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<mekorot><multilink><a href="RYosefKaraYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Kara</a><a href="RYosefKaraYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40</a><a href="R. Yosef Kara" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Kara</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraYeshayahu40-1311252731" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraYeshayahu40-1311252731" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40:1, 3, 11, 25, 27, 31</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="ShadalYeshayahu40-1-310-12161827" data-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalYeshayahu40-1-310-12161827" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40:1-3, 10-12, 16, 18, 27</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RYosefKaraYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Kara</a><a href="RYosefKaraYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40</a><a href="R. Yosef Kara" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Kara</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraYeshayahu40-1311252731" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraYeshayahu40-1311252731" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40:1, 3, 11, 25, 27, 31</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="ShadalYeshayahu40-1-310-12161827" data-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalYeshayahu40-1-310-12161827" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40:1-3, 10-12, 16, 18, 27</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
<point><b>Why speak about the return from Babylonia now?</b></point>
 
<point><b>Why speak about the return from Babylonia now?</b></point>
<point><b>"כִּי מָלְאָה צְבָאָהּ כִּי נִרְצָה עֲוֺנָהּ"</b> – Shadal explains that "" refers to a set amount of work</point>
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<point><b>"כִּי מָלְאָה צְבָאָהּ כִּי נִרְצָה עֲוֺנָהּ"</b> – Ibn Ezra and Shadal explains that "צבא" refers to a set amount of time or work.&#160; The prophet is saying that the seventy years of Babylonian exile which were foretold by Yirmeyahu are coming to an end.</point>
 
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<category>Present Exile
 
<category>Present Exile

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Historical Backdrop of Yeshayahu 40

Exegetical Approaches

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Era of Yeshayahu

Yeshayhau was comforting the people of his own time.

Babylonian Exile

Yeshayahu's words are addressed to the nation who had been exiled to Babylonia.

Why speak about the return from Babylonia now?
"כִּי מָלְאָה צְבָאָהּ כִּי נִרְצָה עֲוֺנָהּ" – Ibn Ezra and Shadal explains that "צבא" refers to a set amount of time or work.  The prophet is saying that the seventy years of Babylonian exile which were foretold by Yirmeyahu are coming to an end.

Present Exile

Yeshayahu's prophecy speaks of the future redemption.  He tells the people not to despair for Hashem will ultimately redeem the nation and return those in exile to Tzion.

Why speak about Messianic times now?