Isaiah 63:4

For, a day of avenging, was in my heart, And the year of my redeemed, had come.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3A winepress, have I trodden, alone, And of the peoples, there was no man with me. So I trod them down in mine anger, And trampled upon them, in mine indignation,—And their life-blood besprinkled my garments, And all mine apparel, I defiled;

5Therefore looked I around, and there was none to help,—And I was astonished that there was none to uphold,—So, mine own arm brought me salvation, And mine indignation, the same upheld me;

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Howl ye! for at hand is the day of Yahweh,—As a veritable destruction from the Almighty, shall it come.

Isaiah 34:8For a day of avenging, hath Yahweh,—A year of requitals for the quarrel of Zion.

Isaiah 61:2To proclaim—The year of acceptance of Yahweh, and The day of avenging of our God: To comfort all who are mourning;

Jeremiah 51:6Flee out of the midst of Babylon And deliver ye every man his own life, Be not cut off in her punishment,—For it is Yahweh’s, time of avenging, A recompense, is he repaying unto her.

Zechariah 3:8Hear, I pray thee, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy friends who are sitting before thee, for, men to serve as signs, they are,—For behold me! bringing in my servant, the Bud;

Revelation 6:9And, when he opened the fifth seal, I saw, beneath the altar, the souls of them who had been slain because of the word of God and because of the witness which they held.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 63:2-7

The Triumphs of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 1 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. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine-fat? 3 I 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… Read the whole commentary →

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