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Nach YomiIsaiah ยท ื™ืฉืขื™ื”ื•Chapter 54

Isaiah 54

ื™ืฉืขื™ื”ื• ืคืจืง ื ืดื“

Section: ื ื‘ื™ืื™ื ยท ื ื‘ื™ืื™ื ืื—ืจื•ื ื™ื | Book: Isaiah | Chapter: 54 of 66 | Day: 201 of 742

Date: August 31, 2026

ืงืœืื•ื“ ืขืœ ื”ื ืดืš

Isaiah 54 is one of the supreme songs of consolation in Tanakh, and it holds a beloved place among the seven haftarot of comfort (ืฉื‘ืข ื“ื ื—ืžืชื) read on the Sabbaths following Tisha Bโ€™Av, as well as serving as the haftarah for Parashat Noach. The chapter opens with a command that seems paradoxical: โ€˜Sing, O barren one who did not bearโ€™ (ืจื ื™ ืขืงืจื” ืœื ื™ืœื“ื”). Zion, personified throughout as a woman, is addressed as one who has been childless and desolate, yet she is told to break into joyful song, for the children of the forsaken one will outnumber the children of the espoused. Rashi identifies the desolate woman with Jerusalem, once emptied of her inhabitants, while Radak reads the contrast between the barren wife and the married woman as the reversal of fortunes between Israel and the nations. The paradox is the theological heart of the chapter: precisely the one who appeared abandoned is destined for overflowing fruitfulness.

The prophet develops the image of restoration through the metaphor of the tent that must be enlarged (ื”ืจื—ื™ื‘ื™ ืžืงื•ื ืื”ืœืš). Zion is told to extend her curtains, lengthen her cords, and strengthen her stakes, because she will spread out to the right and the left, her offspring inheriting nations and resettling desolate cities. Metzudat David and Radak both take the tent as Jerusalem and its curtains as the other cities of Israel, so that the physical expansion of the dwelling becomes a figure for demographic and national renewal that will endure permanently. This forward-looking confidence then turns to comfort the wound of the past: โ€˜Fear not, you shall not be shamedโ€™ (ืืœ ืชื™ืจืื™ ื›ื™ ืœื ืชื‘ื•ืฉื™). The shame of Zionโ€™s youth and the reproach of her widowhood will be forgotten, for her Maker is her Husband, the God of hosts whose name fills all the earth, and He redeems her as the Holy One of Israel.

At the emotional center of the chapter stands the tender contrast between a fleeting moment of anger and an everlasting love. โ€˜For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will gather youโ€™ (ื‘ืจื’ืข ืงื˜ืŸ ืขื–ื‘ืชื™ืš ื•ื‘ืจื—ืžื™ื ื’ื“ื•ืœื™ื ืืงื‘ืฆืš). Even the long centuries of exile, Radak explains, are but a passing instant when measured against the vast mercy that will accompany the ingathering. God confesses that in a flood of wrath He hid His face for a moment, but with kindness everlasting He will have compassion. The husband who was briefly estranged never truly abandoned his wife of youth, for as Radak notes on verse six, He is a living Husband who has not died, only turned away for a season.

The oath that seals this promise is one of the most striking in the prophets: the covenant is likened to โ€˜the waters of Noahโ€™ (ืžื™ ื ื—). Just as God swore that the flood-waters would never again cover the earth, so now He swears never again to be angry with Zion or to rebuke her. Rashi reads the phrase as an oath held in Godโ€™s hand, an irrevocable divine guarantee. The intensity of this commitment is then measured against the most stable features of creation: the mountains may depart and the hills be shaken, but Godโ€™s kindness (ื—ืกื“) will not depart, nor will His covenant of peace (ื‘ืจื™ืช ืฉืœื•ื) be removed. Rashiโ€™s comment that even if the merit of the patriarchs and matriarchs is exhausted the divine kindness will remain underscores that this final redemption rests not on Israelโ€™s accumulated merit but on Godโ€™s unconditional love.

The chapter closes with a vision of Jerusalem rebuilt in jewels and a promise of unassailable security. The afflicted, storm-tossed, uncomforted city will have her stones laid in antimony, her foundations set with sapphires, her battlements of rubies and her gates of precious stones, with all her borders made of gems of delight. Radak observes that these dazzling images may be literal or may figure the overwhelming abundance and prosperity of the redeemed people. The crowning promise is spiritual rather than material: โ€˜All your children shall be taught of the Lordโ€™ (ื•ื›ืœ ื‘ื ื™ืš ืœืžื•ื“ื™ ื”ืณ), and great shall be their peace, a vision that Radak links to Jeremiahโ€™s prophecy that all will know God directly, from the least to the greatest. Established in righteousness and far from oppression, Zion is assured that no weapon formed against her will prosper and no accusing tongue will prevail. This, the chapter concludes, is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from Him, a fitting climax to a chapter that transforms desolation into everlasting comfort.

ืคืจืง ื ืดื“ ยท Chapter 54

ืคืกื•ืง ืืณ ยท Verse 1

Hebrew:

ืจื‡ื ึผึดึฅื™ ืขึฒืงึธืจึธึ–ื” ืœึนึฃื ื™ึธืœึธึ‘ื“ึธื” ืคึผึดืฆึฐื—ึดึจื™ ืจึดื ึผึธึคื” ื•ึฐืฆึทึฝื”ึฒืœึดื™ึ™ ืœึนืึพื—ึธึ”ืœึธื” ื›ึผึดึฝื™ึพืจึทื‘ึผึดึงื™ื ื‘ึผึฐึฝื ึตื™ึพืฉืื•ึนืžึตืžึธึ›ื” ืžึดื‘ึผึฐื ึตึฅื™ ื‘ึฐืขื•ึผืœึธึ–ื” ืึธืžึทึฅืจ ื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึฝื”ืƒ

English:

Shout, O infertile one,You who bore no child!Shout aloud for joy,You who did not travail!For the children of the wife forlornShall outnumber those of the espousedโ€”said GOD.

