## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 12

###### Rashi on Isaiah 12:1:1
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**וְאָמַרְתָּ.** בִּרְאוֹתְךָ זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you shall say** when you see the nations being sentenced to disgrace and abhorrence.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 12:1:2
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**אוֹדְךָ. כִּי אָנַפְתָּ בִּי** וְהִגְלִיתַנִי, וְכִפֵּר גָּלוּתִי עָלַי; וְעַתָּה נִרְצָה עֲוֹנִי, וְ**יָשֹׁב אַפְּךָ וּתְנַחֲמֵנִי**. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: **אוֹדְךָ ה׳ כִּי** חָטָאתִי לָךְ, וְעַל כֵּן **אָנַפְתָּ בִּי,** וְלוּלֵי רַחֲמֶיךָ לֹא הָיִיתִי כְּדַאי לָשׁוּב **אַפְּךָ וּלְנַחֲמֵנִי;** וְהִנֵּה שָׁב אַפְּךָ מִמֶּנִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will thank You, O Lord, for you were wroth with me** and You exiled me, and my exile atoned for me, and now, amends have been made for my iniquity. May Your wrath turn away and may You comfort me. Jonathan renders: I will confess before You, O Lord, that I sinned before You, and, therefore, You were wroth with me, and were it not for Your mercy, I would not be worthy to have Your wrath turn away and comfort me, and behold, Your wrath has turned away from me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 12:2:1
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**עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ ה׳.** עֹז וְשֶׁבַח שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הוּא הָיָה **לִי לִישׁוּעָה.** וְאֵין לְפָרֵשׁ **עָזִּי** עֹז שֶׁלִּי, שֶׁלֹּא מָצִינוּ בַּמִּקְרָא ׳עָזִּי׳ נָקוּד חֲטַף קָמַץ אֶלָּא שׁוּרֻק ׳עֻזִּי׳, חוּץ מִשְּׁלֹשׁ מְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁהוּא סָמוּךְ אֵצֶל ׳וְזִמְרָת׳ (שמות טו:ב, ישעיהו יב:ב, תהלים קיח:יד). וְלֹא **וְזִמְרָת** כְּמוֹ ׳וְזִמְרָתִי׳, אֶלָּא עַל כָּרְחֲךָ ׳וְזִמְרָת׳ דָּבוּק הוּא לַתֵּיבָה שֶׁל אַחֲרָיו. לְכָךְ אֲנִי אוֹמֵר, שֶׁאֵין יוֹ״ד שֶׁל ׳עָזִּי׳ אֶלָּא כְּמוֹ יוֹ״ד שֶׁל ״שֹׁכְנִי סְנֶה״ (דברים לג:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the strength and the praise of the Eternal the Lord** The strength and the praise of the Holy One, blessed be He, that was my salvation. We cannot, however, explain עָזִּי, like עֻזִּי, my strength, for we do not find in Scripture עָזִּי vowelized with a short ‘kamatz,’ but with a ‘shuruk,’ reading עֻזִּי, with the exception of three places where it is accompanied by וְזִמְרָת. Also, וְזִמְרָת cannot be explained like וְזִמְרָתִי, my praise, but we are forced to say that וְזִמְרָת is connected to the word following it. Therefore, I say that the ‘yud’ of עָזִּי is merely like the ‘yud’ of (Deut. 33:16) שׁוֹכְנִי סְנֶה, “He Who dwells in the thornbush.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 12:2:2
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**יָהּ יְהוָה.** עַד הֵנָּה הָיָה שְׁמוֹ חָלוּק, וּבְמַפַּלְתּוֹ שֶׁל עֲמָלֵק נַעֲשָׂה שָׁלֵם, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר ״כִּי יָד עַל כֵּס יָהּ״ (שמות יז:טז) – אֵין הַכִּסֵּא שָׁלֵם וְאֵין הַשֵּׁם שָׁלֵם עַד שֶׁתְּהֵא מִלְחָמָה לַה׳ בַּעֲמָלֵק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Eternal the Lord** Until now His Name was divided, and with the downfall of Amalek, it became whole, and so Scripture states (Exodus 17:16): “For the hand is on the throne of the Eternal (כֵּס יָהּ),” implying that the throne is incomplete and the Name is incomplete until the Lord wages war against Amalek.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 12:2:3
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**וַיְהִי לִי לִישׁוּעָה.** כְּמוֹ ׳הָיָה **לִי לִישׁוּעָה׳.** וְדֶרֶךְ מִקְרָאוֹת לְדַבֵּר כֵּן, כְּמוֹ ״וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא שָׂם לִבּוֹ וְגוֹ׳ וַיַּעֲזֹב אֶת עֲבָדָיו וְאֶת מִקְנֵהוּ״ (שמות ט:כא), וְעוֹד בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים (דברי הימים ב י:יז): ״וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיּוֹשְׁבִים בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ עֲלֵיהֶם רְחַבְעָם״ – הָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר ׳מָלַךְ עֲלֵיהֶם רְחַבְעָם׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was my salvation.** Heb. וַיְהִי לִי לִישׁוּעָה, like הָיָה לִי לִישׁוּעָה, was to me for a salvation, and it is customary for Scripture to speak in this manner. Comp. (Exodus 9:21) “And he who did not heed the word of the Lord, left (וַיַּעֲזֹב) his slaves and his cattle”; also, in II Chronicles (10:17): “And the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned (וַיִּמְלֹךְ) over them.” It should say, מָלַךְ עֲלֵיהֶם.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 12:3:1
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**וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם.** ״וּתְקַבְּלוּן אוּלְפָן חֲדַת״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you shall draw water** You shall receive a new teaching [from Targum].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 12:3:2
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**מִמַּעַיְנֵי הַיְשׁוּעָה.** כִּי יַרְחִיב לִבָּם עַל יְדֵי יְשׁוּעָה הַבָּאָה לָהֶם, וְיִתְגַּלּוּ לָהֶם רָזֵי הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּכְּחוּ בְּבָבֶל עַל יְדֵי הַצָּרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the fountains of the salvation** For their heart will be dilated through the salvation that came to them, and secrets of the Torah that have been forgotten during the exile, because of the troubles, will be revealed to them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 12:4:1
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**עֲלִילוֹתָיו.** מַעֲלָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**His deeds** Heb. עֲלִילוֹתָיו, similar to מַעֲלָלָיו.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 12:4:2
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**הַזְכִּירוּ.** לְשַׁבַּח כִּי נִשְׂגָּב הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**keep it in remembrance** to praise [His Name,] for it is exalted.