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Isaiah 63:6

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What does Isaiah 63:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
Isaiah 63:6 — American Standard Version

Context — Isaiah 63

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
6And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
7I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, [and] the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
8For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour.
9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And I will tread down the people in mine anger, &c.] (See Gill on “<236303>Isaiah 63:3”), and make them drunk in my fury; or with itf1228 the wrath of God is signified by a cup, which he gives wicked men to drink, and which is an inebriating one to them, (<197508>Psalm 75:8 <235117>Isaiah 51:17-23 <242515>Jeremiah 25:15), and here it signifies the cup of the wine of the fierceness of God’s wrath, which shall be given to mystical Babylon, to antichrist and his followers, (<661410>Revelation 14:10 16:19): and I will bring down their strength to the earth; their strong kingdoms, fortified cities, and mighty men, their wealth and riches, of which they boasted, and in which they trusted; (see…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Rather, preterites, "I trod down . . . made them drunk." The same image occurs Isa 51:17, Isa 51:21-23; Psa 75:8; Jer 25:26-27. will bring down . . . strength to . . . earth--rather, "I spilled their life-blood (the same Hebrew words as in Isa 63:3) on the earth" [LOWTH and Septuagint].”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“And I will tread them down - Or rather, ‘I did tread them down.’ The allusion here is to a warrior who tramples on his foes and treads them in the dust (see the notes at Isaiah 25:10). And made them drunk - That is, I made them reel and fall under my fury like a drunken man. In describing the destruction of Idumea in Isaiah 34:5, Yahweh says that his sword was made drunk, or that it rushed intoxicated from heaven. See the notes on that verse. But here he says that the people, under the terrors of his wrath, lost their power of self-command, and fell to the earth like an intoxicated man. Kimchi says that the idea is, that Yahweh extended the cup of his wrath for them to drink until they…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Drunk - They go as it were to and fro, not knowing what to do with themselves. Bring down - Whatever it is wherein their strength lies, he will bring to the very dust, to nothing. Isaiah 63:7”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“63:6 made them stagger: The wicked nations would be forced to drink from the intoxicating cup of God’s wrath (49:26; 51:17, 21).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“make: Isa 63:2, Isa 63:3, Isa 49:26, Isa 51:21-23; Job 21:20; Psa 60:3, Psa 75:8; Jer 25:16, Jer 25:17, Jer 25:26, Jer 25:27; Lam 3:15; Rev 14:10, Rev 16:6, Rev 16:19, Rev 18:3-6 I will bring: Isa 25:10-12, Isa 26:5, Isa 26:6; Rev 18:21 Isaiah 63:7”
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