## Ibn Ezra on Isaiah Chapter 10

###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:1:1
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**הוי החוקקים.** הוי כמו קריאה לשופטים ולדיינים וסופריהם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
הוי *Oh*. Sign of the vocative;¹ the prophet invokes the judges and their scribes.

footnotes:
¹ See I. E. on 1:4, and Note 13.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:1:2
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**ומכתבי'.** פועל יוצא לשני' פעולים, מהבנין הכבד הדגוש ויהיה עמל דבוק עם כתבו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ומכתבים And they that cause to write.² A verb that governs two accusatives; it is participle Piel. עמל כתבו *They cause to write grievousness*. עמל is to be joined with ³.כתבו

footnotes:
² A. V., And that write.
³ The accents join עמל with ומכתבים. A. V., Grievousness, which they have prescribed.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:2:1
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**להטות.** יצוו לסופרי' שיכתבו ספרי שקר על היתומים, והאלמנות והדלי' שאין להן כח ואפילו לדבר:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*To turn aside*, etc. They command the secretaries to write false documents for the orphans, widows and poor, who are powerless, and cannot open their mouths in defence of their rights.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:3:1
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**ומה וגו'.** הטעם כל זה עתיהם, והנה מה תעשו ביו' שיפקוד השם עונותיכ':

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And what*, etc. All this you have done, but what do you think to do in future, when the Lord will visit your iniquities?


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:3:2
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**כבודכם.** הוא ההמון:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
כבודכם *Your Glory*. Your army.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:4:1
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**בלתי וגו'.** הטעם כל זה עשיתם, לא ימלט רק מי שיכרע תחת אסיר ויפיל עצמו תחת הרוגים כאילו הוא הרוג כמוהם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
All this you have done.⁴ בלתי וגו׳ *Except*⁵ *they bow down*, etc. None will escape except those that will bow down amongst the captives, or throw themselves amongst the slain, as if they were slain with them.

footnotes:
⁴ These words are superfluous, and seem to be a repetition of the same phrase in the preceding verse, a mistake made by some careless copyist.
⁵ A. V., Without me.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:5:1
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**הוי אשור.** הוא דרך קריאה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
הוי *Oh*. Sign of the vocative.¹

footnotes:
¹ See I. E. on 1:4, and Note 13.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:5:2
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**שבט אפי.** שהוכחתי בו רבים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The rod of mine anger*, wherewith I have chastised many.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:5:3
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**[ומטה וגו'].** והמטה שהוא ביד בני אשור הוא זעמי:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And the staff*, etc. And the staff that is in the hand of the Assyrians, is the instrument of my indignation.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:6:1
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**בגוי.** ועל עם עברתי, שיש לי עברה עליה [צ"ל עליו]:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The people of my wrath*. The people with whom I am wroth.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:7:1
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**והוא.** ידמה, כמו כאשר דמיתי (במדבר ל"ג נ"ו), והוא מגזרת דמיון, והטעם לא יחשב כי להוכיח שלחתיו, רק אין לו מחשבה כי אם לעקור את הכל:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ידמה *He meaneth*. Comp. דמיתי I thought (Num. 33:56); דמיון imagination (Ps. 17:12). He does not think that I have sent him to chastise; he only considers how to overthrow every kingdom.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:8:1
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**כי יאמר.** בלבו הנה שבו שרי, שהיו בתחלה שרים, הגם מלכים הם על גוים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*He will say* in his heart.⁶ *Behold my officers*, etc. Those who formerly were officers, have now, through me, become rulers over nations.

footnotes:
⁶ See I. E. on 3:10.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:9:1
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**הלא ככרכמיש כלנו.** כמו ואכד כלנה (בראשית י' י'), והם שמות מקומות נקראו על שם הבונים כמו מצרים (בראשית י' ו'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
כלנו *Kalno* כלנה ═ Kalneh (Gen. 10:10); for the names mentioned there (Gen. x.) are names of places called after their founders, like מצרים Egypt.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:10:1
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**כאשר עשיתי [צ"ל מצאה ידי] לממלכת.** עובדי ע"ז:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
לממלכות עובדי אליל ═ לממלכות אליל To the kingdoms of worshippers of idols.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:10:2
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**מירושלם.** מסביבות ירושלם והם ערי יהודה הבצורות שתפש:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ופסיליהם מירושלים *And their graven images of Jerusalem*.⁷ Of the country surrounding Jerusalem, of the fortified towns of Judah, which were already in the hands of the Assyrian conqueror.

