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?
3 “ ^hI 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.