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Why are you red in your clothing, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?
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The Winepress of Wrath
The question about the red garments reveals a startling image. Commentators explain this isn't the blood of Christ's sacrifice, but the blood of His enemies. The metaphor of treading a winepress, especially fitting for the region of Bozrah, vividly portrays Christ as a righteous judge executing vengeance. As John Calvin notes, this is a different kind of vintage—one of divine wrath.
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Isaiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Wherefore art thou red ... ?—The wondering question shows that the colour is not that of the warrior’s usual dress. The Hebrew word for “r…
Baptist
Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his stren…
16th Century
Protestant
Why are your garments red? He proceeds with the same subject. However, since it would have diminished the force of the narrative, he does …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore are you red in your apparel Christ having satisfied the church as to her first question, concerning his person,…
Presbyterian
The prophet, in vision, sees the Messiah returning in triumph from the conquest of his enemies, of whom Edom was a type. Traveling, not as wearied …
13th Century
Catholic
Who is this. Here he begins to address the separation of the wicked from the good in the execution of the promised salvat…
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