Isaiah 63

God’s Vengeance on the Nations

1 Who is this who comes from aEdom,
With bgarments of
Or crimson
glowing colors from dBozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
Lit Inclining
Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I, the One who speaks in righteousness, fmighty to save.”
2 Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who gtreads in the wine press?
3hI have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no one with Me.
I also itrod them in My anger
And jtrampled them in My wrath;
And ktheir
Lit juice
lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I
Lit defiled
stained all My clothes.
4 “For the nday of vengeance was in My heart,
And My year of redemption has come.
5 “I looked, but there was ono one to help,
And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
So My pown arm brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath upheld Me.
6 “I qtrampled down the peoples in My anger
And made them rdrunk with My wrath,
And I
Lit brought down their juice to the earth
poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

God’s Ancient Mercies Recalled


7 I will make mention of the tmercies of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has granted us,
And the great ugoodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His vcompassion
And according to the abundance of His mercies.
8 For He said, “Certainly they are wMy people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their xSavior.
9 In all their distress
Another reading is He was not an adversary
,
zHe was distressed,
And the aaangel of His presence saved them;
In His ablove and in His mercy He acredeemed them,
And He adlifted them and carried them all the days of old.
10 But they aerebelled
And grieved His afHoly Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.
11 Then agHis people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is ahHe who brought them up out of the sea with the
Some mss shepherd
shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who ajput His Holy Spirit in the midst of
Lit him
them,
12 Who caused His alglorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,
Who amdivided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,
13 Who led them through the depths?
Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not anstumble;
14 Like the cattle which go down into the valley,
The Spirit of the aoLord gave
Lit him
them rest.
So You aqled Your people,
To make for Yourself a glorious name.

You Are Our Father


15 arLook down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious aslofty habitation;
Where are Your atzeal and Your mighty deeds?
The austirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.
16 For You are our avFather, though awAbraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our Father,
Our axRedeemer from ancient times is Your name.
17 Why, Lord, do You aycause us to stray from Your ways
And azharden our heart from fearing You?
baReturn for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
18 Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries have bbtrampled it down.
19 We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name.
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