Isaiah 63:4
in Isaiah 63For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
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ASV
For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
KJV
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
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This verse in Isaiah 63
Commentary
10 notes on this verse1103. For the day of vengeance. Here he goes through the entire order of the matter. And first, he sets out the suitableness of the time: vengeance, as to the demons; redemption, as to the just, whose recompense had been delayed until then, above: it …
This site's exposition
I have trodden the winepress alone
on Isaiah 63:3-4
“I have trodden the winepress alone”, a picture of war in the prophets, as at Joel 3:13. Revelation 19:13-15 takes up these words for the returning Christ. Verse 4 gives the reason: “For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come”.
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the day of vengeance was in My heart
Vengeance is given a day and redemption a year, the same pairing Isaiah 34:8 and 61:2 make. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown read the short span as the measure of judgment and the long one as the measure of grace. Henry adds that the rescue waited for its appointed time.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
For this is the time for these who were brazen to receive retribution and for those unjustly enslaved by them to get their freedom.
(Verse 3 and following) I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples there was no man with me. I have trodden them in my anger, and trampled them in my fury: and their blood has stained my garments, and all my clothing is polluted. For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redemption has come. I looked around, and there was no helper: I sought, and there was no one to assist. So my own arm brought salvation to me, and my own wrath supported me. And I have trampled upon the peoples in my anger, and I have made them drunk in my indignation, and I have brought down their strength to the earth. Seventy times because of what we said, I alone have trampled the winepress, they have interpreted, a full trampling, which is more to be read with the previous chapter than as the beginning of the following one. The rest they have translated thus. And there is no one among the nations with me, and I have trampled upon them in my anger, and I have crushed them like the ground, and I have poured out their blood upon the earth, and I have defiled all my garments. For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redemption has come. I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold; so my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath upheld me. I trampled down the peoples in my anger; I made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth. For the press is called Geth in Hebrew, as Theodotion has translated the Hebrew word in Greek. But Symmachus, whom we also follow, renders it better in this place. For the word Phura is ambiguous, and usually signifies both a winepress and a jug. It must be said, therefore, about the winepress, that according to the custom of Holy Scripture, sometimes it is used for vengeance and punishments of sins, sometimes for the gathering of new fruits. […]
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
"Now that the year of my redeemed has come, Lo, I come; delay shall be no longer. Now will I arise, saith the Lord. Now thou shalt see what I will do to Pharaoh. " Note, The promised salvation must be patiently waited for till the time appointed comes; yet we must attend the promises with our prayers.
For the day of vengeance is in my heart,....
God's people meeting him with their devotions, and addressing themselves to him with suitable affections; and this part of the chapter is carried on to the close of the next.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
For the day of vengeance - (See the notes at Isa 34:8). And the year of my redeemed is come - The year when my people are to be redeemed. It is a year when their foes are all to be destroyed, and when their entire liberty is to be effected.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
is--rather, "was." This assigns the reason why He has thus destroyed the foe (Zep 3:8). my redeemed--My people to be redeemed. day . . . year--here, as in Isa 34:8; 61:2, the time of "vengeance" is described as a "day"; that of grace and of "recompense" to the "redeemed," as a "year."
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The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| י֥וֹם | yom | a day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| נָקָ֖ם | nakam | vengeance | H5359 → | 17 times |
| בְּלִבִּ֑י | belibi | [was] in heart my | H3820 → | 595 times |
| וּשְׁנַ֥ת | ushenat | and [the] year of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| גְּאוּלַ֖י | geulai | redemption<s> my | H1350 → | 104 times |
| בָּֽאָה׃ | baah | it had come | H935 → | 2568 times |
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
י֥וֹםa day of
yomH3117 →2304 times
נָקָ֖םvengeance
nakamH5359 →17 times
בְּלִבִּ֑י[was] in heart my
belibiH3820 →595 times
וּשְׁנַ֥תand [the] year of
ushenatH8141 →877 times
גְּאוּלַ֖יredemption<s> my
geulaiH1350 →104 times
בָּֽאָה׃it had come
baahH935 →2568 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 61:2to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
it leads to
- Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
- Luke 4:19
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
- Matthew 5:4
Through
Isaiah 35:4Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
it leads to
- James 5:7–9
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- Isaiah 41:10–14
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Zephaniah 3:16–17
On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.
- Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
- Haggai 2:4
But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I…
- James 5:7–9
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About Isaiah
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 19:63.1-6 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.