Isaiah 63 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

God's Vengeance on the Nations

Isa 63:1'Who is this coming from Edom? With dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is honourable in his clothing, Travelling in the abundance of his power?' -- 'I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.'

Isa 63:2

Isa 63:2'Wherefore is thy clothing red? And thy garments as treading in a wine fat?'

Isa 63:3

Isa 63:3-- 'A wine-press I have trodden by myself, And of the peoples there is no one with me, And I tread them in mine anger, And I trample them in my fury, Sprinkled is their strength on my garments, And all my clothing I have polluted.

Isa 63:4

Isa 63:4For the day of vengeance is in my heart, And the year of my redeemed hath come.

Isa 63:5

Isa 63:5And I look attentively, and there is none helping, And I am astonished that there is none supporting, And give salvation to me doth mine own arm. And my wrath -- it hath supported me.

Isa 63:6

Isa 63:6And I tread down peoples in mine anger, And I make them drunk in my fury, And I bring down to earth their strength.

God's Ancient Mercies Recalled

Isa 63:7

Isa 63:7The kind acts of Jehovah I make mention of, The praises of Jehovah, According to all that Jehovah hath done for us, And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, That He hath done for them, According to His mercies, And according to the abundance of His kind acts.

Isa 63:8

Isa 63:8And He saith, Only My people they are, Sons -- they lie not, and He is to them for a saviour.

Isa 63:9

Isa 63:9In all their distress He is no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.

Isa 63:10

Isa 63:10And they have rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit, And He turneth to them for an enemy, He Himself hath fought against them.

Isa 63:11

Isa 63:11And He remembereth the days of old, Moses -- his people. Where is He who is bringing them up from the sea, The shepherd of his flock? Where is He who is putting in its midst His Holy Spirit?

Isa 63:12

Isa 63:12Leading by the right hand of Moses, the arm of His glory, Cleaving waters from before them, To make to Himself a name age-during.

Isa 63:13

Isa 63:13Leading them through the depths, As a horse in a plain they stumble not.

Isa 63:14

Isa 63:14As a beast into a valley goeth down, The Spirit of Jehovah causeth him to rest, So hast Thou led Thy people, To make to Thyself a glorious name.

"You Are Our Father"

Isa 63:15

Isa 63:15Look attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where is Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves.

Isa 63:16

Isa 63:16For Thou art our Father, For Abraham hath not known us, And Israel doth not acknowledge us, Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, Our redeemer from the age, is Thy name.

Isa 63:17

Isa 63:17Why causest Thou us to wander, O Jehovah, from Thy ways? Thou hardenest our heart from Thy fear, Turn back for Thy servants' sake, The tribes of Thine inheritance.

Isa 63:18

Isa 63:18For a little while did Thy holy people possess, Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.

Isa 63:19

Isa 63:19We have been from of old, Thou hast not ruled over them, Not called is Thy name upon them!

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Isaiah 63 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

God's Vengeance on the Nations

God's Ancient Mercies Recalled

"You Are Our Father"

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