Isaiah 63 Free Bible Version
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1 Who is this coming from Edom, from the town of Bozrah with clothes stained crimson? Who is this wearing robes of splendor, leaning forward in his great strength as he marches? It is me, the one who always speaks goodness and truth, the one who has the power to save.
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 Why are your clothes red, like you've been treading grapes in a winepress?
2 Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?
3 I've been treading the winepress by myself; from the nations around no one came to help me. So in my anger I trod them down as if they were grapes, in my fury I trampled them. It's their blood that has stained my clothes.
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 I decided this was the day of my vengeance; the year of my redemption has come.
4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.
5 I looked around, but no one came to help; I was shocked that there was no one to assist me. So I saved them through my own strength alone, and my own anger kept me going.
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 I trampled down the nations in my anger; in my fury I made them drunk, and spilled their blood upon 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 want to tell everyone about the Lord's trustworthy love. I will praise the Lord for everything he's done for us—all the good things he has done for the descendants of Israel because of his kindness and his infinite trustworthy love.
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 He said, “Aren't they my people, children who wouldn't lie to me?” So 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 He suffered with them in all their suffering, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and kindness he redeemed them. He picked them up and carried them all throughout those years long ago.
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 rebelled against him, and caused his Holy Spirit grief, so to them he became like an enemy and he fought 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 Then they thought back to the days of old when Moses led his people out of Egypt. They shouted out, “Where is the one who took Israel through the sea, along with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who placed his Holy Spirit among his people?
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 Where is the one who lifted Moses' right hand, and who used his amazing power to divide the sea in front of them, giving him such a wonderful, enduring reputation?
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 Where is the one who led them through the depths of the sea?” They were like a horse running through the desert, they didn't stumble.
13 Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn’t stumble?
14 Like cattle descending into a valley, the Lord's Spirit gave them rest. This is how you led your people, earning a glorious reputation 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 Lord, look down on us from heaven! Watch from your high home, in your holiness and glory! Where is your enthusiasm and power? You're not showing me your feelings of sympathy and kindness!
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 But you are still our Father, even though Abraham wouldn't know us and Israel wouldn't acknowledge us. You, Lord, are our Father; you have always been called our Redeemer from long ago.
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 Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways, and make us stubborn so we don't respect you? Come back to us for the sake of your servants, the tribes that belong to you.
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 Your Temple belonged to us for a little while, but then our enemies invaded and destroyed it.
18 Your holy people possessed it but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
19 We were yours from ancient times, but we've ended up like people you've never ruled, never identified as yours.
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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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)