Isaiah 63:1
Who is this that cometh from Edom - Probably both Edom and Bozrah are only figurative expressions, to point out the place in which God should discomfit his enemies. Edom signifies red, and Bozrah, a vintage. Kimchi interprets the whole of the destruction of Rome.
I that speak in righteousness "I who publish righteousness" - A MS. has hammedabber , with the demonstrative article added with greater force and emphasis: The announcer of righteousness. A MS. has tsedakah , without be prefixed; and so the Septuagint and Vulgate. And thirty-eight MSS. (seven ancient) of Dr. Kennicott' s, and many of De Rossi' s, and one of my own, add the conjunction vau to rab , and mighty; which the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate confirm. - L.
