Isaiah 63

International Standard Version

² “Why is your clothing red,
    and your garments like those worn by the ones who tread in the winepress?^[a]

³ “I have trodden the winepress alone,
    and from my people^[b] no one was with me,
I trampled them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;
their lifeblood spattered on my garments,^[c]
    and I stained^[d] all my clothing.

⁴ “For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
    and the year for my redeeming work had come.
⁵ I looked, but there was no helper,
    I was appalled that there was no one to give support;^[e]
so my own arm^[f] brought me victory,
    and as for my wrath, it supported me.
⁶ I trampled people^[g] in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk
        and I poured out their lifeblood on the ground.”

¹⁰ Yet they rebelled
    and grieved his Holy Spirit;
so he changed and became their enemy,
    and^[l] he himself fought against them.
¹¹ Then they^[m] remembered the days of old,
    of Moses his servant.
Where is the one who brought up^[n] out of the sea
    the^[o] shepherds of his flock?
Where is the one who put his Holy Spirit among them,
¹² and^[p] who made his glorious arm^[q] march at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters in front of them
    to win^[r] an everlasting name,
¹³ who led them through the depths?
    Like a horse in the open desert,
        they did not stumble;
¹⁴ like cattle that go down into the valley,
    the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
For^[s] you led your people,
    to win for yourself a glorious name.

¹⁶ But you are our Father,
    even^[t] Abraham does not know us
        and Israel has not acknowledged^[u] us;
you are he,^[v] O Lord, our Father,
    from long ago, ‘Our Redeemer’ is your name.
¹⁷ Why, Lord, do you make us wander^[w] from your ways
    and harden our hearts, so that we do not fear you?
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
    for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.
¹⁸ Your holy people took possession^[x] for a little while,
    but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
¹⁹ For a long time we have been those you do not rule,
    those who are not called by your name.