| Branch of Jesse to grow out of his
roots, quick in understanding, wise in judgment, powerful, righteous, faithful.
Nature shall become peaceful, there will be no harm on the Lord's mountain.
Earth shall know the Lord. Root of Jesse an ensign to the people. Gentiles
shall seek. Second effort to recover remnant. Ensign to the nations. All
to gather. Lord to prepare the way for the people to gather. |
Citations:
Joseph: ¶ Joseph Smith—History |
| Rod
of Jesse, branch of roots |
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And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,
and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: |
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| Lord
rest upon him |
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And 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 of the fear of the LORD; |
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| Quick
understanding |
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And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the
LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove
after the hearing of his ears: |
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Judge
poor in righteousness
Smite the earth |
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But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove
with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with
the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the
wicked. |
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| Righteous,
faithful |
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And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness
the girdle of his reins. |
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Wolf
and lamb, leopard and kid
Child leads |
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The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard
shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them. |
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| Lion
eat straw |
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And the cow and the bear shall feed;
their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like
the ox. |
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| Child
play with asp |
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And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and
the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. |
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| No
hurt on holy mountain |
9 |
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for
the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover
the sea. |
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Ensign
of the people
Gentiles shall seek |
10 |
And in that day there shall be a
root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall
the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. |
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| Second
effort to recover remnant |
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall
set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people,
which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and
from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the
islands of the sea. |
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| Ensign
to nations, Judah |
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And he shall set up an ensign for the nations,
and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed
of Judah from the four corners of the earth. |
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| No
evny |
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The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries
of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall
not vex Ephraim. |
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| Fly
on Philistines' shoulders |
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But they shall fly upon the shoulders
of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together:
they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon
shall obey them. |
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| Nile
destroyed, dried up |
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And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian
sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and
shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. |
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| Highway
for remnant |
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And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people,
which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that
he came up out of the land of Egypt. |
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