## Ibn Ezra on Isaiah Chapter 33

###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:1:1
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**הוי.** לשון קריאה, והטעם על אשור:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
הוי *Ho!*¹ Interjection of calling. The prophet addresses Assyria.

footnotes:
¹ See c. i., note 13.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:1:2
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**כהתימך שודד.** להיותך שודד, תושד:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
כהתמך שודד when thou shalt have finished spoiling.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:1:3
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**כנלותך.** כמו כהנלותך, וכמוהו ולא ירד [צ"ל יטה] לארץ מנלם (איוב ט"ו כ"ט):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
כהנלותך ═ כנלותך *When thou shalt have finished*.² Of the same root is מנלם the perfection thereof (Job. 15:29)

footnotes:
² A. V., When thou shalt cease to spoil. When thou shalt make an end.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:2:1
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**יי.** זאת היא תפילת הצדיקים בבוא מלך אשור והיא בדרך נבואה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*O Lord*, etc. This was to be the prayer of the righteous at the time of the invasion of the Assyrian king; the prayer is given here as a prophecy.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:2:2
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**היה זרועם.** על אנשי המלחמה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Their arm*. The arm of the soldiers.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:3:1
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**מקול המון.** אשור:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The tumult* of Assyria.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:3:2
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**מרוממותיך.** שנתת לו רוממות:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
מרממתך *By Thy honour*.³ The honour which Thou hast given him.

footnotes:
³ A. V., At the lifting up of thyself.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:4:1
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**ואסף שללכם.** שלל הגוים, כי סימן הכ"ף בעבור ישראל שהגלה מלך אשור:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Your spoil*. Those of you that have become a spoil of the nations; the possessive pronoun your refers to the Israelites, of whom the king of Assyria carried a part away into captivity.⁴

footnotes:
⁴ The possessive pronoun your has here the same meaning as the partitive genitive.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:4:2
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**גבים.** תרגום ארבה בארמית:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
גבים *Locusts*. Comp. גובא in Chaldee, meaning the same as ארבה locusts in Hebrew.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:4:3
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**שוקק.** כמו אוסף, ויש אומרים כי כמוהו ובן משק ביתי (בראשית ט"ו ב') ולפי דעתי שכמוהו בספר יואל ישתקשקון (נחום ב' ה'), גם הוא בארבה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
שוקק *Gathering*.⁵⁵ Some think that משק the steward (Gen. 15:2) is of the same root. I compare it rather with ישתקשקון they gather themselves (Nah. 2:5), which expression is likewise used of locusts.

footnotes:
⁵ A. V., Shall he run. They shall jostle.
⁵ A. V., Shall he run. They shall jostle.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:5:1
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**נשגב יי.** והטעם על השכינה שהיא בציון:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The Lord*, etc. The divine glory, that revealeth itself in Zion.⁶

footnotes:
⁶ This remark is introduced to explain the anthropomorphism, because in reality the Lord cannot be exalted.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:6:1
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**והיה אמונת עתך.** לאיש יהודה ידבר:

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


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:6:2
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**חכמת.** סמוך, ותחסר חכמת כך:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
חכמת *The wisdom of.* Some noun must be supplied.⁷

footnotes:
⁷ The form חָכְמַת instead of חָכְמָה is perhaps caused by a kind of attraction of the similar form דַעַת which is often used in the absolute state.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:6:3
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**[יראת וכו'].** יראת השם היא אוצר חוסן ישועות:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*His treasure*. The treasure of strength of salvation.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:7:1
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**הן אראלם.** יש אומרים מגזרת אריאל כאילו אמר על אראלם, ואיננו נכון בטעם הפרשה, ויש אומרים שהן שתי מלות, אראה להם, גם זה רחוק, והנכון בעיני, שמלת אראלם כמו מלאכיהם והעד מלאכי שלום, וכמוהו את שני אריאל מואב (שמואל ב' כ"ג כ') והטעם כי מלאכי כל גוי שיבקשו שלום בעולם יבכו בשלוט מלכות אשור:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
אראלם According to some their altar; comp. אריאל (29:1); if this were correct, we should have to supply על for, but this explanation is not in accord with the whole context of the chapter. Others say, that אראה להם ═ אראלם I shall see them; this is not probable. I think that it means their messenger, as we may infer from the ambassadors of peace in the second half of the verse. Comp. 2 Sam. 23:20.⁸—All the messengers of the nations, that are desirous of peace, will weep when Assyria has dominion.

