He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law.
Ibn Ezra
He shall not fail. The prophet shall not fail, with regard to the spirit, which is joined to his body. in the preceding verse to the flame of the burning flax, while the verb רצץ to break points in fact more to the body itself. Nor will he be broken, with regard to his body. ירוץ is a verb ע״ע; comp. רצוץ broken (ver. 3); its form is like that of יָרוּז, doth sing (Prov. 29:6). The meaning of this phrase is: The prophet shall not die, or he shall not be overcome by any violence of man. Compare the similar phrase in the preceding verse. This latter explanation, I think, is the right one. Till he have set judgment in the earth, till the truth of his prophecy be proved, and isles shall wait for his law, for the instruction contained in his prophecies; comp. 8:20, and my commentary thereon.
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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