Commentaire sur Isaïe 66:22
כִּ֣י כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם הַ֠חֳדָשִׁים וְהָאָ֨רֶץ הַחֲדָשָׁ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֥י עֹשֶׂ֛ה עֹמְדִ֥ים לְפָנַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כֵּ֛ן יַעֲמֹ֥ד זַרְעֲכֶ֖ם וְשִׁמְכֶֽם׃
Oui! Comme ces cieux nouveaux et comme cette terre nouvelle que je ferai naître dureront devant moi, dit l’Éternel, ainsi subsisteront votre race et votre nom.
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
The new heavens. I have already explained this expression (65:17).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
עמדים Shall remain, shall not be destroyed, as their predecessors have been. Before me. Before God, who is the first, cause of all existing things.40All things are kept in existence by the will of God, they are therefore said to stand before the Lord, as if to receive from Him the power of existence.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And your name shall remain, so that it will not be blotted out; or,41The words שלא ימחה after שמכם are superfluous. According to the second explanation שם has here the meaning substance; comp. I. E. on Ruth 3:16. it has the same meaning as your seed, and is a mere repetition of the same idea. Comp. To Jacob and to Israel (Num. 23:23)
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