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Isaiah 63

Isa. 63:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who is this that cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
from Edom
'Edom (Hebrew #123)
from 122; red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
KJV usage: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
Pronounce: ed-ome'
Origin: or (fully) oEdowm {ed-ome'}
, with dyed
chamets (Hebrew #2556)
to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)
KJV usage: cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.
Pronounce: khaw-mates'
Origin: a primitive root
garments
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
from Bozrah
Botsrah (Hebrew #1224)
Botsrah, a place in Edom
KJV usage: Bozrah.
Pronounce: bots-raw'
Origin: the same as 1223
? this that is λglorious
hadar (Hebrew #1921)
to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive); by implication, to favor or honour, be high or proud
KJV usage: countenance, crooked place, glorious, honour, put forth.
Pronounce: haw-dar'
Origin: a primitive root
in his apparel
lbuwsh (Hebrew #3830)
from 3847; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphem.) a wife
KJV usage: apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.
Pronounce: leb-oosh'
Origin: or lbush {leb-oosh'}
, travelling
tsa`ah (Hebrew #6808)
to tip over (for the purpose of spilling or pouring out), i.e. (figuratively) depopulate; by implication, to imprison or conquer; (reflexive) to lie down (for coitus)
KJV usage: captive exile, travelling, (cause to) wander(-er).
Pronounce: tsaw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
in the greatness
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
of his strength
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
? I that speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
in righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
, mighty
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
to save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
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decked.

More on:

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Apparel,
Bozrah,
Dyeing,
Edom,
Garments,
Righteousness

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1:  Christ shews who he is,
2-6:  what his victory over his enemies,
7-9:  and what his mercy toward his church.
10-14:  In his just wrath he remembers his free mercy.
15-16:  The church, in her prayer,
17-19:  and complaint, professes her faith.
is this.
Psa. 24:7‑10• 7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
 8Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
 9Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
 10Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. (Psa. 24:7‑10)
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Song of Sol. 3:6• 6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? (Song of Sol. 3:6)
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Song of Sol. 6:10• 10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? (Song of Sol. 6:10)
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Song of Sol. 8:5• 5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. (Song of Sol. 8:5)
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Matt. 21:10• 10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? (Matt. 21:10)
from Edom.
Isa. 34:5‑6• 5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
 6The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. (Isa. 34:5‑6)
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Psa. 137:7• 7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. (Psa. 137:7)
dyed.
Isa. 63:2‑3• 2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
 3I 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. (Isa. 63:2‑3)
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Isa. 9:5• 5For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. (Isa. 9:5)
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Rev. 19:13• 13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Rev. 19:13)
Bozrah.
Amos 1:11‑12• 11Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
 12But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. (Amos 1:11‑12)
glorious.
Heb.
decked.
travelling.
Psa. 45:3‑4• 3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
 4And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. (Psa. 45:3‑4)
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Rev. 11:17‑18• 17Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
 18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. (Rev. 11:17‑18)
speak.
Isa. 45:19,23• 19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
 23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. (Isa. 45:19,23)
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Num. 23:19• 19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? (Num. 23:19)
mighty.
John 10:28‑30• 28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
 29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
 30I and my Father are one. (John 10:28‑30)
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Heb. 7:25• 25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Heb. 7:25)
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1 Peter 1:5• 5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5)
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Jude 24‑25• 24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
 25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. (Jude 24‑25)
• Israel’s redemption will involve drastic judgment falling on all those who are foes of them and of God, just as judgment fell on the Egyptians, when Israel was typically redeemed in the bygone age. (“Isaiah 63” by F.B. Hole)
• Edom is Esau. In the Proverbs we read that, “A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city” (18:19), and this has been exemplified in the history of Esau and Jacob. The feud today is as strong as ever. (“Isaiah 63” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travellingb in the greatness of his strength?—I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "superbly raising the head."