## Ibn Ezra on Isaiah Chapter 60 ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:1:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:1:1) **קומי אורי.** לשון ציווי כמו בואי (שמואל ב' י"ג י"א), בא בחולם בעבור האל"ף: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** אורי *Shine.* It is the imperative; comp. בואי come (2 Sam. 13:11); these two have Holem instead of Shurek on account of the א.¹, קוּם, to rise. Generally the vowel is affected by the consonant which follows, but not by the preceding, as is the case in אוֹדִי, according to the opinion of I. E. footnotes: ¹ The infinitive Kal of the verb ע״ו has, according to the rule, the vowel וּ; e.g. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:1:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:1:2) **כי בא אורך.** לשבח, ולפי דעתי שביאת האור הוא חשך, כמו בא ערב ונפסק האור שהיה לך, **וזרח עליך כבוד יי.** והעד לא יהיה לך עוד אור השמש לאור יומם [להלן י"ט], וטעם אורי על מלכות או הנבואה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** בא אורך Thy light is come, if taken in a good sense; but I think that it means thy light has set, and it has become dark; that is,² the evening is come, and the light which has shone for thee hitherto, is gone, but in its stead the glory of the Lord will henceforth shine over thee; comp. The sun shall be no more thy light by day, etc. (ver. 19). By the words Shine, etc., the restoration of the kingdom of Israel, or of the prophecy is meant. footnotes: ² The Hebrew text has the word במו, which can be translated as if to say, or that is, but usually it introduces some quotation from the Bible; very probably it was originally followed by the words בי בא השמש because the sun was set (Gen. 28:11). ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:2:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:2:1) **כי הנה החשך.** זהו כטעם כי יבא כנהר צר (ישעיהו נ"ט י"ט): **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *For behold, the darkness will cover the earth.* Comp. For distress shall come in like a flood (59:19). ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:2:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:2:2) **וערפל [לאמים].** תכסה לאומים: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** וערפל לאמים *And gross darkness*—supply יכסה shall cover—*the people*. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:2:3 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:2:3) **ועליך יזרח יי.** והטעם עליך לבדך: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *But upon thee*. Upon thee alone. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:3:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:3:1) **והלכו גוים לאורך.** כי מנהג מי שהוא בחשך לראות היושבים באור: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *And nations shall come to thy light.* He who is in darkness usually sees those that are dwelling in light. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:4:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:4:1) **כולם.** רמז על בניך ובנותיך שיזכירם, ויתכן להיות כלם סימן המלכים: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *All they.* All thy sons and daughters, whom the prophet is going to mention; it may also refer to kings (ver. 3). ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:4:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:4:2) **תאמנה.** מגזרת ויהי אומן את הדסה (אסתר ב' ז'): **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** תאמנה *Shall be nursed.* Comp. ויהי אמן and he brought up (Est. 2:7) ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:5:1) **אז תיראי.** והטעם כאשר יבאו המלכים אליך ויביאו בניך, אז תיראי כאדם שיפחד בבא לו תשועה ודבר שלא עלה על לב, כאשר יקרא למצא אבדה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *Then.* When kings come unto thee and bring thee thy children. תראי *Thou shalt fear,*³ like a man that trembles when help comes to him suddenly, or anything he did not anticipate; this is usually the case with a person who finds something. footnotes: ³ A. V., Thou shalt see. I. E. seems to have read תִּֽרְאִי or תִּרְאִי (root ירא), instead of תִּרְאִי. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:5:2) **ונהרת.** תרוצי פה ופה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** ונהרת And thou wilt run hither and thither.⁴ footnotes: ⁴ A. V., And flow together. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:3 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:5:3) **ופחד.** והנה יהיה פחד מעורב עם שמחה, וזאת רחב לבבך, הפך הצרה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *And thine heart shall fear and be enlarged.* Anxiety will be mixed with the rejoicing, which is indicated by the words: *And thine heart shall be enlarged.* This is the opposite of צרה straits, distress. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:4 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:5:4) **כי יהפך עליך המון ים.** או טעם תיראי מרוב המון שיהפך עליך: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** The reason of the joy will be *Because the abundance of the sea,* etc. The verse may also be explained thus: Thou shalt fear because of the great multitude that will flow unto thee. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:5 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:5:5) **חיל גוים.** ביבשה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** חיל גוים *The forces of the nations.*⁵ The land armies.⁶ footnotes: ⁵ A. V., Of the Gentiles. ⁶ According to this explanation המון ים is not the abundance of the sea, but the multitude or the armies that will come by sea. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:6:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:6:1) **שפעת.