## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 14

###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:1:1
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**כִּי יְרַחֵם ה׳ אֶת יַעֲקֹב.** לִשְׁמוֹר לָהֶם הַבְטָחַת גְּאֻלָּתָם מִיַּד בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the Lord shall have mercy on Jacob** to keep for them the promise of their redemption from Babylonia.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:1:2
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**וּבָחַר עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל.** לֶעָתִיד יִגְאָלֵם גְּאֻלָּה שְׁלֵימָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and again choose Israel** in the future, He shall redeem them with a complete redemption.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:1:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:1:3)

**וְנִסְפְּחוּ.** וְנוֹסְפוּ, וְכֵן ״סְפָחֵנִי נָא״ (שמואל א ב:לו), וְכֵן ״מֵהִסְתַּפֵּחַ בְּנַחֲלַת ה׳״ (שמואל א כו:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and join** And they shall be added on. Comp. (I Sam. 2:36) “Take me now into... (סָפְחֵנִי)” and also (ibid. 27:19) “From cleaving to the Lord’s heritage (מֵהִסְתַּפֵּחַ).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:2:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:2:1)

**וְהִתְנַחֲלוּם.** יִהְיוּ נִנְחָלִים מֵהֶם, וְכֵן ״וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם אֹתָם״ (ויקרא כה:מו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall inherit** they shall inherit from them, and similarly, “and you shall hold onto them as an inheritance” (Lev. 25:46).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:2:2
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**וְרָדוּ.** לְשׁוֹן רִדּוּי וּנְגִישָׁה, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא תִרְדֶּה בוֹ״ (ויקרא כה:מו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and rule** Heb. וְרָדוּ, an expression of ruling and dominating, as (Lev. 25: 46): “You shall not rule over him (תִרְדֶה).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:3:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:3:1)

**בְּיוֹם הָנִיחַ ה׳ לְךָ.** לְיִשְׂרָאֵל הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the day the Lord allows you to rest** Scripture is addressing Israel.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:3:2
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**מֵעָצְבְּךָ וּמֵרָגְזֶךָ** שֶׁעִצְּבְךָ וְהִרְגִּיזְךָ מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל, וּבִרְאוֹתְךָ מַפַּלְתּוֹ יָנִיחַ לְךָ, כִּי תֵצֵא חָפְשִׁי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from your sorrow and from your shuddering** which the king of Babylon saddened you and caused you to shudder, and when you see his downfall, you will be eased, since you will go out free.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:4:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:4:1)

**מַדְהֵבָה.** לְשׁוֹן מַרְבִּית גַּאֲוָה וּמַשָּׂא כָּבֵד; וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דָּרְשׁוּ (שבת קמט:-קנ.): הָאוֹמְרִים ״מְדוֹד וְהָבֵא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the haughty one** Heb. מַדְהֵבָה. An expression of an excess of haughtiness and a heavy burden. Our Rabbis, however, expound it as: Those who say, ‘Measure and bring.’


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:5:1
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**שָׁבַר יְהוָה מַטֵּה רְשָׁעִים.** שֶׁהָיָה מַכֶּה עַמִּים בְּעֶבְרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked** For he would smite peoples with wrath.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:6:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:6:1)

**מֻרְדָּף בְּלִי חָשָׂךְ.** מֻרְדָּף כָּל גּוֹי וְגוֹי עַל יָדוֹ **בְּלִי חָשָׁךְ** עַצְמוֹ מֵרְדּוֹף וּמִדְּלוֹק אַחַר כָּל אֻמָּה וְאֻמָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**pursued without relenting** Every nation was pursued by him without his relenting from pursuing and chasing each nation.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:7:1
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**פָּצְחוּ רִנָּה.** זֹאת הָרִנָּה פָּצְחוּ: **נָחָה שָׁקְטָה כָּל הָאָרֶץ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**opened [their mouth] in song** This is the song they recited, “All the land rested, became tranquil.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:8:1
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**גַּם בְּרוֹשִׁים שָׂמְחוּ.** ״אַף שַׁלְטוֹנִין חֲדִיאוּ״ (תרגום יונתן) – שָׂמְחוּ עַל מַפַּלְתְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Box trees, too, rejoiced** Rulers, too, rejoiced [from Jonathan]; i.e., they rejoiced at your downfall.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:9:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:9:1)

**לִקְרַאת בּוֹאֶךָ.** כְּשֶׁתֵּרֵד לְגֵיהִנֹּם, וּמַה הִיא הָ׳רָגְזָה׳? לְעוֹרֵר לִקְרָאתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**toward your arrival** When you descend to Gehinnom, and what is the quaking? To arouse toward you...


