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Isaiah 63:2

63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. glorious: Heb. decked
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

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Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?

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

Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like him that treads in the winefat?

63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

What does Isaiah 63:2 mean?

Isaiah 63:2 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָדֹם (ʼâdôm), לְבוּשׁ (lᵉbûwsh), בֶּגֶד (beged).

Hebrew interlinear

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Wherefore
art
thou
redאָדֹםʼâdôm/aw-dome'/H122rosy
in
thine
apparel,לְבוּשׁlᵉbûwsh/leb-oosh'/H3830a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
and
thy
garmentsבֶּגֶדbeged/behg'-ed/H899a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
like
him
that
treadethדָּרַךְdârak/daw-rak'/H1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
in
the
winefat?גַּתgath/gath/H1660a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them)

Topics

EdomitesEdomites, theExcellency and Glory of Christ, theWine

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 63:2.

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

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What does Isaiah 63:2 say?

Isaiah 63:2 (King James Version) reads: "Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?"

Is Isaiah 63:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 63:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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