Isaiah 63

Isaiah 63: 1-23
Judgment Against the Lord's Enemies

Who is this who comes from Edom
From the city of Bozrah
With his clothing stained red?
Who is this in royal robes
Marching in his great strength?
It is I, the LORD, announcing your salvation
It is I, the LORD, who has the power to save
Why are your clothes so red
As if you had been treading out grapes?

I have been treading the winepress alone
No one was there to help me
In my anger I have trampled my enemies
As if they were grapes
In my fury I have trampled my foes
Their blood has stained my clothes

For the time has come for me to avenge my people
To ransom them from their oppressors

I was amazed to see that no one intervened
To help the oppressed
So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm
And my wrath sustained me

I crushed the nations in my anger
And made them stagger and fall to the ground
Spilling their blood upon the earth

Praise for Deliverance

I will tell of the LORD's unfailing love
I will praise the LORD for all he has done
I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel
Which he has granted according to his mercy and love

He said, "They are my very own people
Surely they will not betray me again."
And he became their Savior
In all their suffering he also suffered
And he personally rescued them
In his love and mercy he redeemed them
He lifted them up and carried them through all the years

But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit
So he became their enemy and fought against them

Then they remembered those days of old
When Moses led his people out of Egypt

They cried out
"Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea
With Moses as their shepherd?
Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit
To be among his people?

Where is the one whose power was displayed
When Moses lifted up his hand
The one who divided the sea before them
Making himself famous forever?
Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea?

They were like fine stallions
Racing through the desert, never stumbling
As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley

The Spirit of the LORD gave them rest

You led your people, LORD
And gained a magnificent reputation."