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ISAIAH
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- Stately in the greatness of his strength?'—
- 'I that speak in victory, mighty to save.'—
- 2'Wherefore is Thine apparel red,
- And Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?'—
- 3'I have trodden the winepress alone,
- And of the peoples there was no man with Me;
- Yea, I trod them in Mine anger,
- And trampled them in My fury;
- And their lifeblood is dashed against My garments,
- And I have stained all My raiment.
- 4For the day of vengeance that was in My heart,
- And My year of redemption are come.
- 5And I looked, and there was none to help,
- And I beheld in astonishment, and there was none to uphold;
- Therefore Mine own arm brought salvation unto Me,
- And My fury, it upheld Me.
- 6And I trod down the peoples in Mine anger,
- And made them drunk with My fury,
- And I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.'
- 7I will make mention of the mercies of the Lord,
- And the praises of the Lord,
- According to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us;
- And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
- Which He hath bestowed on them according to His compassions,
- And according to the multitude of His mercies.
- 8For He said: 'Surely, they are My people,
- Children that will not deal falsely';
- So He was their Saviour.
- 9In all their affliction He was afflicted,
- And the angel of His presence saved them;
- In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
- And He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
- 10But they rebelled, and grieved His holy spirit;
- Therefore He was turned to be their enemy,
- Himself fought against them.
- 11Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses:
- 'Where is He that brought them up out of the sea
- With the shepherds of His flock?
- Where is He that put His holy spirit
- In the midst of them?
- 12That caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses?
- That divided the water before them,
- To make Himself an everlasting name?
- 13That led them through the deep,
- As a horse in the wilderness, without stumbling?
- 14As the cattle that go down into the valley,
- The spirit of the Lord caused them to rest;
- So didst Thou lead Thy people,
- To make Thyself a glorious name.'
- 15Look down from heaven, and see,
- Even from Thy holy and glorious habitation;
- Where is Thy zeal and Thy mighty acts,
- The yearning of Thy heart and Thy compassions,
- Now restrained toward me?
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