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Our chapter opens with: \u201cArise, shine, for your light has dawned; the Presence of the LORD has shone upon you!\u201d \u201cArise\u201d (<\/span>kumi<\/span><\/em>) is\u2014grammatically\u2014the imperative of the verb K-U-M. \u201cShine\u201d (\u2018<\/span>uri<\/span><\/em>) appears to be the imperative of the verb \u2018-U-R, and it so identified by Ibn Ezra and Radak in their respective commentaries. However, the next phrase, <\/span>ki ba\u2019 \u2018oreikh<\/span><\/em> (literally, for your light has come), is open to wider interpretation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ibn Ezra noted that the \u201ccoming\u201d of the sun customarily signifies its setting, and we can confirm that interpretation based on Gen. 28:11, which informs us that Jacob spent the night (at the site of his dream) \u201cbecause the sun had come\u201d (<\/span>ki ba\u2019 ha-shemesh<\/span><\/em>). Ibn Ezra thus explained our verse as \u201cThe light you had will be interrupted and the light of the Lord will shine on you; to wit, \u2018The light of the sun will no longer serve you by day\u2019 (v. 19), and the light refers to either monarchy or prophecy.\u201d Radak elaborated on Ibn Ezra\u2019s interpretation, and added that the light symbolizes the joy of their (eventual) deliverance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Malbim*, however, saw it otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those exegetes who noted that Hebrew uses \u201cgoing out\u201d for shining and \u201ccoming in\u201d for setting, did not analyze it well. That is true only when it takes the perspective of the sun that is described, metaphorically, as leaving its place on the eastern horizon and headed to arrive at its destination on the western horizon\u2026 It is otherwise when addressing the light, which arrives at its destination whenever its rays reach something and illuminate it, which is when it \u201ccomes in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the symbolism, Malbim wrote that since distress is compared to darkness and obscurity, Isaiah was summoning the Jewish people to shake off their darkness and allow their inner light\u2014their spirituality, exemplified by prophecy\u2014to illuminate the world. This is consistent with his understanding\u2014as we noted in Chapter 53\u2014that anti-Semitism distorts Jews\u2019 self-image and makes them feel bleak and dark, but that deliverance from their oppressors will enable their true inner light to shine once again.\u00a0<\/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","image":{"ID":68608,"id":68608,"title":"is21-dawn","filename":"is21-dawn.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is21-dawn.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/who-turned-the-lights-on\/is21-dawn-2\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is21-dawn-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":68607,"date":"2020-01-14 16:41:50","modified":"2022-08-29 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