footnotes:
⁸ This proof, based upon 2) אריאל Sam. 23:20), is not convincing, since the plural would be required, if it were, as I. E. believes, a common noun, meaning messenger.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:8:1
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**נשמו מסלות.** כי מלך אשור לא יעמוד בבריתו עם גוי:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The highways lie waste.* For the king of Assyria will not be faithful to his treaties with other nations.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:8:2
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**לא חשב אנוש.** מאומה נגדו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*He regardeth no man*. He does not esteem any person to be worth anything in comparison with himself.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:9:1
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**אבל.** ימצא ארץ לשון זכר כמו נעתם ארץ (ישעיהו ט' י"ח), והנה זה הפסוק מכחיש דברי רבי משה הכהן שאמר כי תאכלהו אש לא נפח (איוב כ' כ"ו) כן דרך הלשון כל מלה שהיא לזכר ולנקבה לא יתכן לומר לשון נקבה אחרי לשון זכר:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
אבל אמללה ארץ *The earth mourneth and languisheth.* ארץ is sometimes used as a masculine noun; comp. 9:18. This phrase⁹ overthrows the rule laid down by R. Moses Hakkohen (Job 20:26), that words which can be used both as masculine and feminine nouns, cannot be joined with a feminine attribute, after having been joined with a masculine one in the same phrase.

footnotes:
⁹ אבל אמללה ארץ both אבל as well as אמללה are predicates to ארץ; nevertheless the first is masculine, the second feminine.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:9:2
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**החפיר.** לשון מלך אשור, כי הוא פעל יוצא, עד שקמל, שנכרת:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
החפיר לבנון¹⁰ He—the king of Assyria—put the Lebanon to shame.¹¹ החפיר is transitive. קמל Till it was hewn down.

footnotes:
¹⁰ The Hebrew text has לשון; this gives no sense, and is evidently a corruption of לבנון.
¹¹ A. V., "Lebanon is ashamed."


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:9:3
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**היה השרון.** כמו חבצלת השרון (שיר השירים ב' א'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
השרון *Sharon.* Comp. Song 2:1.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:9:4
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**ונוער.** מגזרת ככה יהיה נעור ורק (נחמיה ה' י"ג):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ונער בשן וכרמל *And Bashan and Karmel shake off.* Comp. נעור shaken (Neh. 5:13)


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:10:1
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**עתה.** בעבור שהגדיל להשחית עתה אקום:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Now,* that he has already destroyed too much, *will I rise.*


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:10:2
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**ארומם.** מבנין התפעל, והיה הרי"ש ראוי להדגש לחסרון התי"ו, כנו"ן אנשא:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
אתרומם═ ארומם *will I be exalted.* It is Hithpael; the ר should have a Dagesh¹² to compensate for the omission of the ת, as the נ of אֶנָּשֵׂא has.¹³

footnotes:
¹² The ר being subject to the same rule as the gutturals, with regard to the Dagesh, its reduplication is replaced by the change of the short vowel (Segol) into a long one (Zere).
¹³ To compensate for the omission of the אֶנְנָשֵׂא ═ אֶנָּשֵׂא ;נ.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:11:1
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**תהרו.** התי"ו לנוכח אשור:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Ye shall conceive*. Assyria is addressed.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:11:2
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**חשש.** כאשר היא בלשון קדר כמוץ:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
חשש *Chaff.* The word has the same meaning in Arabic.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:11:3
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**רוחכם.** יש אומרים רוחכם תהיה כאש והוא [צ"ל היא] תאכלכם והנכון שהוא דבק עם חשש, ולא תהיה רוח שישאכם כי אם אש שתאכלכם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
רוחכם אש תאכלכם According to some: Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. It is more correctly considered as the continuation of the preceding figure of the chaff and stubble: Your wind, will not lift you up,¹⁴ but, like fire, utterly destroy you.

