Commentary for Isaiah 41:9
אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶחֱזַקְתִּ֙יךָ֙ מִקְצ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמֵאֲצִילֶ֖יהָ קְרָאתִ֑יךָ וָאֹ֤מַר לְךָ֙ עַבְדִּי־אַ֔תָּה בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ וְלֹ֥א מְאַסְתִּֽיךָ׃
Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, And called thee from the uttermost parts thereof, And said unto thee: ‘Thou art My servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away’;
Rashi on Isaiah
whom I grasped Heb. הֶחֱזַקְתִּיךָ. I took you for My share. Comp. (Ex. 4:4) “And he stretched out his hand and grasped (וַיְּחֲזֵק) it.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
From the ends of the earth. The Israelites were in Babylon, far away from their own land.
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Rashi on Isaiah
from the ends of the earth from the other nations.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ומאציליה And from the chief men thereof, who are distinguished from the rest;17אצל to be on the side. Hi. to set aside, to separate, to distinguish. אציל adj. distinguished, noble, chief. comp. ואצלתי and I will take (Num. xi. אצילי .(17 . the nobles of (Ex. 24:11). ומאציליה can also be explained from between her arms.18Comp. אצילי armholes (Ez. 13:18.)
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Rashi on Isaiah
and from its nobles from the greatest of them.
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I called you by name for My share, “My firstborn son, Israel” (ibid. v. 22).
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and I did not despise you like Esau, as it is said (Malachi 1:3), “And Esau I hated.”
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