7 The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole,
And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.
And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.
9 aThey shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,
For bthe earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.
For bthe earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.
10 “Anda in that day bthere shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a cbanner to the people;
For the dGentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”
Who shall stand as a cbanner to the people;
For the dGentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”
11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
aFrom Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
aFrom Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
12 He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will1 assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together athe dispersed of Judah
From the four1 corners of the earth.
And will1 assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together athe dispersed of Judah
From the four1 corners of the earth.
13 Also athe envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
14 But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west;
Together they shall plunder the1 people of the East;
aThey shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab;
And the people of Ammon shall obey them.
Together they shall plunder the1 people of the East;
aThey shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab;
And the people of Ammon shall obey them.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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