The chapter opens with a paradoxical command: the barren, childless one is told to break into joyful song, for the children of the desolate woman will outnumber those of the married wife. Rashi identifies the barren one as Jerusalem, once emptied of her people, while Radak reads the contrast as the coming reversal of fortunes between Israel and the nations.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ืจื ื™ ืขืงืจื”. ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื ืืฉืจ ื”ื™ืชื” ื›ืœื ื™ืœื“ื”: ืœื ื—ืœื”. ืœ' ืœื™ื“ื” ื”ื•ื ืฉื”ื™ื•ืœื“ืช ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื—ื™ืœ ื•ื—ื‘ืœื™' ื™ื•ืœื“ืช: ืžื‘ื ื™ ื‘ืขื•ืœื”. ื‘ืช ืื“ื•ื:
Sing, you barren woman Jerusalem, who was as though she had not borne. you who have not experienced birth pangs Heb. ื—ึธืœึธื”, an expression of childbirth, for the woman in confinement gives birth with pains and writhing. for the children of the desolate one The daughter of Edom.

ืคืกื•ืง ื‘ืณ ยท Verse 2

Hebrew:

ื”ึทืจึฐื—ึดึฃื™ื‘ึดื™โ€‰ื€ ืžึฐืงึฃื•ึนื ืื‡ื”ึณืœึตึ—ืšึฐ ื•ึดื™ืจึดื™ืขึงื•ึนืช ืžึดืฉืึฐื›ึผึฐื ื•ึนืชึทึ›ื™ึดืšึฐ ื™ึทื˜ึผึ–ื•ึผ ืึทืœึพืชึผึทื—ึฐืฉื‚ึนึ‘ื›ึดื™ ื”ึทืึฒืจึดึ™ื™ื›ึดื™ึ™ ืžึตื™ืชึธืจึทึ”ื™ึดืšึฐ ื•ึดื™ืชึตื“ึนืชึทึ–ื™ึดืšึฐ ื—ึทื–ึผึตึฝืงึดื™ืƒ

English:

Enlarge the site of your tent,Extend the size of your dwelling,aExtend the size of your dwelling Lit. โ€œLet the cloths of your dwelling extend.โ€ Do not stint!Lengthen the ropes, and drive the pegs firm.

Zion is told to enlarge her tent, extend her curtains, lengthen her cords, and strengthen her stakes to hold the multitude of children coming to her. Metzudat David and Radak take the tent as Jerusalem and its curtains as the other cities of Israel, so the expanding dwelling figures a permanent national renewal that will never again be destroyed.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื™ื˜ื•. ืœืžืจื—ื•ืง: ืžื™ืชืจื™ืš. ื”ื ื—ื‘ืœื™ื ื“ืงื™ื ื”ืชืœื•ื™ื ื‘ืฉื•ืœื™ ืื”ืœื™ื ื•ืงื•ืฉืจื™' ื‘ื™ืชื“ื•ืช ืฉืงื•ืจื™ืŸ ืงื‘ื™ืœ"ืก ื‘ืœืข"ื– ื•ืชื•ืงืขื™ืŸ ื‘ืืจืฅ:
and let them stretch forth far off. lengthen your cords These are thin ropes that hang at the bottom of tents, and that are tied to stakes called 'chevills' in French, which are thrust into the ground.

ืคืกื•ืง ื’ืณ ยท Verse 3

Hebrew:

ื›ึผึดึฝื™ึพื™ึธืžึดึฅื™ืŸ ื•ึผืฉื‚ึฐืžึนึ–ืื•ืœ ืชึผึดืคึฐืจึนึ‘ืฆึดื™ ื•ึฐื–ึทืจึฐืขึตืšึฐึ™ ื’ึผื•ึนื™ึดึฃื ื™ึดื™ืจึธึ”ืฉื ื•ึฐืขึธืจึดึฅื™ื ื ึฐืฉืึทืžึผึ–ื•ึนืช ื™ื•ึนืฉืึดึฝื™ื‘ื•ึผืƒ

English:

For you shall spread out to the right and the left;Your offspring shall dispossess nationsbnations I.e., the foreigners who had occupied regions from which Israelites had been exiled; cf. 2 Kings 17.24. And shall people the desolate towns.

Zion will burst forth to the right and the left, her offspring inheriting nations and resettling the desolate cities. Rashi glosses 'tifrotzi' as 'you shall prevail,' and Metzudat David explains that the once-empty towns will fill again with people as Israel multiplies.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ืชืคืจื•ืฆื™. ืชื’ื‘ืจื•:
shall you prevail Heb. ืชึผึดืคึฐืจึนืฆึดื™, shall you prevail.

