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Isaiah 11:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his waist. "
Isaiah 11:5
Verse in Context
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3 His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
4 but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his waist.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.
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Isaiah 11:1
"A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit."
Isaiah 11:2
"The LORD’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD."
Isaiah 11:3
"His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;"
Isaiah 11:4
"but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked."
Isaiah 11:6
"The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them."
Isaiah 11:7
"The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox."
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