Behold, an inhabitant shall come, who was not with me, he that was a stranger to thee before, shall be joined to thee.
Ibn Ezra
גור יגור. According to R. Jonah: they will surely gather together; comp. ממגורות barns, (Joel 1:17). The meaning of the whole verse is accordingly: Is it possible, that any alliance should be made except with my permission ? (The alliance between Gog and Magog is here referred to.) He who is now thy ally, and will then become thy enemy, will fall. I take גור יגור in its usual meaning and explain the verse thus: Can there dwell any stranger with thee in my land, except it be with my will; he who desires to dwell with thee in my land, עליך יפול must surrender to thee. The verb נפל has here the same meaning as in אל הכשדים אתה נופל thou fallest away to the Chaldӕans (Jer. 37:13); and in על פני כל אחיו נפל he surrendered to all his brethren (Gen. 25:18); namely: to submit to the authority of.
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