8. The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra.Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm.
9. Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,for as the waters fill the sea,so the earth will be filled with people who know the lord.
10. In that day the heir to David’s thronewill be a banner of salvation to all the world.The nations will rally to him,and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.
11. In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second timeto bring back the remnant of his people—those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;in southern Egypt, Ethiopia, and Elam;in Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
12. He will raise a flag among the nationsand assemble the exiles of Israel.He will gather the scattered people of Judahfrom the ends of the earth.
13. Then at last the jealousy between Israel and Judah will end.They will not be rivals anymore.
14. They will join forces to swoop down on Philistia to the west.Together they will attack and plunder the nations to the east.They will occupy the lands of Edom and Moab,and Ammon will obey them.
15. The lord will make a dry path through the gulf of the Red Sea.He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River,sending a mighty wind to divide it into seven streamsso it can easily be crossed on foot.
16. He will make a highway for the remnant of his people,the remnant coming from Assyria,just as he did for Israel long agowhen they returned from Egypt.