Isaiah 63:1
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
2 Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?
3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- KJV
- Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed 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.
- WEB
- Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- Who [is] this coming from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, this One glorious in His apparel, traveling in the greatness of His strength? “[It is] I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- ÅB
- Hvem er han som kommer fra Edom, i røde klær fra Bosra, så prektig i sin kledning, kneisende i sin store kraft? - Det er jeg, jeg som taler rettferdighet, som er mektig til å frelse.
- OTB
- Hvem er dette som kommer fra Edom, med klær i strålende farger fra Bosra, han som er majestetisk i sin drakt, marsjerer frem i sin styrkes storhet? "Det er jeg, den som taler i rettferdighet, mektig til å frelse."
- B1930
- Hvem er han som kommer fra Edom, i røde klær fra Bosra, så prektig i sin klædning, kneisende i sin store kraft? - Det er jeg, jeg som taler rettferdighet, som er mektig til å frelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 19:13
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:5–6
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
Read in contextPsalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
Read in contextIsaiah 63:2–3
Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?
Read in contextNumbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Read in contextAmos 1:11–12
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:5
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
Read in contextMatthew 21:10
When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
Read in context