A Seedling of Jesse Shall Flower

A seed­ling of Jes­se shall flow­er

A rul­er des­cend from his line

Instinct with the spir­it of pow­er

The spir­it of wis­dom di­vine.

A judge to re­prove for the meek

The man­tle of jus­tice to wear

To ren­der their rights to the weak

The wrongs of the poor to re­pair.

Then none shall de­vour or hurt

When God has His dwell­ing with men;

The babe with the scor­pi­on shall sport

And play on the cockatrice’s den.

Then child­ren the ti­ger shall lead;

The wolves shall lie down with the flocks;

The kid with the leo­pard shall feed

The li­on eat straw with the ox.

The word that goes forth from His mouth

A light to the na­tions shall be

To spread from the north to the south

And flow like the tides to the sea.