## Ibn Ezra on Isaiah Chapter 64

###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:1:1
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**כקדוח אש המסים.** שמסו אחרים כאש שהיא קודחת, וכמים שהאש תבעה אותם, מגזרת אבעבועות (שמות ט' ט'), כן ירגזו גוים מפניך:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
כקרח אש המסׁים *As when the melting fire burneth,* and mountains melt in the heat of the fire, and. מים תבעה אש *Like the water*, *which the fire causeth to boil*.⁵ As to תבעה causeth to boil (lit. swelleth) comp. אבעבעות blains (Ex. 9:9). מפניך גוים ידגזו Thus the nations would tremble at Thy presence.⁶

footnotes:
⁵ A. V., As when the fire causeth the waters to boil.
⁶ A. V., That the nations may tremble at Thy presence.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:2:1
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**בעשותך.** הטעם כאשר היית עושה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
בעשותך When thou didst.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:2:2
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**ונראות.** והוא תאר השם על דרך ועשיר יענה עזות (משלי י"ח כ"ג):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
נוראות Terrible things. It is an adjective, and a noun must be supplied. Comp.⁷ עזות rough words (Prov. 18:20).

footnotes:
⁷ The Hebrew text has the words כמו ועל דרך; but either כמו or ועל דרך is superfluous, because both expressions have the same meaning: like. It is also possible that the original text had a word like חלקות (30:10) after כמו which has been omitted by some careless copyist.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:2:3
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**[לא נקוה].** לא היינו מקוים לראות כמוהם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
לא נקוה *Which we looked not for.*


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:2:4
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**[ירדת וגו'].** וכשהיית יורד אז מפניך נזולו ההרים, והטעם כי עשית כבר ככה:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ירדת When thou camest down. מפניך הרים נזלו *Then the mountains flowed down at Thy presence.* Such things Thou hast already done in the past.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:3:1
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**ומעולם לא שמעו.** השומעי', ולא האזינו, גם עין לא ראתה אלהים זולתך אשר יעשה למחכה לו, אשר יחכה לו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
לא שמעו ונו׳ Men have not heard,⁸ nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, etc. יעשה What he will prepare.⁹ למחכה For him that will wait.

footnotes:
⁸ Comp. I. E. on 2:4, Note 5.
⁹ A. V., What He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:4:1
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**פגעת.** הטעם אם היית כועס, היית פוגע את הצדיקים, כטעם עומד בפרץ (תהלים ק"ו כ"ג), או יהיה פי' פגעת, היית מקבל פיוס הצדיקים, כמו לא אפגע אדם (ישעיהו מ"ז ג', נ"ג י"ב):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
פגעת וגו׳ *Thou didst meet him,* etc.¹⁰ When thou wast angry in former days, thou didst meet the righteous; comp. Had not Moses, his chosen, stood before Him in the breach, to turn away His wrath? (Ps. 106:23). It may also be rendered, Thou acceptedst the prayer of him, etc. Comp. לא אפגע אדם I will not accept the prayer of any man (47:3; 53:12).

footnotes:
¹⁰ A. V., Thou meetest him, etc.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:4:2
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וטעם **שש**, הצדיק שהיה שש בך:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
את שש *Him that rejoiced*.¹¹ The righteous man that rejoiced in God.¹

footnotes:
¹¹ A. V., Him that rejoiceth.
¹ Better Rashi: Him that rejoiced in doing righteousness; and Targum Jonathan: דחדיאו למעבד רעותך בקשוט וכזבו who rejoiced when performing Thy will with truth and integrity.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:4:3
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**בדרכיך יזכירוך.** בדרכים שהורתנו [צ"ל שהורת] לנאמן בית:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*In Thy ways*. The ways which Thou hast taught us through the faithful of Thy house.¹²

footnotes:
¹² That is, Moses. (Comp. Num. 12:7.)—The Hebrew text has the words שהורתנו לנאמן בית, which seem to be incorrect; לנאמן בית is probably to be altered into על ידי נאמן בית.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:4:4
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**[הן אתה וגו'].** והנה עתה קצפת אתה ואנחנו היינו חוטאים, או טעמו כשהיית קוצף ואנחנו כבר חטאנו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
הן אתה קצפת ונחטא But now¹³ Thou art wroth, for we have sinned, or Behold Thou wast angry,¹⁴ for we had sinned.

