helmet of salvation on his head, and the garments of vengeance for clothing, and clad with zeal as a cloke." And this emphasis on clothing parallels very closely with the beginning of chapter 63. is this who comes from with dyed garments from Bosrah? To wit: “Who Who is this robed in splendor, and traveling in the greatness of his And strength”? then verse 2, are you red in your apparel and garments like him who “wherefore treadeth in the And also verses 3 and 4, their blood shall be winepress?” “and sprinkled upon my garments and I will stain all my raiments, for the day of vengeance is in my heart”. Back to 59:18 we read, to their deeds, accordingly he will “According repay. Fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies, to the islands he will pay recompense." The parallel in 63:3 is, I will tread them in my anger and “For trample them in my fury, and their blood will be sprinkled on my garments." A further parallel is 63:5, will tread down the people in my anger and make them “I drunk in my fury and bring down their strength to the earth." Then shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west and 59:19a, “So His glory from the rising of the This last verse, some say, perhaps parallels sun.” 63: 1a, which says, is this who comes from with dyed garments from “Who Some see a parallel in these verses because and Bosrah, a city of , are to Bosrah.” the east of where the sun comes up. So we have this passage of Isaiah 63, which in the Encyclopedia Biblica describes as "a very beautiful but aesthetically disgusting picture," or something like that. This modernistic author thinks this scene violent, as he calls it. But it is very striking to find in chapter 59 declaring how the Lord is going to come in vengeance and in chapter 63 giving a picturesque image of how he is coming. The ideas of both passages are so closely parallel. And that being the case, it seems to me that it provides strong evidence for considering that these passages form one unit of a long picture of divine activity beginning and ending with this almost identical activity of God’s sovereign interposition to overthrow his adversaries.
helmet of salvation on his head, and the garments of vengeance for clothing, and clad with zeal as a cloke." And this emphasis on clothing parallels very closely with the beginning of chapter 63. To wit: “Who is this who comes from with dyed garments from Bosrah? Who is this robed in splendor, and traveling in the greatness of his strength”? And then verse 2, “wherefore are you red in your apparel and garments like him who treadeth in the winepress?” And also verses 3 and 4, “and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments and I will stain all my raiments, for the day of vengeance is in my heart”. Back to 59:18 we read, “According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay. Fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies, to the islands he will pay recompense." The parallel in 63:3 is, “For I will tread them in my anger and trample them in my fury, and their blood will be sprinkled on my garments." A further parallel is 63:5, “I will tread down the people in my anger and make them drunk in my fury and bring down their strength to the earth." Then 59:19a, “So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west and His glory from the rising of the sun.” This last verse, some say, perhaps parallels 63: 1a, which says, “Who is this who comes from with dyed garments from Bosrah.” Some see a parallel in these verses because and Bosrah, a city of , are to the east of where the sun comes up. So we have this passage of Isaiah 63, which in the Encyclopedia Biblica describes as "a very beautiful but aesthetically disgusting picture," or something like that. This modernistic author thinks this scene violent, as he calls it. But it is very striking to find in chapter 59 declaring how the Lord is going to come in vengeance and in chapter 63 giving a picturesque image of how he is coming. The ideas of both passages are so closely parallel. And that being the case, it seems to me that it provides strong evidence for considering that these passages form one unit of a long picture of divine activity beginning and ending with this almost identical activity of God’s sovereign interposition to overthrow his adversaries.