footnotes:
⁷ A. V., And whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:11:1
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**הלא וגו'.** זאת הנבואה היא על סנחריב כשר יבא להלחם על ירושלם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Shall I not*, etc. This prophecy refers to Sennacherib, when he came to conquer Jerusalem.⁸

footnotes:
⁸ Ibn Ezra refers this passage to Sennacherib’s expedition against Jerusalem Jerusalem was not conquered by him; comp. 1:8.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:12:1
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**והיה כי יבצע.** ישלים וכמוהו ידיו תבצענה (זכריה ד' ט'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
יבצע *He will perform* (comp. Zach. 4:9).


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:12:2
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**את כל מעשהו.** להביא חיל סנחריב אל ציון:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*His work*. To bring the host of Sennacherib unto Zion.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:12:3
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**על פרי.** כמו פרי מחשבתו [צ"ל מחשבתם] (ירמי' ו' י"ט):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The fruit of the stout heart of the king*. Comp. The fruit of their thoughts (Jer. 6:19)


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:13:1
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**כי.** עשיתי, גבורה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
עשיתי I have acted valiantly. ⁹ Supply גבורה valour.

footnotes:
⁹ A. V., I have done it.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:13:2
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**נבונותי.** מהשניים הנראים מבנין נפעל:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נבונותי *I am prudent*. Niphal of בין, verb ע"י.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:13:3
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**ואסיר.** עתיד והטעם על זמן עומד כמו יעשו עגל בחורב (תהלים ק"ו י"ט):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ואסיר And I was removing. Future for the imperfect;¹⁰ comp. יעשו they made. Ps. 106:19.

footnotes:
¹⁰ See chap. i., Note 43.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:13:4
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**ועתידותיהם שושיתי.** מגזרת ועתדה בשדה לך (משלי כ"ד כ"ו), הממון שיזמן האדם שימציאנו לעתיד מימיו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ועתודתיהם *And their treasures*. Comp. ועתדה And prepare it (Prov. 24:26); the possessions which man provides for himself for the days that are to come.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:13:5
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**ואוריד כאביר.** ואם הוא באל"ף הוא נוסף, והטעם אוריד היושבים בארמון כביר, ויאמר ר' משה ההן כי האל"ף עיקר, כמו אביר הרועים (שמואל א' כ"א ח'), והטעם כגבור:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
כאביר Although it is written with Aleph, this letter is pleonastic, and the word means strong, mighty—I subdued those that dwell in strong fortresses.¹¹ According to R. Moses Hakkohen, who takes the א as radical—comp. אביר the chief (1 Sam. 21:8)—it means like a hero.

footnotes:
¹¹ This is against the accents, which join כב׳ר with ואסיר and separate it from יושבים; besides, the construction of the words, the adverb or object כאביר being placed before the verb יושבים, is very unusual; the regular order would be יושבים כביר According to I. E. כַּבִּיר ═ כַּאבִּיר; according to R. Moses Hakkohen כְּאַַבִּיר ═ כַּאבִּיר.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:14:1
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**ותמצא.** לחיל, ממון כמו את החיל הזה (דברים ח' י"ז):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
לחיל *The riches*. Comp. החיל the wealth (Deut. 8:17).


