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Nach YomiIsaiah ยท ื™ืฉืขื™ื”ื•Chapter 35

Isaiah 35

ื™ืฉืขื™ื”ื• ืคืจืง ืœืดื”

Section: ื ื‘ื™ืื™ื ยท ื ื‘ื™ืื™ื ืื—ืจื•ื ื™ื | Book: Isaiah | Chapter: 35 of 66 | Day: 182 of 742

Date: August 12, 2026

ืงืœืื•ื“ ืขืœ ื”ื ืดืš

Isaiah 35 is among the most radiant redemption chapters in all of prophecy, and it stands in deliberate, jarring contrast to the chapter that precedes it. Chapter 34 depicts the desolation of Edom, a land reduced to smoking pitch and thornbushes, a haunt of jackals and ostriches under everlasting judgment. Chapter 35 answers that scene of ruin with an inverse image: the parched wilderness itself will rejoice and blossom. The two chapters form a diptych, judgment upon the enemies of Zion and restoration for the people of God, and Radak on the opening verse makes the connection explicit, reading the joy of the desert (ืžื“ื‘ืจ ื•ืฆื™ื”) against the backdrop of Edomโ€™s ruin, so that as one land is emptied the other flourishes. The chapter thus functions as a hinge in the book, closing the block of oracles against the nations and turning the reader toward consolation.

The poem opens with the transformation of nature. The arid desert shall be glad and blossom like the rose (ื•ึฐืชึธื’ึตืœ ืขึฒืจึธื‘ึธื” ื•ึฐืชึดืคึฐืจึทื— ื›ึทึผื—ึฒื‘ึทืฆึธึผืœึถืช), receiving the glory of Lebanon and the splendor of Carmel and Sharon, and in that renewed landscape the people shall behold the glory of the LORD. Rashi reads the geography as sacred symbol, taking Lebanon (ื”ืœื‘ื ื•ืŸ) as the Temple, so that the flowering of the land is at heart the return of the Divine Presence to Zion. The imagery is not merely botanical decoration; the reversal of drought into bloom signals a cosmic reordering in which the exile, dry and lifeless, is brought back to fruitfulness by Godโ€™s own advent.

At the center of the chapter stands a summons of encouragement that the commentators understood as addressed to a people worn down by the length of exile. Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the tottering knees (ื—ึทื–ึฐึผืงื•ึผ ื™ึธื“ึทื™ึดื ืจึธืคื•ึนืช); say to the anxious of heart, be strong, fear not, your God comes with vengeance and recompense to save you. Rashi observes that the grammar of ื—ึทื–ึฐึผืงื•ึผ is causative, a charge to the prophets to strengthen others, and he identifies the anxious of heart (ื ืžื”ืจื™ ืœื‘) as those who hurry the redemption and despair at its delay. The prophetโ€™s word is medicine for that despair: the vengeance is directed at the oppressor, but its purpose is salvation for Israel.

The salvation is then rendered as a series of healings that overturn every incapacity. The eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears of the deaf unstopped, the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute shall sing (ืึธื– ื™ึฐื“ึทืœึตึผื’ ื›ึธึผืึทื™ึธึผืœ ืคึดึผืกึตึผื—ึท). Rashi and Radak both read these afflictions as figures for Israel in exile, a people made blind to Godโ€™s presence and deaf to the prophets, mute before their mockers and lame in their weakness, all of it reversed in the day of return. The physical miracle of water bursting forth in the desert accompanies the moral and spiritual renewal, and Radak invokes Micahโ€™s promise that the redemption will rival the wonders of the Exodus from Egypt.

The chapter closes with the great vision of the Way of Holiness (ื“ึถึผืจึถืšึฐ ื”ึทืงึนึผื“ึถืฉื), a highway raised through the wilderness on which no unclean person and no ravening beast may travel, so safe that even the simple shall not go astray. Metzudat David and Radak stress that this road belongs to Israel alone, a protected pilgrimage route home. Along it the redeemed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing, everlasting joy upon their heads, and in the final and unforgettable phrase, sorrow and sighing shall flee away (ื•ึฐื ึธืกื•ึผ ื™ึธื’ื•ึนืŸ ื•ึทืึฒื ึธื—ึธื”). Rashi links the everlasting joy (ืฉืžื—ืช ืขื•ืœื) to the ancient gladness of the first redemption from Egypt, when God went before them by day, so that the last redemption completes and surpasses the first. The verse recurs almost verbatim in Isaiah 51, binding this chapter into the larger tapestry of the bookโ€™s consolations and sealing chapter 35 as a portrait of return, healing, and unshakable joy.

