Jesaja 63:2

2 Warum ist Rot an deinem Gewande, und sind deine Kleider wie die eines Keltertreters? -

Jesaja 63:2 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 63:2

Wherefore art thou red in thy apparel
Christ having satisfied the church as to her first question, concerning his person, who he was; she puts a second to him, about the colour of his garments, which was red, and the reason of it. His garments at his transfiguration were white as snow, whiter than any fuller on earth could whiten them; his robe of righteousness is fine linen, clean and white; the garment of his human nature, or his form as man, was white and ruddy; but this, through his bloody sufferings, became red, being all over bloody through the scourges he received, the crown of thorns he wore, the piercing of his hands, feet, and sides, with the nails and spear; but here it appears of this colour not with his own blood, but with the blood of his enemies, as is hereafter explained: and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
or winepress, into which clusters of grapes are cast, and these are trodden by men, the juice of which sparkles on their garments, and stains them, so that they become of a red colour.

Jesaja 63:2 In-Context

1 Wer ist dieser, der von Edom kommt, von Bozra in hochroten Kleidern, dieser, prächtig in seinem Gewande, der einherzieht in der Größe seiner Kraft? Ich bin's, der in Gerechtigkeit redet, der mächtig ist zu retten. -

2 Warum ist Rot an deinem Gewande, und sind deine Kleider wie die eines Keltertreters? -

3 Ich habe die Kelter allein getreten, und von den Völkern war niemand bei mir; und ich zertrat sie in meinem Zorn und zerstampfte sie in meinem Grimm; und ihr Saft spritzte auf meine Kleider, und ich besudelte mein ganzes Gewand.

4 Denn der Tag der Rache war in meinem Herzen, und das Jahr meiner Erlösung war gekommen.

5 Und ich blickte umher, und da war kein Helfer; und ich staunte, und da war kein Unterstützer. Da hat mein Arm mir geholfen, und mein Grimm, er hat mich unterstützt.