ישעיהו נג:ב פירוש: רש״י ואבן עזרא

And he came up like a sapling before it This people, before this greatness came to it, was a very humble people, and it came up by itself like a sapling of the saplings of the trees.

And he grew up, etc. That Israelite who is the servant of the Lord,¹That is, the prophet. or the whole nation of the Israelites, grew up²A. V., For he shall grow up.

and like a root he came up from dry land.