Isaiah 63:2

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
red	אָדֹ֖ם 'a.Dom	H122	rosy · adjective, masculine singular absolute
apparel	לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ lil.vu.She.kha	H3830	a garment (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
garments	וּבְגָדֶ֖יךָ u.ve.ga.Dei.kha	H899	a covering · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
treadeth	כְּדֹרֵ֥ךְ ke.do.Rekh	H1869	to tread · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
winefat	בְּגַֽת be.Gat	H1660	a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing… · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Revelation 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treade…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 63:1-6

It is a glorious victory that is here enquired into first and then accounted for. 1. It is a victory obtained by the providence of God over the enemies of Israel; over the Babylonians (say some), whom Cyrus conquered and God by him, and they will have the prophet to make the first discovery of him in his triumphant return when he is in the country of Edom: but this can by no means be admitted, because the country of Babylon is always spoken of as the land of the north, whereas Edom lay south from Jerusalem, so that the conqueror would not return through that country; the victory therefore is obtained over the Edomites themselves, who had triumphed in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chald…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 63:2

The prophet asks why His garments are "dyed" and "red." winefat--rather, the "wine-press," wherein the grapes were trodden with the feet; the juice would stain the garment of him who trod them (Rev 14:19-20; Rev 19:15). The image was appropriate, as the country round Bozrah abounded in grapes. This final blow inflicted by Messiah and His armies (Rev 19:13-15) shall decide His claim to the kingdoms u surped by Satan, and by the "beast," to whom Satan delegates his power. It will be a day of judgment to the hostile Gentiles, as His first coming was a day of judgment to the unbelieving Jews.

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 63:2

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel - For ללבושך lilebushecha, twenty-nine MSS. (nine ancient) of Kennicott's, and thirty of De Rossi s, and one edition, have ללבושיך lilebusheycha in the plural; so the Septuagint and Syriac. And all the ancient Versions read it with מ mem, instead of the first ל lamed. But the true reading is probably מלבושך malbushecha in the singular, as in Isa 63:3. - L.

John Gill on Isaiah 63:2

Wherefore art thou red in thy apparel,.... Christ having satisfied the church as to her first question, concerning his person, who he was; she puts a second to him, about the colour of his garments, which was red, and the reason of it. His garments at his transfiguration were white as snow, whiter than any fuller on earth could whiten them; his robe of righteousness is fine linen, clean and white; the garment of his human nature, or his form as man, was white and ruddy; but this, through his bloody sufferings, became red, being all over bloody through the scourges he received, the crown of thorns he wore, the piercing of his hands, feet, and sides, with the nails and spear; but here it appea…

The Church Fathers

(Version 2.) Why then is your garment red, and your clothing like one who treads in the winepress? LXX: Why are your garments red, and your clothes like those who tread the winepress, full of trampled grapes? Where it is now spoken of as red, in Hebrew it is read as Edom (). Therefore, even above where Edom is written, it is not a place name, but the name of blood. Again, the Angels inquire and say: We have learned that you are the one who speaks of justice, and salvation for all is established in your judgment. Now we want to know why your clothes are stained as if with wine, or what could have caused the tunic, which is woven from above and cannot be torn, to have such whiteness from the virgin womb, as no fuller could achieve on earth, reddened with bloody blood? For mercy is more fitting for you than cruelty: whiteness is more fitting than blood. To these the Lord responded, not with one verse as before, but with many words, in order to teach all those who are ignorant, so that they may not be compelled to seek again.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Edom, Idumaea Or Idumea — (red). The name Edom was given to Esau, the first-born son of Isaac and twin brother of Jacob, when he sold his birthright to the latter for a meal of lentil pottage. The country which the Lord…
Fat — (Heb. heleb) denotes the richest part of the animal, or the fattest of the flock, in the account of Abel’s sacrifice (Gen. 4:4). It sometimes denotes the best of any production (Gen. 45:18; Num.…
Obadiah, Book of — Consists of one chapter, “concerning Edom,” its impending doom (1:1-16), and the restoration of Israel (1:17-21). This is the shortest book of the Old Testament. There are on record the account of…
Wine — The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning “to boil up,” “to be in a ferment.” Others derive it from a root meaning “to tread out,” and hence the juice of the grape trodden out.…
Wine-press — Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath, Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were thrown and where they were trodden upon and bruised (Isa. 16:10; Lam. 1:15; Joel 3:13); and (2) a…
Colors · furnishing, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement — furnishing, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement
Edomites, The · Predictions respecting: Punishment for persecuting Israel — Predictions respecting: Punishment for persecuting Israel
Excellency And Glory Of Christ, The · In his triumph — In his triumph
Wine · Generally made by treading the grapes in a press — Generally made by treading the grapes in a press
Wine Press · .Treading the, of the sufferings of Christ — .Treading the, of the sufferings of Christ

Isaiah 63:2

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 63:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 63:2

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 63:2

John Gill on Isaiah 63:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 63:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 63:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 63:2

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 63:2

John Gill on Isaiah 63:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 63:2

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 63:2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 63:2

Rashi on Isaiah 63:1