt. And [it will be as though] he will wave his hand over the [Euphrates] River and send a strong wind to cause it to divide into seven streams, with the result that people will be able to walk across [those streams].
and to devote/destroy LORD [obj] tongue: bar sea (Sea of) Egypt and to wave hand his upon [the] River in/on/with heat spirit: breath his and to smite him to/for seven torrent: river and to tread in/on/with sandal
16 And because he will make a highway for his people who are living in Assyria, they will be able to return [to their own land], just like [long ago] he made a path for [the people of] Israel [so that they could go through the water] when they left Egypt.
and to be highway to/for remnant people his which to remain from Assyria like/as as which to be to/for Israel in/on/with day to ascend: rise he from land: country/planet Egypt

< Isaiah 11 >