Isaiah 63:5

63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

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I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my own wrath upheld me.

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my fury, it upheld me.

63:6 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.

What does Isaiah 63:5 mean?

Isaiah 63:5 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָבַט (nâbaṭ), עָזַר (ʻâzar), שָׁמֵם (shâmêm).

Hebrew interlinear

And

looked,נָבַטnâbaṭ/naw-bat'/H5027to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care

and

there

was

none

help;עָזַרʻâzar/aw-zar'/H5826to surround, i.e. protect or aid

and

wonderedשָׁמֵםshâmêm/shaw-mame'/H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

that

there

was

none

uphold:סָמַךְçâmak/saw-mak'/H5564to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)

therefore

mine

own

armזְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻ/zer-o'-ah/H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force

brought

salvationיָשַׁעyâshaʻ/yaw-shah'/H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

unto

me;

and

fury,חֵמָהchêmâh/khay-maw'/H2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

upheldסָמַךְçâmak/saw-mak'/H5564to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)

me.

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Anger

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 63:5.

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. rested: Heb. leaned

Isaiah 59:16

And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

Job 26:2

How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

Joshua 10:6

And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

Psalms 37:17

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

Psalms 88:7

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

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What does Isaiah 63:5 say?

Isaiah 63:5 (King James Version) reads: "And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me."

Is Isaiah 63:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 63:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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