For thus saith the Lord: Yea verily, even the captivity shall be taken away from the strong: and that which was taken by the mighty, shall be delivered. But I will judge those that have judged thee, and thy children I will save.
Ibn Ezra
The captive of the mighty. The captive which the mighty man has taken, will be taken away from him. עריץ The terrible. It is an adjective with transitive meaning: causing terror; comp. אימים (Gen. 14:5). Moreover, I will contend with him that contendeth with thee. I shall make war against those that attack thee. יריבך that contendeth with thee. Some derive it from ירב; others by metathesis from ריב; according to the Jerusalemite the relative אשר who must be supplied before יריבך, which he explains to be the third person singular masculine future of ריב; he overlooked, however, the parallel instance of יריבי that strive with me (Ps. 35:1). In short it is an irregular form.
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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