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:14:2
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**נודד כנף.** פועל יוצא, והנה הכנף פעול, בעבור שהמשילם לבצים והאפרוחים יולדו מהם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נודד *Moving*. A transitive verb, governing the accusative. כנף *Wing*. This figure is used because the nations have just been compared with eggs, and birds come from eggs.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:15:1
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**היתפאר הגרזן.** כלי הברזל שיחתך בו והוא מגזרת נגזרתי [צ"ל נגרזתי] (תהלים ל"א כ"ב) והנה הטעם כי השם המשילו, ואין למשור רע כי אם וישר במגר' (דברי הימים א' כ' ג'), והוא מפעלי הכפל, על משקל מעוז (ישעיהו כ"ה ד'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
הגרזן. An instrument to cut with. Comp. נגרזתי, I have been cut. (Ps. 31:23.) *Shall the axe*, etc. That is to say, It is God that has given the power to the Assyrians. משוד. Only one parallel is found to this word; וישר, And he cut (1 Chr. 20:3); it is derived from a verb ע״ע (שרר, to cut), after the form of מֽעוֹז, strength. ¹²

footnotes:
¹² מַשוֹר with Dagesh in ש and Pathah under מׇעוֹז ; מ has long Kamez under מ, to compensate for the omission of the Dagesh, because the succeeding letter is a guttural.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:15:2
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ומשל אחר כהניף שבט ואת מרימיו, והטעם כהנפת השבט ותנופת מרימיו, כי עיקר התנופה למרימיו כהרים מטה, ההרמה למרימים לא לעץ:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
Another figure is contained in the succeeding ¹³.וחנופת מרימיו כהנפת שבט ═ כהניף שבט ואת מרימיו It is like the shaking of the rod; and this is principally the action of them that lift it up. כהרים מטה. *As the lifting up of the staff*, which is done by the people, not by the wood.¹⁴

footnotes:
¹³ Ibn Ezra read ואת מרימיו, while our editions have את מרימיו. Rashi seems also to have read ואת. I. E. does not at all explain the meaning of את; he ignores it entirely as if ואת מרימיו were the same as מרימיו ותנופת ═ ומרימיו.
¹⁴ A. V., As if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:16:1
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**לכן וגו'.** טעם במשמניו מיתת גדולי אשור כי כן כתוב:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Among his fat ones, leanness*. This refers to the death of the nobles of Assyria, related 2 Chr. 32:21.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:16:2
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**יקד.** כמו ויט שמים וירד:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
יֵקַד *He* *will kindle*. Comp. וַיֵרַד, And he came down (Ps. 18:10.)¹⁵ in the second syllable of the future Kal; *e.g*., יֵצֵא יֵרֵד, but occasionally Pathah, *e.g*. וַיׅרֵד יֵקֵד.

footnotes:
¹⁵ Verbs פ״י of this class take as a rule a Zeré


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:16:3
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**יקוד.** על משקל כפור (תהלים קמ"ז י"ז):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
יקד. *A burning*. A noun like כְּפׂר, hoar frost (Ps. 147:16.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:17:1
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**והיה אור ישראל.** הוא השם, והטעם על המלאך שהמכחיד [צ"ל שהכחיד או המכחיד] המחנה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The light of Israel*. God. *Shall be a fire*. This refers to the angel that destroyed the Assyrian camp.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:17:2
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**שיתו ושמירו.** הרשעים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*His thorns and his briers*. The wicked.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:18:1
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**וכבוד יערו וכרמלו.** משל שהיו רבים כאילני היער והכרמל:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field*. A figure, signifying that his armies would be as numerous as the trees of the forest, and as the ears of a fruitful field.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:18:2
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**מנפש ועד בשר יכלה.** שהכחידם כדמות שרפה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Both soul and body*. He destroyed them as if it were by burning.¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁶ Not only the soul, that is, the life, was destroyed, but also the whole body, as if it were entirely burnt, nothing being left.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:18:3
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**כמסוס.** שם כמו יקוד ואיננו סמוך:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
מְסוֹס, *Destruction*.¹⁷ A noun like יְקׂד; it is not in the construct state.

footnotes:
¹⁷ A.V. As when a standard bearer fainteth.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:18:4
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וטעם **נוסס.** שיהיה זה הדבר נראה כנס:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נוסס. *Wonderful*; appearing as a miracle (נֵס)


