But a shoot will go out from Yishay’s [Jesse’s] stump,
a branch will fruit from his roots.
Yahweh’s breath will alight on him,
a breath with smartness and understanding,
A breath with counsel and strength,
a breath with acknowledgement and awe for Yahweh;
his scent (delight) will be awe for Yahweh.
He will not exercise authority by the seeing of his eyes,
he will not reprove by the hearing of his ears.
He will exercise authority with faithfulness for the poor,
and reprove with uprightness for the humble people in the country.
He will strike the country down with the club in his mouth,
with the breath from his lips he will put the faithless person to death. Faithfulness will be the belt round his hips,
truthfulness the belt round his thighs.
Wolf will reside with lamb,
leopard will lie down with goat,
Calf, lion and fatling together,
with a little boy driving them.
Cow and bear will pasture,
their young will lie down together.
Cougar, like cattle,
will eat straw.
A baby will play over the cobra’s burrow;
an infant will hold its hand over the viper’s hole.
People will not deal badly,
they will not devastate,
in all my sacred mountain.
Because the country will be full of the acknowledgement of Yahweh
like the water covering the sea.
On that day,
Yishay’s root which will be standing as a signal for peoples.
Nations will enquire of him,
and where he settles down will be [a place of] splendour.
On that day,
the Lord will again act, a second time,
with his hand to acquire the remainder of his people,
That remain from Ashshur,
from Misrayim,
from Patros,
from Kush [Sudan],
from Elam,
from Shin’ar,
from Hamat
and from the shores across the Sea.
He will lift up a signal to the nations,
and gather the men of Yisra’el who were driven out,
And the women of Yehudah who were scattered
he will collect from the four corners of the earth.
Ephrayim’s jealousy will go away,
and the people putting pressure on Yehudah will be cut off.
Ephrayim won’t be jealous of Yehudah,
and Yehudah won’t put pressure on Ephrayim.
They will fly against the back of the Pelishtites to the west;
together they will plunder the easterners,
The putting out of their hand: Edom and Mo’ab;
the people obeying them: the Ammonites.
Yahweh will dry up the tongue of the Misrayimite sea,
and wave his hand over the River with the heat of his breath.
He will strike it down into seven wadis,
and let people make their way in boots.
There will be a causeway for the remainder of his people
that remain from Ashshur,
As there was for Yisra’el
on the day it went up from the country of Misrayim.
Goldingay, John; The Bible for Everyone . SPCK. Kindle Edition.
O Love, O God who created me, in your love recreate me.
O Love, who redeemed me,
fill up in me whatever part of your love
has fallen into neglect within me.
O Love, O God, who first loved me,
grant that with my whole heart,
and with my whole soul,
and with my whole strength,
I may love you.
Gertrude the Great