For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver: and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make thy visitation peace, and thy overseers justice.
Ibn Ezra
I will bring gold. That is, I shall induce the nations to bring the gold, or, and that is perhaps better—I shall bring thee the value of gold; (or, the value of the gold of nations.) Copper is better than iron, it is therefore contrasted with gold. פקודתך Thy officers. Lit., the men of thy office (אנשי פקודתך). Comp. פקיד officer. The men, who distribute the taxes. I will make thine officers peace. They will collect the taxes in peace. And thine exactors righteousness. They will exact the money with righteousness.
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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