Isaiah 63:1-4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 63:1-6

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, because the country of Babylon is always spoken of as the land of the north, whereas Edom lay south... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:1

Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah ?.... These are not the words of the angels at the time of Christ's ascension to heaven; or of the people of Israel; but rather of the prophet, or of the church he represents; by whom this question is put, not concerning Michael the archangel returning from fighting the king of Persia, for what has Edom and Bozrah to do with Persia? nor concerning Judas Maccabaeus, in whose times it seems a victory was obtained over the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:2

Wherefore art thou red in thy apparel ,.... Christ having satisfied the church as to her first question, concerning his person, who he was; she puts a second to him, about the colour of his garments, which was red, and the reason of it. His garments at his transfiguration were white as snow, whiter than any fuller on earth could whiten them; his robe of righteousness is fine linen, clean and white; the garment of his human nature, or his form as man, was white and ruddy; but this, through... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:3

I have trodden the winepress alone ,.... This is an answer to the question before put, and confirms what was observed, that his garments were like one that treadeth in the winepress; this was very true, he had trodden it, and trodden it alone, and that was the reason his garments were of such a hue; what others did by their servants, he did by himself, alone and without them. The winepress is a symbol of the wrath of God; not of what Christ bore himself as the sinner's surety, for then he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:4

For the day of vengeance is in my heart ,.... Resolved on with him, fixed by him, and which is desirable to him; he has it at heart, and longs as it were till the time is come to avenge the blood of his saints on the Romish antichrist, whom he will destroy with the breath of his mouth, and the brightness of his coming; see 2 Thessalonians 2:8 and when he shall pour out all his vials on the antichristian states, and revenge the cause and quarrel of his people, Revelation 16:1 , and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:1

Who is this that cometh from Edom - Probably both Edom and Bozrah are only figurative expressions, to point out the place in which God should discomfit his enemies. Edom signifies red, and Bozrah, a vintage. Kimchi interprets the whole of the destruction of Rome. I that speak in righteousness "I who publish righteousness" - A MS. has המדבר hammedabber , with the demonstrative article added with greater force and emphasis: The announcer of righteousness. A MS. has צדקה tsedakah ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:2

Wherefore 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 more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:3

And of the people there was none with me - I was wholly abandoned by them: but a good meaning is, No man has had any part in making the atonement; it is entirely the work of the Messiah alone. No created being could have any part in a sacrifice that was to be of infinite merit. And I will stain "And I have stained" - For אגאלתי egalti , a verb of very irregular formation, compounded, as they say, of the two forms of the preterite and future, a MS. has אגאלהו egalehu , the regular... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:1

Who is this? The prophet opens the dialogue with an inquiry, "Who is it that presents himself before him suddenly in a strange guise?" He comes from Edom, from Bozrah —a principal Edomite city (see the comment on Isaiah 34:6 )— with dyed garments ; or, rather, with blood-red garments—garments incarnadined with gore. "Who is this," again he asks, "that is glorious (or, splendid ) in his apparel"—the blood-stained vesture of the conqueror was a glory to him ( Nahum 2:3 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:1

The coming Saviour. "Mighty to save." The question is asked, Who is this?" and the answer is given in Eastern figures of speech, which represent Christ's character and work. I. THE SAVIOUR COMES WITH A GREAT SACRIFICE . With "dyed garments;" for the cross lies at the foundation of the world's recovery. We are weary of all theories of atonement from Anselm's day downwards, but the atonement remains as the central truth of our religion. It rests on our Lord's own authority... read more

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