Isaiah 63 – NIRV & NIVUK

New International Reader’s Version

Isaiah 63:1-19

God Will Save His People and Punish Their Enemies

1Who is this man coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom?

His clothes are stained bright red.

Who is he? He is dressed up in all his glory.

He is marching toward us with great strength.

The Lord answers, “It is I.

I have won the battle.

I am mighty.

I have saved my people.”

2Why are your clothes red?

They look as if you have been stomping

on grapes in a winepress.

3The Lord answers, “I have been stomping on the nations

as if they were grapes.

No one was there to help me.

I walked all over the nations because I was angry.

That is why I stomped on them.

Their blood splashed all over my clothes.

So my clothes were stained bright red.

4I decided it was time to pay back Israel’s enemies.

The year for me to set my people free had come.

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

I was shocked that no one gave me any help.

So I used my own power to save my people.

I had the strength to do it because I was angry.

6I walked all over the nations because I was angry with them.

I made them drink from the cup of my great anger.

I poured out their blood on the ground.”

Isaiah Praises the Lord and Prays to Him

7I will talk about the kind things the Lord has done.

I’ll praise him for everything he’s done for us.

He has done many good things

for the nation of Israel.

That’s because he loves us and is very kind to us.

8In the past he said, “They are my people.

They are children who will be faithful to me.”

So he saved them.

9When they suffered, he suffered with them.

He sent his angel to save them.

He set them free because he is loving and kind.

He lifted them up and carried them.

He did it again and again in days long ago.

10But they refused to obey him.

They made his Holy Spirit sad.

So he turned against them and became their enemy.

He himself fought against them.

11Then his people remembered what he did long ago.

They recalled the days of Moses and his people.

They asked, “Where is the God who brought

Israel through the Red Sea?

Moses led them as the shepherd of his flock.

Where is the God who put

his Holy Spirit among them?

12He used his glorious and powerful arm

to help Moses.

He parted the waters of the sea in front of them.

That mighty act made him famous forever.

13He led them through that deep sea.

Like a horse in open country,

they didn’t trip and fall.

14They were like cattle that are taken down to the plains.

They were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.”

That’s how he guided his people.

So he made a glorious name for himself.

15Lord, look down from heaven.

Look down from your holy and glorious throne.

Where is your great love for us?

Where is your power?

Why don’t you show us

your tender love and concern?

16You are our Father.

Abraham might not accept us as his children.

Jacob might not recognize us as his family.

But you are our Father, Lord.

Your name is One Who Always Sets Us Free.

17Lord, why do you let us wander away from you?

Why do you let us become so stubborn

that we don’t respect you?

Come back and help us.

We are the tribes that belong to you.

18For a little while your holy people possessed the land.

But now our enemies have torn your temple down.

19We are like people you never ruled over.

We are like those who don’t belong to you.

New International Version – UK

Isaiah 63:1-19

God’s day of vengeance and redemption

1Who is this coming from Edom,

from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson?

Who is this, robed in splendour,

striding forward in the greatness of his strength?

‘It is I, proclaiming victory,

mighty to save.’

2Why are your garments red,

like those of one treading the winepress?

3‘I have trodden the winepress alone;

from the nations no-one was with me.

I trampled them in my anger

and trod them down in my wrath;

their blood spattered my garments,

and I stained all my clothing.

4It was for me the day of vengeance;

the year for me to redeem had come.

5I looked, but there was no-one to help,

I was appalled that no-one gave support;

so my own arm achieved salvation for me,

and my own wrath sustained me.

6I trampled the nations in my anger;

in my wrath I made them drunk

and poured their blood on the ground.’

Praise and prayer

7I will tell of the kindnesses 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 things

he has done for Israel,

according to his compassion and many kindnesses.

8He said, ‘Surely they are my people,

children who will be true to me’;

and so he became their Saviour.

9In all their distress he too was distressed,

and the angel of his presence saved them.63:9 Or Saviour 9 in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them

In his love and mercy he redeemed them;

he lifted them up and carried them

all the days of old.

10Yet they rebelled

and grieved his Holy Spirit.

So he turned and became their enemy

and he himself fought against them.

11Then his people recalled63:11 Or But may he recall the days of old,

the days of Moses and his people –

where is he who brought them through the sea,

with the shepherd of his flock?

Where is he who set

his Holy Spirit among them,

12who sent his glorious arm of power

to be at Moses’ right hand,

who divided the waters before them,

to gain for himself everlasting renown,

13who led them through the depths?

Like a horse in open country,

they did not stumble;

14like cattle that go down to the plain,

they were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.

This is how you guided your people

to make for yourself a glorious name.

15Look down from heaven and see,

from your lofty throne, holy and glorious.

Where are your zeal and your might?

Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.

16But you are our Father,

though Abraham does not know us

or Israel acknowledge us;

you, Lord, are our Father,

our Redeemer from of old is your name.

17Why, Lord, do you make us wander from your ways

and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?

Return for the sake of your servants,

the tribes that are your inheritance.

18For a little while your people possessed your holy place,

but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.

19We are yours from of old;

but you have not ruled over them,

they have not been called63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called by your name.