Commentary for Isaiah 59:17
וַיִּלְבַּ֤שׁ צְדָקָה֙ כַּשִּׁרְיָ֔ן וְכ֥וֹבַע יְשׁוּעָ֖ה בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַיִּלְבַּ֞שׁ בִּגְדֵ֤י נָקָם֙ תִּלְבֹּ֔שֶׁת וַיַּ֥עַט כַּמְעִ֖יל קִנְאָֽה׃
And He put on righteousness as a coat of mail, And a helmet of salvation upon His head, And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Rashi on Isaiah
zeal enprenmant in O.F., to be zealous for His great name.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And He put on, etc. This is a figure taken from a warrior putting on his armour.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
תלבשת Clothing. Both the letters ת are formative, as in תפארת glory (3:18).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ויעט כמעיל קנאה And was clad with zeal as a cloke, that is, as if he were clad with a cloke.18I. E. seems to point out by this remark, that קנאה is not a genitive governed by מעיל, and that the whole phrase does not mean and was clad as it were with a cloke of zeal (similar to בגדי נקם garments of vengeance), but that both מעיל and קנאה are in the accusative case governed by the verb ויעט.
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