Isaiah 63:2
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.”
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.
4 For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
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
- Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?
- KJV
- Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
- WEB
- Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?
- ASV
- Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?
- DARBY
- Wherefore is redness in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?
- BLB
- Why [is] red unto Your clothing, and Your garments like one treading in the winepress?
- ÅB
- Hvorfor er din kledning så rød, og dine klær lik hans som treder vinpersen?
- OTB
- Hvorfor er dine klær røde, som den som tråkker i vinpressen?
- B1930
- Hvorfor er din klædning så rød, og dine klær lik hans som treder vinpersen?
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 contextRevelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Read in context