Commentary for Isaiah 16:4
יָג֤וּרוּ בָךְ֙ נִדָּחַ֔י מוֹאָ֛ב הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר לָ֖מוֹ מִפְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹדֵ֑ד כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ס הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה שֹׁ֔ד תַּ֥מּוּ רֹמֵ֖ס מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; As for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.’ For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth, They that trampled down are consumed out of the land;
Rashi on Isaiah
May My exiles sojourn among you The fleeing children of Israel.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Mine outcasts. The outcasts, who are the brethren of the prophet, or who are the people of the Lord.7The first person used by a prophet may be referred to the prophet that speaks, or to God in whose name he speaks, and whose words he faithfully communicates to us. It is certainly flattering attribute assigned to the Israelites.
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become a hiding place for them for you too shall know the soul of the wanderers, what their distress is.
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The spoiler, who had conquered Samaria, viz., the king of Assyria.
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for the milking has come to an end Your squeezing, your wealth and your glory, which you had through your flocks and your cattle, from which you would squeeze milk and cream.
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For the extortioner, etc. For there shall yet be a time, when this tyrant will perish and oppression cease.
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the udders have vanished Heb. כָּלָה שֹׁד, an expression of breasts that supply milk. Comp. (infra 60:16) “And the breast of (וְשֹׁד) the kings you shall suck.”
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המץ The extortioner. A transitive adjective; root מצץ to suck, or to press; comp. תמצו You press out (66:11).
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the tramplers have ceased Your animals that trample [the earth] in your land.
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They are gone. The armies of the oppressor, the king of Assyria, are gone.8The plural of the verb תמו does not agree with the singular רומס; I. E. supplies therefore the word מחנות armies, as the noun governing the genitive רומם of the oppressor.
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