ืคืจืง ืœืดื” ยท Chapter 35

ืคืกื•ืง ืืณ ยท Verse 1

Hebrew:

ื™ึฐืฉื‚ึปืฉื‚ึฅื•ึผื ืžึดื“ึฐื‘ึผึธึ–ืจ ื•ึฐืฆึดื™ึผึธึ‘ื” ื•ึฐืชึธื’ึตึงืœ ืขึฒืจึธื‘ึธึ›ื” ื•ึฐืชึดืคึฐืจึทึ–ื— ื›ึผึทื—ึฒื‘ึทืฆึผึธึฝืœึถืชืƒ

English:

The arid desert shall be glad,The wilderness shall rejoiceAnd shall blossom like a rose.arose Lit. โ€œcrocus.โ€

The chapter opens with a burst of joy in nature: the parched wilderness and dry land will rejoice and blossom like the rose. Read against the desolation of Edom in the previous chapter, this reversal signals the restoration of the Land of Israel. Radak notes that as Edom is laid waste, the land of Israel flowers in its place.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื™ืฉื•ืฉื•ื. ื™ืฉื™ืฉื• ืขืœื™ื”ื ื›ืžื• ื™ืฉื•ืฉื• ืžื”ืŸ, ื›ืžื• ื‘ื ื™ ื™ืฆืื•ื ื™ (ื™ืจืžื™ื”ื• ื™ืณ:ื›ืณ) ืฉืคืชืจื•ื ื• ื™ืฆืื• ืžืžื ื™ ื•ื›ืŸ ื‘ืฉืœื ื”ื‘ืฉืจ (ืžืœื›ื™ื ื ื™ืดื˜:ื›ืดื) ื‘ืฉืœ ืœื”ื ื”ื‘ืฉืจ: ืžื“ื‘ืจ ื•ืฆื™ื”. ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™' ื”ืงืจื•ื™' ืฆื™ื” ื•ืฆื™ื•ืŸ ื”ืงืจื•ื™' ืžื“ื‘ืจ ื”ืŸ ื™ืฉื•ืฉื• ืขืœ ืžืคืœืชื ืฉืœ ื’ื‘ื•ืจื™ ืฉืขื™ืจ (ื•ื‘ืฆืจื”): ื•ืชื’ืœ ืขืจื‘ื”. ืฉืœ ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื:
shall rejoice over them (ื™ึฐืฉื‚ึปืฉื‚ื•ึผื) This is usually the sign of the direct object, inappropriate here in the case of an intransitive verb. (like ื™ึธืฉื‚ื•ึผืฉื‚ื•ึผ ืžึตื”ึถื, shall rejoice from them). Comp. (Jer. 10:20) "My sons have gone away from me (ื™ึฐืฆึธืึปื ึดื™)." Also, (I Kings 19:21) "He cooked the meat for them (ื‘ึผึดืฉึผืึฐืœึธื)," equivalent to ื‘ึผึดืฉึผืึตืœ ืœึธื”ึถื, "He cooked the meat for them." Desert and wasteland Jerusalem, called 'wasteland,' and Zion, called 'desert,' they shall rejoice over the downfall of the mighty of the heathens and Persia ([Manuscripts yield:] of Edom and Bozrah). ([The Warsaw edition reads:] the mighty of Seir (and Bozrah).) and the plain shall rejoice the plain of Jerusalem.

ืคืกื•ืง ื‘ืณ ยท Verse 2

Hebrew:

ืคึผึธืจึนึจื—ึท ืชึผึดืคึฐืจึทึœื— ื•ึฐืชึธื’ึตึ—ืœ ืึทึšืฃ ื’ึผึดื™ืœึทึฃืช ื•ึฐืจึทื ึผึตึ”ืŸ ื›ึผึฐื‘ึคื•ึนื“ ื”ึทืœึผึฐื‘ึธื ื•ึนืŸึ™ ื ึดืชึผึทืŸึพืœึธึ”ื”ึผ ื”ึฒื“ึทึฅืจ ื”ึทื›ึผึทืจึฐืžึถึ–ืœ ื•ึฐื”ึทืฉืึผึธืจึ‘ื•ึนืŸ ื”ึตึ›ืžึผึธื” ื™ึดืจึฐืึฅื•ึผ ื›ึฐื‘ื•ึนื“ึพื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึ–ื” ื”ึฒื“ึทึฅืจ ืึฑืœึนื”ึตึฝื™ื ื•ึผืƒย {ืค}

English:

It shall blossom abundantly,It shall also exult and shout.It shall receive the glory of Lebanon,The splendor of Carmel and Sharon.They shall behold the glory of GOD,The splendor of our God.

