Isaiah 62:8–63:6

⁸The Lord has made a promise,

and by his power he will keep his promise.

He said, “I will never again give your grain

as food to your enemies.

I will not let your enemies drink the new wine

that you have worked to make.

⁹Those who gather food will eat it,

and they will praise the Lord.

Those who gather the grapes will drink the wine

in the courts of my Temple.”

¹⁰Go through, go through the gates!

Make the way ready for the people.

Build up, build up the road!

Move all the stones off the road.

Raise the banner as a sign for the people.

¹¹The Lord is speaking

to all the faraway lands:

“Tell the people of Jerusalem,

‘Look, your Savior is coming.

He is bringing your reward to you;

he is bringing his payment with him.’ ”

¹²His people will be called the Holy People,

the Saved People of the Lord,

and Jerusalem will be called the City God Wants,

the City God Has Not Rejected.

The Lord Judges His People

63Who is this coming from Edom,

from the city of Bozrah, dressed in red?

Who is this dressed in fine clothes

and marching forward with his great power?

He says, “I, the Lord, speak what is right.

I have the power to save you.”

²Someone asks, “Why are your clothes bright red

as if you had walked on the grapes to make wine?”

³The Lord answers, “I have walked in the winepress alone,

and no one among the nations helped me.

I was angry and walked on the nations

and crushed them because of my anger.

Blood splashed on my clothes,

and I stained all my clothing.

⁴I chose a time to punish people,

and the time has come for me to save.

⁵I looked around, but I saw no one to help me.

I was surprised that no one supported me.

So I used my own power to save my people;

my own anger supported me.

⁶While I was angry, I walked on the nations.

In my anger I punished them

and poured their blood on the ground.”