<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> a root from Jesse<n id="2" /> will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance,<n id="3" /> and his residence will be majestic.

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be so happy, all you Philistines,p> <p class="poetry">just because the club that beat you has been broken!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For a viper will grow out of the serpent&#8217;s root,p> <p class="poetry">and its fruit will be a darting adder.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He sprouted up like a twig before God,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a root out of parched soil;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">no special appearance that we should want to follow him.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It sprouted and became a vine,p> <p class="poetry">spreading low to the ground;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">its branches turning toward him,<n id="2" /> its roots were under itself.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;There will arise in his<n id="1" /> place one from her family line<n id="2" /> who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">Ephraim will be struck down<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">their root will be dried up;p> <p class="poetry">they will not yield any fruit.p> <p class="poetry">Even if they do bear children,p> <p class="poetry">I will kill their precious offspring.p>

<p class="poetry">For Israel&#8217;s sake I destroyed the Amorites.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They were as tall as cedars<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and as strong as oaks,p> <p class="poetry">but I destroyed the fruit on their branches<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and their roots in the ground.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, as flaming fire<n id="1" /> devours straw,p> <p class="poetry">and dry grass disintegrates in the flames,p> <p class="poetry">so their root will rot,p> <p class="poetry">and their flower will blow away like dust.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have rejected the law of the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">they have spurned the commands<n id="3" /> of the Holy One of Israel.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will be like a tree planted near a streamp> <p class="poetry">whose roots spread out toward the water.p> <p class="poetry">It has nothing to fear when the heat comes.p> <p class="poetry">Its leaves are always green.p> <p class="poetry">It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought.p> <p class="poetry">It does not stop bearing fruit.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;There was another great eagle<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">with broad wings and thick plumage.p> <p class="poetry">Now this vine twisted its roots toward himp> <p class="poetry">and sent its branches toward himp> <p class="poetry">to be watered from the soil where it was planted.p>

<p class="bodytext"><v id="(3:19)" /><n id="1" /> &#8220;For indeed the day<n id="2" /> is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all. &#8220;It<n id="3" /> will not leave even a root or branch.

Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the <sc>Lordsc> our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit.<n id="1" />