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:9:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:9:2)

**רְפָאִים.** עֲנָקִים הַשּׁוֹכְבִים שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**giants** Heb. רְפָאִים, the giants lying there.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:9:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:9:3)

**כָּל עַתּוּדֵי אָרֶץ.** כָּל מַלְכֵי הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמָזָלוֹת, הַשָּׂרִים וְהַשָּׂרוֹת, הַכָּתוּב מוֹשְׁלָם לְפָרִים וְלִפְרוֹת וְלַעֲתוּדִים, כְּמוֹ (תהלים כב:יג) ״כִּי סְבָבוּנִי פָרִים״, וּכְמוֹ (עמוס ד:א) ״פָּרוֹת הַבָּשָׁן אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁוֹמְרוֹן״, וְכָאן מוֹשְׁלָם לַעֲתוּדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all the chiefs of the earth** [lit. the he-goats.] All the kings of the nations, the princes, and the princesses, are compared by Scripture, to bulls, to cows, and to he-goats. Comp. (Psalms 22:13) “Bulls surrounded me.” Also (Amos 4:1): “The cows of the Bashan that were on Mt. Shomron,” and here he compares them to he-goats.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:9:4
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**הֵקִים.** הִשְׁלִיךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he caused to rise** he threw


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:9:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:9:5)

**מִכִּסְאוֹתָם.** שֶׁבַּגֵּיהִנֹּם כָּל מַלְכֵי גוֹיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from their thrones** [i.e.,] the messenger of Gehinnom caused all the kings of the nations [to rise] from their thrones. [according to mss. and Shem Ephraim]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:10:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:10:1)

**גַּם אַתָּה חֻלֵּיתָ כָמוֹנוּ.** תְּמֵהִים אָנוּ: אֵיךְ בָּאת עָלֶיךָ רָעָה, שֶׁגַּם אַתָּה נֶחֱלֵיתָ לִהְיוֹת **כָּמוֹנוּ** לָמוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Have you too become weak like us** We are amazed how the misfortune has fallen upon you, that you too have become weak, to be like us, to die.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:11:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:11:1)

**הֶמְיַת נְבָלֶיךָ.** נְבָלִים וְכִנּוֹרוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ מְזַמְּרִים לְפָנֶיךָ. וְיֵשׁ לִפְתּוֹר **הֶמְיַת נְבָלֶיךָ** – הֶמְיַת בְּנֵי נָבָל, עוֹשֵׂי נְבָלָה שֶׁבַּחֲיָלוֹתֶיךָ. וּמְדֻמֶּה אֲנִי שֶׁבַּמְּסוֹרָה הַגְּדוֹלָה חִבֵּר אֶת זֶה וְאֶת ״זִמְרַת נְבָלִים״ (עמוס ה:כג) בְּאָלֶף בֵּית שֶׁל שְׁתֵּי לְשׁוֹנוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the stirring of your psalteries** The psalteries and harps that used to play before you. It is also possible to interpret, הֶמְיַת נְבָלֶיךָ as, the stirring of the wanton ones, who commit wanton acts, of your armies, and it seems to me that in the great Masorah, this was combined with (Amos 5:21) “The song of your psalteries,” in the aleph-beth of two meanings.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:12:1
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**הֵילֵל בֶּן שָׁחַר.** כּוֹכַב הַנֹּגַהּ הַמֵּאִיר אוֹר כְּכוֹכַב הַבֹּקֶר. זוֹ הַקִּינָה עַל שָׂרָהּ שֶׁל בָּבֶל נֶאֱמָרָה, שֶׁיִּפּוֹל **מִשָּׁמַיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Lucifer, the morning star** This is Venus, which gives light as the morning star, הֵילֵל being derived from יהל, to shed light. This is the lamentation over the heavenly prince of Babylon, who will fall from heaven.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:12:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:12:2)

