10 Go through,
Go through the gates!
(A)Prepare the way for the people;
Build up,
Build up the highway!
Take out the stones,
(B)Lift up a banner for the peoples!

11 Indeed the Lord has proclaimed
To the end of the world:
(C)“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Surely your salvation is coming;
Behold, His (D)reward is with Him,
And His [a]work before Him.’ ”
12 And they shall call them The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord;
And you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.

The Lord in Judgment and Salvation

63 Who is this who comes from Edom,
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
This One who is [b]glorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength?—

“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

Why (E)is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?

“I have (F)trodden the winepress alone,
And from the peoples no one was with Me.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.
For the (G)day of vengeance is in My heart,
And the year of My redeemed has come.
(H)I looked, but (I)there was no one to help,
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own (J)arm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.
I have trodden down the peoples in My anger,
Made them drunk in My fury,
And brought down their strength to the earth.”

God’s Mercy Remembered

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord
And the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies,
According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.
For He said, “Surely they are My people,
Children who will not lie.”
So He became their Savior.
(K)In all their affliction He was [c]afflicted,
(L)And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
(M)In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And (N)He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:11 recompense
  2. Isaiah 63:1 Or adorned
  3. Isaiah 63:9 Kt., LXX, Syr. not afflicted

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