[1] “In the open palm.”—Kay.
[2] “Ye that are the Lord’s remembrancers, keep not silence.”—Arnold, Birks.
[3] “A standard for the peoples.”—Kay.
[4] And thou shalt be called, “Sought out, City not forsaken.”—Cheyne.
sixth prophecy.—chap. lxiii. 1–6.
Judgment upon Edom, and upon the Whole World That is Hostile to the Church.
1. Who is this that cometh from Edom, in deep red clothes from Bozrah? This, glorious in His apparel, bending to and fro in the fulness of His strength?[1]
I am He that speaketh in righteousness, mighty to aid.
2. Whence the red in Thine apparel, and Thy clothes like those of a wine-presser?
3. I have trodden the wine-trough alone, and of the nations no one was with Me: and I trode them in My wrath, and trampled them down in My fury; and their life-sap spirted upon My clothes, and all My raiment was stained. 4. For a day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption was come. 5. And I looked round, and there was no helper; and I wondered there was no supporter: then Mine own arm helped Me; and My fury, it became My support. 6. And I trode down nations in My wrath, and made them drunk in My fury, and made their life-blood run down to the earth.