¹ Lord, God of vengeance—
God of vengeance, shine!^(A)

63 Who is this coming from Edom^(A)
in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah—
this one who is splendid in his apparel,
striding in his formidable^[a] might?
It is I, proclaiming vindication,^[b]
powerful to save.
² Why are your clothes red,
and your garments like one who treads a winepress?^(B)
3 I trampled the winepress alone,
and no one from the nations was with me.
I trampled them in my anger
and ground them underfoot in my fury;
their blood spattered my garments,
and all my clothes were stained.
⁴ For I planned the day of vengeance,^(C)
and the year of my redemption^[c] came.

¹⁰ That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Armies,
a day of vengeance to avenge himself
against his adversaries.
The sword will devour and be satisfied;
it will drink its fill of their blood,
because it will be a sacrifice^(A) to the Lord, the God of Armies,
in the northern land by the Euphrates River.^(B)

²⁸ There is a voice of fugitives and refugees
from the land of Babylon.
The voice announces in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
the vengeance for his temple.^(A)
29 Summon the archers to Babylon,
all who string the bow;
camp all around her; let none escape.
Repay her according to her deeds;^(B)
just as she has done, do the same to her,
for she has acted arrogantly against the Lord,
against the Holy One of Israel.^(C)

¹⁵ I will take vengeance in anger and wrath^(A)
against the nations that have not obeyed me.

¹⁸ Their silver and their gold
will be unable to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.^(A)
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of his jealousy,^(B)
for he will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.