** חבורה, כמו שפעת (מים) אני רואה (מלכים ב' ט' י"ז): **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** שפעת *A company*. Comp. 2 Kgs. 9:17. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:6:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:6:2) **בכרי.** הבי"ת משרת, מגזרת שלחו כר (ישעיהו ט"ז א'), ישאו דורון: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** בכרי *With dromedairies*.⁷ The ב is a preposition; comp. בר the swift (16:1). *They shall bring* for a present. footnotes: ⁷ A. V., The dromedaries. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:7:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:7:1) **ישרתונך.** הטעם יהיו לצרכך, וכמוהו את בגדי השרד לשרת בקדש (שמות ל"ה י"ט), הם בגדי הנסיעה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** ישרתונך *Shall minister unto thee*, that is, shall be at thy service; comp. לשרת to do service (Ex. 35:19), which is used of the cloth for covering the holy vessels during the journey. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:7:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:7:2) **יעלו על רצון מזבחי.** והנה על ימשוך אחר עמו וכן הוא על מזבחי: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** על רצון על מזבחי═על רצון מזבחי With acceptance on my altar.⁸ footnotes: ⁸ Usually one preposition is connected with several nouns, but in one and the same meaning; here this is not the case. על רצון means with acceptance, or for acceptance; על מזבחי upon my altar. But, in fact, the repetition of the preposition is not required here at all, since עלה governs also the accusative; comp. Gen. 49:4; Num. 13:17. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:8:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:8:1) **מי אלה.** הטעם על הבנים, והנה קומי אורי [לעיל א'] ידבר עם ציון: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *Who are these*, etc. This question refers to the children (ver. 4). The words Arise, shine, etc. (ver. 1) are addressed by God to Zion.⁹ footnotes: ⁹ It seems as if I. E. explained this chapter to be a dialogue between God and Zion. Ver. 1 to ver. 7 is assigned to God; ver. 8 contains a question asked by Zion, the verses which follow contain the answer of God. Otherwise the remark is here superfluous, or at least out of place. (Comp. ver. 14). ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:8:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:8:2) **אל ארובותיהם.** הם החלונות ששם קנם: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** ארבתיחם *Their windows.* The holes, where their nests are. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:9:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:9:1) **כי לי איים יקוו.** שאתן להם שכר טוב: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *Shall wait for me,* that I shall give them a good reward. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:9:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:9:2) **ואניות תרשיש כבראשונה.** והזכיר תרשיש כי היא קרובה לארץ: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *Tarshish.* This place is mentioned because it is near Palestine.¹⁰ footnotes: ¹⁰ Comp. I. E. on Jonah 1:3. He mentions there the opinion of Saadiah, that Tarshish is the same as Tarsus, Tartessus in Hispania Bætica; and also the opinion of another commentator, who believes it to be Tunis in Africa. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:9:3 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:9:3) **כספם וזהבם.** והנה הטעם כי לי איים יקוו, כי לא יתנון להם ישראל שכר, והנה הוא מפורש לשם יי אלהיך: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *Their silver and their gold with them.* These words contain the reason why the islands shall wait for the Lord; the Israelites will not give them wages. It is distinctly said unto the name of the Lord thy God.¹¹ footnotes: ¹¹ They will do all this work for the Israelites without expecting any pay for it except from the Lord, whose will they carry out. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:9:4 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:9:4) והנה **פארך.** בא בקמץ גדול תחת קטן בעבור היותו סוף פסוק: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** פארך *He hath glorified thee.* The Kamez under ר instead of Zeré, is caused by the pause.¹² footnotes: ¹² The feminine suffix –ֵ is here to be expected, because it refers to Zion, which is, in this whole chapter, addressed as a woman. I. E. attributes the cause of this change to the pause; but it must be considered as very exceptional, since the pause changes the masculine suffix –ְ into –ָ, but not so the feminine suffix –ֵ. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:10:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:10:1) **ובנו וגו'.** אפילו בני ישראל לא יבנו חומות ירושלם כאשר לא בנו הבית, כי אם הגוים: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *And the sons of strangers shall build*, etc. The Israelites will not build the walls of Jerusalem, as they did not build even the temple; other nations will do it. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:11:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:11:1) **ופתחו.** יש אומרים החירק תחת שורק, ויש אומרים כי ופתחו שב אל בני נכר, ואיננו רחוק, והנה הטעם ידוע, להביא אליך חיל גוים ביום גם בלילה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** ופתּחו Some say that וּפִחְּחוּ is the same as וּפֻתְּחוּ and they will be opened. According to others, And they will open, that is, the sons of strangers will open, etc.; this explanation is not improbable.—The sense of the whole verse is: the gates will be opened continually, day and night, by those that will bring in the abundance of nations. