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Why are your clothes bright red
    as if you had walked on the grapes to make wine?

The Lord answers, “I have walked in the winepress alone.
    No one among the nations helped me.
I was angry and walked on the nations.
    I crushed them because of my anger.
Blood splashed on my clothes.
    I stained all my clothing.
I chose a time to punish people.
    And the time has come for me to save my people.

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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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