ืคืกื•ืง ื“ืณ ยท Verse 4

Hebrew:

ืึทืœึพืชึผึดึฝื™ืจึฐืึดื™ึ™ ื›ึผึดึฝื™ึพืœึนึฃื ืชึตื‘ึ”ื•ึน๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝืึดื™ ื•ึฐืึทืœึพืชึผึดื›ึผึธืœึฐืžึดึ–ื™ ื›ึผึดึฃื™ ืœึนึฃื ืชึทื—ึฐืคึผึดึ‘ื™ืจึดื™ ื›ึผึดึฃื™ ื‘ึนึคืฉืึถืช ืขึฒืœื•ึผืžึทึ™ื™ึดืšึฐึ™ ืชึผึดืฉืึฐื›ึผึธึ”ื—ึดื™ ื•ึฐื—ึถืจึฐืคึผึทึฅืช ืึทืœึฐืžึฐื ื•ึผืชึทึ–ื™ึดืšึฐ ืœึนึฅื ืชึดื–ึฐื›ึผึฐืจึดื™ึพืขึฝื•ึนื“ืƒ

English:

Fear not, you shall not be shamed;Do not cringe, you shall not be disgraced.For you shall forgetThe reproach of your youth,And remember no moreThe shame of your widowhood.

Zion is told not to fear, for she will never again be shamed or disgraced; she will forget the reproach of her youth and remember no more the shame of her widowhood. Metzudat David and Radak explain that this exile, unlike earlier ones, will be the last, so the sorrows of the past will simply fade from memory in the abundance of the redemption.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ืขืœื•ืžื™ืš. ื ืขื•ืจื™ืš:
your youth Heb. ืขึฒืœื•ึผืžึทื™ึดืšึฐ, your youth.

ืคืกื•ืง ื”ืณ ยท Verse 5

Hebrew:

ื›ึผึดึคื™ ื‘ึนืขึฒืœึทึ™ื™ึดืšึฐึ™ ืขึนืฉื‚ึทึ”ื™ึดืšึฐ ื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึฅื” ืฆึฐื‘ึธืึ–ื•ึนืช ืฉืึฐืžึ‘ื•ึน ื•ึฐื’ึนึฝืึฒืœึตืšึฐึ™ ืงึฐื“ึฃื•ึนืฉื ื™ึดืฉื‚ึฐืจึธืึตึ”ืœ ืึฑืœึนื”ึตึฅื™ ื›ื‡ืœึพื”ึธืึธึ–ืจึถืฅ ื™ึดืงึผึธืจึตึฝืืƒ

English:

For the One who made youโ€”whose name is โ€œGOD of Hostsโ€โ€”Will espouse you.The Holy One of Israelโ€”who is called โ€œGod of all the Earthโ€โ€”Will redeem you.

Zion's Maker is her Husband, whose name is the Lord of hosts, and her Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, called the God of all the earth. Metzudat David and Radak stress that the very One who created and established her is her spouse, and since He rules all the hosts of heaven and earth none can undo His work; the plural forms are, as Radak notes, an idiom of honor.

ืคืกื•ืง ื•ืณ ยท Verse 6

Hebrew:

ื›ึผึดึฝื™ึพื›ึฐืึดืฉืึผึธึงื” ืขึฒื–ื•ึผื‘ึธึ›ื” ื•ึทืขึฒืฆึฅื•ึผื‘ึทืช ืจึ–ื•ึผื—ึท ืงึฐืจึธืึธึฃืšึฐ ื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึ‘ื” ื•ึฐืึตึงืฉืึถืช ื ึฐืขื•ึผืจึดึ›ื™ื ื›ึผึดึฅื™ ืชึดืžึผึธืึตึ–ืก ืึธืžึทึฅืจ ืึฑืœึนื”ึธึฝื™ึดืšึฐืƒ

English:

GOD has called you backAs a wife forlorn and forsaken.Can one cast off the wife of his youth?โ€”said your God.

God calls Zion back like a forsaken, grief-stricken wife whom her husband summons to return. Radak emphasizes that she is not a widow, for her Husband lives eternally; she is only a wife with whom He was briefly angry, and Rashi and Metzudat David note that the rejection of a wife of youth is never permanent, for the husband will surely relent and have compassion.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื›ื™ ืชืžืืก. ื›ืฉืชืžืืก ืคืขืžื™ื ืฉื›ื•ืขืก ืขืœื™ื” ืžืขื˜:
who was rejected When she is rejected at times that her husband is a little wroth with her.

ืคืกื•ืง ื–ืณ ยท Verse 7

Hebrew:

ื‘ึผึฐืจึถึฅื’ึทืข ืงึธื˜ึนึ–ืŸ ืขึฒื–ึทื‘ึฐืชึผึดึ‘ื™ืšึฐ ื•ึผื‘ึฐืจึทื—ึฒืžึดึฅื™ื ื’ึผึฐื“ึนืœึดึ–ื™ื ืึฒืงึทื‘ึผึฐืฆึตึฝืšึฐืƒ

English:

For a little while I forsook you,But with vast love I will bring you back.

For a brief moment God forsook Zion, but with great compassion He will gather her back. Metzudat David and Radak explain that even the long years of exile count as only a fleeting instant when measured against the vast and enduring mercy of the ingathering.

ืคืกื•ืง ื—ืณ ยท Verse 8

Hebrew:

ื‘ึผึฐืฉืึถึฃืฆึถืฃ ืงึถึ—ืฆึถืฃ ื”ึดืกึฐืชึผึทึจืจึฐืชึผึดื™ ืคึธื ึทึฅื™ ืจึถึ™ื’ึทืขึ™ ืžึดืžึผึตึ”ืšึฐ ื•ึผื‘ึฐื—ึถึฅืกึถื“ ืขื•ึนืœึธึ–ื ืจึดื—ึทืžึฐืชึผึดึ‘ื™ืšึฐ ืึธืžึทึฅืจ ื’ึผึนืึฒืœึตึ–ืšึฐ ื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึฝื”ืƒย {ืก}ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 

English:

In slight anger, for a moment,I hid My face from you;But with kindness everlastingI will take you back in loveโ€”said GOD your Redeemer.