The land will blossom abundantly and be given the glory of Lebanon and the splendor of Carmel and Sharon, and there the people will behold the glory of the LORD. Rashi understands Lebanon (ื”ืœื‘ื ื•ืŸ) as a reference to the Temple, so that the flowering of the land is really the return of the Divine Presence to Zion. Radak explains that the returning children of Israel will see God's glory restored in Jerusalem.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื•ืจื ืŸ. ื›ืžื• ื•ืœืจื ืŸ: ื”ืœื‘ื ื•ืŸ. ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžืงื“ืฉ: ื”ื“ืจ. ื›ื‘ื•ื“ื• ืœืฆื™ื•ืŸ:
and to sing (lit., and sing,) like: and to sing. the Lebanon The Temple. the beauty of His glory will be given to Zion.

ืคืกื•ืง ื’ืณ ยท Verse 3

Hebrew:

ื—ึทื–ึผึฐืงึ–ื•ึผ ื™ึธื“ึทึฃื™ึดื ืจึธืคึ‘ื•ึนืช ื•ึผื‘ึดืจึฐื›ึผึทึฅื™ึดื ื›ึผึนืฉืึฐืœึ–ื•ึนืช ืึทืžึผึตึฝืฆื•ึผืƒ

English:

Strengthen the hands that are slack;Make firm the tottering knees!

A call to strengthen the weak hands and make firm the tottering knees (ื—ึทื–ึฐึผืงื•ึผ ื™ึธื“ึทื™ึดื ืจึธืคื•ึนืช). Rashi notes that the causative form of the verb makes this a charge to others, and Metzudat David identifies the audience as those whose hands have gone slack from despairing of redemption. It is the task of the prophets to strengthen and encourage them.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื—ื–ืงื• ื™ื“ื™ื ืจืคื•ืช. ื›ืœ ื”ื ื‘ื™ืื™ื ืžื‘ืฉืจื™ ื™ืฉื•ืขื” ื ื—ืžื• ืืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื•ื—ื–ืงื• ืืช ื™ื“ื™ื”ื ื”ืจืคื•ืช, ื—ื–ืงื• ืœ' ืžืฉืงืœ ื›ื‘ื“ ื•ืคืชืจื•ื ื• ื—ื–ืงื• ืืช ืื—ืจื™ื ื•ืื ื”ื™ื” ื‘ื ืœื•ืžืจ ื—ื–ืงื• ืืชื ืฉื™ื“ื›ื ืจืคื•ืช ื”ื™ื” ืœื™ื ืงื“ ื—ื–ืงื• ื•ืืžืฆื• (ื“ื‘ืจื™ ื”ื™ืžื™ื ื‘ ืœืดื‘:ื–ืณ) ืขื›ืฉื™ื• ืฉืื•ืžืจ ืœื”ื ืœื—ื–ืง ื•ืœืืžืฅ ืื—ืจื™' ื ืงื•ื“ ื—ื–ืงื• ืืžืฆื• ื—ื–ืงื• ืืœ ืชื™ืจืื•. ื–ื” ื ืงื•ื“ ื—ื–ืงื• ืœ' ืงืœ ื—ื–ืงื• ืืชื ืžืืœื™ื›ื ื›ืžื• ืฉื™ืืžืจ ืœื™ื—ื™ื“ ื—ื–ืง ื•ืืžืฅ (ื™ื”ื•ืฉืข ืืณ:ื•ืณ) ื•ืœื ื™ืืžืจ ื—ื–ืง:
Strengthen weak hands (ื—ึทื–ึผึฐืงื•ึผ) All the prophets who brought tidings of salvation consoled Israel and strengthened their weak hands. (The word) is in the intensive conjugation, and its meaning is (the causative, i.e.,) strengthen others. If he intended to say, "Be strong, you whose hands are weak," it would be vowelized like (2 Chron. 32:7) "Be strong (ื—ึดื–ึฐืงื•ึผ) and be firm (ื•ึฐืึดืžึฐืฆื•ึผ)." Now that he says to them to strengthen others and to make others firm, it is vowelized, ื—ึทื–ึผึฐืงื•ึผ, ืึทืžึผึฐืฆื•ึผ. "Be strong (ื—ึดื–ึฐืงื•ึผ), do not fear" is vowelized ื—ึดื–ึฐืงื•ึผ, a form of the 'kal' conjugation, meaning 'you be strong by yourselves,' as one says to singular (Jos. 1:6), "Be strong and be firm (ื—ึฒื–ึทืง ึถืžึธืฅ)," and he does not say, ื—ึทื–ึผึตืง.

