Isaiah 49:9 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

לֵאמֹ֤ר לַֽאֲסוּרִים֙ צֵ֔אוּ לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּחֹ֖שֶׁךְ הִגָּל֑וּ עַל־דְּרָכִ֣ים יִרְע֔וּ וּבְכָל־שְׁפָיִ֖ים מַרְעִיתָֽם׃

Saying to the prisoners: ‘Go forth’; To them that are in darkness: ‘Show yourselves’; They shall feed in the ways, And in all high hills shall be their pasture;

Rashi on Isaiah

To say to the prisoners, “Go out!” At the time I will say to the prisoners of the exile, “Go out!”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

That thou mayest say, etc. This shows that the prophet announced this to the Jews before they returned from the Babylonian exile.
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Rashi on Isaiah

rivers Jonathan renders: נַגְדִּין, streams of water.
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