footnotes:
¹⁴ The wind, which will blow for you, will not raise you, as it raises chaff and stubble.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:12:1
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**והיו.** משרפות, כאילו נשרפו בסיד, רמז לנכחדי פתאם על ידי המלאך, וכמוהו קוצים כסוחים אשר באש יצתו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*As the burnings of lime.* As if they were burnt by lime.—This refers to the sudden destruction of the Assyrian army through the angel, as is the case with the next simile as thorns cut off, which are burnt¹⁵ in the fire.

footnotes:
¹⁵ A. V., Shall they be burnt.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:13:1
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**שמעו.** קרובים, הם ישראל על כן אחריו פחדו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Ye, that are near*. The Israelites are addressed, as may be inferred from the next verse, The sinners *in Zion* etc.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:14:1
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**פחדו.** שיפחדו מהשם בראותם גבורתו במחנה אשור ויאמרו מי ממנו שיוכל לגור ע השם שהוא אש אוכלה, וטעם בציון ששם הכבוד:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The sinners in Zion are afraid*. They will be afraid of the Lord, when they see His power displayed in the destruction of the Assyrian army; then will they say: *Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire,* with the Lord, who is like the devouring fire, that is, in Zion, where the divine glory manifests itself. The prophet replies.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:15:1
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**הולך וגו'.** אלו דברי הנביא, כי מי שהוא הולך צדקות, והמלה חסרת בי"ת:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*He that walketh*, etc. בצדקות ═ צדקות In righteousness.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:15:2
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**אוטם.** סוגר כמו יאטם אזנו (תהלים נ"ח ה'), ואם הם שני בנינים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
אוטם *That stoppeth*. Comp. יאטם that stoppeth (Ps. 58:5); although the two words are of two different conjugations.¹⁶¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁶ עוצם is Kal, ויעצם Piel of אוטם ;עצם Kal, יאטם Hiphil of אטם.
¹⁶ עוצם is Kal, ויעצם Piel of אוטם ;עצם Kal, יאטם Hiphil of אטם.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:15:3
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**ועוצם.** כמו ויעצם את עיניכם (ישעיהו כ"ט י'), ואם הם שנים בנינים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ועוצם *And shutteth.* Comp. ויעצם and he shut, though not of the same conjugation.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:16:1
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**הוא.** עושה אלה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*He,* who does all this,


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:16:2
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**ישכון.** בציון כאילו דר במצדות:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*shall dwell on high*, etc., shall dwell in Zion in safety, as if he dwelt, etc.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:16:3
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**לחמו נתן.** יהיה נתון לו לחם להספיקו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
לחמו נתן *His bread,* bread, sufficient for his sustenance, *shall be given him.*


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:16:4
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**נאמנים.** שלא יכזבו, והטעם שלא יכרתו, והנה הוא יושב בנוח, גם יתענג:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נאמנים *Sure.* Lit. faithful. The water will not deceive his hope, will not fail. He will dwell in peace and be satisfied.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:17:1
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**מלך וגו'.** אלה דברי הנביא, כאומר יזכור יהודה בבא מלאכי מלך אשור לקחת מס מחזקיהו, כי כל אוצרות בית השם נתן, והעניש כל יהודה, והיו אומר מי ילך עמנו משרי חזקיה אל מלך אשור במס זה, הוא מלך ביופיו תחזינה עיניך תראינה ארץ מרחקים כי אשור רחוק' מירוש':

