Isaiah 63:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

Isaiah 63:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Topics

Colors Edom Edomites Symbols and Similitudes

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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, bec…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

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 (Re 14:19, 20; 19:15). The image was appropriate, as the country round Bozrah abounded in grapes. This final blow inflicted by Messiah and His armies (Re 19:13-15) shall decide His claim to the kingdoms u…