What Does Isaiah 63:1 Mean?

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“Who is this that cometh”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“from Edom”

edom, the elder twin-brother of jacob; hence the region (idumaea) occupied by him

“with dyed”

to be pungent; i.e., in taste (sour, i.e., literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)

“garments”

a covering, i.e., clothing

“from Bozrah”

botsrah, a place in edom

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“this that is glorious”

to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive); by implication, to favor or honor, be high or proud

“in his apparel”

a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife

“travelling”

to tip over (for the purpose of spilling or pouring out), i.e., (figuratively) depopulate; by implication, to imprison or conquer; (reflexive) to lie

“in the greatness”

abundance (in any respect)

“of his strength”

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)

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“I that speak”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“in righteousness”

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

“mighty”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

“to save”

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor