Komentarz do Izajasza 43:5
אַל־תִּירָ֖א כִּ֣י אִתְּךָ־אָ֑נִי מִמִּזְרָח֙ אָבִ֣יא זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֖ב אֲקַבְּצֶֽךָּ׃
Nie bój się, bom Ja z tobą; ze Wschodu sprowadzę potomstwo twoje, a z Zachodu zgromadzę cię.
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
From the east. From Babylon.2aAccording to I. E. on c. 49:12, Babylon is in the north of Palestine; but in reality it may be considered as north-east of Jerusalem.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
From the west. From Egypt and Assyria.3Assyria is described as in the west of Palestine, and identical with Ethiopia; comp. 18:1, Note 3, and 49:12. Comp. Ezr. 6:22.4The words referred to are: And turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God. It is difficult to find out what I. E. intended to prove by this quotation, since it does not give us the least information concerning the position of Assyria. He means perhaps to show that the name of Assyria was not limited to the kingdom of Nineveh, since in the time of Ezra the latter kingdom had ceased to exist.
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