Righteous Reign of the Branch
Then a aShoot will spring from the bstock of Jesse David’s father,And a cBranch from dhis roots will bear fruit. Is 4:2; Matt 2:23; Rev 5:5; 22:16Is 4:2; 53:2Is 9:7; 11:10; Acts 13:23Is 6:13; Jer 23:5; Zech 3:8Rev 5:5; 22:162 And the aSpirit of the LORD will rest on Him—The Spirit of bwisdom and understanding,The Spirit of counsel and cstrength,The Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the LORD—Is 42:1; 48:16; 61:1; Matt 3:16; John 1:32John 16:13; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:17, 182 Tim 1:73 And He will delight in the fear of the LORD,And He will not judge by what His eyes asee,Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;John 2:25; 7:244 But with arighteousness and justice He will judge the bpoor,And decide with fairness for the cdowntrodden of the earth;And He shall strike the earth with the drod of His mouth,And with the ebreath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.Is 9:7; 16:5; 32:1Ps 72:2, 13, 14; Is 3:14Is 29:19; 32:7; 61:1Ps 2:9; Is 49:2; Mal 4:6Job 4:9; Is 30:28, 33; 2 Thess 2:85 And arighteousness will be the belt around His loins,And bfaithfulness the belt around His waist.Eph 6:14Is 25:1
6 And the awolf will dwell with the lamb,And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,And the calf and the young lion and the fatted steer together;And a little child will lead them.Is 65:257 And the cow and the bear will graze together,Their young will lie down together,And the alion shall eat straw like the ox.Is 65:258 And the nursing child will safely play over the hole of the cobra,And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den and not be hurt.9 They will anot hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,For the bearth will be full of the knowledge of the LORDAs the waters cover the sea.Job 5:23; Is 65:25; Ezek 34:25; Hos 2:18Ps 98:2, 3; Is 45:6; 52:10; 66:18-23; Hab 2:14
The Restored Remnant
11 Then it will happen on that day that the LordWill again acquire with His hand a second timeThe aremnant of His people, who will remain,From bAssyria, from Lower cEgypt, from Pathros, from Cush , from dElam in Persia, from Shinar Babylonia, from Hamath in Aram,And from the ecoastlands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Jer 23:5-8Is 10:20-22; 37:4, 31, 32; 46:3Is 19:23-25; Hos 11:11; Zech 10:10Is 19:21, 22; Mic 7:12Gen 10:22; 14:1Is 24:15; 42:4, 10, 12; 49:1; 51:5; 60:9; 66:1912 And He will lift up a asignal for the nationsAnd bassemble the 1outcasts of Israel,And will gather the dispersed of JudahFrom the four corners of the earth.Lit scattered.Is 11:10Is 56:8; Zeph 3:10; Zech 10:613 Then the ajealousy of 1Ephraim will depart,And those who harass 2Judah will be cut off;Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,And Judah will not harass Ephraim.A reference to the ten northern tribes. Israel split into two kingdoms after Rehoboam the son of Solomon became king. Jeroboam ruled from the city of Shechem in the north, and Rehoboam ruled from the city of Jerusalem in the south (1 Kin 12:1-20).A reference to the two southern tribes.Is 9:21; Jer 3:18; Ezek 37:16, 17, 22; Hos 1:1114 Ephraim and Judah will unite and aswoop down on the slopes of the Philistines toward the bwest;Together they will cplunder the sons of the east.They will possess dEdom and eMoab,And the sons of Ammon will be subject to them.Jer 48:40; 49:22; Hab 1:8Is 9:12Jer 49:28Is 63:1; Dan 11:41; Joel 3:19; Amos 9:12Is 16:14; 25:1015 And the LORD will autterly destroyThe tongue of the 1Sea of Egypt;And with His scorching windHe will bwave His hand over the cRiver;He will strike and divide it into seven channelsAnd make it possible for people to walk over in sandals.The western fork of the Red Sea.Is 43:16; 44:27; 50:2; 51:10, 11Is 19:16Is 7:20; 8:7; Rev 16:1216 And there will be a ahighway from AssyriaFor the bremnant of His people who will be left,Just as there was for IsraelcIn the day when they came up out of the land of Egypt.Is 19:23; 35:8; 40:3; 62:10Is 11:11Ex 14:26-29