1 Who is this that commeth from Edom, with red garments from Bozrah? hee is glorious in his apparel and walketh in his great strength: I speake in righteousnesse, and am mightie to saue. 2 Wherefore is thine apparel red, and thy garments like him that treadeth in ye wine presse? 3 I haue troden the wine presse alone, and of all people there was none with mee: for I will treade them in mine anger, and tread them vnder foote in my wrath, and their blood shalbe sprinkled vpon my garments, and I will staine all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the yeere of my redeemed is come. 5 And I looked, and there was none to helpe, and I wondered that there was none to vpholde: therefore mine owne arme helped me, and my wrath it selfe sustained me. 6 Therefore I wil tread downe the people in my wrath, and make them drunken in mine indignation, and wil bring downe their strength to the earth. 7 I wil remember the mercies of the Lord and the prayses of the Lord according vnto all that the Lord hath giuen vs, and for the great goodnesse toward the house of Israel, which hee hath giuen them according to his tender loue, and according to his great mercies. 8 For he saide, Surely they are my people, children that wil not lie: so he was their Sauiour. 9 In all their troubles he was troubled, and the Angel of his presence saued them: in his loue and in his mercie he redeemed them, and he bare them and caried them alwayes continually. 10 But they rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore was hee turned to be their enemie and he fought against them. 11 Then he remembred the olde time of Moses and his people, saying, Where is hee that brought them vp out of the Sea with the shepheard of his sheepe? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? 12 He led them by the right hand of Moses with his owne glorious arme, deuiding the water before them, to make himselfe an euerlasting Name. 13 Hee led them through the deepe, as an horse in the wildernesse, that they should not stumble, 14 As the beast goeth downe into the valley, the Spirite of the Lord gaue them rest: so diddest thou leade thy people, to make thy selfe a glorious Name. 15 Looke downe from heauen, and beholde from the dwelling place of thine holines, and of thy glory. Where is thy zeale and thy strength, the multitude of thy mercies, and of thy compassions? they are restrained from me. 16 Doutles thou art our Father: though Abraham be ignorant of vs, and Israel knowe vs not, yet thou, O Lord, art our Father, and our redeemer: thy Name is for euer. 17 O Lord, why hast thou made vs to erre from thy wayes? and hardened our heart from thy feare? Returne for thy seruants sake, and for the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 The people of thine holinesse haue possessed it, but a litle while: for our aduersaries haue troden downe thy Sanctuarie. 19 We haue bene as they, ouer whome thou neuer barest rule, and vpon whom thy Name was not called.
Isaiah 63 Geneva Bible (1599)
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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)