ืคืกื•ืง ื“ืณ ยท Verse 4

Hebrew:

ืึดืžึฐืจื•ึผึ™ ืœึฐื ึดืžึฐื”ึฒืจึตื™ึพืœึตึ”ื‘ ื—ึดื–ึฐืงึ–ื•ึผ ืึทืœึพืชึผึดื™ืจึธึ‘ืื•ึผ ื”ึดื ึผึตึคื” ืึฑืœึนึฝื”ึตื™ื›๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝืึ™ ื ึธืงึธึฃื ื™ึธื‘ึ”ื•ึนื ื’ึผึฐืžึฃื•ึผืœ ืึฑืœึนื”ึดึ”ื™ื ื”ึฅื•ึผื ื™ึธื‘ึ–ื•ึนื ื•ึฐื™ึนืฉืึทืขึฒื›ึถึฝืืƒ

English:

Say to the anxious of heart,โ€œBe strong, fear not;Behold your God!Requital is coming,The recompense of Godโ€”Who is indeed coming to give you triumph.โ€

Say to the anxious of heart, be strong and fear not; your God comes with vengeance and recompense to save you. Rashi and Metzudat David explain the anxious of heart (ื ืžื”ืจื™ ืœื‘) as those who hurry the redemption and are pained by its delay, and the prophet reassures them it will surely come. The vengeance falls upon the wicked, but its purpose is Israel's salvation.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ืœื ืžื”ืจื™ ืœื‘. ืฉืžืžื”ืจื™ืŸ ืืช ื”ื’ืื•ืœื” ื•ืžืฆื™ืจื™ืŸ ืขืœ ืื™ื—ื•ืจื”: ื ืงื ื™ื‘ื. ื›ืžื• ื‘ื ืงื ื™ื‘ื: ื’ืžื•ืœ ืืœื”ื™ื. ืขืœ ื”ืจืฉืขื™ื ื”ื•ื ื™ื‘ื ื•ืืชื›ื ื™ื•ืฉื™ืข:
to the hasty of heart Who hurry the redemption and are troubled by its delay. [with] vengeance He shall come (lit., vengeance He shall come,) with vengeance He shall come. the recompense of God Upon the wicked ([mss.] upon your enemies) He shall come and save you.

ืคืกื•ืง ื”ืณ ยท Verse 5

Hebrew:

ืึธึฅื– ืชึผึดืคึผึธืงึทึ–ื—ึฐื ึธื” ืขึตื™ื ึตึฃื™ ืขึดื•ึฐืจึดึ‘ื™ื ื•ึฐืื‡ื–ึฐื ึตึฅื™ ื—ึตืจึฐืฉืึดึ–ื™ื ืชึผึดืคึผึธืชึทึฝื—ึฐื ึธื”ืƒ

English:

