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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!”

1

The Lord’s Day of Vengeance

Who is this who comes from Edom,
in crimsoned garments from Bozrah,
he who is splendid in his apparel,
marching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, speaking in righteousness,
mighty to save.”

2

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

2

Why is your apparel red,
and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?

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.

3

“I have trodden the winepress alone,
and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblooda spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel.

4

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

4

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

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.

5

I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
and my wrath upheld me.

6

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

6

I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
I made them drunk in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

7

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.

7

The Lord’s Mercy Remembered

I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,
the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord has granted us,
and the great goodness to the house of Israel
that he has granted them according to his compassion,
according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

8

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

8

For he said, “Surely they are my people,
children who will not deal falsely.”
And he became their Savior.

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.

9

In all their affliction he was afflicted,c
and the angel of his presence saved them;
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

10

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

10

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

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?

11

Then he remembered the days of old,
of Moses and his people.d
Where is he who brought them up out of the sea
with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is he who put in the midst of them
his Holy Spirit,

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?

12

who caused his glorious arm
to go at the right hand of Moses,
who divided the waters before them
to make for himself an everlasting name,

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.

13

who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
they did not stumble.

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

14

Like livestock that go down into the valley,
the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
So you led your people,
to make for yourself a glorious name.

15

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?

15

Prayer for Mercy

Look down from heaven and see,
from your holy and beautifule habitation.
Where are your zeal and your might?
The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
are held back from me.

16

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.

16

For you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
our Redeemer from of old is your name.

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.

17

O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways
and harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.

18

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

18

Your holy people held possession for a little while;f
our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.

19

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

19

We have become like those over whom you have never ruled,
like those who are not called by your name.

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Isaiah 63

Isaiah 63