Commentaire sur Isaïe 49:8
כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה בְּעֵ֤ת רָצוֹן֙ עֲנִיתִ֔יךָ וּבְי֥וֹם יְשׁוּעָ֖ה עֲזַרְתִּ֑יךָ וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗ וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֙ לִבְרִ֣ית עָ֔ם לְהָקִ֣ים אֶ֔רֶץ לְהַנְחִ֖יל נְחָל֥וֹת שֹׁמֵמֽוֹת׃
Ainsi parle l’Éternel: "À l’heure de la clémence, je t’exauce; au jour du salut, je viens à ton secours. Je veille sur toi, je fais de toi un gage d’alliance parmi les nations, pour restaurer la terre et restituer les patrimoines en ruines,
Rashi on Isaiah
In a time of favor In the time of prayer, when you seek My favor and appease Me.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
בעת רצון עניתיך In an acceptable time I have heard thee. This expression is likewise a proof of the correctness of my opinion.11See preceding note. The meaning of the phrase according to I. E. is: In the time of favour, viz., for the Israelites, when their redemption was prepared, I have also heard thee, the prophet, and decreed to cause thee to be honoured by all. Many, in opposition to the context, refer the pronoun thee to Cyrus. R. Moses thinks that the preposition ב in בעת רצון has the same meaning as in במרחב יה (Ps. 118:5), namely: with. It is not at all unlikely that his opinion is right.
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Rashi on Isaiah
and on a day of salvation When you need salvation.
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and I will watch you Heb. וְאֶצָּרְךָ, and I will watch you.
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for a people of a covenant to be a people of a covenant to Me.
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to establish a land The land of Israel, chosen by Me from all lands.
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