Commentary for Isaiah 59:21
וַאֲנִ֗י זֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֤י אוֹתָם֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה רוּחִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלֶ֔יךָ וּדְבָרַ֖י אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי בְּפִ֑יךָ לֹֽא־יָמ֡וּשׁוּ מִפִּיךָ֩ וּמִפִּ֨י זַרְעֲךָ֜ וּמִפִּ֨י זֶ֤רַע זַרְעֲךָ֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מֵעַתָּ֖ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ (ס)
And as for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
Rashi on Isaiah
As for Me, this is My covenant with them In this matter, I made a covenant with them, and I will fulfill it, for even in their exile, My Torah shall not be forgotten from them.
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Metzudat David on Isaiah
"And for me, this is my covenant:" He means to say, "Upon this I will make a covenant with them, 'says the Lord.'" And [then] he explained what he made the covenant upon and said, "The spirit of prophecy that rests upon you - you, Israel - and the words of Torah that I placed in your mouth to teach them, behold these two 'will not depart from your mouth, etc. says the Lord,' such that they will not depart 'from now and forever' until the end of all the generations."
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
As for me, this is my covenant. I shall make a covenant with them, namely, that my spirit which is upon thee, etc. Upon thee. Israel is addressed. My spirit. My prophecy; comp. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, etc. (Joel 3:1).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And my words which I have put in thy mouth. Repetition of the same idea. God has revealed Himself to His people through prophets, whose divine words shall never depart from the hearts of the Israelites.
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