Isaiah 62:8–63:6

⁸The Lord has sworn with His right hand

and His strong arm:

I will no longer give your grain

to your enemies for food, ^w

and foreigners will not drink your new wine

you have labored for.

⁹For those who gather grain will eat it

and praise the Lord,

and those who harvest the grapes will drink the wine

in My holy courts.

¹⁰Go out, go out through the gates;

prepare a way for the people!

Build it up, build up the highway; ^x

clear away the stones!

Raise a banner for the peoples. ^y

¹¹Look, the Lord has proclaimed

to the ends of the earth,

“Say to Daughter Zion: ^z

Look, your salvation is coming,

His reward is with Him, ^a

and His gifts accompany Him.”

¹²And they will be called ^bthe Holy People, ^c

the Lord’s Redeemed;

and you will be called Cared For,

A City Not Deserted.

The Lord’s Day of Vengeance

63Who is this coming from Edom ^d

in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah—

this One who is splendid in His apparel,

rising up proudly ^ein His great might?

It is I, proclaiming vindication, ^f

powerful to save.

²Why are Your clothes red,

and Your garments like one who treads a winepress? ^g

³I trampled the winepress alone,

and no one from the nations was with Me.

I trampled them in My anger

and ground them underfoot in My fury;

their blood spattered My garments,

and all My clothes were stained.

⁴For I planned the day of vengeance, ^hi

and the year of My redemption ^jcame.

⁵I looked, but there was no one to help, ^k

and I was amazed that no one assisted;

so My arm accomplished victory for Me,

and My wrath assisted Me.

⁶I crushed nations in My anger;

I made them drunk with My wrath ^l

and poured out their blood on the ground. ^m