**נִגְדַּעְתָּ לָאָרֶץ.** אַתָּה, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, שֶׁהָיִיתָ **חוֹלֵשׁ עַל גּוֹיִם** מֵטִיל גּוֹרָל עֲלֵיהֶם, עַל הַמְּלָכִים, מִי מֵהֶם יְשָׁרֶתְךָ בְּיוֹם פְּלוֹנִי וּמִי בְּיוֹם פְּלוֹנִי. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דְּרָשׁוּהוּ (שבת קמט:-קנ.) שֶׁהָיָה מֵטִיל גּוֹרָל עַל הַמְּלָכִים וְכוּ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have been cut down to earth** You, Nebuchadnezzar, who would cast lots on nations. You would cast lots on them, on the kings, who of them would serve you on such and such a day, and who on such and such a day. Our Rabbis, however, expounded this to mean that he would cast lots on the kings for purposes of pederasty.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:13:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:13:1)

**מִמַּעַל לְכוֹכְבֵי אֵל.** יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**above the stars of God** Israel.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:13:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:13:2)

**בְּהַר מוֹעֵד.** הַר שֶׁהַכֹּל מִתְוַעֲדִים שָׁם, הוּא הַר צִיּוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the mount of the assembly** The mount where all assemble, i.e., Mount Zion.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:13:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:13:3)

**בְּיַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן.** בַּעֲזָרָה, מָקוֹם שֶׁנִּבְחַר בּוֹ יֶרֶךְ הַצְּפוֹנִי; כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא א:יא) ״עַל יֶרֶךְ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ צָפֹנָה״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the farthest end of the north** In the forecourt, the chosen place, the north side, as the matter is stated (Lev. 1:11): “On the side of the altar to the north.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:14:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:14:1)

**אֶעֱלֶה עַל בָּמֳתֵי עָב.** אֵינִי כְּדַאי לָדוּר עִם בְּנֵי אָדָם, אֶעֱשֶׂה לִי עָב קְטַנָּה בָּאֲוִיר וְאֵשֵׁב בָּהּ. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״אֶסַּק עִלּוֹי כָּל עַמָּא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will ascend above the heights of the clouds** I am not fit to dwell with mortals. I will make myself a small cloud in the air and I will dwell there. Jonathan renders: I will ascend over all nations.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:16:1
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**יַשְׁגִּיחוּ.** יַבִּיטוּ דֶּרֶךְ חוֹרִין וַחֲרָכִּין, אבוט״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall look at you** They will look through holes and cracks [aboater in O.F.].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:16:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:16:2)

**יִתְבּוֹנָנוּ.** פורופנשי״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall gaze earnestly** [Por panser in O.F.] To think of oneself.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:17:1
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**לֹא פָתַח בָּיְתָה.** לֹא פָּתַח לָהֶם בֵּית אֲסוּרֵיהֶם לְהוֹצִיאָם כָּל יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם, לְפוֹטְרָם לָלֶכֶת לְבֵיתָם. כָּל תֵּיבָה שֶׁצְּרִיכָה לָמֶ״ד בִּתְחִלָּתָהּ הִטִּיל לָהּ הֵ״א בְּסוֹפָהּ (יבמות יג ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he did not open the house** Heb. בָּיְתָה. He did not open their house of imprisonment to release them all the days of their lives, to allow them to go to their home. Every word that requires a ‘lammed’ at the beginning Scripture placed a ‘heh’ to it at the end.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:18:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 14:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/14:18:1)

**אִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ.** בְּקִבְרוֹ, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״בְּבֵית עָלְמֵיהּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**each in his house** In his grave, and so did Jonathan render: In his eternal house.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:19:1
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**כְּנֵצֶר נִתְעָב.** כְּיוֹנֵק אִילָן הַנִּתְעָב בְּעֵינֵי בְּעָלָיו, שֶׁחוֹפֵר וּמְשָׁרֵשׁ וּמוֹצִיאוֹ, כָּךְ הָשְׁלַכְתָּ מִקִּבְרְךָ. אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים (ויקרא רבה יח:): כְּשֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה בְּהֵמָה וְחַיָּה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים, הִמְלִיכוּ עַם הָאָרֶץ אֶת אֱוִיל מְרוֹדַךְ; וּכְשֶׁחָזַר לְמַלְכוּתוֹ, נְטָלוֹ וַחֲבָשׁוֹ בְּבֵית הָאֲסוּרִין עַד יוֹם מוֹתוֹ. וּכְשֶׁמֵּת, הוֹצִיאוּ אֱוִיל מְרוֹדַךְ מִבֵּית הַסֹּהַר לְהַמְלִיכוֹ, וְלֹא קִבֵּל עָלָיו; אָמַר: אִם יָשׁוּב לְמַלְכוּתוֹ יַהַרְגֵנִי. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: מֵת וְנִקְבַּר; וְלֹא הֶאֱמִין, עַד שֶׁהוֹצִיאוּהוּ מִקִּבְרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a despised sapling** Like a sapling of a tree, which is despised by its owner, who digs it up and uproots it and takes it out. So were you cast out of your grave. The Sages stated (Lev. Rabbah 18:2): When he became an animal and a wild beast for seven years, the populace crowned Evil-Merodach, and when he was restored to his kingdom, he took him and imprisoned him in the dungeon until the day of his death. When he died, they took Evil-Merodach out of prison to crown him king, but he did not accept it upon himself. He said, If he returns to his kingdom, he will kill me. They said to him, He is dead and buried. But he did not believe them until they took him out of his grave and dragged him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:19:2
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**לְבוּשׁ הֲרֻגִים מְטֹעֲנֵי חָרֶב.** בִּלְבוּשׁ מְלֻכְלָךְ כְּמוֹ **לְבוּשׁ הֲרֻגִים.**

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[in] the garb of the slain** With filthy apparel, like that of the slain.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:19:3
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**מְטֹעֲנֵי חָרֶב.** מְדֻקְּרֵי רְמָחִים, ׳מְדֻקָּר׳ בִּלְשׁוֹן עֲרָבִי: מֻטְעָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of those pierced by the sword** Heb. מְטֹעֲנֵי, pierced by spears (sic). “Pierced” in Arabic is ‘mut’an.’


