Isaiah 63:2

Isaiah 63:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
• New International Version (NIV)Why are your garments red, like those of one treading the winepress?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why is your apparel red, and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why is Your apparel red, And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?

Context of Isaiah 63:2

1“Who is this coming from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah? This One splendid in His apparel, pressing forward in His great might?” “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” “Why is Your apparel so red, and Your garments like one who treads in a wine press?” 3“I have trodden the winepress alone— from the peoples, no man was with Me. I trod them in My anger, and trampled them in My wrath. Their lifeblood spattered My garments, so I stained all My robes. 4For a day of vengeance was in My heart, and My year of redemption has come.

Isaiah 63:2 word by word

מַדּ֥וּעַ אָדֹ֖ם לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּבְגָדֶ֖יךָ כְּדֹרֵ֥ךְ בְּגַֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• redאָדֹם'âdôm · redH122
• in thine apparelלְבוּשׁlebûsh lebûsh · clothingH3830
• and thy garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• like him that treadethדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
• in the winefatגַּתgath · wine pressH1660

Commentaries on Isaiah 63:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Wherefore 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 Isaiah 63:3. - L.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Wherefore art thou red? - The inquiry of the people. Whence is it that that gorgeous apparel is stained with blood? And thy garment like him that treadeth in the wine-fat? - Or rather the wine-press.‘ The word used here (גת gath ) means the place where the grapes were placed to be trodden with the feet, and from which the juice would flow off into a vat or receptacle. Of course the juice of the grape would stain the raiment of him who was employed in this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The term red (Hebrew ’adom) is a wordplay on the name Edom.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. 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 usurped by Satan, and by the "beast," to whom Satan…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 63:2

• Colors
• Edomites
• Wine Press

In the dictionaries

• Apparel
• Fat
• Mention
• Obadiah, Book of
• Winepress
• Color; Colors
• Isaiah
• Obadiah, Book of
• Saviour
• Synagogue

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