## Ibn Ezra on Isaiah Chapter 25

###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:1:1
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**יי אלהי.** דברי הנביא או כל אחד מהזקנים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*My God*. The first person singular refers to the prophet, or these are the words which every one of the ancients is represented speaking (24:23).


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:1:2
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**עצות מרחוק.** מימים קדמונים והטעם דבק עם עשית:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
עצות מרחוק *Counsels of old*. Objective case governed by עשית thou hast done.—The counsels of oldare the plans of God predicted by the prophets.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:1:3
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**[אמונה אמן**]. והנה נראו באמונה, ובאה מלת אמונה אומן כמו יי עזי ומעוזי (ירמיהו ט"ו י"ט):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
אמונה אמן *With faithfulness and truth*.¹ As to the repetition אמונה אמן comp. עזי ומעזי my strength and my fortress (Jer. 16:19).²

footnotes:
¹ A. V., Are faithfulness and truth. According to I. E. the meaning of the phrase is: God has fulfilled His prophecies with faithfulness and truth.
² A word is sometimes repeated either in the same or in a different form for the sake of emphasis. Comp. iii., Note 1, and xxiv., Note 27.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:2:1
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**כי וגו'.** הטעם כמה ערים ישחתו בבוא גוג ומגוג, ובדברי רבי משה הכהן על ימי סנחריב:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*For thou hast made a city an heap*, etc. Many cities will be destroyed, when Gog and Magog³³ will come. According to R. Moses Hakkohen it refers to the period of Sennacherib.

footnotes:
³ See xxiv., Notes 18 and 24.
³ See xxiv., Notes 18 and 24.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:2:2
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**לגל.** כמו עד הגל הזה (בראשית ל"א נ"א):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
לגל *An heap*. Comp. Gen. 31:51.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:2:3
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**ארמון זרים.** הם הגוים הגולים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
זרים *Strangers*. Non-Israelites.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:2:4
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**מעיר.** מכל עיר:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
מעיר Of every city.⁴

footnotes:
⁴ A. V., To be no city. The translation of the whole phrase according to I. E., who very strangely explains the preposition מֵ (lit. from) to be the sign of the possessive genitive, is, The palaces of the heathen people shall never be built again in any city.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:3:1
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**על.** עם עז, הנמלטים או הרחוקים כאשר ישמעו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
יכבדוך עם עז *Shall a strong people glorify thee*. Those who have escaped or are far off shall glorify thee, when they will hear the report.¹

footnotes:
¹ Of the defeat of Gog and Magog or of Sennacherib.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:4:1
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**כי וגו'.** התמה כי כל קריה בצורה נלכדה ומקום הדלים נמלט, וזאת ירושלם מחסה מזרם כי האויב נמשל למים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*For thou hast been*, etc. It is wonderful how all well fortified towns were taken, and the city of the poor, that is, Jerusalem, escaped. *A refuge from the showers*,⁵ from the enemy who is compared to showers of water.

footnotes:
⁵ A. V., A refuge from the storm.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:4:2
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**כי רוח עריצים.** פי' מזרם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*For the blast of the terrible ones is as showers against the wall*. This phrase is to explain the expression from the showers.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:5:1
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**כחורב בציון.** כמו בארץ ציה (ירמיהו ב' ו'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
בציון *In a dry place*. Comp. בארץ ציה in a dry land (Jer. 2:6).


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:5:2
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**שאון זרים תכניע.** והנה 'חורב בצל עב' כפול בטעם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
חורב בצל עב ונו׳ *The heat in*¹ *the shadow of a cloud*, etc. Repetition of the same idea.

footnotes:
¹ A. V., With.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:5:3
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והנה **בצל עב.** כאשר יסתר העב ואיננו נראה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
בצל עב *In the shadow of a cloud*, that is, in the shadow which hides the clouds and makes them invisible.⁶

footnotes:
⁶ I. E. means to say that in the shadow of a cloud is the same as in the absence of all clouds, or in sunshine; but it can hardly be seen what compelled I. E. to assume here such a metaphor, unless it be the parallelism, which seems to demand a greater similarity between בציון and בצל עב than that existing between in a dry land and in the shadow of a cloud; the land is supposed to be dry when sunshine continues for some time, but not when the heaven is covered with clouds.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:5:4
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והנה **זמיר עריצים.** כמו שאון זרים מגזרת זמירות (ישעיהו כ"ד ט"ז):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
זמיר עריצים *The song of the terrible ones*.⁷ It is the same as שאון זרים; comp. זמירות songs (24:16).

footnotes:
⁷ A. V., The branch of the terrible ones.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:5:5
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**יענה.** מגזרת עני, והוא פועל עומד ומגזרת לענות מפני (שמות ו' ג'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
יענה *Shall be low*. It is an intransitive verb of the same root as עני poor (Deut. 24:12); לענות to be humbled (Ex. 10:3)


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:6:1
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**עשה.** בהר הזה, היא ציון:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*In this mountain*. In Zion.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:6:2
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**משתה שמנים.** הטעם שיאכילם מאכלים שמנים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*A feast of fat things*, etc. God will feed them with fat things,


