Isaiah 63

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¹Who is this who comes from Edom, from the city of Bozrah, with his clothing stained red? Who is this in royal robes, marching in his great strength? “It is I, the Lord, announcing your salvation! It is I, the Lord, who has the power to save!” ✦ ²Why are your clothes so red, as if you have been treading out grapes? ✦ ³“I have been treading the winepress alone; no one was there to help me. In my anger I have trampled my enemies as if they were grapes. In my fury I have trampled my foes. Their blood has stained my clothes. ✦ ⁴For the time has come for me to avenge my people, to ransom them from their oppressors. ✦ ⁵I was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm, and my wrath sustained me. ✦ ⁶I crushed the nations in my anger and made them stagger and fall to the ground, spilling their blood upon the earth.” ✦ ⁷I will tell of the Lord’s unfailing love. I will praise the Lord for all he has done. I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love. ✦ ⁸He said, “They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again.” And he became their Savior. ✦ ⁹In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years. ✦ ¹⁰But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them. ✦ ¹¹Then they remembered those days of old when Moses led his people out of Egypt. They cried out, “Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea, with Moses as their shepherd? Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit to be among his people? ✦ ¹²Where is the one whose power was displayed when Moses lifted up his hand— the one who divided the sea before them, making himself famous forever? ✦ ¹³Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling. ✦ ¹⁴As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. You led your people, Lord, and gained a magnificent reputation.” ✦ ¹⁵Lord, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now? ✦ ¹⁶Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, Lord, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past. ✦ ¹⁷Lord, why have you allowed us to turn from your path? Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you? Return and help us, for we are your servants, the tribes that are your special possession. ✦ ¹⁸How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it. ✦ ¹⁹Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Neh 9 ·12 Ps 78 ·8 Isa 63 ·8 Isa 51 ·6 Exod 14 ·5 Ps 107 ·4 Isa 41 ·4 Rev 19 ·4

Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 63 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical
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★ Start hereCommentaryThe Book of Isaiah (NICOT)John N. Oswalt · Paid · evangelical
The standard evangelical commentary on Isaiah — thorough and devotionally warm.

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VideoBibleProject — Isaiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
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CommentaryEnduring Word — Isaiah 63David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on IsaiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Isaiah 63Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free
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