Isaiah 63:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֛י י֥וֹם נָקָ֖ם בְּלִבִּ֑י וּשְׁנַ֥ת גְּאוּלַ֖י בָּֽאָה׃

Transliteration

For yôm nāqām in libbî, and šĕnat gĕʾûlay bāʾāh.

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - day of
• *nāqām*: noun, masculine singular - vengeance/revenge
• *bĕlibbî*: preposition bet + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - in my heart
• *ûšĕnat*: conjunction waw + noun, feminine singular construct - and year of
• *gĕʾûlay*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my redeemed ones
• *bāʾāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - has come

Word Meanings

• *nāqām*: vengeance/revenge/retribution
• *gĕʾûlay*: my redeemed ones/my redemption/those I have redeemed

Referenced Verses

• Isa 34:8 : 8 For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
• Isa 61:2 : 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
• Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
• Zech 3:8 : 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
• Luke 21:22 : 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
• Rev 6:9-9 : 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
• Rev 11:13 : 13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
• Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.