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The Revenge of God

63 “Who is this who comes from Edom
    with dyed garments from Bozrah?
This one who is glorious in His apparel,
    traveling in the greatness of His strength?”

“It is I who speak in righteousness,
    mighty to save.”

“Why is Your apparel red,
    and Your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?”

“I have trodden the winepress alone;
    and from the peoples there was no one with Me.
For I will tread them in My anger,
    and trample them in My fury,
and their blood shall be sprinkled upon My garments,
    and I will stain all My raiment.
For the day of vengeance is in My heart,
    and My year of redemption has come.
I looked and there was no one to help,
    and I was astonished, and there was no one to uphold;
therefore, My own arm brought salvation to Me;
    and My fury upheld Me.
I will tread down the peoples in My anger
    and make them drunk in My fury,
    and I will pour out their lifeblood on the earth.”

The Mercy of God Remembered

I will mention the steadfast love of the Lord
    and the praises of the Lord,
    according to all that the Lord has bestowed on us,
and the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
which He has bestowed on them
    according to His mercy,
    and according to the multitude of His kindnesses.
For He said, “Surely they are My people,
    sons who will not lie.”
    So He became their Savior.
In all their affliction He was afflicted,
    and the angel of His presence saved them;
in His love and in His mercy He redeemed them;
    and He lifted them and carried them
    all the days of old.
10 But they rebelled
    and grieved His Holy Spirit;
therefore, He turned Himself to be their enemy,
    and He fought against them.

11 Then His people remembered the days of old,
    of Moses, saying:
Where is He who brought them up out of the sea
    with the shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who put
    His Holy Spirit in their midst,
12 who led them with His glorious arm
    by the right hand of Moses,
dividing the water before them,
    to make Himself an everlasting name,
13 who led them through the deep,
as a horse in the wilderness,
    that they should not stumble?
14 As the cattle which go down into the valley,
    the Spirit of the Lord caused them to rest,
so You led Your people,
    to make Yourself a glorious name.

A Prayer of Penitence

15 Look down from heaven and see,
    from Your holy and glorious habitation.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength?
    The stirrings of Your heart and Your mercies toward me are restrained.
16 For You are our Father,
    though Abraham is ignorant of us
    and Israel does not recognize us.
You, O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer;
    Your name is from everlasting.
17 O Lord, why have You made us to err from Your ways
    and hardened our heart from fearing You?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
    the tribes of Your inheritance.
18 Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while;
    our adversaries have trodden it down.
19 We have become
    as those over whom You have never ruled,
    as those who were not called by Your name.

63 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with [a]dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I [b]trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their [c]lifeblood [d]is sprinkled upon my garments, and I [e]have stained all my raiment. For the day of vengeance [f]was in my heart, and [g]the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me. And [h]I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and [i]made them drunk in my wrath, and I [j]poured out their lifeblood on the earth.

I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour. [k]In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

10 But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them. 11 [l]Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the [m]shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them? 12 that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not? 14 As the cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah caused them to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me. 16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name. 17 O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 19 We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:1 Or, crimsoned
  2. Isaiah 63:3 Or, will tread . . . and trample
  3. Isaiah 63:3 Or, strength
  4. Isaiah 63:3 Or, shall be
  5. Isaiah 63:3 Or, will stain
  6. Isaiah 63:4 Or, is
  7. Isaiah 63:4 Or, my year of redemption
  8. Isaiah 63:6 Or, I will tread . . . and make . . . and I will pour out
  9. Isaiah 63:6 Or, according to another reading, brake them in pieces
  10. Isaiah 63:6 Or, brought down their strength to the earth
  11. Isaiah 63:9 Another reading is, In all their adversity he was no adversary
  12. Isaiah 63:11 Or, Then his people remembered the ancient days of Moses etc.
  13. Isaiah 63:11 Another reading is, shepherd.