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God's Judgment on the Nations

Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? -- I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

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Judgment against the LORD’s Enemies

Who is this who comes from Edom,
from the city of Bozrah,
with his clothing stained red?
Who is this in royal robes,
marching in his great strength?
“It is I, the LORD, announcing your salvation!
It is I, the LORD, who has the power to save!”

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Wherefore is redness in thine apparel, And thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?

2

Why are your clothes so red,
as if you have been treading out grapes?

3

I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all mine apparel.

3

“I have been treading the winepress alone;
no one was there to help me.
In my anger I have trampled my enemies
as if they were grapes.
In my fury I have trampled my foes.
Their blood has stained my clothes.

4

For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed had come.

4

For the time has come for me to avenge my people,
to ransom them from their oppressors.

5

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: and mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

5

I was amazed to see that no one intervened
to help the oppressed.
So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm,
and my wrath sustained me.

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And I have trodden down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my fury; and their blood have I brought down to the earth.

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I crushed the nations in my anger
and made them stagger and fall to the ground,
spilling their blood upon the earth.”
Praise for Deliverance

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God's Mercies Recalled

I will record the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah, the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed upon us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which he hath bestowed upon them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.

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I will tell of the LORD’s unfailing love.
I will praise the LORD for all he has done.
I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel,
which he has granted according to his mercy and love.

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And he said, They are indeed my people, children that will not lie; and he became their Saviour.

8

He said, “They are my very own people.
Surely they will not betray me again.”
And he became their Savior.

9

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 bore them and carried them all the days of old.

9

In all their suffering he also suffered,
and he personallya rescued them.
In his love and mercy he redeemed them.
He lifted them up and carried them
through all the years.

10

But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit: and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them.

10

But they rebelled against him
and grieved his Holy Spirit.
So he became their enemy
and fought against them.

11

But he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him,

11

Then they remembered those days of old
when Moses led his people out of Egypt.
They cried out, “Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea,
with Moses as their shepherd?
Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit
to be among his people?

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his glorious arm leading them by the right hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,

12

Where is the one whose power was displayed
when Moses lifted up his hand —
the one who divided the sea before them,
making himself famous forever?

13

-- who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, [and] they stumbled not?

13

Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea?
They were like fine stallions
racing through the desert, never stumbling.

14

As cattle go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah gave them rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

14

As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley,
the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest.
You led your people, LORD,
and gained a magnificent reputation.”
Prayer for Mercy and Pardon

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Prayer for Mercy

Look down from the heavens, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory! Where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy tender mercies? Are they restrained toward me?

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LORD, look down from heaven;
look from your holy, glorious home, and see us.
Where is the passion and the might
you used to show on our behalf?
Where are your mercy and compassion now?

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For thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer, from everlasting, is thy name.

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Surely you are still our Father!
Even if Abraham and Jacobb would disown us,
LORD, you would still be our Father.
You are our Redeemer from ages past.

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Why, O Jehovah, hast thou made us to err from thy ways, hast hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

17

LORD, why have you allowed us to turn from your path?
Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you?
Return and help us, for we are your servants,
the tribes that are your special possession.

18

Thy holy people have possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

18

How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place,
and now our enemies have destroyed it.

19

We have become [like those] over whom thou never barest rule, those not called by thy name.

19

Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you,
as though we had never been known as your people.

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Isaiah 63

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