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And the light of the moon shall become like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall become sevenfold, like the light of the seven days, when the LORD binds up His people\u2019s wounds and heals the injuries it has suffered\u201d (30:26).<\/span><\/p>\n

Radak, setting the standard for the medieval period, commented:<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the exegetes interpreted this verse for the future. Others interpreted it literally and this is incorrect. Some took it as a metaphor for all the future goodness that will occur in the messianic age\u2014and this is correct. However, it is possible to interpret it as a metaphor for the Age of Hezekiah in which they would enjoy abundant goodness following the death of the Assyrian camp and their great salvation. Just as distress is likened to darkness and gloom, as in \u201cthe sun and moon darkened and stars withdrew their light\u201d (Joel 2:10), etc., so is salvation called light.<\/span><\/p>\n

A comparison with the commentary of Malbim* highlights both the way he continued in the tradition of his predecessors as well as the independence he exhibited as typified, again, by his careful parsing of ostensible synonyms.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is well-known that distress is compared to nighttime and relief is compared to day. The relief that comes to someone at a time of distress is compared to the light of the moon that shines in the middle of the night, but the success that shines above his head at times of goodness and tranquility is compared to the light of the sun. Accordingly [the prophet] said rhetorically that even the light of the moon, which was the start of the salvation that would follow after the distress and the dark night, would shine as brightly as the sun to the extent that they would immediately forget the distress and it would be as though there had been no night or distress at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Relief after adversity is a genre of medieval Jewish literature, its prime example being a composition by that name (<\/span>hibbur yafeh me-hayeshu`a<\/span><\/em>) by R. Nissim of Kairouan (11<\/span>th<\/span> century), consisting of some 30 stories featuring this theme.<\/span><\/p>\n

*For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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