Isaiah, for the most part, begins with despair of going into exile. The hope is witnessed through a "shoot" like a sign of new life in the spring. There are also glimpses of the hope to come for the remnant. We also see this written again in Isaiah 65. Here is the glimpse in chapter 11...
"The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together,and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious."
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