Isaiah 63:1-9

1Who is this who is coming from Edom? He is coming from Bozrah and his clothes are bright red. He wears beautiful royal clothes, and he marches forward with great strength. He says, ‘It is me! I, the Lord, tell you that I have won the fight! I have the power to save you.’

2But why are your clothes red? You look like someone who has walked on grapes, and you have squeezed them to make wine.

3He says, ‘I have walked on the grapes alone. Nobody from the nations came to help me. I walked on them because I was angry. I squeezed them to pieces in my anger. Their blood splashed on my clothes, and it made all my clothes dirty.

4I decided that it was time to punish my enemies. Then I would save my people from their power.

5I looked for somebody to give help, but there was nobody. I was very upset, because nobody was there to help. So I used my own strength to rescue my people. My anger helped me to be strong.

6Because I was angry, I walked on the nations to punish them. My anger was like strong wine that made them drunk. I poured their blood onto the ground.’

7I will speak about all the good things that the Lord does because he loves his people. We should praise him for everything that he does for us. He has done many good things for us, Israel's family. He helps us because he loves us very much, and he is very kind.

8The Lord said, ‘Surely, they are my own people. As my children, they will not turn against me.’ So he became their Saviour.

9When his people suffered, he also had pain. He sent his own angel to go and save them. Because he loved them and he was kind to them, he redeemed them. He lifted them up and he carried them, through all the years long ago.