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ISAIAH 11
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12 After the Lord has used the king of Assyria
to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and
in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of
Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and
arrogant. 13 He boasts,
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“By my own powerful arm I have done this.
With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it.
I have broken down the defenses of nations
and carried off their treasures.
I have knocked down their kings like
a bull.
I have robbed their nests of riches
and gathered up kingdoms as a farmer
gathers eggs.
No one can even flap a wing against me
or utter a peep of protest.”
But can the ax boast greater power than
the person who uses it?
Is the saw greater than the person
who saws?
Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it?
Can a wooden cane walk by itself?
Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s
Armies,
will send a plague among Assyria’s proud
troops,
and a flaming fire will consume its glory.
The Lord, the Light of Israel, will be a fire;
the Holy One will be a flame.
He will devour the thorns and briers
with fire,
burning up the enemy in a single night.
The Lord will consume Assyria’s glory
like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful
land;
it will waste away like sick people in
a plague.
Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees
will survive—
so few that a child could count them!
Hope for the LORD’s People
20 In that day the remnant left in Israel,
the survivors in the house of Jacob,
will no longer depend on allies
who seek to destroy them.
But they will faithfully trust the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.
21 A remnant will return;*
yes, the remnant of Jacob will return
to the Mighty God.
22 But though the people of Israel are as
numerous
as the sand of the seashore,
10:21 Hebrew Shear-jashub; see 7:3; 8:18. 10:22-23 Greek
version reads only a remnant of them will be saved. / For
he will carry out his sentence quickly and with finality and
righteousness; / for God will carry out his sentence upon all the
world with finality. Compare Rom 9:27-28. 10:27 As in Greek
version; Hebrew reads The yoke will be broken, / for you have
grown so fat. 10:34 Or with an ax / as even the mighty trees of
Lebanon fall. 11:1 Hebrew the stump of the line of Jesse. Jesse
was King David’s father.
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only a remnant of them will return.
The Lord has rightly decided to destroy
his people.
Yes, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
has already decided to destroy the
entire land.*
24 So this is what the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, says: “O my people in Zion, do not
be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress
you with rod and club as the Egyptians did long
ago. 25 In a little while my anger against you will
end, and then my anger will rise up to destroy
them.” 26 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will lash
them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb,
or when the Lord’s staff was raised to drown
the Egyptian army in the sea.
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In that day the Lord will end the bondage
of his people.
He will break the yoke of slavery
and lift it from their shoulders.*
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Look, the Assyrians are now at Aiath.
They are passing through Migron
and are storing their equipment at
Micmash.
They are crossing the pass
and are camping at Geba.
Fear strikes the town of Ramah.
All the people of Gibeah, the hometown
of Saul,
are running for their lives.
Scream in terror,
you people of Gallim!
Shout out a warning to Laishah.
Oh, poor Anathoth!
There go the people of Madmenah,
all fleeing.
The citizens of Gebim are trying to hide.
The enemy stops at Nob for the rest of
that day.
He shakes his fist at beautiful Mount
Zion, the mountain of Jerusalem.
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But look! The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s
Armies,
will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria
with great power!
He will cut down the proud.
That lofty tree will be brought down.
He will cut down the forest trees with an ax.
Lebanon will fall to the Mighty One.*
A Branch from David’s Line
1 Out of the stump of David’s family* will
grow a shoot—
yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the
old root.
2 And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
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