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

In the day of redemption the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Rashi and Radak read the blind and deaf as figures for Israel in exile, a people that had grown blind to God's presence and deaf to the voice of the prophets. When redemption comes, they will finally see and hear.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ืขื™ื ื™ ืขื•ืจื™ื. ืื•ืชื ืฉื”ื™ื• ืขื“ ื”ื ื” ืขื•ืจื™ื ืžื”ื›ื™ืจ ืืช ืžื•ืจื ื–ื• ืขืœื™ื”ื: ื•ืื–ื ื™ ื—ืจืฉื™ื. ืฉืœื ื”ื™ื• ืฉื•ืžืขื™ื ืœืงื•ืœ ื ื‘ื™ืื™ื ืขื“ ื”ื ื” ืชืคืงื—ื ื” ื•ืชืคืชื—ื ื” ื›ื™ ืืชืŸ ืœื”ื ืจื•ื— ื ื›ื•ืŸ ืœื™ืจืื” ืื•ืชื™ ื•ืขืœ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื”ื•ื ืื•ืžืจ ืฉืงืจืื ืขื•ืจื™' ื•ื—ืจืฉื™ื ื›ืขื ื™ืŸ ืฉื ืืžืจ ื”ื—ืจืฉื™ื ืฉืžืขื• ื•ื’ื•':
the eyes of the blind shall be opened Those who were blind, not to recognize (lit., from recognizing) their fear (sic) ([Warsaw:] this fear;) ([mss.] My fear) upon them. and the ears of the deaf Who did not hearken to the voice of the prophets until now, will be opened and unstopped, for I will give them a proper spirit to fear Me. He says this concerning Israel, whom he called blind and deaf, as the matter is stated (infra 42:18) "You deaf ones, hearken, etc."

ืคืกื•ืง ื•ืณ ยท Verse 6

Hebrew:

ืึธึฃื– ื™ึฐื“ึทืœึผึตึคื’ ื›ึผึธึฝืึทื™ึผึธืœึ™ ืคึผึดืกึผึตึ”ื—ึท ื•ึฐืชึธืจึนึ–ืŸ ืœึฐืฉืึฃื•ึนืŸ ืึดืœึผึตึ‘ื ื›ึผึดึฝื™ึพื ึดื‘ึฐืงึฐืขึคื•ึผ ื‘ึทืžึผึดื“ึฐื‘ึผึธืจึ™ ืžึทึ”ื™ึดื ื•ึผื ึฐื—ึธืœึดึ–ื™ื ื‘ึผึธืขึฒืจึธื‘ึธึฝื”ืƒ

English:

Then the lame shall leap like a deer,And the tongue of the dumb shall shout aloud;For waters shall burst forth in the desert,Streams in the wilderness.

The lame will leap like a deer and the tongue of the mute will sing aloud, for waters will burst forth in the desert (ืึธื– ื™ึฐื“ึทืœึตึผื’ ื›ึธึผืึทื™ึธึผืœ ืคึดึผืกึตึผื—ึท). Rashi reads the lame and mute as Israel, weak in exile and silent before their mockers, now restored to strength and song. Radak connects the bursting of water in the wilderness to Micah's promise that the redemption will rival the wonders of the Exodus.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ืื– ื™ื“ืœื’ ื›ืื™ืœ ืคืกื— ื•ื’ื•'. ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืฉื”ื ืขื›ืฉื™ื• ืคืกื—ื™ื ื•ื—ืœืฉื™ื ืžืฆื™ื ื• ืฉืงื•ืจืื ืคืกื—ื™ื ื—ืœืฉื™ื ื›ืžื• ืฉื ืืžืจ ืคืกื—ื™ื ื‘ื–ื–ื• ื‘ื– (ืœืขื™ืœ ืœื’): ื•ืชืจื•ืŸ. ื‘ื™ืฉื•ืขืชื™: ืœืฉื•ืŸ ืืœื. ืœืฉื•ื ื ืฉืœ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืฉื”ื™ื• ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ื›ืฉื“ื™ื ืืœืžื™ื ืฉื•ืžืขื™' ื—ืจืคื•ืช ื•ืื™ื ื ืžืฉื™ื‘ื™ื: ื›ื™ ื ื‘ืงืขื• ื‘ืžื“ื‘ืจ ืžื™ื. ื›ื™ ืชืฉืžื—ื ื™ืฉื•ืขืชื• ื•ื™ืคืจื—ื• ื›ืžื“ื‘ืจ ืฆื™ื” ื”ืฆืžืื” ืœืžื™ื ื•ืžืขื™ื™ื ื•ืช ื ื‘ืงืขื™' ื‘ืชื•ื›ื” ื›ืœื•ืžืจ ื›ื™ ื™ืฆืžื— ื™ืฉืข ืœื ื“ื›ืื™ื:
Then the lame shall skip like a hart, etc. Israel, who are now lame and weak. We find that he calls the weak with an expression of 'lame,' as the matter is stated (above 33:23): "The lame take the prey." shall sing in My salvation. the tongue of the mute The tongue of Israel, who are among the nations as mutes, for they hear their scorn and do not respond. for water has broken out in the desert For My salvation shall cheer them up, and they shall blossom like a desert wasteland, which thirsts for water, and springs break out into it; i.e., for salvation shall sprout for the crushed ones.