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Thine eyes shall see the king,* etc. The prophet brings these words back to the memory of Judah;¹⁷ הסופר the secretary, that wrote down how much each had to contribute, and who was to carry the tribute to the king of Assyria; comp. ver. 18 and 22. The words of this verse were, as distinctly stated by I. E., addressed to Judah by the Assyrian officers. when the messengers of the king of Assyria came for the tribute, and Hezekiah, after having delivered up all the treasures of the temple, imposed besides a tax on Judah for that purpose, they said, who of the princes of Hezekiah will come with us, to bring this tribute to the king of Assyria? thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold the land that is far off, the land of Assyria, that is far from Jerusalem.

footnotes:
¹⁷ The Hebrew text has the words אלה דברי הנביא כאומר יזכור יהודה lit., These are the words of the prophet, as if he said, that Judah should remember. The remark of I. E. on ver. 15 begins likewise with the phrase אלה דברי הנביא these are the words of the prophet. This introduction is there an essential part of the explanation, since part of the preceding verse was assigned to the people; but this verse does not require an introduction of this kind. A comparison of this remark with ידבר בנפשו (ver. 18) leads to the suggestion, that instead of הנביא another word, signifying the messenger, or the officer, is to be read, as, e.g.,


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:18:1
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**לבך.** ידבר בנפשו אימה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Thine heart shall meditate,* etc. These are the prophet’s own words.¹⁸

footnotes:
¹⁸ The words ידבר בנפשו he speaks his own words, are contrasted with the introductory phrase of the preceding remark, These are the words of the Assyrian officer, which the prophet brings back to the memory of Judah.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:18:2
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**איה סופר.** הוא הכותב כמו [צ"ל כמה] עונש כל אדם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
סופר *The scribe* who writes down, how much every one shall contribute.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:18:3
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**איה שוקל איה סופר מגדלים.** מגזרת מספר, כי נתנו עונש על כל מגדל:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
סופר *He that counted.* Comp. מספר the number, *He that counted the towers.* They taxed even the towers.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:19:1
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**את עם נועז.** לא נדע אם הנו"ן שור או לבנין נפעל, והיא מלה זרה אין לה משפחה, והטעם עם נכרי או משונה, והאומר כי הנו"ן תחת למ"ד לא דבר נכונה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נועז We cannot say, whether the נ is radical, or the characteristic prefix of the Niphal; the word is hap. leg.; it means a stranger or a strange man; to consider לועז═נועז speaking a foreign language, is incorrect.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:19:2
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**נלעג לשון.** כי כל לשון שלא יבין אדם אותה הוא בעיניו ללעג:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נלעג לשון *Mocked for his tongue.*¹⁹ People usually laugh at a language, which they cannot understand.

footnotes:
¹⁹ A. V., Of a stammering tongue.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:20:1
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**חזה וגו'.** אין צורך לאדם לחזות מלך אשור, רק חזה ציון:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Look upon Zion,* etc. We need not look at the king of Assyria, we should rather look at Zion.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:20:2
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**קרית מועדינו.** כמשמעו, או כמו שרפו כל מועדי אל (תהלים ע"ד ח'):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
מועדנו It has here its usual meaning: our solemnities or our sanctuary; comp. מעדי אל The synagogues of God (Ps. 74:8).


