Old Testament · Prophets

Isaiah chapter 63

Who is this coming from , from with garments stained crimson? This one, magnificent in his clothing, striding forward in the greatness of his strength? “It is I — the one who speaks what is right, mighty to .”Why are your garments red, your clothes like someone treading in a ?“I have trodden the winepress alone — not one from any nation was with me. I trampled them in my , I crushed them in my rage. Their spattered my garments and stained everything I wore.”“The day of was in my heart, and my year of had arrived.”“I looked, but there was no one to help. I was — not a single one to support me. So my own brought about the victory, and my own fury sustained me.”“I trampled peoples in my fury, I made them with my rage, and I poured out their lifeblood on the ground.”I will call to mind the acts of from Yahweh, the praiseworthy deeds of Yahweh — for everything Yahweh has done for us, and the immense goodness he has shown to the house of Israel according to his and the abundance of his loyal love.He said, “Surely they are my people, children who will not .” And so he became their .In all their distress, he too was distressed. rescued them. In his love and in his mercy he ; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.But they rebelled and . So he turned against them as their enemy; he himself fought against them.Then his people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea with the of his flock? Where is the one who placed the Breath of God among them?The one who sent his at the right hand of Moses, who split the waters before them to make for himself a that would last forever?The one who led them through the ? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble.Like cattle going down into the valley, the Breath of Yahweh gave them . This is how you led your people, to make for yourself a .Look down from the heavens and see, from where you live, . Where is your ? Where is your might? The , your compassion toward me, are you holding them back?Because you are our . Even if Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us — you, Yahweh, are our Father. “” is your name.Why do you let us wander from your ways, Yahweh? Why do you let our hearts so we do not ? Turn back — for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your . held the land only a little while; now our enemies have trampled .We have become like those you never ruled over, like those who were never . If only you would and come down — the mountains would before you!