1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD—
3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5 Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist. 6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea. Prophet Isaiah saw the vision of the branch and root of Jesse on which the Spirit of the Lord will rest. The Spirit of wisdom, understanding, might, counsel, and of the knowledge and fear of the Lord will rest on the root of Jesse. He will be the righteous and faithful King on earth. He will also set up the ultimate Kingdom of peace on earth, and wars will end and justice and peace be ultimately established on earth. The Kingdom will be a place where even all the creatures will be completely restored back to God's original creation order on God's holy mountain. And the earth will be completely filled with the knowledge of the Lord. My dear Lord, I desire to see what Isaiah has seen from his vision. My Master Jesus had incarnated on earth, and Jesus was filled with the full extent of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is full of understanding, wisdom, might, counsel, and knowledge and fear of the Lord. He has inaugurated God's Kingdom on earth and the church is now indwelt by the Holy Spirit to continue Jesus' mission on earth, proclaiming and living out God's righteousness and faithfulness until to the day when Jesus returns on earth again and consummates God's kingdom on His holy mountain. Let's not be discouraged and stand firm for advancing His Kingdom.
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD—
3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5 Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.
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