Isaiah 62:8–63:6

⁸The Lord has sworn^g by his right hand

and by his mighty arm:

“Never again will I give your grain^h

as food for your enemies,

and never again will foreigners drink the new wine

for which you have toiled;

⁹but 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

¹⁰Pass 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.

¹¹The 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

¹²They will be called^s the Holy People,^t

the Redeemed^u of the Lord;

and you will be called Sought After,

the City No Longer Deserted.^v

God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption

63Who 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

²Why are your garments red,

like those of one treading the winepress?^b

³“I have trodden the winepress^c alone;

from the nations no one was with me.

I trampled^d them in my anger

and trod them down in my wrath;^e

their blood spattered my garments,^f

and I stained all my clothing.

⁴It was for me the day of vengeance;^g

the year for me to redeem had come.

⁵I looked, but there was no one^h 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

⁶I trampled^k the nations in my anger;

in my wrath I made them drunk^l

and poured their blood^m on the ground.”