“It is I, proclaiming victory,
    mighty to save.”^(E)

² Why are your garments red,
    like those of one treading the winepress?^(F)

³ “I have trodden the winepress^(G) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled^(H) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;^(I)
their blood spattered my garments,^(J)
    and I stained all my clothing.
⁴ It was for me the day of vengeance;^(K)
    the year for me to redeem had come.
⁵ I looked, but there was no one^(L) to help,
    I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm^(M) achieved salvation for me,
    and my own wrath sustained me.^(N)
6 I trampled^(O) the nations in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk^(P)
    and poured their blood^(Q) on the ground.”

³² Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom^(A)
    and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,^(B)
    and their clusters with bitterness.^(C)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
    the deadly poison of cobras.^(D)

³⁴ “Have I not kept this in reserve
    and sealed it in my vaults?^(E)
35 It is mine to avenge;^(F) I will repay.^(G)
    In due time their foot will slip;^(H)
their day of disaster is near
    and their doom rushes upon them.^(I)”

³⁶ The Lord will vindicate his people^(J)
    and relent^(K) concerning his servants^(L)
when he sees their strength is gone
    and no one is left, slave^(M) or free.^[a]
37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
    the rock they took refuge in,^(N)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
    and drank the wine of their drink offerings?^(O)
Let them rise up to help you!
    Let them give you shelter!

³⁹ “See now that I myself am he!^(P)
    There is no god besides me.^(Q)
I put to death^(R) and I bring to life,^(S)
    I have wounded and I will heal,^(T)
    and no one can deliver out of my hand.^(U)
40 I lift my hand^(V) to heaven and solemnly swear:
    As surely as I live forever,^(W)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword^(X)
    and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance^(Y) on my adversaries
    and repay those who hate me.^(Z)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,^(AA)
    while my sword devours flesh:^(AB)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

⁴³ Rejoice,^(AC) you nations, with his people,^[b][c]
    for he will avenge the blood of his servants;^(AD)
he will take vengeance on his enemies^(AE)
    and make atonement for his land and people.^(AF)