Isaiah 62:8–63:6

^8aThe Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,

“I will ^bnever again give your grain as food for your enemies;

Nor will ¹foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

⁹But those who ^agarner it will eat it and praise the Lord;

And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.

¹⁰Go through, ^ago through the gates,

Clear the way ¹for the people;

^bBuild up, build up the ^chighway,

Remove the stones, lift up a ^dstandard over the peoples.

¹¹Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the ^aend of the earth,

^bSay to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your ^csalvation comes;

^dBehold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”

¹²And they will call them, “^aThe holy people,

The ^bredeemed of the Lord”;

And you will be called, “Sought out, a city ^cnot forsaken.”

Chapter 63

God’s Vengeance on the Nations

¹Who is this who comes from ^aEdom,

With ^bgarments of ¹glowing colors from ^cBozrah,

This One who is majestic in His apparel,

²Marching in the greatness of His strength?

“It is I who speak in righteousness, ^dmighty to save.”

²Why is Your apparel 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 anger

And ^ctrampled them in My wrath;

And ^dtheir ¹lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,

And I ²stained all My raiment.

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 anger

And made them ^bdrunk in My wrath,

And I ¹poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”