ืคืกื•ืง ื–ืณ ยท Verse 7

Hebrew:

ื•ึฐื”ึธื™ึธึคื” ื”ึทืฉืึผึธืจึธื‘ึ™ ืœึทืึฒื’ึทึ”ื ื•ึฐืฆึดืžึผึธืึ–ื•ึนืŸ ืœึฐืžึทื‘ึผึฃื•ึผืขึตื™ ืžึธึ‘ื™ึดื ื‘ึผึดื ึฐื•ึตึคื” ืชึทื ึผึดื™ืึ™ ืจึดื‘ึฐืฆึธึ”ื”ึผ ื—ึธืฆึดึ–ื™ืจ ืœึฐืงึธื ึถึฅื” ื•ึธื’ึนึฝืžึถืืƒ

English:

Torrid earth shall become a pool;Parched land, fountains of water;The home of jackals, a pasture;bpasture Meaning of Heb. uncertain; emendation yields โ€œmarsh.โ€ The abode [of ostriches],c[of ostriches] Cf. 34.13. reeds and rushes.

The scorched ground will become a pool and the thirsty land springs of water, and the former haunt of jackals will grow reeds and rushes. Metzudat David and Radak note that reeds and rushes grow only in well-watered places, so their presence proves the total transformation of the wilderness. Metzudat David adds that on a deeper level the lowly will be raised to greatness.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื•ื”ื™ื” ื”ืฉืจื‘. ืœื”ื ืœืื’ื. ื”ืชืื‘ ืœืชืฉื•ืขื” ื™ื”ื ื ื•ืฉืข ื•ื”ื ื‘ื™ื ื“ื‘ืจ ื‘ืœืฉื•ืŸ ืžืฉืœ: ื‘ื ื•ื” ืชื ื™ื ืจื‘ืฆื” ื•ื’ื•'. ื‘ื ื•ื” ืžืงื•ื ืฉื”ื™ื” ืžื“ื‘ืจ ืฆื™ื” ืฉื”ื•ื ื ื•ื” ืžืจื‘ืฅ ืชื ื™ืŸ ื™ื”ื™ื” ืœื— ืžืงื•ื ื—ืฆื™ืจ ื”ื ืขืฉื” ืœืงื ื” ื•ื’ื•ืžื ื•ืื™ืŸ ื“ืจืš ืงื ื” ื•ื’ื•ืžื ื’ื“ืœื™ื ืืœื ื‘ืžืงื•ื ืžื™ื ื›ืขื ื™ืŸ ืฉื ืืžืจ ื”ื™ื’ืื” ื’ื•ืžื ื‘ืœื™ ื‘ืฆื” (ืื™ื•ื‘ ื—ืณ:ื™ืดื): ืจื‘ืฆื”. ืฉื ื“ื‘ืจ ื”ื•ื ื›ืžื• ืžืจื‘ืฅ ืฉื”ืจื™ ืื™ื ื• ืžืคื™ืง ื”"ื:
And the dry place shall become a pool He who longs for salvation shall be saved. The prophet spoke figuratively. in the habitat of jackals, a resting place, etc. A place that was a desert wasteland, which is the habitat, the resting place of jackals, shall become moist, a place of grass, made for reeds and rushes, and it is not customary for reeds and rushes to grow except in a watery place, as the matter is stated (Job 8:11): "Can the rush shoot upwards without mire?" a resting place (ืจึดื‘ึฐืฆึธื”) This is a noun like ืžึทืจึฐื‘ึผึตืฅ, since it has no 'mappiq hey.'

