The Peaceful Kingdom

¹¹A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse,   and a branch shall grow out of his roots.² The spirit of the ^Lord shall rest on him,   the spirit of wisdom and understanding,   the spirit of counsel and might,   the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the ^Lord.³ His delight shall be in the fear of the ^Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see,   or decide by what his ears hear;⁴ but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,   and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,   and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.⁵ Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,   and faithfulness the belt around his loins. ⁶ The wolf shall live with the lamb,   the leopard shall lie down with the kid,the calf and the lion and the fatling together,   and a little child shall lead them.⁷ The cow and the bear shall graze,   their young shall lie down together;   and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.⁸ The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,   and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.⁹ They will not hurt or destroy   on all my holy mountain;for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the ^Lord   as the waters cover the sea.

The New Heaven and the New Earth

²¹Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.²And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,‘See, the home of God is among mortals.He will dwell with them;they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; ⁴ he will wipe every tear from their eyes.Death will be no more;mourning and crying and pain will be no more,for the first things have passed away.’