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:11:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:11:2) **ומלכיהם.** שהיו נוהגים יובאו נהוגים, כטעם לאסור מלכיה' בזקי' (תהלים קמ"ט ח'): **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *Their kings*, that is, those who had been their kings. *And that their kings may be brought.* Comp. To bind their kings with chains (Ps. 149:8) ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:12:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:12:1) **חרוב יחרבו.** מגזרת חרב, החרב נחרבו המלכים (מלכים ב' ג' כ"ג), ויש אומרים מלשון חרבן, והראשון הוא נכון: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** חרב יחרבו *They will be slain.* This verb is derived from חרב sword; comp. החרב נחרבו they are surely slain. (2 Kgs. 3:23). Some explain it they shall be utterly wasted, and compare it with חרבן destruction. I prefer the first explanation. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:13:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:13:1) **כבוד הלבנון.** והנה פי' האילנים הנכבדים בלבנון, ברוש תדהר ותאשור יחדו: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *The glory of Lebanon.* The best trees of Lebanon; the fir tree, etc. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:13:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:13:2) **לפאר.** לבנות בית השם: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *To beautify the place of my sanctuary.* To build the house of the Lord. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:14:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:14:1) **והלכו.** שחוח, שם: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** שחח *Bending.* It is a noun.¹³ footnotes: ¹³ I. E. uses the expression שם a noun; he means perhaps שם הפועל infinitive or verbal noun, as contrasted with פועל participle, and שם התואר common noun; in the latter cases the plural form would be used. Comp. c. iii., Note 5. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:14:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:14:2) **וקראו לך עיר יי.** והנה לעד [כי] קומי אורי אמר על ציון: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *And they shall call thee the city of the Lord.* This proves that the exclamation Arise, etc. is addressed to Zion.¹⁴ footnotes: ¹⁴ Another opinion is mentioned, Midrash Yalkut ad locum: R. Johanan compares these words (קומי אורי) to those uttered by one who is about to travel at night a little before dawn; he gets a candle lit, but the flame is blown out; he gets another candle, but it meets with the same fate; he then resigns himself and says: I shall not trouble myself any longer with those candles, I shall wait for the light of the morning. The same was the case with the Israelites: they said: We have lit the candle in the time of Moses; it has been put out; under king Solomon we lit another candle, this also was extinguished; we must now resign ourselves and wait, till the Lord himself will renew for us the light. Therefore God said: Arise, my light (אורי), etc. I. E. thought, perhaps, of this or similar passages in the Midrash, when he considered it necessary to remind us repeatedly that the words קומי אורי are addressed to Zion. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:14:3 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:14:3) **עיר.** ימשך עצמו ואחר עמו וכן הוא ציון עיר קדוש ישראל. כמו אל באפך תוכיחני (תהלים ו' א'): **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** עיר קדש ישראל═קדש ישראל The city of the holy One of Israel. Comp. Ps. 6:1.¹⁵ here, the word עיר city. footnotes: ¹⁵ קדוש ישראל is the genitive; but it cannot be governed by ציון, because the latter is a proper noun, and proper nouns do not govern a genitive; wherever, therefore, this seems to be the case, another noun in apposition to it is supplied, as e. g. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:15:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:15:1) **עזובה.** בהיותה חרבה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *Thou hast been forsaken.* When in a state of ruin. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:15:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:15:2) **משוש דור ודור.** הטעם משוש שלא יפסק: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *A rejoicing of many generations*. A rejoicing, which shall never cease. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:16:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:16:1) **וינקת חלב גוים.** הטעם ממון שיתנו מס: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *The milk of nations*. Their money; they will pay tribute. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:16:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:16:2) **ושוד מלכים.** מגזרת שדים (ישעיהו ל"ב י"ב), כי משקלי השמות משתנים: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** שד *Breast.* It is the same as שָׁדַיִם. The form of the nouns is not constant.¹⁶ footnotes: ¹⁶ The two forms referred to are שֹׁד and שֵׁד. Comp. I. E. on c. 9:3, and Note 4. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:17:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:17:1) **תחת הנחשת אביא זהב.** אשים בלב הגוים שיביאו הזהב, והנכון שאביא לך שכר זהב, והנה הנחשת נכבד מהברזל על [כן] תחתיו זהב כנגדו: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *I will bring gold.* That is, I shall induce the nations to bring the gold, or, and that is perhaps better—I shall bring thee the value of gold;¹⁷ (or,¹⁸ the value of the gold of nations.) Copper is better than iron, it is therefore contrasted with gold. footnotes: ¹⁷ That is, for the copper that has been taken away from thee, thou wilt get a compensation of such a value, as if gold had been taken away. ¹⁸ זהב גוים the gold of nations seems to be another reading for the preceding זהב gold, but not a new explanation. Comp. נ״א another reading of the M.S. of the British Museum. