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SEPTEMBER 10
11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again
the second time
11:2 The Spirit of the LORD. As the Spirit of the To recover the remnant of His people
Lord came upon David when he was anointed who are left,
king (1 Sam 16:13;Ps.51:11),so He will rest upon From Assyria and Egypt,
David’s descendant, Christ, who will rule the From Pathros and Cush,
world.Spirit…the LORD…Him. This verse refers From Elam and Shinar,
to the 3 persons of the Holy Trinity (see 6:3).wis- From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
dom and understanding…counsel and
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might…knowledge and…fear of the LORD. He will set up a banner for the nations,
These are Spirit-imparted qualifications that will And will assemble the outcasts
enable the Messiah to rule justly and effectively. of Israel,
And gather together the dispersed
of Judah
And with the breath of His lips He shall From the four corners of the earth.
slay the wicked. 13 Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
Righteousness shall be the belt of His And the adversaries of Judah shall be
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loins, cut off;
And faithfulness the belt of His waist. Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
6 And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
The leopard shall lie down with the 14 But they shall fly down upon the
young goat, shoulder of the Philistines toward
The calf and the young lion and the the west;
fatling together; Together they shall plunder the people
And a little child shall lead them. of the East;
The cow and the bear shall graze;
7 They shall lay their hand on Edom
Their young ones shall lie down and Moab;
together; And the people of Ammon shall obey
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. them.
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The nursing child shall play by the
8 The LORD will utterly destroy the
cobra’s hole, tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
And the weaned child shall put his With His mighty wind He will shake
hand in the viper’s den. His fist over the River,
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all
9 And strike it in the seven streams,
My holy mountain, And make men cross over dryshod.
For the earth shall be full of the 16 There will be a highway for the
knowledge of the LORD remnant of His people
As the waters cover the sea. Who will be left from Assyria,
As it was for Israel
“And in that day there shall be a Root In the day that he came up from the
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of Jesse, land of Egypt.
Who shall stand as a banner to the
people; 12 And in that day you will say:
For the Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be “O LORD, I will praise You;
glorious.” Though You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away, and You
comfort me.
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Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
11:10 in that day. The time of universal peace ‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and
will come in the future reign of the Lord. song;
Gentiles shall seek Him. The Root of Jesse He also has become my salvation.’ ”
will also attract non-Jews who inhabit the
future kingdom (49:6; 52:10; 60:3; 66:18). Paul 3 Therefore with joy you will draw water
saw God’s ministry to Gentiles during the From the wells of salvation.
church age as an additional implication of this
4 And in that day you will say:
verse (Rom. 15:12).
“Praise the LORD, call upon His name;
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