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Yahweh’s Day of Vengeance

63 Who is this, coming from Edom,
    from Bozrah in bright red garments?
Who is this honored in his garment,
    lying down in his great strength?
It is I, speaking in justice,
    mighty[a] to save!”
Why are your garments[b] red,
    and your garments like he who treads in the winepress?
“I have trodden the winepress alone,
    and there was no man from the peoples with me.
And I trod them in my anger,
    and I trampled them in my wrath,
and spattered their juice on my garments,
    and stained all my clothing,
for the day of vengeance was in my heart,
    and the year of my blood-vengeance has come!
And I looked, but[c] there was no helper,
    and I was appalled, but[d] there was no one who sustains,
so[e] my arm came to assist me,
    and my wrath was what[f] sustained me.
And I trampled peoples in my anger,
    and I made them drunk in my wrath,
        and I brought their juice down to the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:1 Literally “great”
  2. Isaiah 63:2 Hebrew “garment”
  3. Isaiah 63:5 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 63:5 Or “and”
  5. Isaiah 63:5 Or “and”
  6. Isaiah 63:5 Literally “it”

The Lord’s Day of Vengeance

63 Who is this coming from Edom(A)
in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah—
this one who is splendid in his apparel,
striding in his formidable[a] might?
It is I, proclaiming vindication,[b]
powerful to save.
Why are your clothes red,
and your garments like one who treads a winepress?(B)
I trampled the winepress alone,
and no one from the nations was with me.
I trampled them in my anger
and ground them underfoot in my fury;
their blood spattered my garments,
and all my clothes were stained.
For I planned the day of vengeance,(C)
and the year of my redemption[c] came.

I looked, but there was no one to help,(D)
and I was amazed that no one assisted;
so my arm accomplished victory for me,
and my wrath assisted me.

I crushed nations in my anger;
I made them drunk with my wrath(E)
and poured out their blood on the ground.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 63:1 Syr, Vg read apparel, striding forward in
  2. 63:1 Or righteousness
  3. 63:4 Or blood retribution