In a flood of wrath God hid His face for only a moment, but with everlasting kindness He will have compassion on Zion, says her Redeemer. Rashi cites Dunash reading 'shetzef' as 'a little wrath,' paralleling the brief moment of the previous verse, and stresses that the kindness ('chesed olam') is one that will endure forever.
โ–ถCommentaries (1)
ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื‘ืฉืฆืฃ ืงืฆืฃ. ืžื ื—ื ืคืชืจ ื—ืจื™ ืืฃ ื•ื“ื•ื ืฉ ืืžืจ ื‘ืžืขื˜ ืงืฆืฃ ื›ืžื• ื‘ืจื’ืข ืงื˜ืŸ ืขื–ื‘ืชื™ืš ื•ื›ืŸ ืช"ื™: ื•ื‘ื—ืกื“ ืขื•ืœื. ืฉื™ืชืงื™ื™ื ืขื“ ืขื•ืœื:
With a little wrath Heb. ืฉืึถืฆึถืฃ. Menahem (Machbereth p. 179) interprets this as, "with kindling of wrath," and Dunash (Teshuvoth p. 20) states, "with a little wrath," paralleling "For a small moment have I forsaken you," and so did Jonathan render. and with everlasting kindness that will exist forever.

ืคืกื•ืง ื˜ืณ ยท Verse 9

Hebrew:

ื›ึผึดึฝื™ึพืžึตึฅื™ ื ึนึ™ื—ึทึ™ ื–ึนึฃืืช ืœึดึ”ื™ ืึฒืฉืึถึฃืจ ื ึดืฉืึฐื‘ึผึทึ—ืขึฐืชึผึดื™ ืžึตืขึฒื‘ึนึฅืจ ืžึตื™ึพื ึนึ›ื—ึท ืขึ–ื•ึนื“ ืขึทืœึพื”ึธื๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝึ‘ืจึถืฅ ื›ึผึตึฅืŸ ื ึดืฉืึฐื‘ึผึทึ›ืขึฐืชึผึดื™ ืžึดืงึผึฐืฆึนึฅืฃ ืขึธืœึทึ–ื™ึดืšึฐ ื•ึผืžึดื’ึผึฐืขื‡ืจึพื‘ึผึธึฝืšึฐืƒ

English:

For this to Me is like the waterscwaters Other Heb. mss. and the ancient versions read โ€œdays.โ€ of Noah:As I swore that the waters of NoahNevermore would flood the earth,So I swear that I will notBe angry with you or rebuke you.

God's promise is likened to the waters of Noah: just as He swore that the flood would never again cover the earth, so He now swears never again to be angry with Zion or rebuke her. Rashi reads the phrase as an oath held in God's hand, and Radak explains that the exile itself is like the flood-waters, a thing sworn never to recur.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื›ื™ ืžื™ ื ื— ื–ืืช ืœื™. ืฉื‘ื•ืขื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ื•ื”ื•ืœืš ื•ืžืคืจืฉ ื“ื‘ืจื• ื›ืืฉืจ ื ืฉื‘ืขืชื™ ืžืขื‘ื•ืจ ืžื™ ื ื— ื•ื’ื•':
For this is to Me [as] the waters of Noah [i.e.,] it is an oath in My hand, and He proceeds to explain His words, "as I swore that the waters of Noah shall never again pass over the earth, etc."

ืคืกื•ืง ื™ืณ ยท Verse 10

Hebrew:

ื›ึผึดึคื™ ื”ึถื”ึธืจึดื™ืึ™ ื™ึธืžึ”ื•ึผืฉืื•ึผ ื•ึฐื”ึทื’ึผึฐื‘ึธืขึ–ื•ึนืช ืชึผึฐืžื•ึผื˜ึถึ‘ื™ื ึธื” ื•ึฐื—ึทืกึฐื“ึผึดึžื™ ืžึตืึดืชึผึตึฃืšึฐ ืœึนืึพื™ึธืžึ—ื•ึผืฉื ื•ึผื‘ึฐืจึดึคื™ืช ืฉืึฐืœื•ึนืžึดื™ึ™ ืœึนึฃื ืชึธืžึ”ื•ึผื˜ ืึธืžึทึฅืจ ืžึฐืจึทื—ึฒืžึตึ–ืšึฐ ื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึฝื”ืƒย {ืก}ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 

English:

For the mountains may moveAnd the hills be shaken,But my loyalty shall never move from you,Nor My covenant of friendship be shakenโ€”said GOD, who takes you back in love.

Though the mountains may depart and the hills be shaken, God's kindness will never depart from Zion, nor will His covenant of peace ('brit shalom') be removed. Rashi comments that even if the merit of the patriarchs and matriarchs is exhausted the divine kindness will endure, and Radak notes that God's covenant is more enduring than the most stable features of the earth.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื›ื™ ื”ื”ืจื™ื ื™ืžื•ืฉื•. ืืฃ ืื ืชื›ืœื” ื–ื›ื•ืช ืื‘ื•ืช ื•ืืžื”ื•ืช ื—ืกื“ื™ ืžืืชืš ืœื ื™ืžื•ืฉ:
For the mountains shall depart Even if the merit of the Patriarchs and the Matriarchs is depleted, My kindness shall not depart from you.

