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Isaiah 63:6

63:5 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 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.

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I trod down the peoples in my anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

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.

And I will tread down the people in my anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. ¶

63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

What does Isaiah 63:6 mean?

Isaiah 63:6 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בּוּס (bûwç), עַם (ʻam), אַף (ʼaph).

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And
I
will
tread
downבּוּסbûwç/boos/H947to trample (literally or figuratively)
the
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
in
mine
anger,אַףʼaph/af/H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
and
make
them
drunkשָׁכַרshâkar/shaw-kar'/H7937to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
in
my
fury,חֵמָהchêmâh/khay-maw'/H2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
and
I
will
bring
downיָרַדyârad/yaw-rad'/H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
their
strengthנֵצַחNêtsach/nay'-tsakh/H5332juice of the grape (as blood red)
to
the
earth.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 63:6.

Jeremiah 36:7

It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. they: Heb. their supplication shall fail

Ezekiel 20:21

Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 20:8

But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. As: Heb. According to the gathering

Ezekiel 23:25

And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

Ezekiel 25:14

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 38:18

And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.

Ezekiel 5:13

Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

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What does Isaiah 63:6 say?

Isaiah 63:6 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Isaiah 63:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 63:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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