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:19:1
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**ושאר.** שלא ימלטו כי אם מעטים עד שיוכל לכותבם נער שאין לו רגילו' בחשבון:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And the rest of the trees*, etc. There will escape but a few, whose number even a boy that has not yet had practice in counting, will be able to calculate and write down.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:20:1
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**והיה.** על מכהו, הוא אשור, וזה לאות כי רבי' מיהודה קשרו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*That smote them*, the Assyrians. This verse shows, that many of the men of Judah conspired against their king.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:21:1
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**שאר ישוב.** הוא שם בן הנביא, והנה פירש כי טעם שאר ישוב על שאר יעקב והוא יהודה, גם ישוב משרת עצמו ואחר עמו, כמו מתן בסתר יכפה אף (משלי כ"א י"ד), והנה הוא כן, שאר יעקב ישוב אל אל גבור:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
שאר יעקב. *The remnant shall return*. This is the name of the prophet’s son, which is to be explained now. Supply יעקב, after the first שאר. The remnant of Jacob, that is Judah, will return; repeat likewise ישוב before אל: The remnant of Jacob will return to the mighty God (comp. Prov. 21:14). The verse, if written in full, would run thus: שאר יעקב ישוב אל אל גבור שאר יעקב ישוב,. The remnant of Jacob will return, the remnant of Jacob will return to the mighty God.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:21:2
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וטעם **גבור** בעבור שהוא יוכל להושיעם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Mighty*, who is able to help them.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:22:1
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**כי וגו'.** הטעם אף על פי שיהיו ישראל רבים בימים ההם כחול הים, לא ישאר מהם רק מי שישוב לשם, כי כליון חרוץ גזור מהשם, כמו אתה חרצת (מלכים א' כ' מ'), יבוא כנחל שוטף בצדק:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*For though*, etc. Although Israel should in those days be as numerous as the sand of the sea, only those that will return to God will remain; for destruction, which is decreed—חרוץ, decreed; comp. חרצת, thou hast decreed (1 Kings 20:40)—by God, will come like a river, overflowing with righteousness.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:23:1
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**כי.** ונחרצה, גזרה נגזרת מאת השם, כמו אתה חרצת:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נחרצה. *A decree is made* by God.¹⁸ Comp. חרצת (1 Kings 20:40)

footnotes:
¹⁸ Supply the feminine noun נזרה, decree, to the adj. נחרצה.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:24:1
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**לכן.** יושב ציון, בעבור שנתפשו כל ערי יהודה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Inhabitants of Zion*. All the other towns of Judah are already conquered.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:24:2
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**יככה.** במחשבתו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*He will smite thee*, in his thought.¹⁹

footnotes:
¹⁹ Because in reality he could not do it; his army was destroyed before Jerusalem.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:24:3
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**בדרך מצרים.** כי משם עבר:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
בדרך מצרים *On the way to Egypt*.²⁰ Sennacherib was then on his march to Egypt.

footnotes:
²⁰ A.V., After the manner of Egypt.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:25:1
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**כי.** מעט מזער, בימים, ויכלה זעמי ואפי בהם על רוב שהשחיתו, ויש מפרש תבליתם מן אחרי בלותי (בראשית י"ח י"ב), על משקל תכליתם [צ"ל תכלית] (תהלים קל"ט כ"ב):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
מעט מזער. *A very little*. Supply בימים, of time. *And the indignation*, etc. And mine anger and wrath, on account of their great iniquities will all be spent. תבליתם. *Their iniquities*. According to some, their destruction; comp. בלותי, My old age²¹ (Gen. 18:12). The form of the word is like that of תַּכְלִית (Ps. 132:32)

footnotes:
²¹ חבלית is, according to the first explanation another form for תֶּבֶל (Lev. 20:12); according to the second it is formed from בלה, to wither, as תכלית, from כלה.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:26:1
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**ועורר וגו'.** וכמכת מטהו על הים בשוב המי' על מצרים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
וכמכת מטהו═ומטהו. As he smote with his staff at the sea, when the water flowed back over the Egyptians.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:26:2
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**ונשאו.** רמז לסנחריב בשובו בבושת:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*So shall be lift up*. This refers to the defeat of Sennacherib, after which he returned to his own country disappointed.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:27:1
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**והיה.** יסור סבלו, של מלך אשור:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*His burden*. The burden imposed by the King of Assyria.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:27:2
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וכ"ף **צוארך** שב ליהודה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Thy neck*. Judah’s neck. וחבל.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:27:3
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**וחבל.** כמו השחתה, וכן וחבל את מעשה ידיך (קהלת ה' ה'), וטעמו וישחת העול כאשר יושם שמן בצואר, והטעם שיתגבר יהודה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And shall be destroyed*. Comp. וְחִבֵּל, And he will destroy (Eccl. 5:5). The yoke is broken, when the neck has become very fat; it is a figurative expression for, Judah will become mighty.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:28:1
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**בא וגו'.** הזכיר מסעי מלך אשור בבואו אל ציון:


