Tafsiran Yesaya 40:27: Tze'enah Ure'enah, Rashi & Ibn Ezra

“Why do you say O Jacob and why do you speak O Israel, etc.” [40:27]. Why should the people of Jacob say that because they are long in exile that I, God, have forgotten them and I have not watched over Israel? The judgment that I was supposed to mete out to the nations who have greatly tormented Israel, that judgment is overdue and was not done, so speaks Israel in exile. The Holy One answers: Why should you say this?¹Radak, Isaiah, 40:27.

Why should you say My people ([K’li Paz, mss.:] the people of) Jacob, and speak in exile.

My way is hid from the Lord, that is, He does not see what I am doing. The same idea is contained in the words which follow: And my judgment passeth away from my God, that is, He will not judge me according to my way.

My way has been hidden from the Lord He hid from before His eyes all that we served Him, and gave those who did not know Him, dominion over us.

and from my God, my judgment passes? He ignores the judgment of the good reward He should have paid our forefathers and us.