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:6:3
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**ממוחים.** מגזרת ומוח עצמותיו ישוקה (איוב כ"א כ"ד), והוא מהבניין הכבד הדגוש:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ממחים *with things full of marrow*—comp. ומוח and the marrow (Job. 21:24); ממחים is participle Pual—


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:6:4
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ואחר כן ישקם **שמרים מזוקקים** והנה ישתכרו, כטעם כי כאשר שתיתם על הר קדשי [עובדיה א' ט"ז]:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
and then he will give them to drink *lees well refined*, so that they will become drunk; ⁸ comp. As you have drunk on my holy mountain, etc. (Obad. 16)

footnotes:
⁸ A figure often used by the prophets to indicate the approaching catastrophe decreed by the Lord.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:7:1
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**ובלע.** כמו כבלע את הקודש (במדבר ד' כ') כטעם גלוי:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ובלע *And he shall discover*.⁹ Comp. כבלע when are discovered¹⁰ (Num. 4:20).

footnotes:
⁹ A. V., And he will destroy.
¹⁰ A. V., When are covered. I. E., in his commentary ad locum mentions both explanations, when are covered and when are discovered, and gives the preference to the former.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:7:2
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**הלוט.** כמו וילט פניו באדרתו (מלכים א' י"ט י"ג), והנה טעמו כמו מסכה והוא כמו מכס', כמו והמסכ' צרה כהתכנס (ישעיהו כ"ח כ'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
הלוט *The covering*. Comp. וילט and he wrapped (1 Kgs. 19:13); it is the same as the corresponding מכסה ═ מסכה covering; comp. והמסכה and the covering (28:20)


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:8:1
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**בלע המות.** יבלע אותם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
בלע המות *Death will destroy*¹¹ them.¹²¹²

footnotes:
¹¹ A. V., He will swallow up death.
¹² The nations mentioned in the preceding verse.
¹² The nations mentioned in the preceding verse.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:8:2
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**מעל כל פנים.** כי רעות גדולות עשו לכל:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And the Lord will wipe away tears from off all faces*. For they have caused great evils to all.¹³

footnotes:
¹³ They have caused by their wicked actions, tears and sorrow to everybody; those tears will be shed no longer, when death has swallowed up the evil-doers.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:9:1
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**ואמר.** דבק עם מלת עמו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ואמר *And they will say*.¹⁴ The people mentioned before, will say.

footnotes:
¹⁴ A. V., And it shall be said.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:9:2
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**ויושיענו.** והוא יושיענו תמיד והנה הוא כזמן עומד:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ויושענו *And he saved us*.¹⁵ And he saved us continually. It is the imperfect tense.¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁵ A. V., And he will save us.
¹⁶ See i., Note 43.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:10:1
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**כי.** יד יי, מכתו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The hand of the Lord*. His punishment.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:10:2
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**ונדוש מואב.** שבאו לעזור הצרים על ציון, ונדוש מבנין נפעל מהפעלים השניים הנראים, או מפעלי הכפל:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Moab*, that will come to help the besiegers of Zion.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:10:3
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**כהדוש.** שם הפעל מבנין נפעל, ובא שורק תחת חולם כי יתחלפו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ונדוש *And shall be trodden down*. Niphal of a verb (דוש) ע״ו or בְּהִדּוּשׁ .(דשש) ע״ע *As is trodden down*. Infinitive Niphal; וּ is here instead of וֹ; these two vowels are capable of interchange.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:10:4
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**מדמנה.** מקום הדומן:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
מדמנה Dunghill.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:11:1
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**ופרש.** השם ידיו בקרב מואב:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And he shall spread forth*. The Lord shall spread forth. *In the midst of them*. In the midst of Moab.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:11:2
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**השוחה.** כמו מי שחו (יחזקאל מ"ז ה'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
השוחה *He that swimmeth*. Comp. שחו to swim (Ez. 47:5).


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:11:3
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**והשפיל.** גאות מואב:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*His pride*. The pride of Moab.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:11:4
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**עם ארבות ידיו.** אין לו אח, וטעמו לפי מקומו, ומפרשים הוציאוהו מגזרת עושה ארבות (מלכים ב' ז' ב'), בדרך רחוקה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ארבות Hap. leg.; the meaning must be found from the context.16a Some compare it with ארבות windows (Gen. 7:11), but their explanation is far-fetched.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:12:1
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**ומבצר.** כ"ף חומותי כנגד מואב:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
Thy *walls*. The pronoun refers to Moab.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 25:12:2
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**השח השפיל.** בלא דבק וי"ו כמו כרע שכב נפל (שופטים ה' כ"ז), וטעם 'השח' כי כבר השח בבוא סנחריב:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
השח השפיל *He brought down*, *he laid low*.¹⁷, Rashi: towers, Kimchi: the wrists, R. Jonah: the multitude, A. V., the spoils. Asyndeton; comp. כרע שכב נפל He bowed, he fell, he lay down (Judg. 5:27). The past is used here because the action was already completed in the time of Sennacherib.¹⁷

footnotes:
¹⁷ It is strange that I. E. does not state what the meaning of the word is; the context admits of many meanings, as may be seen from a comparison of the various renderings of the word, e.g.
¹⁷ A. V., He shall bring low, lay low. I. E. refers this prophecy to the period of the war of Gog and Magog, while Moab was to receive her punishment long before that period, in the days of Sennacherib.