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Isaiah 63:1 Context: Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save."
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<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>“I have trodden the wine trough alone,<br> And from the peoples there was no man with Me.<br> I also trod them in My anger<br> And trampled them in My wrath;<br> And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,<br> And I stained all My raiment. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>“For the day of vengeance was in My heart,<br> And My year of redemption has come. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>“I looked, and there was no one to help,<br> And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;<br> So My own arm brought salvation to Me,<br> And My wrath upheld Me. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>“I trod down the peoples in My anger<br> And made them drunk in My wrath,<br> And I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.” <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>God’s Ancient Mercies Recalled</i></b></font><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>I shall make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, the praises of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br> According to all that the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has granted us,<br> And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,<br> Which He has granted them according to His compassion<br> And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>For He said, “Surely, they are My people,<br> Sons who will not deal falsely.”<br> So He became their Savior. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>In all their affliction He was afflicted,<br> And the angel of His presence saved them;<br> In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,<br> And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>But they rebelled<br> And grieved His Holy Spirit;<br> Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,<br> He fought against them. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.<br> Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of His flock?<br> Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the midst of them, <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,<br> Who divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name, <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Who led them through the depths?<br> Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble; <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>As the cattle which go down into the valley,<br> The Spirit of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> gave them rest.<br> So You led Your people,<br> To make for Yourself a glorious name. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>“You Are Our Father”</i></b></font><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious habitation;<br> Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds?<br> The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us<br> And Israel does not recognize us.<br> You, O L<font size="1">ORD</font>, are our Father,<br> Our Redeemer from of old is Your name. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Why, O L<font size="1">ORD</font>, do You cause us to stray from Your ways<br> And harden our heart from fearing You?<br> Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,<br> Our adversaries have trodden <i>it</i> down. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/63-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>We have become <i>like</i> those over whom You have never ruled,<br> <i>Like</i> those who were not called by Your name. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/63.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/63.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his robe, walking in the greatness of his strength. I, that speak justice, and am a defender to save. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/isaiah/63.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/63.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/63.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/63.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/63.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.'<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/mighty_to_save.htm">Mighty to Save</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Mighty to save.'--ISAIAH lxiii. 1. We have here a singularly vivid and dramatic prophecy, thrown into the form of a dialogue between the prophet and a stranger whom he sees from afar striding along from the mountains of Edom, with elastic step, and dyed garments. The prophet does not recognise him, and asks who he is. The Unknown answers, 'I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.' Another question follows, seeking explanation of the splashed crimson garments of the stranger, and its answer <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/mighty_to_save.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_sympathy_of_god.htm">The Sympathy of God</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'In all their afflictions He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them'--ISAIAH lxiii. 9. I. The wonderful glimpse opened here into the heart of God. It is not necessary to touch upon the difference between the text and margin of the Revised Version, or to enter on the reason for preferring the former. And what a deep and wonderful thought that is, of divine sympathy with human sorrow! We feel that this transcends the prevalent tone of the Old Testament. It is made the more striking <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_sympathy_of_god.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_winepress_and_its_treader.htm">The Winepress and Its Treader</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone.'--ISAIAH lxiii. 2, 3. The structure of these closing chapters is chronological, and this is the final scene. What follows is epilogue. The reference of this magnificent imagery to the sufferings of Jesus is a complete misapprehension. These sufferings were dealt with once for all in chapter liii., and it is Messiah triumphant who has filled the prophet's vision since <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_winepress_and_its_treader.