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UST ISA Chapter 63

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63 Someone asks, “Who is this person coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom

whose clothes are red with blood stains?

Who is this person wearing such splendid clothing

who is marching forward with great strength?”

One replies, “I am Yahweh! I declare what is right,

and I have the power to save people.”

2 Someone asks, “Why are your clothes so red?

You look as if you have been crushing grapes in a winepress.”

3 One replies, “I have crushed enemy nations as if they were grapes,

and I did it alone. No one else helped me.

Because I was very angry, I stomped on them and destroyed them.

Their blood splashed onto my clothes,

and it stained everything I was wearing.

4 I did this because I had planned to punish them at a certain time.

It was time for me to rescue my people.

5 I looked around, but no one was there to help.

It shocked me that no one would support me.

So I used my own power to win the victory.

My fierce anger motivated me.

6 Because I was very angry, I destroyed those enemy nations.

I made them stagger helplessly,

and their blood poured out onto the ground.”

7 I will tell about how Yahweh loves us faithfully.

I will praise him for everything he has done for us.

Yahweh has been very good to the people of Israel

because he faithfully loves us so much.

So he has treated us mercifully.

8 Yahweh said, “Certainly these are my people.

They are my spiritual children, so they will not betray me.”

So he saved them.

9 When they suffered, he shared in their distress.

He sent an angel representing him, and that angel saved them.

Because he loved them and was kind to them,

he rescued them.

He strengthened them and supported them

throughout that time long ago.

10 But for their part, they rebelled against him.

They made his Holy Spirit very sad.

So he acted as if he were their enemy;

he himself fought against them.

11 Then his people remembered what had happened long before, in the time of Moses.

They cried out, “We need the help of the one

who brought our ancestors through the Sea of Reeds

with Moses, Aaron, and Miriam as their leaders!

We need the help of the one who sent

his Holy Spirit to be with them!

12 He is the one who worked alongside Moses by his great power.

He is the one who made a dry path for them through the Sea of Reeds.

In that way, he gained a lasting reputation.

13 He is the one who led them through the depths of the sea.

They did not stumble as they walked through it,

just as horses do not stumble when they run across open country.

14 Just as cattle go down into a valley to find pasture,

Yahweh’s Spirit gave them a place to rest.

That is how you led your people, Yahweh,

and gained a glorious reputation for yourself.

15 Yahweh, please look down from your holy and glorious home in heaven

and consider our situation.

We need you to be eager to help us and to act powerfully on our behalf.

But you no longer seem to feel sorry for us and want to help us.

16 You are the true ancestor of our nation.

Even if Abraham and Jacob did not acknowledge us

as their descendants,

you, Yahweh, would be our ancestor.

People have always recognized you as the one who rescues us.

17 Yahweh, we do not understand why you have allowed us to stop obeying you.

We do not understand why you have allowed us to become unwilling to respect you.

Please help us again,

since we are people who serve you.

We are the tribes that belong to you.

18 We people who belong to you

lived in the land you gave us for only a short time.

Then our enemies came and destroyed your temple.

19 We have become like people whom you never ruled.

It is as if we never belonged to you.