Isaiah 63 - 64 — Legacy Standard Bible

Vengeance of Yahweh

63Who is this who comes from ^aEdom,With ^bgarments of ¹glowing colors from ^cBozrah,This One who is majestic in His clothing,²Marching in the greatness of His power?“It is I who speak in righteousness, ^dmighty to save.”²Why is Your clothing red,And Your garments like the one who ^atreads in the wine press?³“^aI have trodden the wine trough alone,And from the peoples there was no man with Me.I also ^btrod them in My angerAnd ^ctrampled them in My wrath;And ^dtheir ¹lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,And I ²stained all My clothes.⁴“For the ^aday of vengeance was in My heart,And My year of redemption has come.⁵“I looked, and there was ^ano one to help,And I was astonished, and there was no one to uphold;So My ^bown arm brought salvation to Me,And My wrath upheld Me.⁶“I ^atrod down the peoples in My angerAnd made them ^bdrunk in My wrath,And I brought down their lifeblood to the earth.”

Remember the Lovingkindness of Yahweh

⁷I shall bring to remembrance the ^alovingkindnesses of Yahweh, the praises of Yahweh,According to all the ways that Yahweh has dealt bountifully with us,And the abundant ^bgoodness toward the house of Israel,Which He has dealt bountifully to them according to His ^ccompassionAnd according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.⁸And He said, “Surely, they are ^aMy people,Sons who will not deal falsely.”So He became their ^bSavior.⁹In all their distress ¹^,^aHe was distressed,And the ^bangel of His presence saved them;In His ^clove and in His mercy He ^dredeemed them,And He ^elifted them and carried them all the ancient days.¹⁰But they ^arebelledAnd grieved His ^bHoly Spirit;Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy;He fought against them.¹¹Then ^aHis people remembered the ancient days, of Moses.Where is ^bHe who brought them up out of the sea with the ¹shepherds of His flock?Where is He who ^cput His Holy Spirit in the midst of ²them,¹²Who caused His ^aglorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,Who ^bsplit the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,¹³Who led them through the depths?Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not ^astumble;¹⁴As the cattle which go down into the valley,The Spirit of ^aYahweh gave ¹them rest.So You ^bled Your people,To make for Yourself a glorious name.

Prayer for Mercy and Help

¹⁵^aLook down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious ^bhabitation;Where are Your ^czeal and Your mighty deeds?The ^dtumults within You and Your compassion are restrained toward me.¹⁶For You are our ^aFather, though ^bAbraham does not know usAnd Israel does not recognize us.You, O Yahweh, are our Father,Our ^cRedeemer from everlasting is Your name.¹⁷Why, O Yahweh, do You ^acause us to stray from Your waysAnd ^bstiffen our heart from fearing You?^cReturn for the sake of Your slaves, the tribes of Your inheritance.¹⁸Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while;Our adversaries have ^atrodden it down.¹⁹We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,Like those who were not called by Your name.64¹Oh, that You would rend the heavens and ^acome down,That the mountains might ^bquake at Your presence—²¹As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—To make Your name known to Your adversaries,That the ^anations may tremble at Your presence!³When You did ^aawesome things for which we did not hope,You came down; the mountains quaked at Your presence.⁴For from ancient times ^athey have not heard or given ear,Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,Who acts in behalf of the one who ^bwaits for Him.⁵You ^ameet him who rejoices and ^bdoes righteousness,Who ^cremembers You in Your ways.Behold, ^dYou were angry; indeed we have sinned—We continued in them a long time—And shall we be saved?⁶For all of us have become like one who is ^aunclean,And all our ^brighteous deeds are like a filthy garment;And all of us ^cwither like a leaf,And our ^diniquities, like the wind, carry us away.⁷There is ^ano one who calls on Your name,Who awakens himself to take hold of You,For You have ^bhidden Your face from usAnd have ¹melted us into the hand of our iniquities.⁸But now, O Yahweh, ^aYou are our Father;We are the ^bclay, and You our potter;And all of us are the ^cwork of Your hand.⁹Do not be ^aangry beyond measure, O Yahweh,^bNor remember iniquity forever;Behold, look now, all of us are ^cYour people.¹⁰Your ^aholy cities have become a ^bwilderness;Zion has become a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.¹¹Our holy and glorious ^ahouse,Where our fathers praised You,Has been burned by fire;And ^ball our precious things have become a waste place.¹²Will You ^arestrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh?Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?