Isaiah 63:4

Modern

For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.

Traditional

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

Literal

For the day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redeeming has come!

Latin

Dies enim ultionis in corde meo; annus redemptionis meæ venit.

Hebrew

English

For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.

The judgment of Edom serves as an example of how God judges all nations (see also Isaiah 34:5–15).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Isaiah 61:2
…to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
Isaiah 35:4
Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
Jeremiah 51:6
Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
Luke 21:22
For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
Revelation 11:13
And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 6:9–17
And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
Zechariah 3:8
Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.