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“Why are your clothes bright red?
    They are like the clothes of someone who tramples grapes to make wine.”

He answers, “I walked in the winepress by myself.
    No one helped me.
I was angry, and I trampled the grapes.
    The juice[a] splashed on my clothes, so now they are stained.
I chose a time to punish people.
    Now the time has come for me to save and protect my people.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:3 juice Or “strong drink” or “blood.”

Why are your garments red,
    like those of one treading the winepress?(A)

“I have trodden the winepress(B) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled(C) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;(D)
their blood spattered my garments,(E)
    and I stained all my clothing.
It was for me the day of vengeance;(F)
    the year for me to redeem had come.

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