Isaiah 63

1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, dyed red in his garments from Bozrah? this—glorious in his apparel, moving along in the greatness of his strength? “I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah, this who is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

2 Why is redness on thy apparel, and [why are] thy garments as of one that treadeth the wine-press?

Why are thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him who treads in the wine vat?

3 “I have trodden the vat alone, and of the nations there was no man with me; and I trod them down in my anger, and I trampled on them in my fury; and their blood was sprinkled on my garments, and all my raiments have I stained.

I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples there was no man with me. Yea, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath, and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.

4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed was come.

For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.

5 And I looked, and there was no one to help, and I was astonished, and there was no one to support; and then my own arm aided me, and my fury—this it was that upheld me.

And I looked, and there was none to help. And I wondered that there was none to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. And my wrath, it upheld me.

6 And I stamped down nations in my anger, and I made them drunken with my fury, and brought down to the earth their victorious strength.”

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

7 The kindnesses of the Lord will I mention, the praises of the Lord, in accordance with all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the abundant goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and the abundance of his kindnesses.

I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

8 And he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie; and he became to them a Saviour.

For he said, Surely, they are my people, sons that will not deal falsely. So he was their Savior.

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 bore them, and he carried them all the days of old.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the agent 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, and grieved his holy Spirit; and he changed himself to become their enemy, and he fought against them.

But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit. Therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.

11 Then remembered his people the ancient days of Moses, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put within him his holy Spirit?

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 shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them,

12 That displayed by the right hand of Moses his glorious arm; that divided the water before them, to make unto himself an everlasting name?

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

13 That led them through the deeps, as a horse through the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

who led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?

14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, so did the spirit of the Lord bring them to rest; thus didst thou guide thy people, to make unto thyself a glorious name.

As the cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah caused them to rest. So thou led 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 are thy zeal and thy mights, the yearning of thy bowels and of thy mercy which are now restrained from me?

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

16 For thou art our father; for Abraham knoweth nothing of us, and Israel recogniseth us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.

For thou are our Father, though Abraham knows us not, and Israel does not acknowledge us, thou, O Jehovah, are our Father, our Redeemer, from everlasting is thy name.

17 Why hast thou let us go astray, O Lord, from thy ways, suffered our heart to be hardened against thy fear? Return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy heritage.

O Jehovah, why do thou make us to err from thy ways, and harden our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

18 But a brief space were thy holy people in possession, when our adversaries trod down thy sanctuary.

Thy holy people possessed it but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

19 We are become as though we are those over whom thou hast never ruled, over whom thy name hath not been called.

We have become as those over whom thou never bore rule, as those who were not called by thy name.