Commentary for Isaiah 49:1
שִׁמְע֤וּ אִיִּים֙ אֵלַ֔י וְהַקְשִׁ֥יבוּ לְאֻמִּ֖ים מֵרָח֑וֹק יְהוָה֙ מִבֶּ֣טֶן קְרָאָ֔נִי מִמְּעֵ֥י אִמִּ֖י הִזְכִּ֥יר שְׁמִֽי׃
Listen, O isles, unto me, And hearken, ye peoples, from far: The LORD hath called me from the womb, From the bowels of my mother hath He made mention of my name;
Rashi on Isaiah
called me from the womb When I was still in the womb, the thought came before Him that my name should be Isaiah (יְשַׁעְיָה) to prophesy salvations (יְשׁוּעוֹת) and consolations.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Unto me, that is unto the prophet.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
From far. That live far away; or things that will happen in remote future.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Hath called me from the birth, I shall explain this in the commentary on Jer. 1:2.1Comp. c. xlviii. Note 10.
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