63:6 I trampled nations in my anger,
I made them drunk 1 in my rage,
I splashed their blood on the ground.” 2
63:18 For a short time your special 3 nation possessed a land, 4
but then our adversaries knocked down 5 your holy sanctuary.
1 sn See Isa 49:26 and 51:23 for similar imagery.
2 tn Heb “and I brought down to the ground their juice.” “Juice” refers to their blood (see v. 3).
3 tn Or “holy” (ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT).
4 tn Heb “for a short time they had a possession, the people of your holiness.”
5 tn Heb “your adversaries trampled on.”