Isaiah 62:6-65:25

New American Standard Bible

63 Who is this who comes from ^(S)Edom,
With ^(T)garments of ^[c]glowing colors from ^(U)Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
^[d]Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I, the One who speaks in righteousness, ^(V)mighty to save.”
² Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who ^(W)treads in the wine press?
³ “^(X)I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no one with Me.
I also ^(Y)trod them in My anger
And ^(Z)trampled them in My wrath;
And ^(AA)their ^[e]lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I ^[f]stained all My clothes.
⁴ For the ^(AB)day of vengeance was in My heart,
And My year of redemption has come.
⁵ I looked, but there was ^(AC)no one to help,
And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
So My ^(AD)own arm brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath upheld Me.
⁶ I ^(AE)trampled down the peoples in My anger
And made them ^(AF)drunk with My wrath,
And I ^[g]poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

⁷ I will make mention of the ^(AG)mercies of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has granted us,
And the great ^(AH)goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His ^(AI)compassion
And according to the abundance of His mercies.
⁸ For He said, “Certainly they are ^(AJ)My people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their ^(AK)Savior.
⁹ In all their distress ^[h](AL)He was distressed,
And the ^(AM)angel of His presence saved them;
In His ^(AN)love and in His mercy He ^(AO)redeemed them,
And He ^(AP)lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
¹⁰ But they ^(AQ)rebelled
And grieved His ^(AR)Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.
¹¹ Then ^(AS)His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is ^(AT)He who brought them up out of the sea with the ^[i]shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who ^(AU)put His Holy Spirit in the midst of ^[j]them,
¹² Who caused His ^(AV)glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,
Who ^(AW)divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,
¹³ Who led them through the depths?
Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not ^(AX)stumble;
¹⁴ Like the cattle which go down into the valley,
The Spirit of the ^(AY)Lord gave ^[k]them rest.
So You ^(AZ)led Your people,
To make for Yourself a glorious name.

^15 (BA)Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious ^(BB)lofty habitation;
Where are Your ^(BC)zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The ^(BD)stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.
¹⁶ For You are our ^(BE)Father, though ^(BF)Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our Father,
Our ^(BG)Redeemer from ancient times is Your name.
¹⁷ Why, Lord, do You ^(BH)cause us to stray from Your ways
And ^(BI)harden our heart from fearing You?
^(BJ)Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
¹⁸ Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries have ^(BK)trampled it down.
¹⁹ We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name.

64 ^[l]Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and ^(BL)come down,
That the mountains would ^(BM)quake at Your presence—
^2 [m]As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the ^(BN)nations may tremble at Your presence!
³ When You did ^(BO)awesome things which we did not expect,
You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.
⁴ For from days of old ^(BP)they have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of one who ^(BQ)waits for Him.
⁵ You ^(BR)meet him who rejoices in ^(BS)doing righteousness,
Who ^(BT)remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, ^(BU)You were angry, for we sinned,
We continued in ^[n]our sins for a long time;
Yet shall we be saved?
⁶ For all of us have become like one who is ^(BV)unclean,
And all our ^(BW)righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us ^(BX)wither like a leaf,
And our ^(BY)wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
⁷ There is ^(BZ)no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself to take hold of You;
For You have ^(CA)hidden Your face from us
And have ^[o]surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.

65 “I permitted Myself to be sought by ^(CM)those who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation which ^(CN)did not call on My name.
^2 (CO)I have spread out My hands all day long to a ^(CP)rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, ^[p]following their own ^(CQ)thoughts,
³ A people who continually ^(CR)provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in ^(CS)gardens and ^(CT)burning incense on bricks;
⁴ Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;
Who ^(CU)eat pig’s flesh,
And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.
⁵ Who say, ‘^(CV)Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My ^[q]nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
⁶ Behold, it is written before Me:
I will ^(CW)not keep silent, but ^(CX)I will repay;
I will even repay ^[r]into their laps,
⁷ Both your own ^(CY)wrongdoings and the wrongdoings of your fathers together,” says the Lord.
“Because they have ^(CZ)burned incense on the mountains
And ^(DA)scorned Me on the hills,
Therefore I will ^(DB)measure their former work ^[s]into their laps.”

“Just as the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is ^[t]benefit in it,’
So I will act in behalf of My servants
In order ^(DC)not to destroy ^[u]all of them.
⁹ I will bring forth ^[v](DD)offspring from Jacob,
And an ^(DE)heir of My mountains from Judah;
^(DF)My chosen ones shall inherit it,
And ^(DG)My servants will live there.
^10 (DH)Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks,
And the ^(DI)Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
For My people who ^(DJ)seek Me.
¹¹ But as for you who ^(DK)abandon the Lord,
Who forget My ^(DL)holy mountain,
Who set a table for ^[w]Fortune,
And fill a jug of mixed wine for ^[x]Destiny,
¹² I will destine you for the ^(DM)sword,
And all of you will bow down to the ^(DN)slaughter.
Because I called, but you ^(DO)did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not listen.
Instead, you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”

¹⁷ “For behold, I create ^(EB)new heavens and a new earth;
And the ^(EC)former things will not be remembered or come to ^[ad]mind.
¹⁸ But be ^(ED)glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for gladness.
¹⁹ I will also ^(EE)rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of ^(EF)weeping and the sound of crying.
²⁰ No longer will there be ^[ae]in it an infant who lives only a few days,
Or an old person who does ^(EG)not ^[af]live out his days;
For the youth will die at the age of a hundred,
And the ^[ag](EH)one who does not reach the age of a hundred
Will be thought accursed.
²¹ They will ^(EI)build houses and inhabit them;
They will also ^(EJ)plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
²² They will not build and ^(EK)another inhabit,
They will not plant and another eat;
For ^(EL)as the ^[ah]lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will ^(EM)fully enjoy the work of their hands.
²³ They will ^(EN)not labor in vain,
Or give birth to children for disaster;
For they are the ^[ai](EO)descendants of those blessed by the Lord,
And their descendants with them.