Commentary for Isaiah 49:6
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר נָקֵ֨ל מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ֥ לִי֙ עֶ֔בֶד לְהָקִים֙ אֶת־שִׁבְטֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב ונצירי [וּנְצוּרֵ֥י] יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהָשִׁ֑יב וּנְתַתִּ֙יךָ֙ לְא֣וֹר גּוֹיִ֔ם לִֽהְי֥וֹת יְשׁוּעָתִ֖י עַד־קְצֵ֥ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (ס)
Yea, He saith: ‘It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the offspring of Israel; I will also give thee for a light of the nations, That My salvation may be unto the end of the earth.’
Rashi on Isaiah
And He said, “It is too light for you to be, etc.” In My eyes, it is too small a gift that you should have this alone, that you be My servant to establish Jacob and to bring back to Me the besieged of Israel, and behold I add more to you, “And I will make you a light for the nations,” to prophesy concerning the downfall of Babylon, which will be a joy for the whole world.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
It is a slight thing, in mine eyes, that thou shouldst be a servant to bring Israel back to their land by thy word.
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Rashi on Isaiah
and the besieged of Israel Heb. וּנְצוּרֵי. Comp. (Prov. 7:10) “With a heart surrounded by evil thoughts (וּנְצֻרַת),” that their heart is surrounded by the inclination of sinful thoughts, like a city besieged by a bulwark of those who besiege it.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ונצורי And the ruins of.7A. V., The preserved. Besieged.7A. V., The preserved. Besieged. Comp. נצורה desolate (1:8).—
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Not alone wilt thou bring Israel back, but I will give thee for a light of nations.
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להיות ישועתי. That my salvation may be,8A. V., That thou mayest be my salvation. that is, that my salvation maybe published before it comes, unto the end of the earth
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