Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The retrospective on the Exodus declares that 'in all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.' The phrase 'in all their distress he too was distressed' (if the Hebrew tsarar is read with the negative particle lo' omitted, as in many manuscripts) attributes divine pathos to YHWH — God sharing in Israel's suffering rather than watching from a distance. The 'angel of his presence' (malak panav) may refer to the divine presence itself personified, or to a specific mediating figure, and has been interpreted Christologically in patristic exegesis. The verse underpins theodicy: the God who allowed exile is the same God who suffered with the exiles, a pattern that finds its apex in the incarnation.
תרגומים נוספים
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
In all their distress <FI>He is<Fi> no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.
It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.
הפניות צולבות
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So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
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