Isaiah 62:1–64:12
62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,o
for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindicationp shines out like the dawn,q
her salvationr like a blazing torch.
2 The nationss will see your vindication,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new namet
that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
3 You will be a crownu of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No longer will they call you Deserted,v
or name your land Desolate.w
But you will be called Hephzibah,a x
and your land Beulahb;
for the Lord will take delighty in you,
and your land will be married.z
5 As a young man marries a young woman,
so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegrooma rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoiceb over you.
6 I have posted watchmenc on your walls, Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
give yourselves no rest,d
7 and give him no reste till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praisef of the earth.
8 The Lord has sworng by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grainh
as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
for which you have toiled;
9 but those who harvest it will eati it
and praise the Lord,j
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary.”k
10 Pass through, pass through the gates!l
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!m
Remove the stones.
Raise a bannern for the nations.
11 The Lord has made proclamation
to the ends of the earth:o
“Say to Daughter Zion,p
‘See, your Savior comes!q
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.’ ”r
12 They will be calleds the Holy People,t
the Redeemedu of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
the City No Longer Deserted.v
God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption
63 Who is this coming from Edom,w
from Bozrah,x with his garments stained crimson?y
Who is this, robed in splendor,
striding forward in the greatness of his strength?z
“It is I, proclaiming victory,
mighty to save.”a
like those of one treading the winepress?b
3 “I have trodden the winepressc alone;
from the nations no one was with me.
I trampledd them in my anger
and trod them down in my wrath;e
their blood spattered my garments,f
and I stained all my clothing.
4 It was for me the day of vengeance;g
the year for me to redeem had come.
5 I looked, but there was no oneh to help,
I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own armi achieved salvation for me,
and my own wrath sustained me.j
6 I trampledk the nations in my anger;
in my wrath I made them drunkl
and poured their bloodm on the ground.”
7 I will tell of the kindnessesn of the Lord,
the deeds for which he is to be praised,
according to all the Lord has done for us—
yes, the many good thingso
he has done for Israel,
according to his compassionp and many kindnesses.
8 He said, “Surely they are my people,q
children who will be true to me”;
and so he became their Savior.r
9 In all their distress he too was distressed,
and the angels of his presencet saved them.a
In his love and mercy he redeemedu them;
he lifted them up and carriedv them
all the days of old.w
10 Yet they rebelledx
and grieved his Holy Spirit.y
So he turned and became their enemyz
and he himself foughta against them.
11 Then his people recalledb the days of old,
the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,b
with the shepherd of his flock?c
Where is he who set
his Holy Spiritd among them,
12 who sent his glorious arme of power
to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the watersf before them,
to gain for himself everlasting renown,g
13 who ledh them through the depths?i
Like a horse in open country,
they did not stumble;j
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
they were given restk by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
to make for yourself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heavenl and see,
from your lofty throne,m holy and glorious.
Where are your zealn and your might?
Your tenderness and compassiono are withheldp from us.
16 But you are our Father,q
though Abraham does not know us
or Israel acknowledger us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
our Redeemers from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wandert from your ways
and harden our heartsu so we do not reverev you?
Returnw for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.x
18 For a little whiley your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have trampledz down your sanctuary.a
but you have not ruled over them,
they have not been calledc by your name.b
64 a Oh, that you would rend the heavensc and come down,d
that the mountainse would tremble before you!
2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze
and causes water to boil,
come down to make your namef known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quakeg before you!
3 For when you did awesomeh things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembledi before you.
4 Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,j
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.k
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,l
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
you were angry.m
How then can we be saved?
6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,n
and all our righteouso acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,p
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.q
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hiddent your face from us
and have given us overu tob our sins.
8 Yet you, Lord, are our Father.v
We are the clay, you are the potter;w
we are all the work of your hand.x
9 Do not be angryy beyond measure, Lord;
do not remember our sinsz forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
for we are all your people.a
10 Your sacred citiesb have become a wasteland;
even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.c
11 Our holy and glorious temple,d where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned with fire,
and all that we treasurede lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?f
Will you keep silentg and punish us beyond measure?