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Commentary for Isaiah 14:1

כִּי֩ יְרַחֵ֨ם יְהוָ֜ה אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֗ב וּבָחַ֥ר עוֹד֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם עַל־אַדְמָתָ֑ם וְנִלְוָ֤ה הַגֵּר֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְנִסְפְּח֖וּ עַל־בֵּ֥ית יַעֲקֹֽב׃

For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Rashi on Isaiah

For the Lord shall have mercy on Jacob to keep for them the promise of their redemption from Babylonia.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

For the Lord will have mercy, etc. When Babylon was taken, Cyrus allowed the exiled Jews to return home.
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Rashi on Isaiah

and again choose Israel in the future, He shall redeem them with a complete redemption.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

ונספחו And shall be joined. Comp. ספחני join me (1 Sam. 2:36)
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Rashi on Isaiah

and join And they shall be added on. Comp. (I Sam. 2:36) “Take me now into... (סָפְחֵנִי)” and also (ibid. 27:19) “From cleaving to the Lord’s heritage (מֵהִסְתַּפֵּחַ).”
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