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<p>Yeshayahu's words are addressed to the nation who had been exiled to Babylonia.</p>
 
<p>Yeshayahu's words are addressed to the nation who had been exiled to Babylonia.</p>
 
<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>
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<point><b>Why speak about the return from Babylonia now?</b></point>
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<point><b>"כִּי מָלְאָה צְבָאָהּ כִּי נִרְצָה עֲוֺנָהּ"</b> – Shadal explains that "" refers to a set amount of work</point>
 
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<category>Present Exile
 
<category>Present Exile
 
<p>Yeshayahu's prophecy speaks of the future redemption.&#160; He tells the people not to despair for Hashem will ultimately redeem the nation and return those in exile to Tzion.</p>
 
<p>Yeshayahu's prophecy speaks of the future redemption.&#160; He tells the people not to despair for Hashem will ultimately redeem the nation and return those in exile to Tzion.</p>
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RadakYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RidYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Rid</a><a href="RidYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40</a><a href="R. Yeshayah of Trani (Rid)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yeshayah of Trani</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="MalbimYeshayahuBeurHaInyan40" data-aht="source">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimYeshayahuBeurHaInyan40" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu Beur HaInyan 40</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Meir Leibush Weiser</a></multilink></mekorot>
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<mekorot><multilink><a href="RadakYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RidYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Rid</a><a href="RidYeshayahu40" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40</a><a href="R. Yeshayah of Trani (Rid)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yeshayah of Trani</a></multilink>, Abarbanel, <multilink><a href="MalbimYeshayahuBeurHaInyan40" data-aht="source">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimYeshayahuBeurHaInyan40" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu Beur HaInyan 40</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Meir Leibush Weiser</a></multilink></mekorot>
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<point><b>Why speak about Messianic times now?</b></point>
 
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Version as of 00:20, 21 June 2018

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" – Shadal explains that "" refers to a set amount of work

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?