Isaiah 63:3

“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The speaker identifies Himself as the one who has trodden the winepress alone, addressing the question posed in Isaiah 63:2 about His blood-stained garments. This declaration occurs at the moment the day of vengeance arrives in His heart and the year of His redemption has come.

The words — The Hebrew דָּרַ֣כְתִּי (da.Rakh.ti) translates literally as “I have trodden,” while לְ/בַדִּ֗/י (le./va.D/i) renders as “to/ alone/ me.” These terms emphasize solitary execution of judgment without human assistance.

The thread — The winepress imagery reappears in Revelation 14:19, where an angel gathers the grapes of the earth and throws them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. Revelation 19:13 similarly depicts the Word of God wearing a robe dipped in blood, echoing the stained garments of Isaiah 63:3.

Why it lands — The text states that God trampled the nations alone in anger, spattering His garments with their blood. This demands recognition that divine judgment operates independently of human cooperation and fulfills the promised day of vengeance.

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The Hebrew words

פּוּרָ֣ה׀pu.Rah[the] winepress דָּרַ֣כְתִּיda.Rakh.tiI have trodden לְבַדִּ֗יle./va.D/ito/ alone/ me וּמֵֽעַמִּים֙u./me./'a.Mimand/ from/ peoples אֵֽין־'ein-not אִ֣ישׁ'ishanyone אִתִּ֔י'i.T/i[was] with/ me וְאֶדְרְכֵ֣םve./'ed.re.Khe/mand/ I trod/ them בְּאַפִּ֔יbe./'a.P/iin/ anger/ my וְאֶרְמְסֵ֖םve./'er.me.Se/mand/ I trampled/ them בַּחֲמָתִ֑יba./cha.ma.T/iin/ rage/ my וְיֵ֤זve./Yezand/ it spattered נִצְחָם֙nitz.Cha/mblood/ their עַל־'al-on בְּגָדַ֔יbe.ga.Da/igarments/ my וְכָל־ve./kholand/ all מַלְבּוּשַׁ֖יmal.bu.Sha/iclothes/ my אֶגְאָֽלְתִּי׃'eg.'A.le.tiI have defiled

King James Version

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 sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

Cross-references

Revelation 19:13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
Revelation 14:19 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.
Micah 7:10 Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
Malachi 4:3 Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Lamentations 1:15 The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
Zechariah 10:5 They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
Isaiah 63:6 I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”
Isaiah 22:5 For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
Ezekiel 38:18 Now on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.
2 Kings 9:33 “Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.