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4but 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.

5Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

6The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearlingHebrew; Septuagint lion will feed together;
and a little child will lead them.

7The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

8The infant will play near the hole of the cobra,
and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.

9They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.

10In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.11In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,Hebrew from Pathros from Cush,That is, the upper Nile region from Elam, from Babylonia,Hebrew Shinar from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.

12He will raise a banner for the nations
and gather the exiles of Israel;
he will assemble the scattered people of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.

13Ephraim's jealousy will vanish,
and Judah's enemiesOr hostility will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

14They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west;
together they will plunder the people to the east.
They will lay hands on Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

15The LORD will dry up
the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand
over the Euphrates River.Hebrew the River
He will break it up into seven streams
so that men can cross over in sandals.

16There will be a highway for the remnant of his people
that is left from Assyria,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from Egypt.