Isaiah 55:4 Douay-Rheims

Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.

Ibn Ezra

1089–1167 Jewish

Behold, I have given him, namely, Messiah. לאמים The people, the ל being radical; or to the people, the ל being a preposition. For a witness. Messiah will testify, that there is no other king, no other ruler of the world, than God. ומצוה And one that issues commands.

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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