"For thereis hopefor a tree,Whenit is cutdown,that it will sproutagain,And its shootswill not fail.
"Ifa mandies,will he live[again]? Allthe daysof my struggleI will waitUntilmy changecomes.
"TurnYour gazefrom him that he may rest,Untilhe fulfillshis daylike a hiredman.
"Thoughits rootsgrowoldin the groundAnd its stumpdiesin the drysoil,
"He breaksme downon everyside,and I am gone;And He has uprootedmy hopelike a tree.
Then a shootwill springfrom the stemof Jesse,And a branchfrom his rootswill bearfruit.
In the days to comeJacobwill takeroot,Israelwill blossomand sprout,And they will fillthe wholeworldwith fruit.
"Yetthere will be a tenthportionin it, And it will againbe [subject] to burning,Like a terebinthor an oakWhosestumpremains whenit is felled.The holyseedis its stump."
Its foliage[was] beautifuland its fruitabundant,And in it [was] foodfor all.The beastsof the fieldfoundshadeunderit, And the birdsof the skydweltin its branches,And alllivingcreaturesfedthemselves from it.
"Yetleavethe stumpwith its rootsin the ground,But with a bandof ironand bronze[around it] In the newgrassof the field;And let him be drenchedwith the dewof heaven,And let him sharewith the beastsin the grassof the earth.
