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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 63 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/63.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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64">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Lord's Victory over the Nations</h3>1<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Who is this comingfrom Bozrah<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> in Edomwith clothes stained red?Who is this hero marchingin his glorious uniform?“It's me, the Lord!I have won the battle,and I can save you!”2What are those red spots?Your clothes look stainedfrom trampling on grapes.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 3<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> “I alone trampled the grapes!None of the nations helped.I trampled nations in my angerand stained my clotheswith their blood.4I did this because I wantedto take revenge—the time had cometo rescue my people.5<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> No one was there to help meor to give support;my mighty arm won the battle,strengthened by my anger.6In my fury I trampled on nationsand made them drunk;their blood poured outeverywhere on earth.”<h3 class="s1">The Lord's Goodness to His People</h3>7I will tell about the kind deedsthe Lord has done.They deserve praise!The Lord has shown mercyto the people of Israel;he has been kind and good.8The Lord rescued his people,and said, “They are mine.They won't betray me.”9It troubled the Lordto see them in trouble,and his angel saved them.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> The Lord was truly merciful,so he rescued his people.He took them in his armsand carried them all those years.10Then the Lord's peopleturned against him and madehis Holy Spirit sad.So he became their enemyand attacked them.11But his people rememberedwhat had happenedduring the time of Moses.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> Didn't the Lord<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.11!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> bring themand their leaderssafely through the sea?Didn't he<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.11!f.3" class="notelink f-link">+</a> give themhis Holy Spirit?12<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> The glorious power of the Lordmarched beside Moses.The Lord will be praised foreverfor dividing the sea.13He led his people acrosslike horses running wildwithout stumbling.14His Spirit gave them rest,just as cattle find restwhen led into a valley.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> The name of the Lord was praisedfor doing these things.<h3 class="s1">A Prayer for Mercy and Help</h3>15Please, Lord, look downfrom your holy and glorioushome in the heavensand see what's going on.Have you lost interest?Where is your power?Show that you care about us<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and have mercy!16<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Our ancestors Abraham and Jacobhave both rejected us.But you are still our Father;you have been our protectorsince ancient times.17Why did you make us turn awayfrom you, our Lord?Why did you make us wantto disobey you?Please change your mind!We are your servants,your very own people.18For a little while,your temple belonged to us;<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.63.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and now our enemieshave torn it down.19We act as though youhad never ruled usor called us your people.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">63.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Bozrah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The main city of Edom.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">63.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">trampling on grapes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This is one way that grapes were crushed to make them into juice.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">63.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">It … them: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">63.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">But … Moses: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">63.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the <char style="nd">Lord</char>: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Moses.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">63.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">he: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Moses.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">63.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">His … valley: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">63.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">us: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “me.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">63.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">For … us: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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