Isaiah 63

The Lord's Day of Vengeance

1 Who is this who comes from Edom,
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
This One who is 1 glorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength? -
"I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save."

2 Why a is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?

3 "I have b trodden the winepress alone,
And from the peoples no one was with Me.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.
4 For the c day of vengeance is in My heart,
And the year of My redeemed has come.
5 d I looked, but e there was no one to help,
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own f arm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.
6 I have trodden down the peoples in My anger,
Made them drunk in My fury,
And brought down their strength to the earth."

The Lord's Mercy Remembered

7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD
And the praises of the LORD,
According to all that the LORD has bestowed on us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies,
According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.
8 For He said, "Surely they are My people,
Children who will not lie."
So He became their Savior.
9 g In all their affliction He was 2 afflicted,
h And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
i In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And j He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.

10 But they k rebelled and l grieved His Holy Spirit;
m So He turned Himself against them as an enemy,
And He fought against them.
11 Then he n remembered the days of old,
Moses and his people, saying:
"Where is He who o brought them up out of the sea
With the 3 shepherd of His flock?
p Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,
12 Who led them by the right hand of Moses,
q With His glorious arm,
r Dividing the water before them
To make for Himself an everlasting name,
13 s Who led them through the deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
That they might not stumble?"
14 As a beast goes down into the valley,
And the Spirit of the LORD causes him to rest,
So You lead Your people,
t To make Yourself a glorious name.

Prayer for Mercy

15 u Look down from heaven,
And see v from Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning w of Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?
16 x Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham y was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O LORD, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
17 O LORD, why have You z made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants' sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.
18 a Your holy people have possessed it but a little while;
b Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
19 We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.

  1. Cross References
    Revelation 19:13
    He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
    Revelation 19:15
    Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
  2. Cross References
    Lamentations 1:15
    The Lord has trampled underfoot all my mighty men in my midst; He has called an assembly against me To crush my young men; The Lord trampled as in a winepress The virgin daughter of Judah.
    Revelation 14:19
    So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
    Revelation 14:20
    And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses' bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.
    Revelation 19:15
    Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 34:8
    For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
    Isaiah 35:4
    Say to those who are fearful-hearted, "Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you.
    Isaiah 61:2
    To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn.
    Jeremiah 51:6
    Flee from the midst of Babylon, And every one save his life! Do not be cut off in her iniquity, For this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; He shall recompense her.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 41:28
    For I looked, and there was no man; I looked among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
    Isaiah 59:16
    He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
  5. Cross References
    John 16:32
    Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 98:1
    Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.
    Isaiah 59:16
    He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
  7. Cross References
    Judges 10:16
    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 14:19
    And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them.
  9. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:7
    The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 19:4
    You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 15:24
    And the people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 14:11
    Then the LORD said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?
    Psalms 78:40
    How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert!
    Acts 7:51
    You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
    1 Corinthians 10:1 - 11
    Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 23:21
    Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him.
    Psalms 106:40
    Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 106:44
    Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry.
    Psalms 106:45
    And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 14:30
    So the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 11:17
    Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.
    Numbers 11:25
    Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.
    Numbers 11:29
    Then Moses said to him, "Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!
    Haggai 2:5
    ' According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you; do not fear!'
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 15:6
    Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 14:21
    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
    Exodus 14:22
    So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
    Joshua 3:16
    That the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
    Isaiah 11:15
    The LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt; With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over the River, And strike it in the seven streams, And make men cross over dry-shod.
    Isaiah 51:10
    Are You not the One who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road For the redeemed to cross over?
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 106:9
    He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness.
  20. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:23
    And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name - and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land - before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods?
  21. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 26:15
    'Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, "a land flowing with milk and honey."'
    Psalms 80:14
    Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, And visit this vine
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 33:14
    From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:20
    Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the LORD.
    Hosea 11:8
    How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.
  24. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:6
    Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?
  25. Cross References
    Job 14:21
    His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
  26. Cross References
    Isaiah 6:9
    And He said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.
    Isaiah 6:10
    "Make the heart of this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return and be healed."
    John 12:40
    "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them."
  27. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:6
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 74:3 - 7
    Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations. The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
    Isaiah 64:11
    Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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