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:17:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:17:2) **ושמתי פקודתך.** אנשי פקודתך, כמו פקיד, והם החולקים המס: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** פקודתך *Thy officers.* Lit., the men of thy office (אנשי פקודתך). Comp. פקיד officer. The men, who distribute the taxes. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:17:3 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:17:3) **[שלום].** שיקחוהו בשלום: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *I will make thine officers peace*. They will collect the taxes in peace. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:17:4 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:17:4) **ונוגשיך [צדקה].** בצדקה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *And thine exactors righteousness*. They will exact the money with righteousness. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:18:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:18:1) **לא ישמע עוד חמס בארצך שוד ושבר.** הטעם כפול: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *Violence shall not,* etc. Repetition of the same idea. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:18:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:18:2) **וקראת.** יש אומר' כמו וקראת אתכם הרעה (דברים ל"א כ"ט), ויש אומרים מלשון קריאה, כי הישועה תקרא אל חומותיך, והנכון שמלת וקראת לנכח ציון, כי חומותיך תקראם ישועה, והעד ושעריך תהלה, והנה וקראת ימשוך אחר עמו כמשפט: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** וקראת ישועה חומתיך Some explain it: And salvation will meet thy walls; comp. וֹקראת אתכם הרעה and evil will befall you (Deut. 31:29); others: And salvation shall call unto thy walls; but it is more correct to take וקראת as the second person feminine, and to render it, And thou, Zion, wilt call thy walls salvation. The correctness of this explanation is proved by the words which follow: ושעריך תהלה and thy gates praise. וקראת is to be repeated before ושעריך, according to the rule of ellipsis. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:19:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:19:1) **לא וגו'.** לא תצטרכי לאור השמש בעבור אור השכינה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *The sun shall be no more,* etc. Thou wilt not want the light of the sun, because of the light of God. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:19:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:19:2) **לאור עולם.** יומם ולילה: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *An everlasting light,* that shines day and night. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:20:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:20:1) **לא וגו'.** זה השמש לא יבוא וירח אשר לא יאסף, והטעם כי בהתחברו עם השמש אז יעדר אור מהארץ: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *Thy sun shall no more go down*, etc. That sun¹⁹ will not set, and that moon לא יאסף *Shall not withdraw itself.* Lit., shall not be gathered; the moon appears dark to the earth, when in conjunction with the sun.²⁰ footnotes: ¹⁹ The glory of the Lord mentioned in the preceding verse as a substitute for the light of sun and moon. ²⁰ The phrase the moon is gathered means, according to I. E., the moon comes together with the sun, in one straight line from the earth, so that the part of the moon illuminated by the sun is not seen by the inhabitants of the earth, and she is, therefore, not seen at all: this is the case at every new moon. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:20:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:20:2) **ושלמו ימי אבלך.** כי האבל ישב בחשך: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.* The mourner sits, as it were, in darkness. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:21:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:21:1) **נצר.** כמו ונצר משרשיו יפרה (ישעיהו י"א א'): **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *The branch.* Comp. And a branch shall grow out of his roots (11:1). ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:21:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:21:2) **מעשה ידי להתפאר.** כדרך בן אדם שישמח במעשיו בהיותם מתוקנים: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *The work of my hands, that I may be glorified.* It is a figure taken from the joy which a man feels when his work proves to be successful.²¹ footnotes: ²¹ God rejoices that Israel have proved themselves, by repentance and by faithfulness to the word of God, deserving of the promised distinction, and worthy of the position assigned to them among the nations. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:22:1 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:22:1) **הקטן.** המשפחה הקטנה שמספרם מעט תהיה לאלף: **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *The little one,* etc. The small family, that numbers a few, shall become a thousand. ###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:22:2 [Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 60:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Isaiah/r/60:22:2) **בעתה.** בגעת עת הישועה, והנכון שהוא דבק עם הקטן יהיה לאלף, והנה אחיש לעשות לשום מצעיר לגוי עצום, כדרך ואעשך לגוי גדול (בראשית י"ב ב'): **Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:** *In his time,* that is, when the time of salvation will come, *I will hasten it,* that is, the salvation; or, I shall hasten to make the little one a strong nation; לגוי עצום *A strong nation*. Comp. And I shall make thee a great nation (Gen. 12:2)