ืคืกื•ืง ื™ืดื ยท Verse 11

Hebrew:

ืขึฒื ึดื™ึผึธึฅื” ืกึนืขึฒืจึธึ–ื” ืœึนึฃื ื ึปื—ึธึ‘ืžึธื” ื”ึดื ึผึตึจื” ืึธื ึนื›ึดึœื™ ืžึทืจึฐื‘ึผึดึคื™ืฅ ื‘ึผึทืคึผื•ึผืšึฐึ™ ืึฒื‘ึธื ึทึ”ื™ึดืšึฐ ื•ึดึฝื™ืกึทื“ึฐืชึผึดึ–ื™ืšึฐ ื‘ึผึทืกึผึทืคึผึดื™ืจึดึฝื™ืืƒ

English:

Unhappy, storm-tossed one, uncomforted!I will lay carbunclesdcarbuncles Taking pukh as a byform of nophekh; so already Rashi. as your building stonesAnd make your foundations of sapphires.

God addresses Jerusalem as the afflicted, storm-tossed, uncomforted one, and promises to set her stones in antimony and lay her foundations with sapphires. Rashi describes paving her floor with carbuncle stones, and Metzudat David explains that she is like a poor woman shivering as in a storm wind with none to console her, now to be rebuilt in precious gems.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ืกื•ืขืจื”. ืฉืœื‘ื” ืกื•ืขืจ ื‘ืจื•ื‘ื™ ืฆืจื•ืช: ืžืจื‘ื™ืฅ ื‘ืคื•ืš. ืจื•ืฆืฃ ืจืฆืคืชืš ืžืื‘ื ื™ ื ื•ืคืš:
tempestuous one whose heart storms with many troubles. I will set with carbuncle I pave your floor with carbuncle stones.
ืžืฆื•ื“ืช ื“ื•ื“Metzudat David
ืขื ื™ื” ืกื•ืขืจื”. ืขืœ ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื ื™ืืžืจ ืฉื”ื™ื ื›ืขื ื™ื” ืžืจืขื“ืช ื›ืžืจื•ื— ืกืขืจื” ื•ืื™ืŸ ืžื™ ืœื ื—ืžื”: ืžืจื‘ื™ืฅ ื‘ืคื•ืš ืื‘ื ื™ืš. ืื‘ื ื™ ื”ืจืฆืคื” ืืจื‘ื™ืฅ ื•ืืฉื›ื•ื‘ ื‘ืคื•ืš ื›ื™ ื™ืฉืคืš ืžืชื—ืช ืจืฆืคืช ื”ืื‘ื ื™ื ื‘ืžืงื•ื ื”ื—ื•ืœ ื›ื™ ื›ืŸ ื”ื“ืจืš ืœืฉืคื•ืš ื—ื•ืœ ืชื—ืช ืื‘ื ื™ ื”ืจืฆืคื” ืœื”ืฉื›ื™ื‘ ื‘ื”ื ื”ืื‘ื ื™ื ื•ื™ืกื“ืชื™ืš. ืืฉื™ื ื”ื™ืกื•ื“ื•ืช ื‘ืื‘ื ื™ ืกืคื™ืจ:
This was said about Jerusalem, that she is like a poor afflicted one shivering as if from a storm wind and there is no one to console her

ืคืกื•ืง ื™ืดื‘ ยท Verse 12

Hebrew:

ื•ึฐืฉื‚ึทืžึฐืชึผึดึคื™ ื›ึผึทึฝื“ึฐื›ึนื“ึ™ ืฉืึดืžึฐืฉืึนืชึทึ”ื™ึดืšึฐ ื•ึผืฉืึฐืขึธืจึทึ–ื™ึดืšึฐ ืœึฐืึทื‘ึฐื ึตึฃื™ ืึถืงึฐื“ึผึธึ‘ื— ื•ึฐื›ื‡ืœึพื’ึผึฐื‘ื•ึผืœึตึ–ืšึฐ ืœึฐืึทื‘ึฐื ึตื™ึพื—ึตึฝืคึถืฅืƒ

English:

I will make your battlements of rubies,Your gates of precious stones,The whole encircling wall of gems.

