What Does Isaiah 63:3 Mean?

“the winepress”

a wine-press (as crushing the grapes)

“I have trodden”

to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)

properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit

“alone and of the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

“there was none”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“I have trodden”

to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)

“them in mine anger”

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

“and trample”

to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively)

“them in my fury”

heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

“shall be sprinkled”

to spirt, i.e., besprinkle (especially in expiation)

“and their blood”

juice of the grape (as blood red)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“upon my garments”

a covering, i.e., clothing

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all my raiment”

a garment, or (collectively) clothing

“and I will stain”

to soil or (figuratively) desecrate