Commento su Isaia 11:11

a second time Just as he acquired them from Egypt, when their redemption was absolute, without subjugation, but the redemption preceding the building of the Second Temple is not counted, since they were subjugated to Cyrus.

The second time, with regard to the deliverance from Egypt. This verse may be taken as a proof¹²According to the view of the majority of commentators mentioned in the beginning of this chapter. The general redemption of Israel, as predicted in this verse, did not take place in the days of Hezekiah; for the ten tribes remained in exile. that the prophet in the whole passage refers to the Messianic period; for the restoration during the second temple was not. complete,¹³The deliverance of Judah from the Assyrian invasion in the days of Hezekiah did not correspond to the promise given in this and the following verses. since not all the tribes, and not even all the men of Judah, returned to Palestine. He who refers the chapter to Hezekiah finds in this verse the description of the return of the people¹⁴In consequence of the Assyrian invasion, a great many of the Israelites seem to have left Palestine, in order to avoid the miseries and dangers of war and foreign occupation. to Palestine, when they found that Jerusalem had escaped uninjured, and that Sennacherib had died after the loss of the greater part of his army.¹⁵This is not quite in accordance with 37:36; there it is said that all his men died, but I. E. in his commentaries frequently remarks that כל all, is not to be taken literally. Compare I. E. on Ex. 16:6.

and from the islands of the sea the islands of the Kittim, the Romans, the descendants of Esau.