Isaiah 63
63
Vengeance against the nations
1Who is this coming from Edom,
from Bozrah in bright red garments,
this splendidly dressed one, striding#63.1 Or stooping with great power?
It is I, proclaiming righteousness, powerful to save!
2Why is your clothing red,
and your garments like those of one who stomps on grapes?
3I have pressed out in the vat by myself—from the peoples, no one was with me.
I stomped on them in my anger,
trampled them in my wrath.
Their blood splashed on my garments,
and stained all my clothing,
4because I intended a day of vengeance;
the year of my deliverance had arrived.
5I looked and found no helper;
I was astonished to find no supporter.
But my arm brought victory for me;
my wrath helped me.
6I trampled down nations in my anger
and made them drunk on my wrath;
I spilled their blood on the ground.
Prayer of yearning
7I will recount the LORD’s faithful acts;
I will sing the LORD’s praises,
because of all the LORD did for us,
for God’s great favor toward the house of Israel.
God treated them compassionately
and with deep affection.
8God said, “Truly, they are my people,
children who won’t do what is wrong.”
God became their savior.
9During all their distress, God also was distressed,
so a messenger who served him saved them.
In love and mercy God redeemed them,
lifting and carrying them throughout earlier times.
10But they rebelled,
and made God’s holy spirit terribly sad,
so that he turned into their enemy—
he fought against them!
11Then they remembered earlier times,
when he rescued his people.#63.11 Or Moses, his people
Where was the one who drew them up from the sea,
the shepherd#63.11 LXX, Tg; MT shepherds of the flock?
Where was the one who put within them his holy spirit;
12the one who guided Moses’ strong hand
with his glorious arm;
who split the water for them
to create an enduring reputation for himself,
13and who guided them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert, they didn’t stumble.
14Like cattle descending to the valley,
the LORD’s spirit brought them to rest.
In this way you led your people
and made for yourself a glorious reputation.
15Look down from heaven and see,
from your holy and glorious perch.
Where are your energy and your might,
your concern and your pity?
Don’t hold back!#63.15 Heb uncertain
16You are surely our father,
even though Abraham doesn’t know us,
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, LORD, are our father;
your reputation since long ago is that of our redeemer.
17Why do you lead us astray, LORD,
from your ways?
Why do you harden our heart
so we don’t fear you?
Return for the sake of your servants
the tribes that are your heritage!
18Why did the wicked bring down your holy place?#63.18 Cf LXX, Vulg; Heb uncertain
Why did our enemies trample your sanctuary?
19For too long we have been like those you don’t rule,
like those not known by your name.
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Isaiah 63
63
1 #
Is 34; Jer 49.7-22; Ezek 25.12-14; 35; Amos 1.11-12; Obad; Mal 1.2-5. Who is this that comes from Edom,
in crimsoned garments from Bozrah,
he that is glorious in his apparel,
marching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, announcing vindication,
mighty to save.”
2Why is thy apparel red,
and thy garments like his that treads in the wine press?
3 #
Rev 19.15. “I have trodden the wine press alone,
and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments,
and I have stained all my raiment.
4For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and my year of redemption#63.4 Or the year of my redeemed has come.
5I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me victory,
and my wrath upheld me.
6I trod down the peoples in my anger,
I made them drunk in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
7I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,
the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord has granted us,
and the great goodness to the house of Israel
which he has granted them according to his mercy,
according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
8For he said, Surely they are my people,
sons who will not deal falsely;
and he became their Savior.
9In all their affliction he was afflicted,#63.9 Another reading is he did not afflict
and the angel of his presence saved them;
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
10But they rebelled
and grieved his holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
and himself fought against them.
11 #
Heb 13.20. Then he remembered the days of old,
of Moses his servant.
Where is he who brought up out of the sea
the shepherds of his flock?
Where is he who put in the midst of them
his holy Spirit,
12who caused his glorious arm
to go at the right hand of Moses,
who divided the waters before them
to make for himself an everlasting name,
13who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
they did not stumble.
14Like cattle that go down into the valley,
the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
So thou didst lead thy people,
to make for thyself a glorious name.
15Look down from heaven and see,
from thy holy and glorious habitation.
Where are thy zeal and thy might?
The yearning of thy heart and thy compassion
are withheld from me.
16For thou art our Father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
thou, O Lord, art our Father,
our Redeemer from of old is thy name.
17O Lord, why dost thou make us err from thy ways
and harden our heart, so that we fear thee not?
Return for the sake of thy servants,
the tribes of thy heritage.
18Thy holy people possessed thy sanctuary a little while;
our adversaries have trodden it down.
19We have become like those over whom thou hast never ruled,
like those who are not called by thy name.
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