Isaiah 63:6

Isaiah 63:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)I trampled the nations in my anger; in my wrath I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I trampled down the peoples in my anger; I made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth."
• New Living Translation (NLT)I crushed the nations in my anger and made them stagger and fall to the ground, spilling their blood upon the earth.”

Context of Isaiah 63:6

4For the day of vengeance is in My heart, And the year of My redeemed has come. 5I looked, but there was no one to help, And I wondered That there was no one to uphold; Therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me; And My own fury, it sustained Me. I have trodden down the peoples in My anger, Made them drunk in My fury, And brought down their strength to the earth.” 7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord And the praises of the Lord, According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us, And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies, According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses. 8For He said, “Surely they are My people, Children who will not lie.” So He became their Savior.

Isaiah 63:6 word by word

וְאָב֤וּס עַמִּים֙ בְּאַפִּ֔י וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵ֖ם בַּחֲמָתִ֑י וְאוֹרִ֥יד לָאָ֖רֶץ נִצְחָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will tread downבּוּסbûs · to trampleH947
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• in mine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• and make them drunkשָׁכַרshâkar · be drunkH7937
• in my furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• and I will bring downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• their strengthנֵ֫צַחnêtsach · lifebloodH5332
• to the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Isaiah 63:6

• Isaiah 63:2Why is Your apparel red, And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?
• Isaiah 49:26I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. All flesh shall know That I, the Lord, am your Savior, And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
• Isaiah 51:21Therefore please hear this, you afflicted, And drunk but not with wine.
• Job 21:20Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
• Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion.
• Psalms 75:8For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it out; Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain and drink down.
• Jeremiah 25:16And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”
• Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.
• Revelation 14:10he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
• Revelation 16:6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, And You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due.”
• Revelation 18:3For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.”
• Isaiah 25:10For on this mountain the hand of the Lord will rest, And Moab shall be trampled down under Him, As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.
• Isaiah 26:5For He brings down those who dwell on high, The lofty city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He brings it down to the dust.
• Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.

Commentaries on Isaiah 63:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And make them drunk in my fury "And I crushed them in mine indignation" - For ואשכרם vaashkerem, and I made them drunken, twenty-seven MSS., (three ancient), twelve of De Rossi's, and the old edition of 1488, have ואשברם vaashabberem, and I crushed them: and so the Syriac and Chaldee. The Septuagint have omitted this whole line.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And I will tread them down - Or rather, I did tread them down.‘ The allusion here is to a warrior who tramples on his foes and treads them in the dust (see the notes at Isaiah 25:10). And made them drunk - That is, I made them reel and fall under my fury like a drunken man. In describing the destruction of Idumea in Isaiah 34:5, Yahweh says that his sword was made drunk, or that it rushed intoxicated from heaven. See the notes on that verse. But here he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6made them drunk: This phrase describes God’s judgment. The wicked nations are pictured as people who drink strong wine and cannot stand straight. They are forced to drink from the cup of God’s wrath (his anger against sin). This image shows that they cannot escape his punishment (Isaiah 49:26; 51:17, 21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Rather, preterites, "I trod down ... made them drunk." The same image occurs Is 51:17, 21-23; Psa 75:8; Jr 25:26, 27. will bring down ... strength to ... earth--rather, "I spilled their life-blood (the same Hebrew words as in Is 63:3) on the earth" [Lowth and Septuagint].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 63:6

• Anger
• Drunkenness

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Commentaries on Isaiah 63

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings