Isaiah 63:1-9 ▼

1 Who is this who comes from Edom, dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? Who is this one wearing royal attire, who marches confidently because of his great strength? |It is I, the one who announces vindication, and who is able to deliver!|

2 Why are your clothes red? Why do you look like someone who has stomped on grapes in a vat?

3 I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained all my clothes.

4 For I looked forward to the day of vengeance, and then payback time arrived.

5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.

6 I trampled nations in my anger, I made them drunk in my rage, I splashed their blood on the ground.|

7 I will tell of the faithful acts of the LORD, of the LORD's praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the LORD did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.

8 He said, |Certainly they will be my people, children who are not disloyal.| He became their deliverer.

9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.