A reading from the #ProphetIsaiah 11:1-10
A flower shall come out from the root of Jesse, a wild shoot shall grow out from the roots.
The spirit of God will be at work in that flowering, the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and strength,
the spirit of knowledge and wonder.
The joy of that child will be in God.
Not by appearance will the child judge, nor by hearsay decide.
Instead, you shall judge the poor with justice,
and defend the meek of the earth with equity.
Righteousness shall be the belt around your waist, and faithfulness will gird your loins.
The wolf will nestle with the lamb. The leopard will lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
and a young child will lead them.
The cow and the bear will graze in the same pasture,
their young lie down together.
The lion will eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child will play over the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child put its hand on the adder’s den.
None will hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain.
For the earth will be full of the knowledge of God, as the waters fill the sea.
On that day, the flower of Jesse will be a sign for all peoples.
All nations will seek it out, and it will be glorious.
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