ืคืกื•ืง ื—ืณ ยท Verse 8

Hebrew:

ื•ึฐื”ึธื™ึธื”ึพืฉืึธึžื ืžึทืกึฐืœึฃื•ึผืœ ื•ึธื“ึถึ—ืจึถืšึฐ ื•ึฐื“ึถึคืจึถืšึฐ ื”ึทืงึผึนึ™ื“ึถืฉืึ™ ื™ึดืงึผึธึฃืจึตื ืœึธึ”ื”ึผ ืœึนืึพื™ึทืขึทื‘ึฐืจึถึฅื ึผื•ึผ ื˜ึธืžึตึ–ื ื•ึฐื”ื•ึผืึพืœึธึ‘ืžื•ึน ื”ึนืœึตึฅืšึฐ ื“ึผึถึ›ืจึถืšึฐ ื•ึถืึฑื•ึดื™ืœึดึ–ื™ื ืœึนึฅื ื™ึดืชึฐืขึฝื•ึผืƒ

English:

And a highway shall appear there,Which shall be called the Sacred Way.No one impure shall pass along it,But it shall be for them.dfor them Emendation yields โ€œfor [Godโ€™s] people.โ€ No traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.eNo traveler, not even fools, shall go astray Meaning of Heb. uncertain.

A highway will run through the wilderness, called the Way of Holiness (ื“ึถึผืจึถืšึฐ ื”ึทืงึนึผื“ึถืฉื), on which no unclean person will travel. Rashi, Metzudat David, and Radak explain that this road belongs to Israel alone, and that even the simple and inexperienced will not lose their way upon it because God will make it a clear, straight path home.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื•ื”ื™ื” ืฉื ืžืกืœื•ืœ. ืœืขื•ื‘ืจื™ื ื•ืฉื‘ื™ื: ืœื ื™ืขื‘ืจื ื•. ืœืื•ืชื• ื“ืจืš ืฉื•ื ื˜ืžื ื›ืœื•ืžืจ ืœื ื™ื”ื™ื” ืขื•ื“ ืœืื•ืžื•ืช: ื•ื”ื•ื ืœืžื•. ื•ื”ื•ื ื”ื“ืจืš ืฉืœ ืื•ืชืŸ ืขื•ืจื™ื ื•ื—ืจืฉื™ื ื•ืคืกื—ื™' ื•ืืœืžื™ื ื”ื ื–ื›ืจื™ื ืœืžืขืœื” ื•ื”ื™ื” ื”ืœื•ืš ืื•ืชื• ื“ืจืš ื•ืืคื™ืœื• ื”ื ืื•ื™ืœื™ื ืœื ื™ืชืขื• ื›ื™ ืื™ื™ืฉื™ืจื ื• ืœืคื ื™ื”ื:
And there shall be a highway for the travelers. no unclean one shall traverse it No unclean one shall traverse that road; i.e., it will no longer belong to the heathens ([mss.:] nations). and it shall be for them And that is the road of those blind, deaf, lame, and mute mentioned above. They shall travel on this road, and even if they are fools, they shall not go astray, for I will straighten it for them.

ืคืกื•ืง ื˜ืณ ยท Verse 9

Hebrew:

ืœึนืึพื™ึดื”ึฐื™ึถึจื” ืฉืึธึœื ืึทืจึฐื™ึตึ—ื” ื•ึผืคึฐืจึดึคื™ืฅ ื—ึทื™ึผื•ึนืชึ™ ื‘ึผึทึฝืœึพื™ึทืขึฒืœึถึ”ื ึผึธื” ืœึนึฅื ืชึดืžึผึธืฆึตึ–ื ืฉืึธึ‘ื ื•ึฐื”ึธืœึฐื›ึ–ื•ึผ ื’ึผึฐืื•ึผืœึดึฝื™ืืƒ

English:

No lion shall be there,No ferocious beast shall set foot on itโ€”These shall not be found there.But the redeemed shall walk it;

