Isaiah 63
1 Who is this that
cometh from
Edom, with
dyed 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.
2 Wherefore art thou
red in thine
apparel, and thy
garments like him that
treadeth in the
winefat? 3 I have
trodden the
winepress alone; and of the
people there was
none with me: for I will
tread them in mine
anger, and
trample them in my
fury; and their
blood shall be
sprinkled upon my
garments, and I will
stain all my
raiment. 4 For the
day of
vengeance is in mine
heart, and the
year of my
redeemed is
come.
5 And I
looked, and there was none to
help; and I
wondered that there was none to
uphold: therefore mine own
arm brought
salvation unto me; and my
fury, it
upheld me.
6 And I will tread
down the
people in mine
anger, and make them
drunk in my
fury, and I will bring
down their
strength to the
earth. 7 I will
mention the
lovingkindnesses of the
LORD, and the
praises of the
LORD, according to all that the
LORD hath
bestowed on us, and the
great goodness toward the
house of
Israel, which he hath
bestowed on them according to his
mercies, and according to the
multitude of his
lovingkindnesses. 8 For he
said, Surely they are my
people, children that will not
lie: so he was their
Saviour.
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
bare them, and
carried them all the
days of
old. 10 But they
rebelled, and
vexed his
holy Spirit: therefore he was
turned to be their
enemy, and he
fought against them.
11 Then he
remembered the
days of
old, Moses, and his
people, saying, Where is he that brought them
up out of the
sea with the
shepherd of his
flock? where is he that
put his
holy Spirit within him?
12 That
led them by the right
hand of
Moses with his
glorious arm, dividing the
water before them, to
make himself an
everlasting name? 13 That
led them through the
deep, as an
horse in the
wilderness, that they should not
stumble?
14 As a
beast goeth
down into the
valley, the
Spirit of the
LORD caused him to
rest: so didst thou
lead thy
people, to
make thyself a
glorious name. 15 Look
down from
heaven, 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
mercies toward me? are they
restrained?
16 Doubtless thou art our
father, though
Abraham be
ignorant of us, and
Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O
LORD, art our
father, our
redeemer; thy
name is from
everlasting. 17 O
LORD, why hast thou made us to
err from thy
ways, and
hardened our
heart from thy
fear? Return for thy
servants' sake, the
tribes of thine
inheritance. 18 The
people of thy
holiness have
possessed it but a little
while: our
adversaries have trodden
down thy
sanctuary. 19 We are thine: thou
never barest
rule over them; they were not
called by thy
name.