Isaiah · Catholic Public Domain Version
Isaiah 63 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 Who is this, who arrives from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah? This is the Handsome One in his robe, advancing by the fullness of his strength. It is I, the Speaker of Justice, and I am the Fighter for Salvation.
1 Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
2 So then, why is your garment red, and why are your vestments like the ones of those who tread the winepress?
2 Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?
3 I have trod the winepress alone. And among the nations, there is no man beside me. I have trampled on them in my fury, and I have tread them down in my wrath. And so, their blood has been sprinkled on my vestments, and I have stained all my garments.
3 “I have trodden the wine press alone. Of the peoples, no one was with me. Yes, I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath. Their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart. The year of my redemption has arrived.
4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.
5 I gazed around, and there was no one to assist. I sought, and there was no one who would help. And so, my own arm has saved for me, and my own wrath itself has assisted me.
5 I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. My own wrath upheld me.
6 And I have trampled the peoples in my fury, and I have inebriated them with my indignation, and I have torn down their strength to the ground.
6 I trod down the peoples in my anger and made them drunk in my wrath. I poured their lifeblood out on the earth.”
7 I will remember the compassion of the Lord, the praise of the Lord over all that the Lord has bestowed on us, and over the multitude of his good things for the house of Israel, which he has granted to them according to his leniency, and according to the multitude of his mercies.
7 I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
8 And he said: “Yet truly, these are my people, sons who have not been disowned.” And he became their Savior.
8 For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior.
9 Throughout all their tribulation, he was not troubled, for the Angel of his presence saved them. With his love, and by his leniency, he has redeemed them, and he has carried them and lifted them up, throughout all the days of the ages.
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
10 But they themselves provoked to wrath and afflicted his Holy Spirit, and he was turned to be for them like an enemy, and he himself went to war against them.
10 But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
11 And he remembered the days of ancient times, the days of Moses and his people. Where is he who led them out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who placed his Holy Spirit in their midst?
11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?”
12 He led Moses by the right hand, with the arm of his majesty. He split the waters before them, in order to make an everlasting name for himself.
12 Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
13 He led them through the abyss, like a horse which does not stumble, in the desert.
13 Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn’t stumble?
14 Like an animal who descends to an open field, the Spirit of the Lord was their guide. Thus did you lead your people, in order to make a glorious name for yourself.
14 As the livestock that go down into the valley, Yahweh’s Spirit caused them to rest. So you led your people to make yourself a glorious name.
15 Gaze down from heaven, and behold from your holy habitation and from your glory. Where is your zeal, and your strength, the fullness of your heart and of your compassion? They have held themselves back from me.
15 Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.
16 For you are our Father, and Abraham has not known us, and Israel has been ignorant of us. You are our Father, O Lord our Redeemer. Your name is beyond all ages.
16 For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
17 Why have you allowed us to stray from your ways, O Lord? Why have you hardened our heart, so that we do not fear you? Return, for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance.
17 O Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
18 They have possessed your holy people as if it were nothing. Our enemies have trampled your sanctuary.
18 Your holy people possessed it but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
19 We have become as we were in the beginning, when you did not rule over us, and when we were not called by your name.
19 We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were not called by your name.
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 19:13; Isaiah 34:5–6; Psalm 137:7; Isaiah 63:2–3; Numbers 23:19
- 2 Revelation 19:13; Revelation 19:15
- 3 Revelation 19:13–15; Revelation 14:19–20; Malachi 4:3; Micah 7:10; Zechariah 10:5
- 4 Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 35:4; Jeremiah 51:6; Revelation 18:20
- 5 Psalm 44:3; Psalm 98:1; Isaiah 52:10; Isaiah 41:28; Isaiah 59:16–18
- 6 Isaiah 49:26; Revelation 14:10; Revelation 16:19; Isaiah 63:2–3; Psalm 75:8
- 7 Ephesians 2:4; Psalm 86:5; Psalm 86:15; Ephesians 1:6–7; Romans 2:4
- 8 Genesis 17:7; Isaiah 12:2; Exodus 6:7; John 1:47; Psalm 78:36–37
- 9 Exodus 33:14; Exodus 23:20–21; Malachi 3:1; Acts 12:11; Exodus 14:19
- 10 Acts 7:51; Ephesians 4:30; Psalm 78:56; Psalm 78:40; Jeremiah 21:5
- 11 Numbers 11:17; Psalm 77:20; Exodus 14:22; Haggai 2:5; Numbers 11:25
- 12 Exodus 15:16; Psalm 78:13; Joshua 3:16; Exodus 14:16–17; Psalm 114:5–7
- 13 Jeremiah 31:9; Habakkuk 3:15; Psalm 106:9
- 14 Isaiah 63:12; Joshua 23:1; Hebrews 4:8–11; Nehemiah 9:5; Ephesians 1:12
- 15 Deuteronomy 26:15; Jeremiah 31:20; Psalm 80:14; Hosea 11:8; Psalm 123:1
- 16 Isaiah 64:8; Malachi 2:10; Deuteronomy 32:6; Jeremiah 3:19; Malachi 1:6
- 17 Isaiah 6:10; Joshua 11:20; Ezekiel 14:7–9; Deuteronomy 2:30; Isaiah 29:13
- 18 Psalm 74:3–7; Daniel 8:24; Exodus 19:4–6; Matthew 24:2; Isaiah 64:11–12
- 19 Romans 9:4; Psalm 135:4; Psalm 79:6; Acts 14:16; Isaiah 65:1
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For when in Esaias God is addressed thus, For Thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Sarah travailed not with us, need we inquire further on this point?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… hear the words of Stephen, the first fruits of the martyrs, when he reproaches the people for their rebellion and disobedience; "you do always," he says, "resist the Holy Ghost;" and again Isaiah,--"They vexed His Holy Spirit, therefore He was turned to be their enemy;" and in another passage, "the house of Jacob angered the Spirit of the Lord." Are …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
Esaias saith, Who is this that cometh from Edom? the redness of His garments is from Bosor; (who is this who in dishonor weareth purple?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)