2Why is Your apparel red,
         And Your garments like the one who treads in the wine press?

3“I have trodden the wine trough alone,
         And from the peoples there was no man with Me.
         I also trod them in My anger
         And trampled them in My wrath;
         And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
         And I stained all My raiment.

4“For the day of vengeance was in My heart,
         And My year of redemption has come.

5“I looked, and there was no one to help,
         And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
         So My own arm brought salvation to Me,
         And My wrath upheld Me.

6“I trod down the peoples in My anger
         And made them drunk in My wrath,
         And I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

God’s Ancient Mercies Recalled

7I shall make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, the praises of the LORD,
         According to all that the LORD has granted us,
         And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
         Which He has granted them according to His compassion
         And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.

8For He said, “Surely, they are My people,
         Sons who will not deal falsely.”
         So He became their Savior.

9In all their affliction He was afflicted,
         And the angel of His presence saved them;
         In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,
         And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

10But they rebelled
         And grieved His Holy Spirit;
         Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
         He fought against them.

11Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
         Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of His flock?
         Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the midst of them,

12Who 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,

13Who led them through the depths?
         Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble;

14As the cattle which 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.

“You Are Our Father”

15Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious habitation;
         Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds?
         The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.

16For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us
         And Israel does not recognize us.
         You, O LORD, are our Father,
         Our Redeemer from of old is Your name.

17Why, O LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways
         And harden our heart from fearing You?
         Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

18Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
         Our adversaries have trodden it down.

19We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
         Like those who were not called by Your name.

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Why then is thy apparel red, and thy garments like theirs that tread in the winepress?

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

English Revised Version
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

Webster's Bible Translation
Why art thou red in thy apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine-vat.

World English Bible
Why are you red in your clothing, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?

Young's Literal Translation
Wherefore is thy clothing red? And thy garments as treading in a wine fat?'Mighty to Save
'Mighty to save.'--ISAIAH lxiii. 1. We have here a singularly vivid and dramatic prophecy, thrown into the form of a dialogue between the prophet and a stranger whom he sees from afar striding along from the mountains of Edom, with elastic step, and dyed garments. The prophet does not recognise him, and asks who he is. The Unknown answers, 'I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.' Another question follows, seeking explanation of the splashed crimson garments of the stranger, and its answer …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Sympathy of God
'In all their afflictions He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them'--ISAIAH lxiii. 9. I. The wonderful glimpse opened here into the heart of God. It is not necessary to touch upon the difference between the text and margin of the Revised Version, or to enter on the reason for preferring the former. And what a deep and wonderful thought that is, of divine sympathy with human sorrow! We feel that this transcends the prevalent tone of the Old Testament. It is made the more striking …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Winepress and Its Treader
'Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone.'--ISAIAH lxiii. 2, 3. The structure of these closing chapters is chronological, and this is the final scene. What follows is epilogue. The reference of this magnificent imagery to the sufferings of Jesus is a complete misapprehension. These sufferings were dealt with once for all in chapter liii., and it is Messiah triumphant who has filled the prophet's vision since …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

A Mighty Saviour
That he is mighty we need not inform you; for as readers of the Scriptures you all believe in the might and majesty of the Incarnate Son of God. You believe him to be the Regent of providence, the King of death, the Conqueror of hell, the Lord of angels, the Master of storms, and the God of battles, and, therefore, you can need no proof that he is mighty. The subject of this morning is one part of his mightiness. He is "mighty to save." May God the Holy Spirit help us in briefly entering upon this …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857

Where is the Lord?
"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? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 38: 1892

Exposition of Chap. Iii. (ii. 28-32. )
Ver. 1. "And it shall come to pass, afterwards, I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions." The communication of the Spirit of God was the constant prerogative of the Covenant-people. Indeed, the very idea of such a people necessarily requires it. For the Spirit of God is the only inward bond betwixt Him and that which is created; a Covenant-people, therefore, without such an inward …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

Organic and Individual.
"Where is He that put His Holy Spirit among them?" --Isa. lxiii. 11. The subsequent activity of the Holy Spirit lies in the realm of grace. In nature the Spirit of God appears as creating, in grace as re-creating. We call it re-creation, because God's grace creates not something inherently new, but a new life in an old and degraded nature. But this must not be understood as tho grace restored only what sin had destroyed. For then the child of God, born anew and sanctified, must be as Adam was in …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

Temporary Hardening.
"Lord, why hast Thou hardened our heart? "--Isa. lxiii. 17. That there is a hardening of heart which culminates in the sin against the Holy Spirit can not be denied. When dealing with spiritual things we must take account of it; for it is one of the most fearful instruments of the divine wrath. For, whether we say that Satan or David or the Lord tempted the king, it amounts to the same thing. The cause is always in man's sin; and in each of these three cases the destructive fatality whereby sin poisons …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

Additional Note.
(Passage not easy to identify, p. 390, note 14.) Easy enough, by the LXX. See Isaiah lxiii. 3. kai ton ethnon ouk estin aner met' emou. The first verse, referring to Edom, leads our author to accentuate this point of Gentile ignorance. …
Tertullian—The Five Books Against Marcion

The First Thing Suggested at the Very Outset Is...
The first thing suggested at the very outset is, as we have already said (sec. 17-19), that all our prayers to God ought only to be presented in the name of Christ, as there is no other name which can recommend them. In calling God our Father, we certainly plead the name of Christ. For with what confidence could any man call God his Father? Who would have the presumption to arrogate to himself the honour of a son of God were we not gratuitously adopted as his sons in Christ? He being the true Son, …
John Calvin—Of Prayer--A Perpetual Exercise of Faith

The Holy Spirit in the New Testament Other than in the Old.
"By His Spirit which dwelleth in you."--Rom. viii. 11. In order to understand the change inaugurated on Pentecost we must distinguish between the various ways in which the Holy Ghost enters into relationship with the creature. With the Christian Church we confess that the Holy Spirit is true and eternal God, and therefore omnipresent; hence no creature, stone or animal, man or angel, is excluded from His presence. With reference to His omniscience and omnipresence, David sings: "Whither shall I go …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

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