הַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַ בַּיָּ֜ם צִירִ֗ים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא֮ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם֒ לְכ֣וּ ׀ מַלְאָכִ֣ים קַלִּ֗ים אֶל־גּוֹי֙ מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּמוֹרָ֔ט אֶל־עַ֥ם נוֹרָ֖א מִן־ה֣וּא וָהָ֑לְאָה גּ֚וֹי קַו־קָ֣ו וּמְבוּסָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְא֥וּ נְהָרִ֖ים אַרְצֽוֹ׃
yang mengirim duta-duta melalui laut, dengan perahu-perahu papirus di atas permukaan air: “Pergilah, hai utusan-utusan yang cepat, kepada bangsa yang diseret-seret dan dicabuti, kepada umat yang dahsyat sejak ia ada dan seterusnya, bangsa yang diukur garis demi garis dan diinjak-injak, yang negerinya dijarah oleh sungai-sungai!”
Rashi
Go swift messengers to see whether it is true that the Israelites have returned to their place, a nation which is pulled and torn, to a people that is awesome from its inception.
Ibn Ezra
That sendeth, etc. That is accustomed to send messengers over the sea.
Rashi
from their beginning and onward From the day it was chosen as a people and onward.
Rashi
a nation punished in kind Heb. קַו-קָו [lit. a line for a line, i.e.,] when he is punished for his sin, he is punished in kind and given to be trampled. Alternatively, קַו-קָו is an expression of vomit (קִיא) (Lam. 3:45): “Loathsome and rejected.”