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:19:4
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**יוֹרְדֵי אֶל אַבְנֵי בוֹר.** אֶל עִמְקֵי בוֹר, מָקוֹם שֶׁהָאֲבָנִים צוֹלְלִים שָׁם, יָרַדְתָּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who descend to the stones of the pit** to the depths of the pit, the place where stones sink there, you have descended.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:19:5
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**כְּפֶגֶר מוּבָס.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״מְדַשְׁדַּשׁ״, כְּמוֹ ״נָבוּס קָמֵינוּ״ (תהלים מד:ו), ״וְעַל הָרַי אֲבוּסֶנּוּ״ (ישעיהו כה:י), ״מִתְבּוֹסֶסֶת בְּדָמָיִךְ״ (יחזקאל טז:ו), הַנָּדוּשׁ כְּטִיט חוּצוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a trampled corpse** Heb. מוּבָס. Jonathan renders: trampled, like (Ps. 44:6), “We will trample (נָבוּס) those who rise up against us”; (infra verse 25) “And on my mountains I will trample him (אֲבוּסֶנוּ)”; (Ezekiel 16: 6) “Trampled (מִתְבּוֹסֶסֶת) in your blood,” trampled like the mud of the streets.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:20:1
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**לֹא תֵחַד אִתָּם בִּקְבוּרָה.** לֹא תִשְׁוֶה לִשְׁאָר מְלָכִים לָנוּחַ בְּקִבְרְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall not join them in burial** You shall not be equal to other kings, to rest in your grave.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:20:2
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**כִּי אַרְצְךָ שִׁחַתָּ** בְּרֹב עֲבוֹדָה, וְעַמְּךָ הָרַגְתָּ חִנָּם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפוֹרָשׁ בְּדָנִיֵּאל: ״וְאָמַר לְהוֹבָדָא לְכָל חַכִּימֵי בָבֶל״ (דניאל ב:יב), לְכָךְ שְׂנָאוּךָ וְנָהֲגוּ בְּךָ בִּזָּיוֹן לְהַשְׁלִיכְךָ מִקִּבְרְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for you have destroyed your land** with excessive labor, and you have slain your people groundlessly, as it is related in Daniel (2:12): “And he said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.” Therefore, they hated you and treated you with contempt to throw you out of your grave.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:20:3
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**לֹא יִקָּרֵא לְעוֹלָם זֶרַע מְרֵעִים** וְאַף בָּנֶיךָ יִלְקוּ בַּעֲווֹנֶיךָ, וְלֹא יִתְקַיְּמוּ אַחֲרֶיךָ יָמִים רַבִּים, כִּי יִתְחַבְּרוּ עֲלֵיהֶם שׂוֹנְאֶיךָ וְיַשְׁחִיתוּם, וְיֹאמְרוּ זֶה לָזֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the seed of evil doers shall not be named forever** Even your children shall suffer for your iniquities, and they shall not endure long after you, for their enemies will unite against them and destroy them, and they shall say to each other.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:21:1
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**הָכִינוּ לְבָנָיו מַטְבֵּחַ.** לְבַל יָקוּמוּ וְיִירְשׁוּ אָרֶץ, וְתִתְמַלֵּא הָאָרֶץ שׂוֹנְאִים וּמְצִיקִים. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבִין״, כְּמוֹ ״וַיְהִי עָרֶךָ״ (שמואל א כח:טז). וְעוֹד יֵשׁ לִפְתּוֹר **וּמָלְאוּ פְנֵי תֵבֵל עָרִים** כְּלַפֵּי שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ לְמַעְלָה ״שָׂם תֵּבֵל כַּמִּדְבָּר וְעָרָיו הָרָס״ (ישעיהו יד:יז), חָזַר וְאָמַר: וְיִכְלֶה זַרְעוֹ וְיַחְזְרוּ יוֹשְׁבֵי הֶעָרִים לִמְקוֹמָן **וּמָלְאוּ פְנֵי תֵבֵל** עֲיָרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Prepare a slaughter for his sons** lest they rise and inherit the land, and the land will be filled with enemies and oppressors. So did Jonathan render עַָרִים, enemies. Comp. (I Sam. 28:16) “And has become your adversary (עָרֶךְ).” It can also be interpreted: And fill the surface of the earth with cities. In contrast with what he said before (verse 17): “Who made the land like a desert and demolished his cities,” he says further: His seed shall perish, and the inhabitants of the cities shall return to their place, and the surface of the earth shall be filled with cities.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:22:1
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**וּשְׁאָר.** שְׁאֵרִית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a remnant** Heb. שְׁאָר, a remnant.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:22:2
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**נִין.** בֵּן מוֹשֵׁל בְּמַלְכוּת אָבִיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a son** Heb. וְנִין, a son ruling in the kingdom of his father.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:22:3
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**וָנֶכֶד.** בֶּן הַבֵּן. **נִין** – זֶה בֵּלְשַׁצַּר, **וָנֶכֶד** – זוֹ וַשְׁתִּי (מגילה י ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a grandson** The son of the son. The son is Belshazzar, and the grandson [or granddaughter in this case] was Vashti.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:23:1
