1Der vil komme et rodskud fra Isajs stub, et nyt skud på Davids stamtræ.2Herrens Ånd hviler over ham og giver ham visdom, indsigt, karakterstyrke, kundskab og gudsfrygt.3Han lever og ånder for at gøre Herrens vilje. Han bedømmer aldrig en sag blot på grundlag af, hvad han ser og hører.4Han forsvarer fattiges rettigheder og dømmer de svage retfærdigt. Han sætter voldsmænd til vægs med et visdomsord, tilintetgør de onde med et åndepust.5Han bærer ret adfærd som bælte om sit liv, klæder sig i trofasthed og sandhed.6Engang vil ulven og lammet følges ad, leoparden hvile sig hos gedekiddet, kalven og løven græsse sammen, så et barn kan passe dem.7Køer og bjørne vil blive venner, så deres unger ligger side om side. Løven vil æde græs som oksen.8Spædbørn kan lege ved slangens hule, og småbørn kan uskadt stikke hånden i hugormens rede.9Ingen gør fortræd i hele mit hellige bjergland, for alverden skal fyldes af en dyb forståelse af Herren, som vandet fylder verdenshavene.10Engang vil Isajs rodskud stå som et banner og kalde på alle folkeslagene. Menneskene vil søge svar hos ham, og hans bolig bliver herlig.11Da vil Herren igen række hånden ud for at hjemkalde den rest, der er tilbage af hans folk, og de skal komme fra Assyrien, fra nedre og øvre Egypten, Kush, Elam, Babylonien, Hamat og fjerne kyster.12Herren kalder på folkeslagene med sit banner, og han samler Israels og Judas bortdrevne og adspredte folk fra de fire verdenshjørner.13Da skal fjendskabet mellem Israel og Juda høre op, og de skal ikke længere bekrige hinanden.14I stedet angriber de i fællesskab filistrene i vest og tager bytte fra folkene i øst. De erobrer Edom og Moab, og gør ammonitterne til deres undersåtter.15Herren baner en vej gennem Egyptens Hav. Han hæver sin hånd over Eufratfloden og lader en mægtig vind dele den i syv bække, som man let kan komme over.16Der bliver en banet vej for den rest af hans folk, der er tilbage i Assyrien, ligesom der blev for Israel, da de drog op fra Egypten.
1There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. (Es 11,10; Ap G 13,23)2And 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 the fear of the Lord. (Es 61,1; Matt 3,16; Mark 1,10; Luk 3,22)3And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, (Præd 1,8; Joh 7,24)4but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. (Job 4,9; Salm 2,9; Salm 72,2; Salm 72,4; Salm 139,19; Mal 4,6; 2.Thess 2,8)5Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. (Ef 6,14)6The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. (Es 65,25; Hos 2,18)7The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.8The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.9They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. (Salm 78,54; Es 11,6; Hab 2,14)10In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious. (2.Mos 17,15; Es 11,1; Es 49,22; Rom 15,12)11In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush,[1] from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea. (1.Mos 10,6; 1.Mos 10,22; 1.Mos 11,2; 1.Mos 14,1; 1.Mos 14,9; Ester 10,1; Es 10,9; Es 10,20; Es 27,13; Jer 25,25; Jer 44,1; Jer 44,15; Jer 49,34; Ez 29,14; Ez 30,14; Mika 7,12; Zak 10,10)12He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. (Es 11,10; Es 56,8; Zak 10,6)13The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim. (Es 9,21; Ez 37,16; Zak 11,14)14But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west, and together they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put out their hand against Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites shall obey them. (Dom 6,3; 2.Sam 8,1; 2.Sam 8,2; 2.Sam 8,14; 2.Sam 12,26; 2.Kong 18,8; Salm 60,8; Jer 49,28)15And the Lord will utterly destroy[2] the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and will wave his hand over the River[3] with his scorching breath,[4] and strike it into seven channels, and he will lead people across in sandals. (Es 7,20; Zak 10,11)16And there will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant that remains of his people, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt. (2.Mos 14,29; Es 19,23; Es 35,8)