וַיַּ֨עַל כַּיּוֹנֵ֜ק לְפָנָ֗יו וְכַשֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה לֹא־תֹ֥אַר ל֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א הָדָ֑ר וְנִרְאֵ֥הוּ וְלֹֽא־מַרְאֶ֖ה וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃
Il poussait devant lui, pareil à un faible rejeton, à une racine plantée dans un sol brûlé. Il n’avait ni beauté, ni éclat pour attirer nos regards, ni grâce pour nous le rendre aimable.
Rashi on Isaiah
And he came up like a sapling before it This people, before this greatness came to it, was a very humble people, and it came up by itself like a sapling of the saplings of the trees.
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And he grew up, etc. That Israelite who is the servant of the Lord,1That is, the prophet. or the whole nation of the Israelites, grew up2A. V., For he shall grow up.
Rashi on Isaiah
and like a root he came up from dry land.