No lion or ravening beast will set foot on this road; only the redeemed will walk it. Rashi reads the ferocious beast as an image of oppressor nations like Nebuchadnezzar, who will have no place on the sacred way. Metzudat David and Radak stress that Israel's ransomed will travel it in safety, free of fear and dread.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื•ืคืจื™ืฅ ื—ื™ื•ืช. ื—ื–ื™ืจ ืžื™ืขืจ (ืชื”ื™ืœื™ื ืคืณ:ื™ืดื“) ืื™ืŸ ืœืš ืคืจื™ืฅ ื‘ื—ื™ื•ืช ื›ื—ื–ื™ืจ ื”ื‘ืจ ื•ื’ื ืืจื™ื” ืžืกื•ื‘ื›ื• (ื™ืจืžื™ื”ื• ื“ืณ:ื–ืณ) ื”ื•ื ื ื‘ื•ื›ื“ื ืฆืจ ืœื ื™ืžืฆื ืฉื: ื‘ืœ ื™ืขืœื ื”. ืœืื•ืชื” ื”ื“ืจืš ื“ืจืš ืžืฉืžืฉ ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื–ื›ืจ ื•ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื ืงื‘ื” ื›ื“ื›ืชื™ื‘ ืืช ื”ื“ืจืš ืืฉืจ ื™ืœื›ื• ื‘ื” (ืฉืžื•ืช ื™ืดื—:ื›ืณ) ื”ืจื™ ื ืงื‘ื”, ื‘ื“ืจืš ืื—ื“ ื™ืฆืื• ืืœื™ืš (ื“ื‘ืจื™' ื™ื—) ื”ืจื™ ื–ื›ืจ: ืœื ืชืžืฆื. ื—ื™ื” ืจืขื” ืฉื:
a profligate beast The boar out of the forest (80:14). There is none as profligate among the beasts as the boar, and also "the lions from his thicket" (Jer. 4:7), i.e., Nebuchadnezzar, shall not be found there. nor shall...ascend thereon On that road (ื”ึทื“ึผึถืจึถืšึฐ). The word ื“ึผึถืจึถืšึฐ is used both as masculine and feminine gender, as it is written (Ex. 18:20): "The way (ื”ึทื“ึผึถืจึถืšึฐ) upon which (ื‘ึผึธื”ึผ) they shall walk." (Lit., on her.) Thus it is feminine. Comp. (Deut. 28:7) "In one road (ื‘ึผึทื“ึผึถืจึถืšึฐ ืึถื—ึธื“) they shall come out to you." Thus it is masculine. it shall not be found any wild beast there.

ืคืกื•ืง ื™ืณ ยท Verse 10

Hebrew:

ื•ึผืคึฐื“ื•ึผื™ึตึจื™ ื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึœื” ื™ึฐืฉืึปื‘ึ—ื•ึผืŸ ื•ึผื‘ึธึคืื•ึผ ืฆึดื™ึผื•ึนืŸึ™ ื‘ึผึฐืจึดื ึผึธึ”ื” ื•ึฐืฉื‚ึดืžึฐื—ึทึฅืช ืขื•ึนืœึธึ–ื ืขึทืœึพืจึนืืฉืึธึ‘ื ืฉื‚ึธืฉื‚ึคื•ึนืŸ ื•ึฐืฉื‚ึดืžึฐื—ึธื”ึ™ ื™ึทืฉื‚ึผึดึ”ื™ื’ื•ึผ ื•ึฐื ึธึ–ืกื•ึผ ื™ึธื’ึฅื•ึนืŸ ื•ึทืึฒื ึธื—ึธึฝื”ืƒย {ืก}ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 

English:

And GODโ€™s ransomed shall return,And come with shouting to Zion,Crowned with joy everlasting.They shall attain joy and gladness,While sorrow and sighing flee.

The chapter closes with its glorious climax: the ransomed of the LORD will return and come to Zion with singing, everlasting joy upon their heads, while sorrow and sighing flee away (ื•ึฐื ึธืกื•ึผ ื™ึธื’ื•ึนืŸ ื•ึทืึฒื ึธื—ึธื”). Rashi links the everlasting joy (ืฉืžื—ืช ืขื•ืœื) to the ancient gladness of the redemption from Egypt, so that the final redemption completes and surpasses the first. Metzudat David pictures joy and gladness pursuing and overtaking the redeemed.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื•ืฉืžื—ืช ืขื•ืœื. ืฉืžื—ื” ืืฉืจ ืžืขื•ืœื ืฉื”ื™ืชื” ืœื”ื ื›ื‘ืจ ื‘ื“ืจืš ื™ืฆื™ืืชืŸ ืžืžืฆืจื™' ื•ื”' ื”ื•ืœืš ืœืคื ื™ื”ื ื™ื•ืžื (ืฉืžื•ืช ื™ืดื’:ื›ืดื): ื•ื ืกื•. ื”ื™ื’ื•ืŸ ื•ื”ืื ื—ื” ืžื”ื:
with joy of days of yore (Heb. ืฉื‚ึดืžึฐื—ึทืชืขื•ึนืœึธื, joy that is from days of yore, which they already experienced on the way of their Exodus from Egypt, "and the Lord was going before them by day" (Ex. 13:21). shall flee The sadness and the sighing shall flee from them.

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