Isaiah 16:4 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

יָג֤וּרוּ בָךְ֙ נִדָּחַ֔י מוֹאָ֛ב הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר לָ֖מוֹ מִפְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹדֵ֑ד כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ס הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה שֹׁ֔ד תַּ֥מּוּ רֹמֵ֖ס מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; As for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.’ For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth, They that trampled down are consumed out of the land;

Rashi on Isaiah

May My exiles sojourn among you The fleeing children of Israel.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Mine outcasts. The outcasts, who are the brethren of the prophet, or who are the people of the Lord.7The first person used by a prophet may be referred to the prophet that speaks, or to God in whose name he speaks, and whose words he faithfully communicates to us. It is certainly flattering attribute assigned to the Israelites.
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Rashi on Isaiah

become a hiding place for them for you too shall know the soul of the wanderers, what their distress is.
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