Isaiah 1:17
Douay-Rheims
Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.
Ibn Ezra
להיטב=היטב To do well. It is infinitive. אשרו Straighten. Root א ; ישר replaces the radical י ; the reverse is the case in תתאמרו=תִּתְיַמָּרוּ you shall boast yourselves(61:6). חמוץ Cruel. An adjective, like קרוב ‘ near ;’ comp. חומץ ‘ cruel ’ (Ps. 71:4). Many explain אשרו חמוץ Give due consideration to the cause, do not judge off hand ; the meaning of אשרו would then be, Praise ye (comp. Gen. 30:13).
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