Isaiah 53:6 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

כֻּלָּ֙נוּ֙ כַּצֹּ֣אן תָּעִ֔ינוּ אִ֥ישׁ לְדַרְכּ֖וֹ פָּנִ֑ינוּ וַֽיהוָה֙ הִפְגִּ֣יעַ בּ֔וֹ אֵ֖ת עֲוֺ֥ן כֻּלָּֽנוּ׃

All we like sheep did go astray, We turned every one to his own way; And the LORD hath made to light on him The iniquity of us all.

Rashi on Isaiah

We all went astray like sheep Now it is revealed that all the heathens (nations [mss.]) had erred.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

All we like sheep, etc. At last they will acknowledge the truth; that it was an error to think him smitten of God (ver. 4), comp. Surely our fathers have inherited lies, etc. (Jer. 16:14).
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Rashi on Isaiah

accepted his prayers He accepted his prayers and was appeased concerning the iniquity of all of us, that He did not destroy His world. accepted...prayers Heb. הִפְגִּיעַ, espriad in O.F., an expression of supplication.
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