God will make Zion's battlements of ruby-like stone, her gates of glowing gems, and all her borders of precious stones. Rashi and Metzudat David identify the dazzling materials, and Radak adds that these images may be taken literally or as a figure for the overwhelming abundance in which the redeemed people could, if they wished, build even their walls from jewels.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื›ื“ื›ื“. ืžื™ืŸ ืื‘ืŸ ื˜ื•ื‘ื”: ืฉืžืฉื•ืชื™ืš. ื™"ืช ืืžืš ื•ืžื ื—ื ื—ื‘ืจื• ืขื ื™ืฉืžืฉื•ื ื™ื” ื•ื™ืฉ ืคื•ืชืจื™ืŸ ืœ' ืฉืžืฉ ื—ืœื•ื ื•ืช ืฉื—ืžื” ื–ื•ืจื—ืช ื‘ื”ืŸ ื•ืขื•ืฉื™ืŸ ื›ื ื’ื“ื• ืžื—ื™ืฆื” ื‘ืžื™ื ื™ ื–ื›ื•ื›ื™ืช ืฆื‘ืขื™ื ืœื ื•ื™ ื•ืžื“ืจืฉ ืชื”ืœื™ื ืคื•ืชืจ ืฉืžืฉื•ืชื™ืš ื•ืฉืžืฉ ื•ืžื’ืŸ (ืชื”ื™ืœื™ื ืคืดื“:ื™ืดื‘) ืฉื™ื ื™ ื”ื—ื•ืžื”: ืœืื‘ื ื™ ืืงื“ื—. ื™"ืช ืœืื‘ื ื™ ื’ืžืจ ื’ื•ืžืจื™ืŸ ืชืจื’ื•ื ื’ื—ืœื™ื ืคืชืจ ืืงื“ื— ืœืฉื•ืŸ ืงื“ื—ื™ ืืฉ ื•ื”ื ืžื™ืŸ ืื‘ื ื™ื ื˜ื•ื‘ื•ืช ื‘ื•ืขืจื•ืช ื›ืœืคื™ื“ื™' ื•ื”ื•ื ืงืจื‘ื•ื ืงืœ"ื ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื’ื—ืœืช ื•ื™ืฉ ืคื•ืชืจื™ืŸ ืœ' ืžืงื“ื— ืื‘ื ื™ื ื’ื“ื•ืœื•ืช ืฉื›ืœ ื—ืœืœ ื”ืคืชื— ืงื“ื•ื— ื‘ืชื•ื›ื• ื•ื”ืžื–ื•ื–ื•ืช ื•ื”ืžืคืชืŸ ื•ื”ืกืฃ ื›ื•ืœืŸ ืžืชื•ืš ื”ืื‘ืŸ ื”ื: ืœืื‘ื ื™ ื—ืคืฅ. ืœืื‘ื ื™ ืฆืจื•ืš:
jasper Heb. ื›ึผึทื“ึฐื›ึนื“, a kind of precious stone. your windows Jonathan renders: your woodwork, and Menahem associated it with (Dan. 7:10): "ministered to Him (ื™ึฐืฉืึทืžึผึฐืฉืื•ึผื ึตื”ึผ)." (Menahem, apparently renders: your utensils, i.e., the vessels that serve you.) And some interpret it as an expression of a sun (ืฉืึถืžึถืฉื), windows through which the sun shines, and they make opposite it a barrier of kinds of colored glass for beauty, and Midrash Psalms interprets ืฉืึดืžึฐืฉืื•ึนืชึทื™ึดืšึฐ as well as ืฉืึถืžึถืฉื ื•ึผืžึธื’ึตืŸ (Ps. 84:12) as "the pinnacles of the wall." of carbuncle stones Heb. ืึถืงึฐื“ึผึธื—. Jonathan renders: of gomer stones. Gumrin is the Aramaic translation of ื’ึผึถื—ึธืœึดื™ื, coals. He interprets ืึถืงึฐื“ึผึธื— as an expression similar to (supra 50: 11) "who kindle (ืงึนื“ึฐื—ึตื™) fire," and they are a type of stones that burn like torches and that is the carbuncle (karbokle in O.F.), an expression of a coal. Others interpret it as an expression of a drill, i.e., huge stones of which the entire opening of the doorway is drilled, and the doorposts, the threshold, and the lintel are all hewn from the stone. of precious stones Desirable stones [from Jonathan].

ืคืกื•ืง ื™ืดื’ ยท Verse 13

Hebrew:

ื•ึฐื›ื‡ืœึพื‘ึผึธื ึทึ–ื™ึดืšึฐ ืœึดืžึผื•ึผื“ึตึฃื™ ื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึ‘ื” ื•ึฐืจึทึ–ื‘ ืฉืึฐืœึฅื•ึนื ื‘ึผึธื ึธึฝื™ึดืšึฐืƒ

English:

And all your children shall be disciples of GOD,And great shall be the happiness of your children;

The crowning promise is spiritual: all Zion's children will be taught of the Lord ('limmudei Hashem'), and great will be their peace. Metzudat David explains they will be wise as though disciples of God Himself, and Radak links this to Jeremiah's prophecy that all will know God directly, from the least to the greatest.

ืคืกื•ืง ื™ืดื“ ยท Verse 14

Hebrew:

ื‘ึผึดืฆึฐื“ึธืงึธึ–ื” ืชึผึดื›ึผื•ึนื ึธึ‘ื ึดื™ ืจึทื—ึฒืงึดึคื™ ืžึตืขึนึ™ืฉืึถืงึ™ ื›ึผึดื™ึพืœึนึฃื ืชึดื™ืจึธึ”ืึดื™ ื•ึผืžึดึจืžึผึฐื—ึดืชึผึธึ”ื” ื›ึผึดึฅื™ ืœึนึฝืึพืชึดืงึฐืจึทึ–ื‘ ืึตืœึธึฝื™ึดืšึฐืƒ

English:

You shall be established through righteousness.You shall be safe from oppression,And shall have no fear;From ruin, and it shall not come near you.

