Isaiah 63:6

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.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 63:2 Parallel

In Isaiah 63:2, the question about red garments prepares for the winepress imagery that Isaiah 63:6 answers with treading peoples in anger.

Isaiah 63:3 Parallel

In Isaiah 63:3, God says he trod the winepress alone—Isaiah 63:6 continues with the same imagery of treading peoples in wrath.

Isaiah 25:10-12 depicts Moab being trampled down by God—a parallel to the divine trampling of nations in wrath.

Isaiah 51:21-23 uses the same cup of wrath imagery, first given to Jerusalem then transferred to her tormentors.

Isaiah 10:6 Parallel

Isaiah 10:6 uses the same trampling imagery: God commands Assyria to trample the people like mire, prefiguring the divine trampling in 63:6.

Isaiah 26:6 Parallel

Isaiah 26:6 shows the execution of judgment: the poor trample the fallen city—a concrete outworking of the divine trampling described in 63:6.

In Isaiah 49:26, God makes oppressors drunk with their own blood—similar to the winepress judgment imagery in Isaiah 63:6.

Isaiah 26:5 Parallel

Isaiah 26:5 describes God bringing down the lofty city—similar theme of divine humbling of the proud, like the trampling in wrath.

Revelation 16:6 echoes the same divine retribution: those who shed blood are given blood to drink—a direct parallel to God making nations drunk with wrath.

Revelation 14:10 explicitly depicts drinking the wine of God's wrath from the cup of his anger — a direct NT echo of the OT judgment.

Jeremiah 25:27 commands nations to drink, be drunk, and fall — nearly identical imagery to the trampling and drunkenness.

Jeremiah 25:17 has the prophet literally making nations drink the cup from the LORD's hand — the same act of judgment.

Jeremiah 25:16 describes nations drinking and staggering from God's cup of wrath, directly paralleling the drunken judgment.

Psalm 75:8 Parallel

Psalm 75:8 depicts God's cup of foaming wine that the wicked must drain — a classic parallel to the wrath cup imagery.

Revelation 16:19 expands on the cup-of-wrath judgment: Babylon is forced to drink God's fury, matching the drunk-with-wrath theme.

In Jeremiah 13:13, the same drunkenness from God's wrath is applied to Jerusalem, showing this judgment theme recurs.

In Jeremiah 48:26, Moab is made drunk as judgment, mirroring the trampling of nations in Isaiah 63:6.

Nahum 3:11 Parallel

In Nahum 3:11, Nineveh is also made drunk, continuing the theme of divine judgment through drunkenness.

Revelation 18:6 applies the measure-for-measure principle: Babylon is forced to drink the same cup of judgment she served others—akin to God's wrathful cup.

Psalm 60:3 Contrast

Psalm 60:3 uses the wine-of-staggering image for Israel's judgment, contrasting with the nations' judgment here.

Job 21:20 Parallel

Job 21:20 describes the wicked drinking God's wrath — the same metaphor of divine retribution, but applied to individuals.