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:28:2
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**יפקיד כליו.** עם קצת מחנהו לבא אל ציון במהרה:


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:29:1
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**עברו מעברה.** הנהר או שם מקום:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
מעברה. The passage, or the name of a place.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:29:2
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**לנו.** מגזרת ללון (בראשית כ"ד כ"ג):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
לנו. *They have taken up their lodgings*. Comp. ללון, To stay over night. (Gen. 24:23.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:30:1
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**צהלי.** הצהלה הרמת קול, וכן צהלת הסוס:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
צהלי. *Lift up the voice*. Comp. מצהלת, the neighing of the horse (Jer. 8:16.)


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:30:2
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**בת גלים.** שם מדינה, ויתכן היות בת כמו בת ציון:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
בת גלים. Name of a country. בת has here perhaps the same meaning as in בת־ציון. (The state of, the people of.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:31:1
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**נדדה.** הגבים, שם מקום, או בורות מתרגום ארמית:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
הגבים. Name of a place; or pits; comp. גובא, pit, in Chaldee. העיזו.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:31:2
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**העיזו.** הבריחו נפשם או אחרים מישראל, כי הוא פועל יוצא [כמו] שלח העז (שמות ט' י"ט):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*They saved*²² themselves or others of Israel; it is a transitive verb; comp. העז, Save (Exod. 9:19)

footnotes:
²² A.V., Gather.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:32:1
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**עוד.** יבוא היום שיעמוד בנוב:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And yet*, etc. There will yet come a day when he will stay in Nob.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:33:1
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**הנה.** מסעף, יכרית הסעיפים, כמו לא תפאר אחריך (דברים כ"ד כ') ושרשך מארץ חיים (תהלים נ"ב ז'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
מסעף *Shall cut off the branches* (סעיפים). Comp. לא תפאר Thou shalt not take off the crown (פאר, Deut. 24:20); ושרשך And he will take away thy root (Ps. 52:7).


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:33:2
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**פארה.** כמו סעיף וככה ותשלח פארות (יחזקאל י"ז ו'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
פארה *Bough*. Comp. פארות Branches (Ez. 17:6).


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:33:3
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**במערצה.** בגבורה, מגזרת עריץ:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
במערצה *With strength*.²³ Comp. עריץ strong.

footnotes:
²³ A.V., Terror,


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:33:4
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**ורמי הקומה.** בעבור כי השרים נכחדו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And the high ones of stature shall be hewn down*, etc. The nobles shall be cut off.²⁴

footnotes:
²⁴ The addition of בעבור כי in the Hebrew text is a mere indication that the succeeding remark explains the propriety of the use of this figure; it is not the explanation of the conjunction ו.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:34:1
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**ונקף.** לשון הכרתה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ונקף *And he shall cut down*.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:34:2
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**סבכי היער.** האילנים המסובכים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
סבכי The trees that are thick with branches.²⁵

footnotes:
²⁵ A. V., Thickets.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:34:3
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**בברזל.** משל למלאך:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
בברזל *With the axe*,²⁶ that is, by means of the angel.²⁷

footnotes:
²⁶ A. V., With iron.
²⁷ The angel, that destroyed the Assyrian host before Jerusalem.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 10:34:4
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**[והלבנון באדיר יפול].** והשרים הדומים לאילני הלבנון יפלו בברזל אדיר, והנה 'בברזל' מושך עצמו ואחר עמו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And Lebanon*, etc. The princes, that are compared with the trees of the Lebanon, shall fall. בברזל אדיר ═ באדיר By a mighty axe;²⁸ ברזל is to be supplied from the preceding בברזל with the axe.

footnotes:
²⁸ A. V., By a mighty one.