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         <div class="label">63</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Vengeance on Edom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is this that comes from Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">from Bozrah in garments stained crimson?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">Who is this so splendidly robed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">marching in his great might?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">&#8220;It is I, announcing vindication,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">mighty to save.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.63.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why are your robes red,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.63.2"><span class="content">and your garments like theirs who tread the wine press?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.63.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have trodden the wine press alone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">and from the peoples no one was with me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">I trod them in my anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">and trampled them in my wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">their juice spattered on my garments,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">and stained all my robes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.63.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the day of vengeance was in my heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.63.4"><span class="content">and the year for my redeeming work had come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.63.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I looked, but there was no helper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">I stared, but there was no one to sustain me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">so my own arm brought me victory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">and my wrath sustained me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I trampled down peoples in my anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="content">I crushed them in my wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="content">and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God's Mercy Remembered</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will recount the gracious deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">the praiseworthy acts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">because of all that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done for us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">and the great favor to the house of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">that he has shown them according to his mercy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">according to the abundance of his steadfast love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For he said, &#8220;Surely they are my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="content">children who will not deal falsely&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="content">and he became their savior</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">in all their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">It was no messenger</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63.9 </span><span class="ft">Gk: Heb </span><span class="fq">anguish</span></span></span><span class="content"> or angel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">but his presence that saved them;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63.9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fq">savior. In all their distress he was distressed; the angel of his presence saved them;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But they rebelled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">and grieved his holy spirit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">therefore he became their enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">he himself fought against them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then they</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63.11 </span><span class="ft">Heb </span><span class="fq">he</span></span></span><span class="content"> remembered the days of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">of Moses his servant.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63.11 </span><span class="ft">Cn: Heb </span><span class="fq">his people</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">with the shepherds of his flock?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">Where is the one who put within them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">his holy spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">who caused his glorious arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">to march at the right hand of Moses,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">who divided the waters before them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">to make for himself an everlasting name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who led them through the depths?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="content">Like a horse in the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="content">they did not stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Like cattle that go down into the valley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">the spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave them rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">Thus you led your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">to make for yourself a glorious name.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prayer of Penitence</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Look down from heaven and see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">from your holy and glorious habitation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">Where are your zeal and your might?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">The yearning of your heart and your compassion?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">They are withheld from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For you are our father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">though Abraham does not know us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">and Israel does not acknowledge us;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">you, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are our father;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">our Redeemer from of old is your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Why, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do you make us stray from your ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">and harden our heart, so that we do not fear you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">Turn back for the sake of your servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.63.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Your holy people took possession for a little while;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.63.18"><span class="content">but now our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.63.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.63.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">We have long been like those whom you do not rule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.63.19"><span class="content">like those not called by your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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“Who is this that comes from Edom,
from Bozrah in garments stained crimson?
Who is this so splendidly robed,
marching in his great might?”

“It is I, announcing vindication,
mighty to save.”

“Why are your robes red,
and your garments like theirs who tread the wine press?”

“I have trodden the wine press alone,
and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their juice spattered on my garments,
and stained all my robes.
For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and the year for my redeeming work had come.
I looked, but there was no helper;
I stared, but there was no one to sustain me;
so my own arm brought me victory,
and my wrath sustained me.
I trampled down peoples in my anger,
I crushed them in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”


I will recount the gracious deeds of the LORD,
the praiseworthy acts of the LORD,
because of all that the LORD has done for us,
and the great favor to the house of Israel
that he has shown them according to his mercy,
according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
For he said, “Surely they are my people,
children who will not deal falsely”;
and he became their savior
in all their distress.
It was no messenger or angel
but his presence that saved them;
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

But they rebelled
and grieved his holy spirit;
therefore he became their enemy;
he himself fought against them.
Then they remembered the days of old,
of Moses his servant.
Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea
with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is the one who put within them
his holy spirit,
who caused his glorious arm
to march at the right hand of Moses,
who divided the waters before them
to make for himself an everlasting name,
who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
they did not stumble.
Like cattle that go down into the valley,
the spirit of the LORD gave them rest.
Thus you led your people,
to make for yourself a glorious name.

Look down from heaven and see,
from your holy and glorious habitation.
Where are your zeal and your might?
The yearning of your heart and your compassion?
They are withheld from me.
For you are our father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O LORD, are our father;
our Redeemer from of old is your name.
Why, O LORD, do you make us stray from your ways
and harden our heart, so that we do not fear you?
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.
Your holy people took possession for a little while;
but now our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
We have long been like those whom you do not rule,
like those not called by your name.

සවන් දෙන්න Isaiah 63