I have spread forth my hands all the day to an unbelieving people, who walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts.
Ibn Ezra
I have spread out my hands, etc. According to R. Moses Hakkohen, the preceding verse refers to all nations, as if God said, Even to nations that are not called by my name, I was accessible, but as regards my people I have spread my hands to receive them. הדרך לא טוב In a way that is not good. Supply דרך way before לא טוב not good; comp. טוב ורע עץ הדעת דעת=עץ הדעת טוב ורע the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:9)
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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