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Isaiah 63:2,3
Whereforeart thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? …

Isaiah 49:26
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 LORDam thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

Isaiah 51:21-23
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: …

I will bring

Isaiah 25:10-12
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…

Isaiah 26:5,6
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 iteven to the dust…

Revelation 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and castit into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

in My wrath I made them drunk
The metaphor of making the nations drunk with wrath suggests overwhelming them with divine judgment, leading to confusion and downfall. This imagery is used elsewhere in Scripture, such asJeremiah 25:15-16, where the nations drink the cup of God's wrath and stagger. The concept of divine retribution is central here, emphasizing that God's judgment is both righteous and inevitable. The cultural context of the ancient Near East often associated drunkenness with loss of control and impending doom, reinforcing the severity of God's actions.

and poured out their blood on the ground.”
This phrase signifies the complete and utter defeat of the nations, with their blood symbolizing life being violently taken away. The pouring out of blood on the ground is a vivid depiction of death and destruction, reminiscent of sacrificial imagery where blood is poured out as an offering. In the context of Isaiah, it underscores the seriousness of God's judgment against sin. This imagery is also prophetic, pointing to the ultimate judgment at the end of times, as seen inRevelation 14:20, where the blood flows from the winepress of God's wrath. Theologically, it foreshadows the sacrificial death of Christ, whose blood was poured out for the redemption of humanity, contrasting the judgment here with the grace offered through Jesus.

The speaker—the LORD, ultimately fulfilled in Christ—declares His personal action. This is not figurative exaggeration but a literal portrayal of God’s final judgment.

•Isaiah 63:3 echoes, “I have trodden the winepress alone,” underscoring that no human power assists Him.

•Revelation 19:15 pictures Christ who “treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of God,” linking Isaiah’s prophecy to the Second Coming.

•Psalm 2:9 promises He will “break them with an iron scepter,” confirming that the nations’ resistance ends under His direct, sovereign trampling.

God’s anger is righteous, holy, and perfectly measured—never capricious.

•Nahum 1:2–3 affirms, “The LORD is a jealous and avenging God… but the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.”

•Romans 1:18 shows that divine wrath is revealed “against all ungodliness and unrighteousness,” proving the moral basis for His anger.

Because He is just, His anger is the proper response to persistent rebellion.

Here wrath is pictured as wine forcing the nations to stagger under its intoxicating power.

•Jeremiah 25:15–17 speaks of a cup that makes nations “stagger and go mad,” clarifying the metaphor: God’s judgments disorient and overpower.

•Revelation 14:10 warns of drinking “the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength,” connecting Isaiah’s image to the final outpouring of wrath.

The staggering shows utter helplessness; no one can steady themselves against the Lord’s indignation.

The outcome is deadly, graphic, and final.

•Isaiah 34:2–3 depicts nations whose “slain will be thrown out,” affirming that real bloodshed attends divine judgment.

•Ezekiel 39:17–20 describes a sacrificial feast on the flesh of defeated armies at Armageddon, matching Isaiah’s picture of blood poured out.

•Hebrews 10:26–31 warns that rejecting Christ leaves only “a fearful expectation of judgment,” urging every reader to flee to the Savior while mercy is still offered.

Isaiah 63:6 presents the Lord’s personal, righteous, and unstoppable judgment against rebellious nations. He alone tramples them, acts from holy anger, makes them reel under wrath, and spills their blood in final justice. The verse foreshadows Christ’s return (Revelation 19), assures believers of God’s ultimate victory, and warns every soul that refusing His grace results in inevitable, literal judgment.

Make them drunk,implies a change of imagery from that of the battle to that of the cup of wrath, as inIsaiah 51:17,Psalm 75:8,Jeremiah 25:15. The section which thus closes has often been applied (as,e.g.,in the Prayer-Book Epistle for the Monday before Easter) to the passion of our Lord. In that agony and death it has been said He was alone, and none was with Him. He trod the winepress of the wrath of God. It is obvious, however, that this, though we may legitimately apply some of Isaiah's phrases to it, is not an interpretation of this passage, which paints a victory, and not a passion. The true analogue in the New Testament is that of the victory of the triumphant Christ inRevelation 19:11-13; but it may be conceded that, from one point of view, the agony and the cross were themselves a conflict with the powers of evil (John 12:31-32;Colossians 2:15), and that as He came out of that conflict as a conqueror, the words in which Isaiah paints the victor over Edom may, though in a much remoter analogy, be applicable to Him in that conflict also. . . .