Isaiah 51:5 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

קָר֤וֹב צִדְקִי֙ יָצָ֣א יִשְׁעִ֔י וּזְרֹעַ֖י עַמִּ֣ים יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ אֵלַי֙ אִיִּ֣ים יְקַוּ֔וּ וְאֶל־זְרֹעִ֖י יְיַחֵלֽוּן׃

My favour is near, My salvation is gone forth, And Mine arms shall judge the peoples; The isles shall wait for Me, And on Mine arm shall they trust.

Rashi on Isaiah

shall chasten Heb. יִשְׁפֹּטוּ, chasten, jostize in O.F.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Is near, to be seen.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

זרועי Mine arms, is the subject. עמים The people is the object. The isles shall wait upon me, etc., at that time.
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