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# Who is this who comes from Edom ... Bozrah
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Isaiah speaks as a watchman using the question and answer format to present this information about Yahweh's judgment on Edom, an enemy of Israel. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "I, Yahweh, am coming from Edom, clothed in red from Bozrah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Bozrah
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This is the capital city of Edom. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# It is I
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Here "I" refers to Yahweh.
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# Why are your clothes red, and why ... winepress?
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This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "The red on your clothing looks makes you look like you have been treading on grapes in a winepress." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# winepress
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A winepress is a low place carved out of rock in the ground where workers step on the grapes to crush them with their feet, in order to remove the grape juice. |