Isaiah 63:1 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

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ASV

Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Chapter 63, Verse 1) Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This one is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength. (Chapter 70) Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This one is beautiful in his attire, strong and mighty.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Here is also an allusion to the garments of this conqueror, Edom signifying red, and Bozrah a vintage. Glorious - Such as generals march before their armies in. Righteousness - Here Christ gives an answer, wherein he both asserts his fidelity, that he will faithfully perform what he hath promised, and that he will truly execute justice.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) Of the efficacy of his power, which is therein exerted: He is mighty to save, able to bring about the promised redemption, whatever difficulties and oppositions may lie in the way of it. 'Tis I who to my promise faithful stand, I, who the powers of death, hell, and the grave, Have foil'd with this all-conquering hand, I, who most ready am, and mighty too, to save.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Who is this - The language of the people who see Yahweh returning as a triumphant conqueror from Idumea. Struck with his stately bearing as a warrior; with his gorgeous apparel; and with the blood on his raiment, they ask who he could be? This is a striking instance of the bold and abrupt manner of Isaiah.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 111: “A Mighty Saviour” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1857)

THIS, of course, refers to our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, who is described as “coming from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah,” and who, when it is questioned who he is, replies, “I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” It will be well, then, at the commencement of our discourse to make one or two remarks concerning the mysteriously complex person of the man and God whom we call our Redeemer, Jesus Christ our Saviour. It is one of the mysteries of the Christian religion, that we are taught to believe that Christ is God, and yet a man.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִי־	mi-	who?	H4310 →
זֶ֣ה׀	zeh	this	H2088 →
בָּ֣א	ba'	[is] coming	H935 →
מֵאֱד֗וֹם	me.'e.Dom	from Edom	H123 →
חֲמ֤וּץ	cha.Mutz	red of	H2556 →
בְּגָדִים֙	be.ga.Dim	garments	H899 →
מִבָּצְרָ֔ה	mi.ba.tze.Rah	from Bozrah	H1224 →
זֶ֚ה	zeh	this one	H2088 →
הָד֣וּר	ha.Dur	[is] adorned	H1921 →
בִּלְבוּשׁ֔וֹ	bil.vu.Sho	in clothing his	H3830 →
צֹעֶ֖ה	tzo.'Eh	[is] stooping	H6808 →
בְּרֹ֣ב	be.Ro	in [the] greatness of	H7230 →
כֹּח֑וֹ	ko.Cho	strength his	H3581 →
אֲנִ֛י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
מְדַבֵּ֥ר	me.da.Ber	[am] speaking	H1696 →
בִּצְדָקָ֖ה	bitz.da.Kah	in righteousness	H6666 →
רַ֥ב	rav	great	H7227 →
לְהוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃	le.ho.Shi.a'	to save	H3467 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:29
  Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- James 1:17
  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Malachi 3:6
  “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Hebrews 6:18
  Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Titus 1:2
  in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
Through
Revelation 19:13
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
leads to
- John 1:1
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Isaiah 63:1–6
  Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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About Isaiah