Commentary for Isaiah 2:12
כִּ֣י י֞וֹם לַיהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת עַ֥ל כָּל־גֵּאֶ֖ה וָרָ֑ם וְעַ֖ל כָּל־נִשָּׂ֥א וְשָׁפֵֽל׃
For the LORD of hosts hath a day Upon all that is proud and lofty, And upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ושפל He shall be brought low. The ו changes the past into a future; 20וְשָׁפֵל could be taken as co-ordinate with נִשָּׂא, that which is high and that which is low; Ibn Ezra rejects this explanation, and takes ושפל as the past turned into future by the ו conversive. comp. וטהר he shall be clean (Lev. 22:7)
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