The Lord's Day of Vengeance

63 Who is this who comes from (A)Edom,
    in crimsoned garments from (B)Bozrah,
he who is splendid in his apparel,
    (C)marching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, speaking in righteousness,
    mighty to save.”

Why is your (D)apparel red,
    and your garments like his (E)who treads in the winepress?

(F)“I have trodden the winepress alone,
    (G)and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
    and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood[a] spattered on my garments,
    and stained all my apparel.
(H)For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
    and my year of redemption[b] had come.
I looked, but (I)there was no one to help;
    I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
    and my wrath upheld me.
I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
    (J)I made them drunk in my wrath,
    and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

The Lord's Mercy Remembered

I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,
    the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord has granted us,
    (K)and the great goodness to the house of Israel
that he has granted them according to his compassion,
    according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
For he said, “Surely they are my people,
    children who will not deal falsely.”
    And he became their Savior.
(L)In all their affliction he was afflicted,[c]
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
(M)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    (N)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

10 (O)But they rebelled
    (P)and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
    and himself fought against them.
11 Then he remembered (Q)the days of old,
    of Moses and his people.[d]
(R)Where is he who brought them up out of the sea
    with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is he who put in the midst of them
    his Holy Spirit,
12 who caused his glorious arm
    to go at the right hand of Moses,
(S)who divided the waters before them
    (T)to make for himself an everlasting name,
13     who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
    they did not stumble.
14 Like livestock that go down into the valley,
    (U)the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
So you led your people,
    (V)to make for yourself a glorious name.

Prayer for Mercy

15 (W)Look down from heaven and see,
    (X)from your holy and beautiful[e] habitation.
Where are (Y)your zeal and your might?
    The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
    are held back from me.
16 For (Z)you are our Father,
    though Abraham does not know us,
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
    (AA)our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17 O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways
    and (AB)harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
(AC)Return for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes of your heritage.
18 (AD)Your holy people held possession for a little while;[f]
    (AE)our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 (AF)We have become like those over whom you have never ruled,
    like those who are not called by your name.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:3 Or their juice; also verse 6
  2. Isaiah 63:4 Or the year of my redeemed
  3. Isaiah 63:9 Or he did not afflict
  4. Isaiah 63:11 Or Then his people remembered the days of old, of Moses
  5. Isaiah 63:15 Or holy and glorious
  6. Isaiah 63:18 Or They have dispossessed your holy people for a little while

救主臨格踐踏諸敵

63 「這從以東波斯拉來,穿紅衣服,裝扮華美,能力廣大,大步行走的,是誰呢?」「就是我,是憑公義說話,以大能施行拯救。」 「你的裝扮為何有紅色,你的衣服為何像踹酒榨的呢?」 「我獨自踹酒榨,眾民中無一人與我同在。我發怒將他們踹下,發烈怒將他們踐踏,他們的血濺在我衣服上,並且汙染了我一切的衣裳。 因為報仇之日在我心中,救贖我民之年已經來到。 我仰望,見無人幫助,我詫異沒有人扶持。所以我自己的膀臂為我施行拯救,我的烈怒將我扶持。 我發怒踹下眾民,發烈怒使他們沉醉,又將他們的血倒在地上。」

民屢蒙恩仍行違逆必受懲罰

我要照耶和華一切所賜給我們的,提起他的慈愛和美德,並他向以色列家所施的大恩,這恩是照他的憐恤和豐盛的慈愛賜給他們的。 他說:「他們誠然是我的百姓,不行虛假的子民。」這樣,他就做了他們的救主。 他們在一切苦難中,他也同受苦難,並且他面前的使者拯救他們。他以慈愛和憐憫救贖他們。在古時的日子,常保抱他們,懷揣他們。

10 他們竟悖逆,使主的聖靈擔憂。他就轉做他們的仇敵,親自攻擊他們。 11 那時,他們[a]想起古時的日子摩西和他百姓,說:「將百姓和牧養他全群的人從海裡領上來的,在哪裡呢?將他的聖靈降在他們中間的,在哪裡呢? 12 使他榮耀的膀臂在摩西的右手邊行動,在他們前面將水分開,要建立自己永遠的名, 13 帶領他們經過深處,如馬行走曠野,使他們不致絆跌的,在哪裡呢?」 14 耶和華的靈使他們得安息,彷彿牲畜下到山谷,照樣,你也引導你的百姓,要建立自己榮耀的名。

求主垂顧

15 求你從天上垂顧,從你聖潔榮耀的居所觀看!你的熱心和你大能的作為在哪裡呢?你愛慕的心腸和憐憫向我們止住了。 16 亞伯拉罕雖然不認識我們,以色列也不承認我們,你卻是我們的父!耶和華啊,你是我們的父,從萬古以來,你名稱為我們的救贖主。 17 耶和華啊,你為何使我們走差離開你的道,使我們心裡剛硬不敬畏你呢?求你為你僕人,為你產業支派的緣故轉回來。 18 你的聖民不過暫時得這產業,我們的敵人已經踐踏你的聖所。 19 我們好像你未曾治理的人,又像未曾得稱你名下的人。

Footnotes

  1. 以賽亞書 63:11 原文作:他。