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or coriander or clothing">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“I have trodden the winepress alone,</p> <p class="poetry2">and from my people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read from the peoples ">b</a></span> no one was with me,</p> <p class="poetry2">I trampled them in my anger</p> <p class="poetry2">and trod them down in my wrath;</p> <p class="poetry2">their lifeblood spattered on my garments,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:3 So 1QIsab MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks I trampled…my garment">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and I stained<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT verb I stained is problematic.">d</a></span> all my clothing.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“For the day of vengeance was in my heart,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the year for my redeeming work had come.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I looked, but there was no helper,</p> <p class="poetry2">I was appalled that there was no one to give support;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:5 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read to support me">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">so my own arm<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:5 i.e. the Messiah">f</a></span> brought me victory,</p> <p class="poetry2">and as for my wrath, it supported me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I trampled people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:6 Lit. peoples">g</a></span> in my anger;</p> <p class="poetry2">in my wrath I made them drunk</p> <p class="poetry2">and I poured out their lifeblood on the ground.”</p> <p class="heading">God’s Grace to Israel</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will recount the gracious deeds of the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">the praiseworthy acts of the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">according to all the LORD has done for us—</p> <p class="poetry2">yes, the great goodness to the house of Israel</p> <p class="poetry2">that he has granted them according to his mercy,</p> <p class="poetry2">according to the abundance of his gracious love.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For he said, “Surely they are my people,</p> <p class="poetry2">children who won’t act falsely.”</p> <p class="poetry2">And so he became their savior.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>In all their distress he wasn’t distressed,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:9 So 1QIsaa MT; some MTmss read he was distressed.">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">but the angel of his presence saved them;</p> <p class="poetry2">in his acts of love<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads in his love; LXX reads because of his love for them">i</a></span> and in his acts<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads act of pity">j</a></span> of pity he redeemed them;</p> <p class="poetry2">he carried them and lifted them up<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read lifted them up and carried them">k</a></span> all the days of old.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet they rebelled</p> <p class="poetry2">and grieved his Holy Spirit;</p> <p class="poetry2">so he changed and became their enemy,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and">l</a></span> he himself fought against them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:11 i.e. his people">m</a></span> remembered the days of old,</p> <p class="poetry2">of Moses his servant.</p> <p class="poetry2">Where is the one who brought up<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads brought them up">n</a></span> out of the sea</p> <p class="poetry2">the<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads with the">o</a></span> shepherds of his flock?</p> <p class="poetry2">Where is the one who put his Holy Spirit among them,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and">p</a></span> who made his glorious arm<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:12 i.e. the Meessiah; lit. arm of his glories; so 1QIsaa; MT reads arm of his glory">q</a></span> march at Moses’ right hand,</p> <p class="poetry2">who divided the waters in front of them</p> <p class="poetry2">to win<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read to win for himself ">r</a></span> an everlasting name,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>who led them through the depths?</p> <p class="poetry2">Like a horse in the open desert,</p> <p class="poetry2">they did not stumble;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>like cattle that go down into the valley,</p> <p class="poetry2">the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest.</p> <p class="poetry2">For<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read This is how">s</a></span> you led your people,</p> <p class="poetry2">to win for yourself a glorious name.</p> <p class="heading">God the Father</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Look down from heaven, and see</p> <p class="poetry2">from your holy and glorious dwelling.</p> <p class="poetry2">Where are your zeal and your might?</p> <p class="poetry2">Where are the yearning of your heart and your compassion?</p> <p class="poetry2">They are held back from me.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But you are our Father,</p> <p class="poetry2">even<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:16 Lit. and; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX read but or although">t</a></span> Abraham does not know us</p> <p class="poetry2">and Israel has not acknowledged<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads Israel does not acknowledge">u</a></span> us;</p> <p class="poetry2">you are he,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:16 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read you">v</a></span> O LORD, our Father,</p> <p class="poetry2">from long ago, ‘Our Redeemer’ is your name.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Why, LORD, do you make us wander<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:17 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read do you make us wander, LORD">w</a></span> from your ways</p> <p class="poetry2">and harden our hearts, so that we do not fear you?</p> <p class="poetry2">Turn back for the sake of your servants,</p> <p class="poetry2">for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Your holy people took possession<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="63:18 So 1QIsaa (sing.); MT is pl.; LXX reads so that we may take possession">x</a></span> for a little while,</p> <p class="poetry2">but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/63-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For a long time we have been those you do not rule,</p> <p class="poetry2">those who are not called by your name.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 63:2 So 1QIsaa; or <i>coriander</i> or <i>clothing</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 63:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read <i>from the peoples</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 63:3 So 1QIsab MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks <i>I trampled…my garment</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 63:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT verb <i>I stained</i> is problematic.<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 63:5 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read <i>to support me</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 63:5 i.e. <i>the Messiah</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 63:6 Lit. <i>peoples</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 63:9 So 1QIsaa MT; some MTmss read <i>he was distressed</i>.<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 63:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>in his love</i>; LXX reads <i>because of his love for them</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 63:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>act of pity</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 63:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read <i>lifted them up and carried them</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 63:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 63:11 i.e. <i>his people</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 63:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; 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