Isaiah 63

God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption

1 Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, proclaiming victory, mighty to save.”
2 Why are your garments red, like those of one treading the winepress?
3 “I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing.
4 It was for me the day of vengeance; the year for me to redeem had come.
5 I looked, but there was no one to help, I was appalled that no one gave support; so my own arm achieved salvation for me, and my own wrath sustained me.
6 I trampled the nations in my anger; in my wrath I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground.”

Praise and Prayer

7 I will tell of the kindnesses of the LORD, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the LORD has done for us— yes, the many good things he has done for Israel, according to his compassion and many kindnesses.
8 He said, “Surely they are my people, children who will be true to me”; and so he became their Savior.
9 In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them.[a]In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
10 Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.
11 Then his people recalled[b] the days of old, the days of Moses and his people— where is he who brought them through the sea, with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he who set his Holy Spirit among them,
12 who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses’ right hand, who divided the waters before them, to gain for himself everlasting renown,
13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble;
14 like cattle that go down to the plain, they were given rest by the Spirit of the LORD. This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heaven and see, from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
16 But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17 Why, LORD, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance.
18 For a little while your people possessed your holy place, but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 We are yours from of old; but you have not ruled over them, they have not been called[c] by your name.

Cross References 58

  • 1. S 2 Chronicles 28:17; S Isaiah 11:14
  • 2. S Genesis 36:33; Amos 1:12
  • 3. Revelation 19:13
  • 4. S Job 9:4; S Isaiah 45:24
  • 5. ver 5; Isaiah 46:13; S Isaiah 51:5; Jeremiah 42:11; Zephaniah 3:17
  • 6. S Genesis 49:11
  • 7. S Judges 6:11; S Revelation 14:20; Revelation 19:15
  • 8. S Job 40:12; S Psalms 108:13; S Isaiah 5:5
  • 9. S Isaiah 22:5
  • 10. Revelation 19:13
  • 11. S Isaiah 1:24; S Jeremiah 50:15
  • 12. S 2 Kings 14:26; S Isaiah 41:28
  • 13. S Psalms 44:3; S Psalms 98:1; S Isaiah 33:2
  • 14. Isaiah 59:16
  • 15. S Job 40:12; S Psalms 108:13
  • 16. S Isaiah 29:9; Lamentations 4:21
  • 17. S Isaiah 34:3
  • 18. S Isaiah 54:8
  • 19. S Exodus 18:9
  • 20. S Psalms 51:1; Ephesians 2:4
  • 21. S Psalms 100:3; S Isaiah 51:4
  • 22. S Exodus 14:30; S Isaiah 25:9
  • 23. S Exodus 14:19
  • 24. S Exodus 33:14
  • 25. Deuteronomy 7:7-8; S Ezra 9:9; S Isaiah 48:20
  • 26. S Deuteronomy 1:31; S Psalms 28:9
  • 27. S Deuteronomy 32:7; S Job 37:23
  • 28. S Psalms 78:17; Ezekiel 20:8; Acts 7:39-42; Psalms 78:40
  • 29. S Psalms 51:11; Acts 7:51; Ephesians 4:30
  • 30. Psalms 106:40; S Isaiah 10:4
  • 31. S Joshua 10:14
  • 32. S Exodus 14:22,30
  • 33. S Psalms 77:20
  • 34. S Numbers 11:17
  • 35. S Genesis 49:24; S Exodus 3:20
  • 36. Exodus 14:21-22; Isaiah 11:15
  • 37. S Psalms 102:12; S Isaiah 55:13; S Jeremiah 13:11
  • 38. S Deuteronomy 32:12
  • 39. S Exodus 14:22
  • 40. S Psalms 119:11; Jeremiah 31:9
  • 41. S Exodus 33:14; S Deuteronomy 12:9
  • 42. S Deuteronomy 26:15; Psalms 80:14; Lamentations 3:50
  • 43. S 1 Kings 22:19; S Psalms 123:1
  • 44. S Isaiah 9:7; S Isaiah 26:11
  • 45. S 1 Kings 3:26; S Psalms 25:6; Jeremiah 31:20; Hosea 11:8
  • 46. S Genesis 43:31; Isaiah 64:12
  • 47. S Exodus 4:22; S Jeremiah 3:4; John 8:41
  • 48. S Job 14:21
  • 49. Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 44:6; S Isaiah 59:20
  • 50. S Genesis 20:13; Lamentations 3:9
  • 51. S Exodus 4:21
  • 52. Isaiah 29:13
  • 53. S Numbers 10:36
  • 54. S Exodus 34:9
  • 55. Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 11:17
  • 56. S Isaiah 28:18; Daniel 8:13; S Luke 21:24
  • 57. S Leviticus 26:31; S 2 Kings 25:9; Psalms 74:3-8
  • 58. S Isaiah 43:7; S Jeremiah 14:9

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or "Savior " 9"in their distress." / "It was no envoy or angel" / "but his own presence that saved them"
  • [b]. Or "But may he recall"
  • [c]. Or "We are like those you have never ruled," / "like those never called"

Isaiah 63 Commentaries

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