Isaiah 63:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ The Lord answers, “I have been stomping on the nations
    as if they were grapes.
    No one was there to help me.
I walked all over the nations because I was angry.
    That is why I stomped on them.
Their blood splashed all over my clothes.
    So my clothes were stained bright red.
⁴ I decided it was time to pay back Israel’s enemies.
    The year for me to set my people free had come.
⁵ I looked around, but no one was there to help me.
    I was shocked that no one gave me any help.
So I used my own power to save my people.
    I had the strength to do it because I was angry.