The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.
Ibn Ezra
יששום. Some think that the preposition ב is omitted, and that יששו בם = יששום they shall be glad for them: this is not right; for what would be the meaning of בם? I think that מ is here substituted for the paragogic נ, which is frequently found in verbs. Comp. פדיון = פִּדְיוֹם redemption (Num. 3:19).—The land of Edom alone shall be waste; but Palestine shall be the reverse. According to R. Moses Hakkohen this prophecy refers to the deliverance of Jerusalem.
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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