Isaiah 11
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There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of l Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
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And m the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
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And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
n He shall not judge by o what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by o what his ears hear,
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but p with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall q strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and r with the breath of his lips s he shall kill the wicked.
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Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and t faithfulness the belt of his loins.
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u The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
and a little child shall lead them.
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The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
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The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
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u They shall not hurt or destroy
in all v my holy mountain;
w for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
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In that day x the root of y Jesse, who shall stand as z a signal for the peoples - of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
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a In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, b from Assyria, b from Egypt, from c Pathros, from d Cush, from e Elam, from f Shinar, from g Hamath, and from h the coastlands of the sea.
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He will raise z a signal for the nations
and will assemble i the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
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j The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
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k But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west,
and together they shall plunder l the people of the east.
They shall put out their hand m against n Edom and o Moab,
and p the Ammonites shall obey them.
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And the Lord will utterly destroy
q the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over r the River
with his scorching breath,
and strike it into seven channels,
and he will lead people across in sandals.
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And there will be s a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that remains of his people,
t as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.
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Isaiah 11:10
In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples - of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
Acts 13:23
Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.
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Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
Matthew 3:16
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.
Mark 1:10
And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
Luke 3:22
And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.
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John 7:24
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.
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Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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Psalms 72:2
May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
Psalms 72:4
May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!
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Psalms 2:9
You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Malachi 4:6
And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.
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Job 4:9
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
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Psalms 139:19
Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!
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Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.
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Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the Lord.
Hosea 2:18
And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.
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Isaiah 11:6
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.
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Psalms 78:54
And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won.
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Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
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Romans 15:12
And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.
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Isaiah 11:1
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
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Isaiah 49:22
Thus says the Lord God : "Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and raise my signal to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner.
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Isaiah 10:20
In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
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Isaiah 27:13
And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
Micah 7:12
In that day they will come to you, from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the River, from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
Zechariah 10:10
I will bring them home from the land of Egypt, and gather them from Assyria, and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon, till there is no room for them.
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Isaiah 27:13
And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
Micah 7:12
In that day they will come to you, from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the River, from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
Zechariah 10:10
I will bring them home from the land of Egypt, and gather them from Assyria, and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon, till there is no room for them.
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Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
Jeremiah 44:15
Then all the men who knew that their wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah:
Ezekiel 29:14
And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.
Ezekiel 30:14
I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
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Genesis 10:6 - 12
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
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Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 14:1
In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim.
Genesis 14:9
With Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.
Jeremiah 25:25
All the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media.
Jeremiah 49:34 - 39
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
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Genesis 11:2
And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
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Isaiah 10:9
Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
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Esther 10:1
King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.
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Isaiah 11:10
In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples - of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
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Isaiah 56:8
The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, "I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered.
Zechariah 10:6
I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
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Ezekiel 37:16 - 17
"Son of man, take a stick and write on it, 'For Judah, and the people of Israel associated with him'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.'
Isaiah 9:21
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they are against Judah. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
Zechariah 11:14
Then I broke my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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2 Samuel 8:1
After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Kings 18:8
He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
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Judges 6:3
For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
Jeremiah 49:28
Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down. Thus says the Lord : "Rise up, advance against Kedar! Destroy the people of the east!
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Psalms 60:8
Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.
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2 Samuel 8:14
Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
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2 Samuel 8:2
And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
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2 Samuel 12:26 - 31
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.
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Zechariah 10:11
He shall pass through the sea of troubles and strike down the waves of the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up. The pride of Assyria shall be laid low, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
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Isaiah 7:20
In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired beyond the River - with the king of Assyria - the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.
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Isaiah 19:23
In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
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Exodus 14:29
But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
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