הַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַ בַּיָּ֜ם צִירִ֗ים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא֮ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם֒ לְכ֣וּ ׀ מַלְאָכִ֣ים קַלִּ֗ים אֶל־גּוֹי֙ מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּמוֹרָ֔ט אֶל־עַ֥ם נוֹרָ֖א מִן־ה֣וּא וָהָ֑לְאָה גּ֚וֹי קַו־קָ֣ו וּמְבוּסָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְא֥וּ נְהָרִ֖ים אַרְצֽוֹ׃
Du sendest Boten auf das Meer, in schilfenen Fahrzeugen über die Fläche des Wassers. Gehet hin, leichte Boten, zu dem gestreckten und fettglänzenden Volke, zu dem seit jeher gefürchteten Volke, zu dem sehnigen und niedertretenden Volke, dessen Land Ströme durchschneiden.
Rashi on Isaiah
Go swift messengers to see whether it is true that the Israelites have returned to their place, a nation which is pulled and torn, to a people that is awesome from its inception.
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
That sendeth, etc. That is accustomed to send messengers over the sea.
Rashi on Isaiah
from their beginning and onward From the day it was chosen as a people and onward.