Christ born of the stock of Jesse, replenished with seven gifts of the Holy Ghost, 4. shall have a spiritual kingdom, most just, and potent. 10. Whereto all nations will repair.Christ borne of the stock of Iesse, replenished with seuen giftes of the Holie Ghost, 4. shal haue a spiritual kindom, most iust, and potent. 10. Wherto al nations wil repayre.✦
And a rod shall come forth of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.AND a rod shal come forth of the roote of Iesse, and a flowre shal rise vp out of his roote.✦Et egredietur virga de radice Jesse, et flos de radice ejus ascendet.
2And the Spirit of our Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and understanding, the spirit of counsel, and strength, the spirit of knowledge, and piety,And the Spirite of our Lord shal rest vpon him: the spirit of wisdom, and vnderstanding, the spirit of counsel, and strength, the spirit of knowlege, and pietie,✦Et requiescet super eum spiritus Domini : spiritus sapientiæ et intellectus, spiritus consilii et fortitudinis, spiritus scientiæ et pietatis ;
3and the spirit of the fear of our Lord shall replebit: fill completely, fill full, not restock or refill him. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor rebuke according to the hearing of the ears.and the spirit of the feare of our Lord shal repleinsh him. He shal not iudge according to the sight of the eies, nor rebuke according to the hearing of the eares.✦et replebit eum spiritus timoris Domini. Non secundum visionem oculorum judicabit, neque secundum auditum aurium arguet ;
4But he shall judge the poor in justice, and shall rebuke in equity for the mansuetis: the meek, the gentle-hearted of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the spirit of his lips he shall kill the impious.But he shal iudge the poore in iustice, and shal rebuke in equitie for the milde of the earth: and he shal strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the spirit of his lippes he shal kil the impious.✦sed judicabit in justitia pauperes, et arguet in æquitate pro mansuetis terræ ; et percutiet terram virga oris sui, et spiritu labiorum suorum interficiet impium.
5And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his renum: the kidneys, the seat of the inmost affections, not bridle-straps.And iustice shal be the girdle of his loynes: and fayth the girdle of his reines.✦Et erit justitia cingulum lumborum ejus, et fides cinctorium renum ejus.
6The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie with the kid: the calf, and lion, and sheep shall abide together, a little child shall lead them.The woolfe shal dwel with the lambe: and the leopard shal lie with the kid: the calfe, and lion, and sheepe shal abide together, a litle child shal leade them.✦Habitabit lupus cum agno, et pardus cum hædo accubabit ; vitulus, et leo, et ovis, simul morabuntur, et puer parvulus minabit eos.
7The calf, and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw as it were an ox.The calfe, and the beare shal feede: their yong ones shal rest together: and the lion shal eate strawe as it were an oxe.✦Vitulus et ursus pascentur, simul requiescent catuli eorum ; et leo quasi bos comedet paleas.
8And the infant from the breast shall be delighted upon the hole of the asp: and he that is weaned, shall thrust his hand into the hole of the reguli: the basilisk, a venomous serpent.And the infant from the brest shal be delighted vpon the hole of the aspe: & he that is weyned, shal thrust his hand into the hole of the cockatrice.✦Et delectabitur infans ab ubere super foramine aspidis ; et in caverna reguli qui ablactatus fuerit manum suam mittet.
9They shall not hurt, and they shall not kill in all my holy mountain, because the earth is replenished with the knowledge of our Lord, as the covering waters of the sea:They shal not hurt, and they shal not kil in al my holie mountayne, because the earth is replenished with the knowlege of our Lord, as the couering waters of the sea:✦Non nocebunt, et non occident in universo monte sancto meo, quia repleta est terra scientia Domini, sicut aquæ maris operientes.
10In that day the root of Jesse, that standeth for a sign of peoples, him the nations shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.In that day the roote of Iesse, that standeth for a signe of peoples, him the nations shal beseech, & his sepulchre shal be glorious.✦In die illa radix Jesse, qui stat in signum populorum, ipsum gentes deprecabuntur, et erit sepulchrum ejus gloriosum.
11And it shall be in that day: our Lord shall put to his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left of the Assyrians, and of Egypt, and of Phethros, and of Ethiopia, and of Elam, and of Sennaar, and of Emath, and of the islands of the sea.And it shal be in that day: our Lord shal put to his hand the second time to possesse the remnant of his people, which shal be leaft of the Assirians, and of Ægypt, and of Phethros, and of Æthiopia, and of Ælam, and of Sennaar, and of Emath, and of the ilands of the sea.✦Et erit in die illa : adjiciet Dominus secundo manum suam ad possidendum residuum populi sui, quod relinquetur ab Assyriis, et ab Ægypto, et a Phetros, et ab Æthiopia, et ab Ælam, et a Sennaar, et ab Emath, et ab insulis maris.
12And he shall lift up a sign unto the nations, and shall assemble together the fugitives of Israel, and shall gather the dispersed of Juda from the four quarters of the earth.And he shal lift vp a signe vnto the nations, and shal assemble together the fugitiues of Israel, and shal gather the dispersed of Iuda from the foure quarters of the earth.✦Et levabit signum in nationes, et congregabit profugos Israël, et dispersos Juda colliget a quatuor plagis terræ.
13And the zelus: jealousy, jealous rivalry, not admiring imitation of Ephraim shall be taken away, and the enemies of Juda shall perish: Ephraim shall not envy Juda, and Juda shall not fight against Ephraim.And the emulation of Ephraim shal be taken away, and the enemies of Iuda shal perish: Ephraim shal not enuie Iuda, & Iuda shal not fight against Ephraim.✦Et auferetur zelus Ephraim, et hostes Juda peribunt ; Ephraim non æmulabitur Judam, et Judas non pugnabit contra Ephraim.
14And they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philisthiims by the sea, they together shall prædabuntur: plunder, despoil in war, not ruin or decay the children of the East: Idumea, and Moab the precept of their hand, and the children of Ammon shall be obedient.And they shal flie vpon the shoulders of the Philisthiims by the sea, they together shal spoile the children of the East: Idumea, and Moab the precept of their hand, and the children of Ammon shal be obedient.✦Et volabunt in humeros Philisthiim per mare, simul prædabuntur filios orientis ; Idumæa et Moab præceptum manus eorum, et filii Ammon obedientes erunt.
15And our Lord shall make desolate the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and shall lift up his hand over the river in the strength of his spirit: and he shall strike him in his seven streams, so that they may pass through it with shoes.And our Lord shal make desolate the tongue of the sea of Ægypt, and shal lift vp his hand ouer the riuer in the strength of his spirit: and he shal strike him in his seuen streames, so that they may passe through it with showes.✦Et desolabit Dominus linguam maris Ægypti, et levabit manum suam super flumen in fortitudine spiritus sui ; et percutiet eum in septem rivis, ita ut transeant per eum calceati.
16And there shall be a way to the remnant of my people, which shall be left of the Assyrians: as there was to Israel in the day, that he came up out of the Land of Egypt.And there shal be a way to the remnant of my people, which shal be leaft of the Assirians: as there was to Israel in the day, that he came vp out of the Land of Ægypt.Et erit via residuo populo meo qui relinquetur ab Assyriis, sicut fuit Israëli in die illa qua ascendit de terra Ægypti.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.