Isaiah 63
63
God Will Save His People and Punish Their Enemies
1Who is this man coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom?
His clothes are stained bright red.
Who is he? He is dressed up in all his glory.
He is marching toward us with great strength.
The Lord answers, “It is I.
I have won the battle.
I am mighty.
I have saved my people.”
2Why are your clothes red?
They look as if you have been stomping
on grapes in a winepress.
3The Lord answers, “I have been stomping on the nations
as if they were grapes.
No one was there to help me.
I walked all over the nations because I was angry.
That is why I stomped on them.
Their blood splashed all over my clothes.
So my clothes were stained bright red.
4I decided it was time to pay back Israel’s enemies.
The year for me to set my people free had come.
5I looked around, but no one was there to help me.
I was shocked that no one gave me any help.
So I used my own power to save my people.
I had the strength to do it because I was angry.
6I walked all over the nations because I was angry with them.
I made them drink from the cup of my great anger.
I poured out their blood on the ground.”
Isaiah Praises the Lord and Prays to Him
7I will talk about the kind things the Lord has done.
I’ll praise him for everything he’s done for us.
He has done many good things
for the nation of Israel.
That’s because he loves us and is very kind to us.
8In the past he said, “They are my people.
They are children who will be faithful to me.”
So he saved them.
9When they suffered, he suffered with them.
He sent his angel to save them.
He set them free because he is loving and kind.
He lifted them up and carried them.
He did it again and again in days long ago.
10But they refused to obey him.
They made his Holy Spirit sad.
So he turned against them and became their enemy.
He himself fought against them.
11Then his people remembered what he did long ago.
They recalled the days of Moses and his people.
They asked, “Where is the God who brought
Israel through the Red Sea?
Moses led them as the shepherd of his flock.
Where is the God who put
his Holy Spirit among them?
12He used his glorious and powerful arm
to help Moses.
He parted the waters of the sea in front of them.
That mighty act made him famous forever.
13He led them through that deep sea.
Like a horse in open country,
they didn’t trip and fall.
14They were like cattle that are taken down to the plains.
They were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.”
That’s how he guided his people.
So he made a glorious name for himself.
15 Lord, look down from heaven.
Look down from your holy and glorious throne.
Where is your great love for us?
Where is your power?
Why don’t you show us
your tender love and concern?
16You are our Father.
Abraham might not accept us as his children.
Jacob might not recognize us as his family.
But you are our Father, Lord.
Your name is One Who Always Sets Us Free.
17 Lord, why do you let us wander away from you?
Why do you let us become so stubborn
that we don’t respect you?
Come back and help us.
We are the tribes that belong to you.
18For a little while your holy people possessed the land.
But now our enemies have torn your temple down.
19We are like people you never ruled over.
We are like those who don’t belong to you.
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Isaiah 63
63
Yahweh’s Day of Vengeance
1Who is this, coming from Edom,
from Bozrah in bright red garments?
Who is this honored in his garment,
lying down in his great strength?
“It is I, speaking in justice,
mighty#Literally “great” to save!”
2Why are your garments#Hebrew “garment” red,
and your garments like he who treads in the winepress?
3“I have trodden the winepress alone,
and there was no man from the peoples with me.
And I trod them in my anger,
and I trampled them in my wrath,
and spattered their juice on my garments,
and stained all my clothing,
4for the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and the year of my blood-vengeance has come!
5And I looked, but#Or “and” there was no helper,
and I was appalled, but#Or “and” there was no one who sustains,
so#Or “and” my arm came to assist me,
and my wrath was what#Literally “it” sustained me.
6And I trampled peoples in my anger,
and I made them drunk in my wrath,
and I brought their juice down to the earth.”
Remembering Yahweh’s Mercy
7I will mention the loyal love of Yahweh, the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has done for us,
and the greatness of goodness to the house of Israel that he has done to them according to his mercy and the abundance of his loyal love.
8And he said, “Surely my people are children; they will not break faith.” And he became a Savior to them.
9In all their distress, there was no distress,#The reading tradition (Qere) has “he had distress”
and the messenger of his presence#Literally “face” saved them,
in his love and compassion he himself redeemed them,
and he lifted them up,
and he supported them all the days of old.
10But#Or “And” they were the ones who#Literally “they” rebelled,
and they grieved his Holy Spirit,#Literally “the spirit of his holiness”
so#Or “and” he became an enemy to them;#Literally “was changed to them to one who is hostile”
he himself fought against them.
11Then#Or “And” his people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is the one who led up them from the sea with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is the one who puts his Holy Spirit#Literally “the spirit of his holiness” inside him,
12who made#Literally “bringing” his magnificent arm move at#Literally “to” the right hand of Moses,
who divided#Literally “dividing” the waters before them,#Literally “from their face”
to make an everlasting name for himself,
13who led#Literally “leading” them through the depths?
They did not stumble like a horse in the desert;
14like cattle in the valley that goes down, the Spirit of Yahweh gave him rest,#Literally “caused to rest”
so you lead your people to make a magnificent name for yourself.
Prayer for Mercy
15Look from heaven,
and see from the lofty residence of your holiness and glory.
Where are your zeal and strength?
Your compassion#Literally “The agitation of your intestines” and mercy to me hold themselves back.
16For you are our father, although Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, Yahweh are our father,
Our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17Why do you make us wander, Yahweh?
You harden our heart from your ways so that we do not fear#Literally “from the fear of” you.
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your inheritance.
18Your holy people#Literally “The people of your holiness” took possession for a little while;
our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19We have been since antiquity; you did not rule them;
they were not called by your name.#Literally “your name was not called over them”
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