Let this be the Peaceable Kingdom – v2

Predator will lie down with their prey
all will eat grass, all will be at peace
so the words of the prophet foretell a time
when worries of the world will fade to nothingness
when we will all live together harmoniously
Jesse’s shoot, up from the cut stump
He will reign forevermore

Let this be the peaceable kingdom now, Oh Lord,
May we be the generation when peace shall reign
and justice will come to this troubled earth

May we be the people who will bend
fighting spears into pruning hooks
Where war will be known no more
Help us Lord we pray
that the madness would cease
that the killing would end
that violence would stop

edited September 30, 2011
December 9, 2007
Raymond A. Foss
Isaiah 11:1-10

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