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/a_mighty_saviour.htm">A Mighty Saviour</a><br></span><span class="snippet">That he is mighty we need not inform you; for as readers of the Scriptures you all believe in the might and majesty of the Incarnate Son of God. You believe him to be the Regent of providence, the King of death, the Conqueror of hell, the Lord of angels, the Master of storms, and the God of battles, and, therefore, you can need no proof that he is mighty. The subject of this morning is one part of his mightiness. He is "mighty to save." May God the Holy Spirit help us in briefly entering upon this <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/a_mighty_saviour.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_38_1892/where_is_the_lord.htm">Where is the Lord?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Then he remembered the days of old Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_38_1892/where_is_the_lord.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 38: 1892</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/exposition_of_chap_iii_ii.htm">Exposition of Chap. Iii. (ii. 28-32. )</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Ver. 1. "And it shall come to pass, afterwards, I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions." The communication of the Spirit of God was the constant prerogative of the Covenant-people. Indeed, the very idea of such a people necessarily requires it. For the Spirit of God is the only inward bond betwixt Him and that which is created; a Covenant-people, therefore, without such an inward <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/exposition_of_chap_iii_ii.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—</span><span class="citation2">Christology of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/x_organic_and_individual.htm">Organic and Individual. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Where is He that put His Holy Spirit among them?" --Isa. lxiii. 11. The subsequent activity of the Holy Spirit lies in the realm of grace. In nature the Spirit of God appears as creating, in grace as re-creating. We call it re-creation, because God's grace creates not something inherently new, but a new life in an old and degraded nature. But this must not be understood as tho grace restored only what sin had destroyed. For then the child of God, born anew and sanctified, must be as Adam was in <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/x_organic_and_individual.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Abraham Kuyper—</span><span class="citation2">The Work of the Holy Spirit</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxxiv_temporary_hardening.htm">Temporary Hardening. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Lord, why hast Thou hardened our heart? "--Isa. lxiii. 17. That there is a hardening of heart which culminates in the sin against the Holy Spirit can not be denied. When dealing with spiritual things we must take account of it; for it is one of the most fearful instruments of the divine wrath. For, whether we say that Satan or David or the Lord tempted the king, it amounts to the same thing. The cause is always in man's sin; and in each of these three cases the destructive fatality whereby sin poisons <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxxiv_temporary_hardening.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Abraham Kuyper—</span><span class="citation2">The Work of the Holy Spirit</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/the_five_books_against_marcion/additional_note.htm">Additional Note. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Passage not easy to identify, p. 390, note 14.) Easy enough, by the LXX. See Isaiah lxiii. 3. kai ton ethnon ouk estin aner met' emou. The first verse, referring to Edom, leads our author to accentuate this point of Gentile ignorance. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/the_five_books_against_marcion/additional_note.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Tertullian—</span><span class="citation2">The Five Books Against Marcion</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/calvin/of_prayer--a_perpetual_exercise_of_faith/chapter_36_the_first_thing.htm">The First Thing Suggested at the Very Outset Is...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The first thing suggested at the very outset is, as we have already said (sec. 17-19), that all our prayers to God ought only to be presented in the name of Christ, as there is no other name which can recommend them. In calling God our Father, we certainly plead the name of Christ. For with what confidence could any man call God his Father? Who would have the presumption to arrogate to himself the honour of a son of God were we not gratuitously adopted as his sons in Christ? He being the true Son, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/calvin/of_prayer--a_perpetual_exercise_of_faith/chapter_36_the_first_thing.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Calvin—</span><span class="citation2">Of Prayer--A Perpetual Exercise of Faith</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxv_the_holy_spirit_in.htm">The Holy Spirit in the New Testament Other than in the Old. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"By His Spirit which dwelleth in you."--Rom. viii. 11. In order to understand the change inaugurated on Pentecost we must distinguish between the various ways in which the Holy Ghost enters into relationship with the creature. With the Christian Church we confess that the Holy Spirit is true and eternal God, and therefore omnipresent; hence no creature, stone or animal, man or angel, is excluded from His presence. With reference to His omniscience and omnipresence, David sings: "Whither shall I go <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxv_the_holy_spirit_in.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Abraham Kuyper—</span><span class="citation2">The Work of the Holy Spirit</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/62-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 62:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 62:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/63-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 63:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 63:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/isaiah/63-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3753401421161123"; /* 120 x 600 new */ google_ad_slot = "2486977537"; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 600; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3753401421161123"; /* 200 x 200 Parallel Bible */ google_ad_slot = "7676643937"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>