footnotes:
¹³ At the time, when this prayer is uttered, during the exile of the Israelites.
¹⁴ At various times, when the Israelites were punished for their sins; as is for example pointed out in the book of Judges.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:4:5
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**בהם.** בעבור הצדיקים לעולם הפרת הקצף:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
בהם *Through them,*¹⁵ that is, through the righteous men. עולם The disappearance of the wrath.

footnotes:
¹⁵ A. V., In those is continuance.—The words לעולם הספירות הקצף are corrupt; they must contain the explanation of עולם, since that of בהם is given before in the words בעבור הצדיקים through the righteous. If עולם were explained by always, the most important part of the sentence, the removing of the anger, is left to the reader to supply; it is, therefore, probable that I. E. renders עולם disappearance from עלם to conceal; and the Hebrew text is to be altered into עולם י הפרת הקצף or עולם.עולם י סתירת הקצף means the disappearance of the wrath.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:4:6
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**ונושע.** והיינו נושעים, והנה נושע על זמן עומד:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ונושע *And we were saved.*¹ It is the imperfect.¹⁶

footnotes:
¹ A. V., And we shall be saved.
¹⁶ Comp. I. E. on 1:21, Note 43.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:5:1
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**ונהי.** ועתה היינו כטמא כולנו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ונהי כטמא כלנו But now we are all as an unclean thing.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:5:2
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**עדים.** כמו יאכל עד (בראשית מ"ט כ"ז), כי בגד השלל הוא מגואל בדמים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
עדים *Filthy rags*. It is derived from עַד spoil (Gen. 49:47); for the garment of the spoil is usually stained with blood.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:5:3
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**ונבל.** להתחבר נו"ן השורש, כי הוא מגזרת נובלת עליה (ישעיהו א' ל'), עם נו"ן סימן המדבר חסר נו"ן השורש, ואפס על משקלו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
וַנָּבֶל *And we fade away.* The radical נ and the prefix of the first person plural are contracted into one letter. The root of the word is נבל. Comp. נבלת, fading (1:30). There is no other word similar to it in form.¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁶ Comp. I. E. on 1:21, Note 43.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:6:1
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**ואין וגו'.** מתעורר, נלחם, תאר השם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
מתעורר *That stirreth up himself.* It is an adjective.¹⁷

footnotes:
¹⁷ Such a contraction is usually indicated by a Dagesh in the letter next to the one omitted; here the ב should have a Dagesh (וַנַּבֶּל Hiphil of נבל). The form can, however, be considered as regular if derived from בול; verbs פ״נ and ע״ו interchange sometimes; comp. סוך and נסך to anoint.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:6:2
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**להחזיק.** ידו בך:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
להחזיק *To take hold* with his hand.¹⁸

footnotes:
¹⁸ להחזיק is Hiphil, and therefore a transitive verb, governing the accusative; I. E. supplies therefore ידו; lit. to cause his hand to be strong in Thee.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:6:3
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**ותמוגנו.** מגזרת נמוגו כל יושבי כנען (שמות ט"ו ט"ו):

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
ותמוגנו *And hast consumed us.* Comp. נמנו they melt (Ex. 15:15)


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:7:1
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**ועתה.** הטעם עשה עמנו כרצונך כי אין כח בידינו, כי אנחנו כחומר:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*But now* do unto us according to Thy will; there is no strength in us; for we are like clay, etc.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:8:1
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**אל וגו'.** כי הרבה קצפת:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Be not wroth very sore*, for Thou hast been very angry.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:8:2
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**עמך.** אנחנו היום:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*We are all Thy people* now.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:9:1
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**ערי וגו'.** הבט כי אנחנו עמך וראה ערים שקדשת בשמך הם חרבות:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*The holy cities*, etc. Supply הבט, see from the preceding verse. Look at the towns which Thou hast sanctified with Thy name, and which are now desolate.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:10:1
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**בית.** הוא בית השם:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Our holy and our beautiful house.* The temple.


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:10:2
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**אשר הללוך אבותינו.** הטעם המשוררים:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
*Where our fathers praised Thee* through the mouth of the Levites, the singers.¹⁹ by singing, and this was done in the temple by the Levites. In a more general sense it is paraphrased in Targum Jonathan: דפלחו קדמך אבהתנא where our ancestors worshipped Thee.

footnotes:
¹⁹ I. E. takes the verb הללוך literally: to praise, i.e.,


###### Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 64:11:1
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**העל וגו'.** תחשה, כמו ומה תחריש, והטעם לא תמהר להושיענו:

**Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah - trans. by M. Friedlander, 1873:**
תחשה *Wilt Thou hold Thy peace?* Wilt Thou not hasten to save us.