Isaiah 63:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָב֤וּס עַמִּים֙ בְּאַפִּ֔י וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵ֖ם בַּחֲמָתִ֑י וְאוֹרִ֥יד לָאָ֖רֶץ נִצְחָֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

And I ʾābûs ʿammîm in ʾappî, and I ʾăšakkĕrēm in ḥămātî, and I ʾôrîd to the ʾāreṣ their niṣḥām.

Grammar Details

• *wĕʾābûs*: conjunction waw + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I trampled/trod down
• *ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples
• *bĕʾappî*: preposition bet + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - in my anger
• *waʾăšakkĕrēm*: conjunction waw + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and I made them drunk
• *baḥămātî*: preposition bet + noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - in my fury
• *wĕʾôrîd*: conjunction waw + Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - and I brought down
• *lāʾāreṣ*: preposition lamed + article + noun, feminine singular - to the earth/ground
• *niṣḥām*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their lifeblood/juice

Word Meanings

• *ʾābûs*: I trampled/I trod down/I crushed
• *ʿammîm*: peoples/nations
• *ʾappî*: my anger/my nose/my wrath
• *ʾăšakkĕrēm*: I made them drunk/I intoxicated them
• *ḥămātî*: my fury/my wrath/my rage
• *ʾôrîd*: I brought down/I made descend/I poured down
• *niṣḥām*: their lifeblood/their juice/their victory/their gore

Referenced Verses

• Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
• Rev 14:10 : 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
• Rev 16:19 : 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
• Rev 18:3-6 : 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
• Rev 18:21 : 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
• Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
• Isa 51:21-23 : 21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
• Isa 63:2-3 : 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
• Jer 25:16-17 : 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
• Jer 25:26-27 : 26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
• Lam 3:15 : 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
• Job 21:20 : 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
• Ps 60:3 : 3 Thou hast shewed{H8689)} thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink{H8689)} the wine of astonishment.
• Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red{H8804)}; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out{H8686)} of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out{H8799)}, and drink{H8799)} them.
• Isa 25:10-12 : 10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. 11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. 12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
• Isa 26:5-6 : 5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
• Isa 29:9 : 9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.