New Living Translation

New King James Version

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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The Lord in Judgment and Salvation

Who is this who comes from Edom,
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
This One who is [a]glorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength? —
“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

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

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Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one 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.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.

4

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

4

For the day of vengeance is in My heart,
And the year of My redeemed has 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,
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.

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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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I have trodden down the peoples in My anger,
Made them drunk in My fury,
And brought down their strength to 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.

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God’s Mercy Remembered

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord
And the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies,
According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.

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

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For He said, “Surely they are My people,
Children who will not lie.”
So 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 [b]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.

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;
So He turned Himself against them as an enemy,
And He fought against them.

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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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Then he remembered the days of old,
Moses and his people, saying:
“Where is He who brought them up out of the sea
With the [c]shepherd of His flock?
Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,

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 led them by the right hand of Moses,
With His glorious arm,
Dividing the water 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 deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
That they might 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

As a beast goes down into the valley,
And the Spirit of the Lord causes him to rest,
So You lead Your people,
To make 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?

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A Prayer of Penitence

Look down from heaven,
And see from Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning of Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?

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.

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Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting 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 have You made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.

18

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

18

Your holy people have possessed it but a little while;
Our adversaries have trodden 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 of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.

Parallel

New Living Translation

New King James Version

Isaiah 63

Isaiah 63