Commentary for Isaiah 63:6
וְאָב֤וּס עַמִּים֙ בְּאַפִּ֔י וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵ֖ם בַּחֲמָתִ֑י וְאוֹרִ֥יד לָאָ֖רֶץ נִצְחָֽם׃ (ס)
And I trod down the peoples in Mine anger, and made them drunk with My fury, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.’
Rashi on Isaiah
And I trod Heb. וְאָבוּס. An expression of wallowing in blood and treading with the feet. Comp. (Ezekiel 16:6) “wallowing (מִתְבּוֹסֶסֶת) in your blood.” Comp. also (Jer. 12:10): “They trod (בֹּסְסוּ) My field.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Nations. Other nations beside Edom.
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Rashi on Isaiah
their power Heb. נִצְחָם, the might of their victory.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ואוריד לארץ נצחם And I will pour out their blood11The phrase לנצח נצחים (34:10) is explained by I. E., להם זמנים אין קץ periods of time without end. Others compare נצחם their blood with נצח strength (1 Sam. 15:29), the purity and proper circulation of the blood being the essential condition of the health and strength of man; others, again, derive it from a root נזה═נצח to sprinkle. (Ges. Lex. Hebr. Chald.) to the earth.
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