Isaiah 63

63Who 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!”H935H123H2556H899H1224H1921H3830H6808H7230H3581H1696H6666H7227H34672Why are your clothes so red, as if you have been treading out grapes?H122H3830H899H1869H16603“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.H1869H6333H5971H376H1869H639H7429H2534H5332H5137H899H1351H44034For the time has come for me to avenge my people, to ransom them from their oppressors.H3117H5359H3820H8141H1350H9355I 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.H5027H5826H8074H5564H2220H3467H2534H55646I crushed the nations in my anger and made them stagger and fall to the ground, spilling their blood upon the earth.”H947H5971H639H7937H2534H3381H5332H7767I 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.H2142H2617H3068H8416H3068H3068H1580H7227H2898H1004H3478H1580H7356H7230H26178He said, “They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again.” And he became their Savior.H559H5971H1121H8266H34679In 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.H6869H6862H4397H6440H3467H160H2551H1350H5190H5375H3117H576910But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them.H4784H6087H6944H7307H2015H341H389811Then 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?H2142H3117H5769H4872H5971H5927H3220H7462H6629H7760H6944H7307H713012Where 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?H3212H3225H4872H8597H2220H1234H4325H6440H6213H5769H803413Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling.H3212H8415H5483H4057H378214As 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.”H929H3381H1237H7307H3068H5117H5090H5971H6213H8597H803415Lord, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now?H5027H8064H7200H2073H6944H8597H7068H1369H1995H4578H7356H66216Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob

would disown us, Lord, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past.H3588H1H85H3808H3045H3478H5234H3068H1H1350H8034H576917Lord, why have you allowed us to turn from your path? Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you? Return and help us, for we are your servants, the tribes that are your special possession.H3068H8582H1870H7188H3820H3374H7725H5650H7626H515918How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it.H5971H6944H3423H4705H6862H947H472019Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people.H5769H4910H7121H8034