Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Ibn Ezra
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., 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. 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, 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.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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