Zion will be established through righteousness, kept far from oppression so that she need not fear, and far from ruin so that it cannot come near her. Rashi glosses 'rachaki me'oshek' as being distanced from those who oppress her, and Metzudat David and Radak add that she will have no dread of her enemies at all, for terror itself will not approach.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ืจื—ืงื™ ืžืขื•ืฉืง. ื›ืžื• (ืœืขื™ืœ ื ื‘) ื”ืชื ืขืจื™ ืžืขืคืจ ืชืจื—ืงื™ ืžืŸ ื”ืขื•ืฉืงื™' ืื•ืชืš: (ืจื—ืงื™ ืžืขื•ืฉืง ืชืจื—ืง ืžืœืขืฉื•ืง ื‘ื ื™ ืื“ื ื›ื“ืจืš ืฉืขื•ืฉื™ื ืจืฉืขื™ื ืฉืื•ืกืคื™' ืžืžื•ืŸ ืžื’ื–ืœ ืื‘ืœ ืืชื ืœื ืชืฆืจื›ื• ืœื’ื–ื•ืœ ื›ื™ ืœื ืชื™ืจืื• ืžื“ืœื•ืช ื•ืขื ื™ื•ืช ื•ืžืžื—ืชื” ื›ื™ ืœื ืชื‘ื ื•ืœื ืชืงืจ' ืืœื™ืš ืื‘ืจื‘ื ืืœ) (ื‘ืฆื“ืงื” ืฉืชืขืฉื” ืชื”ื™ื” ื ื›ื•ื ื” ื‘ื’ืื•ืœืช ืขื•ืœื ื•ืชื”ื™ื” ืจื—ื•ืงื” ืžืขื•ืฉืง ื‘ื ื™ ืื“ื ื›ื™ ืœื ืชืจืื™ ืืคื™' ืคื—ื“ ื•ื™ืจืื” ืœื ื™ื”ื™ื” ืœืš ืžื”ื ื•ืชื”ื™ื” ืจื—ื•ืงื” ืžืžื—ืชื” ืฉืœื ืชืงืจื‘ ืืœื™ืš, ืื™ืœ"ื” ืฉืœื•ื—'):
go far away from oppression [Although grammatically this is the imperative, here it is the future,] like (supra 52:2) "Shake yourself from the dust." You will be far away from those who oppress you. Printed editions of Rashi contain the following addendum: (go far away from oppression You will stay far from oppressing other peoples in the manner the wicked do, that they accumulate money through robbery, but you will not need to rob, for you will not fear poverty or straits, or ruin, for it shall neither come nor shall it approach you. [Abarbanel]) (With righteousness that you will perform, you will be established with an everlasting redemption, and you will be far from people's oppression for you will not fear; you will not even have terror or fear of them, and you will be far from ruin, for it will not come near you. [Ayalah Sheluchah])

ืคืกื•ืง ื˜ืดื• ยท Verse 15

Hebrew:

ื”ึตึฃืŸ ื’ึผึฅื•ึนืจ ื™ึธื’ึ›ื•ึผืจ ืึถึ–ืคึถืก ืžึตืื•ึนืชึดึ‘ื™ ืžึดื™ึพื’ึธึฅืจ ืึดืชึผึธึ–ืšึฐ ืขึธืœึทึฅื™ึดืšึฐ ื™ึดืคึผึฝื•ึนืœืƒ

English:

eMeaning of verse uncertain. Surely no harm can be doneWithout My consent:Whoever would harm youShall fall because of you.

Any who gather against Zion do so without God's sanction, and whoever attacks her will fall before her. Rashi notes the Rabbis read the verse as teaching that converts will not be accepted in Messianic times, while Radak applies it to the future assault of Gog and Magog, gathered not by God's command yet destined to fall on the mountains of Israel.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื”ืŸ ื’ื•ืจ ื™ื’ื•ืจ ืืคืก ืžืื•ืชื™. ื”ืŸ ื™ืจื ื™ื™ืจื ื•ื™ื’ื•ืจ ืžื’ื–ืจืช ืจืขื•' ืื•ืชื• ืฉืื™ืŸ ืื ื™ ืขืžื• ื”ื•ื ืฉืขื™ืจ: ืžื™ ื’ืจ ืืชืš. ืžื™ ืืฉืจ ื ืืกืฃ ืขืœื™ืš ืœืžืœื—ืžื”, ืื• ืžื™ ื’ืจ ืžื™ ืฉื ืชื’ืจื” ื‘ืš, ื•ืจื‘ื•ืชื™ื ื• ืคื™ืจืฉื•ื”ื• ื‘ื’ืจื™ื ืœื•ืž' ืฉืื™ืŸ ืžืงื‘ืœื™' ื’ืจื™ื ืœื™ืžื•ืช ืžืฉื™ื—ื ื• ื•ืืฃ ื‘ืคืฉื•ื˜ื• ืฉืœ ืžืงืจื ื™ืชื›ืŸ ืžื™ ืฉื ืขืฉื• ื’ืจื™ื ืืชืš ื‘ืขื ื™ื•ืชืš ืขืœื™ืš ื™ืคื•ืœ ื‘ืขืฉื™ืจื•ืชืš ื›ืžื• ืขืœ ืคื ื™ ื›ืœ ืื—ื™ื• ื ืคืœ (ื‘ืจืืฉื™ืช ื›ืดื”:ื™ืดื—):
Behold, the one with whom I am not, shall fear Heb. ื’ึผื•ึนืจ ื™ึธื’ื•ึผืจ. Behold, he shall fear and dread evil decrees, he with whom I am not, i.e., Esau. ([Mss. read:] the wicked Esau and his ilk.) whoever mobilizes against you Heb. ื’ึธืจ. Whoever mobilizes against you for war. Alternatively, ืžึดื™ ื’ึธืจ [means:] whoever contends with you (ื•ึฐื ึดืชึฐื’ึผึธืจึถื”). And our Rabbis explained it as referring to the proselytes (ื’ึผึตืจึดื™ื), [i.e.,] to say that we will not accept proselytes in Messianic times. And even according to the simple meaning of the verse it is possible to explain: whoever became sojourners with you in your poverty, shall dwell with you in your wealth. Comp. (Gen. 25:18) "In the presence of all his brethren he dwelt (ื ึธืคึธืœ)."

