Isaiah 9:7 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

דָּבָ֛ר שָׁלַ֥ח אֲדֹנָ֖י בְּיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְנָפַ֖ל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

Rashi on Isaiah

The Lord has sent a word against Jacob [i.e.,] the prophecy that he prophesied concerning the punishment of Pekah son of Remaliah.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

A word. A prophecy or Divine decree.13גזרה is, according to I. E., the divine decree, as it commences already to operate; the first natural causes of the events to which the decree refers.
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Rashi on Isaiah

and it has fallen in Israel From now, it will be fulfilled concerning them.
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