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:20:3
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**אהל.** חסר כ"ף:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
כאהל═אהל As a tent.²⁰

footnotes:
²⁰ A. V., A tabernacle.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:20:4
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**יצען.** אין לו ריע, וטעמו לא יפול, או בל יסע יתדתיו, יתד מיתדותיו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
יצען Hap. leg. It means, shall fall.²¹

footnotes:
²¹ A. V., Shall be taken down.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:20:5
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**וכל.** החבלים הם המיתרים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
יתדותיו ובל יסע Not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed.²² חבליו The cords thereof.

footnotes:
²² The combination of the singular יסע and the plural יתדותיו is explained in this remark, by considering יתד מיתדותיו ═ יתדותיו. See c. ii., note 18.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:21:1
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**כי וגו'.** נטעם לא יסע זה האהל, רק יהיה השם אדיר לנו, במדינה שיש סביבותיה נהרים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*But there*, etc. This tent shall not be removed, but God will be there unto us as a stronghold, like a place surrounded by rivers.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:21:2
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**יאורים.** חסר וי"ו כמו שמש ירח עמד (חבקוק י' י"א):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נהרים יארים *Rivers, streams.* Asyndeton; comp. שמש ירח sun, moon (Hab. 3:11).


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:21:3
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**ידים.** מקומות, והטעם מכל פאה, והם נהרים שלא ילך באחד מהם אני במשוט והטעם שלא יפחדו מאויב לא מהים ולא מהיבשה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ידים Space.²³ *A place of broad rivers*.²⁴ A place surrounded on all sides by rivers, בל תלך בו וגו׳ *wherein shall go no,* etc.²⁵ None of the rivers will be passed by any ships with oars; the people will have no cause for fear, either from the sea or from the continent. Thus this verse contrasts with the words Thine heart meditates terror (ver. 18)

footnotes:
²³ רחבי ידים Wide of space, that is, spacious, or broad.
²⁴ I. E. explains why the plural rivers is used here.
²⁵ The incongruity of the singular בו with the plural יארים, to which it refers, is explained in the usual way. See c. ii., note 18.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:22:1
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**כי וגו'.** זה הפסוק כנגד לבך יהגה אימה, ואין מי שישפוט עוד שיאמר פלני יתן מס זה, והמחוקק הוא הסופר יכתוב מי ומי ילך אל המלך במס כי השם לבדו הוא שפטנו ומחוקקנו ומלכנו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*For the Lord is our judge,* etc. There will be no judge to say to this person and that pay so and so much for the tribute, nor will any scribe write down, who shall go to the king with the tribute; for the Lord alone will be our judge, our scribe,²⁶ and our king.

footnotes:
²⁶ A. V., Lawgiver.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:23:1
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**נטשו.** כ"ף חבליך לנכח מחנה אשור:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Thy tacklings.* The Assyrian army is adressed.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:23:2
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**נטשו** כמו ונטשתה (שמות כ"ג י"א), דרך משל כי הספינה תטבע והים ישליך הממון שיש בה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נטשו *Are loosed.* Comp. ונמשתה thou shalt let it lie still²⁷ (Ex. 23:11). The meaning of this figure is: the ship will go down, and her riches will then be thrown out again by the sea.

footnotes:
²⁷ Lit., And thou shalt let loose of it; that is, thou shalt not take hold of it, to till it, and to do the usual work therein.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:23:3
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**בל.** יחזקו החובלים התורן שלהן, ולא יפרשו נס, אז יחלק עד שלל, כמו אדמת עפר (דניאל י"ב ב') מגזרת בבקר יאכל עד (בראשית מ"ט כ"ז):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
תרנם וגו׳ בל יחזקו כן They, that is, the sailors, cannot strengthen their mast, nor spread the sail.²⁸ עד שלל *The prey of a spoil.* Comp. אדמת עפר the dust of the earth (Dan. 12:2).²⁹ עד *Spoil.* Comp. Gen. 49:27.

footnotes:
²⁸ A. V., They could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail.
²⁹ See c. xxx., note 18.


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**מרבה.** כמו הרבה איספו פסחים בזזו בז ואף כי אחרים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
הרבה ═ מרבה Great. *The lame shall take prey*. How much more the others.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 33:24:1
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**ובל יאמר.** עוד השכן בצין חליתי כי העם כולו נשוא עון:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*And the inhabitant* of Zion *shall not say* again, *I am sick;* for all the people *shall* be forgiven their iniquity.