Isaiah 62:8–63:6

⁸The Lord has made a solemn promise,

And by his power he will carry it out:

“Your corn will no longer be food for your enemies,

And foreigners will no longer drink your wine.

⁹But you that sowed and harvested the corn

Will eat the bread and praise the Lord.

You that tended and gathered the grapes

Will drink the wine in the courts of my Temple.”

¹⁰People of Jerusalem, go out of the city

And build a road for your returning people!

Prepare a highway; clear it of stones!

Put up a signal so that the nations can know

^11*That the Lord is announcing to all the earth:

“Tell the people of Jerusalem

That the Lord is coming to save you,

Bringing with him the people he has rescued.”

¹²You will be called “God’s Holy People”,

“The People the Lord has Saved”.

Jerusalem will be called “The City that God Loves”,

“The City that God did not Forsake”.

The ’s Victory over the Nations

63^*“Who is this coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom? Who is this so splendidly dressed in red, marching alongⁱ in power and strength?”

“It is the Lord, powerful to save, coming to announce his victory.”

^2*“Why is his clothing so red, like that of someone who tramples grapes to make wine?”

^3*The Lord answers, “I have trampled the nations like grapes, and no one came to help me. I trampled them in my anger, and their blood has stained all my clothing. ^4*I decided that the time to save my people had come; it was time to punish their enemies. ^5*I was amazed when I looked and saw that there was no one to help me. But my anger made me strong, and I won the victory myself. ^6*In my anger I trampled whole nations and shattered them. I poured out their lifeblood on the ground.”