ืคืกื•ืง ื˜ืดื– ยท Verse 16

Hebrew:

(ื”ืŸ) [ื”ึดื ึผึตึคื”] ืึธื ึนื›ึดื™ึ™ ื‘ึผึธืจึธึฃืืชึดื™ ื—ึธืจึธึ”ืฉื ื ึนืคึตึ™ื—ึทึ™ ื‘ึผึฐืึตึฃืฉื ืคึผึถื—ึธึ”ื ื•ึผืžื•ึนืฆึดึฅื™ื ื›ึฐืœึดึ–ื™ ืœึฐืžึทืขึฒืฉื‚ึตึ‘ื”ื•ึผ ื•ึฐืึธื ึนื›ึดึ›ื™ ื‘ึผึธืจึธึฅืืชึดื™ ืžึทืฉืึฐื—ึดึ–ื™ืช ืœึฐื—ึทื‘ึผึตึฝืœืƒ

English:

It is I who created the smithTo fan the charcoal fireAnd produce tools for each purpose;So it is I who createThe instruments of havoc.

God declares that He created the smith who fans the coals and forges weapons, and that He also created the destroyer who ruins them. Rashi explains the point: the same God who incited the enemy against Zion has also prepared his downfall, so even the weapons of war are ultimately in God's hands.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื”ื ื” ืื ื›ื™. ืืฉืจ ื‘ืจืืชื™ ื—ืจืฉ ื”ืžืชืงืŸ ื›ืœื™ ื•ืื ื™ ืืฉืจ ื‘ืจืืชื™ ืžืฉื—ื™ืช ื”ืžื—ื‘ืœื• ื›ืœื•' ืื ื™ ื”ื•ื ืฉื’ืจื™ืชื™ ื‘ืš ืืช ื”ืื•ื™' ืื ื™ ื”ื•ื ืฉื”ืชืงื ืชื™ ืœื• ืคื•ืจืขื ื™ื•ืช: ื•ืžื•ืฆื™ื ื›ืœื™ ืœืžืขืฉื”ื•. ืœืฆื•ืจืš ื’ื•ืžืจื• ื›ืœ ืฆื•ืจื›ื•:
Behold I am He Who created a smith who devises a weapon, and I am He Who has created a destroyer that destroys it. That is, to say: I am He Who incited the enemy against you; I am He Who has prepared retribution for him. and produces a weapon for his work For necessity. He completes it according to all that is necessary.

ืคืกื•ืง ื™ืดื– ยท Verse 17

Hebrew:

ื›ึผื‡ืœึพื›ึผึฐืœึดึžื™ ื™ื•ึผืฆึทึคืจ ืขึธืœึทึ™ื™ึดืšึฐึ™ ืœึนึฃื ื™ึดืฆึฐืœึธึ”ื— ื•ึฐื›ื‡ืœึพืœึธืฉืึ›ื•ึนืŸ ืชึผึธืงื•ึผืึพืึดืชึผึธึฅืšึฐ ืœึทืžึผึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธึ–ื˜ ืชึผึทืจึฐืฉืึดึ‘ื™ืขึดื™ ื–ึนึกืืช ื ึทื—ึฒืœึทืชึฉ ืขึทื‘ึฐื“ึตึจื™ ื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึงื” ื•ึฐืฆึดื“ึฐืงึธืชึธึ›ื ืžึตืึดืชึผึดึ–ื™ ื ึฐืึปืึพื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึฝื”ืƒย {ืก}ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 

English:

No weapon formed against youShall succeed,And every tongue that contends with you at lawYou shall defeat.Such is the lot of GODโ€™s servants,Such their triumph through Meโ€”declares GOD.

No weapon formed against Zion will succeed, and every accusing tongue that rises against her at law she will condemn; this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from Him. Rashi glosses 'yutzar' as weapons whetted and sharpened for battle, and Metzudat David and Radak explain that she will prevail against her foes in deed and in word alike, this blessing being an everlasting inheritance for God's servants.
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ืจืฉืดื™Rashi
ื›ืœ ื›ืœื™ ื™ื•ืฆืจ. ื›ืœ ื›ืœื™ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืืฉืจ ื™ืœื˜ืฉื•ื”ื• ื•ื™ื—ื“ื“ื”ื• ื‘ืฉื‘ื™ืœืš ืœื”ืœื—ื ื‘ืš: ื™ื•ืฆืจ. ืœ' ื—ืจื‘ื•ืช ืฆื•ืจื™ื (ื™ื”ื•ืฉืข ื”ืณ:ื‘ืณ) ืืฃ ืชืฉื™ื‘ ืฆื•ืจ ื—ืจื‘ื• (ืชื”ื™ืœื™ื ืคืดื˜:ืžืดื“):
Any weapon whetted against you Any weapon that they will whet and sharpen for you, i.e., to battle with you. whetted Heb. ื™ื•ึผืฆึทืจ, an expression similar to (Jos. 5:2) "sharp knives (ื—ึทืจึฐื‘ื•ึนืชืฆึปืจึดื™ื)," also (Ps. 89:44) "You have also turned the edge of his sword (ืฆื•ึผืจ ื—ึทืจึฐื‘ึผื•ึน)."

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