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**קִפֹּד.** הריצו״ן בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**hedgehog** Heb. קִפֹּד [hricon or hericon in O.F.] [In Modern French it is spelled herisson.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:23:2
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**וְטֵאטֵאתִיהָ.** לְשׁוֹן ׳כִּבּוּד׳, אשקובי״ר בלע״ז, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (מגילה יח א): ״לֹא הֲוֵי יָדְעִי רַבָּנָן מַאי וְטֵאטֵאתִיהָ עַד דְּשַׁמְעוּהָ כּוּ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will sweep** Heb. וְטִאטֵאתִיהָ, an expression of sweeping [eskober in O.F.], as our Rabbis stated: The Rabbis did not know the meaning of וְטִאטֵאתִיהָ בְּמַטְאֲטֵא הַשְׁמֵד, until they heard [Rabbi’s (R. Judah Hanasi’s) maidservant say to her friend, “Take a broom (מַטְאֲטֵא) and sweep (וְטַאְטְאִי) the house.”]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:24:1
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**כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּמִּיתִי** בְּאַשּׁוּר כֵּן הָיְתָה, אַתָּה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר רָאִיתָ שֶׁנִּתְקַיְּמוּ דִּבְרֵי נְבִיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּסַנְחֵרִיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as I thought** concerning Assyria, so it was. You, Nebuchadnezzar, saw that the words of the prophets of Israel about Sennacherib were fulfilled.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:25:1
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**לִשְׁבֹּר אַשּׁוּר בְּאַרְצִי.** וּבְזֹאת תֵּדַע, כִּי אֶת **אֲשֶׁר יָעַצְתִּי** אֵלֶיךָ גַּם **הִיא תָּקוּם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To break Assyria in My land** And with this you shall know that what I planned about you will remain as well.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:25:2
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**לִשְׁבֹּר אַשּׁוּר וְגוֹ׳.** מוּסָב עַל **כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּמִּיתִי כֵּן הָיְתָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“To break...”** is connected to “As I thought, so it was.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:25:3
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**אֲבוּסֶנּוּ.** אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתִּי לְרוֹמְסוֹ וּלְבוֹסְסוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will I trample him** Heb. אֲבוּסֶנוּ, which I said to tread upon him and trample him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:26:1
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**עַל כָּל הַגּוֹיִם.** עַל אַשּׁוּר בִּשְׁעָתוֹ וְעַל בָּבֶל בִּשְׁעָתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over all the nations** Over Assyria in its time and over Babylon in its time.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:28:1
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**בִּשְׁנַת מוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ אָחָז.** וּמָלַךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ בְּנוֹ, הָיָה הַמַּשָּׂא הַזֶּה עַל פְּלִשְׁתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the year of King Ahaz’s death** and his son Hezekiah reigned, was this harsh prophecy concerning the Philistines given.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:29:1
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**אַל תִּשְׂמְחִי פְלֶשֶׁת כֻּלֵּךְ.** שֶׁהֲרִימוֹת רֹאשׁ בִּימֵי אָחָז, שֶׁהָיָה רָשָׁע שֶׁגָּרַם לוֹ רִשְׁעוֹ שֶׁנִּמְסַר בְּיֶדְכֶם, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברי הימים ב כח:יח) ״וּפְלִשְׁתִּים פָּשְׁטוּ בְּעָרֵי הַשְּׁפֵלָה וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Rejoice not, Philistia, all of you** for you have lifted your head during the days of Ahaz, who was wicked, whose wickedness brought about that he was delivered into your hands, as the matter is stated in II Chron. 28:18: “And the Philistines raided the cities of the lowlands...”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:29:2
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**כִּי נִשְׁבַּר שֵׁבֶט מַכֵּךְ.** כִּי נֶחְלְשָׁה וְנִשְׁפְּלָה מַלְכוּת בֵּית דָּוִד, שֶׁהָיוּ לְמוּדִים לְהַכּוֹת בָּכֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמָּצִינוּ בְּדָוִד; וְכֵן עֻזִּיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה שֶׁהִכָּה אֶתְכֶם, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברי הימים ב כו:ו): ״וַיֵּצֵא וַיִּלָּחֶם בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיִּפְרֹץ אֶת חוֹמַת גַּת״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that the rod that smote you has been broken** that the kingdom of the House of David, which was wont to smite you, has been weakened and humbled, as we find concerning David, and so, concerning Uzziah, king of Judah, who smote you, as the matter is stated (II Chron. 26:6): “And he went out and fought against the Philistines and breached the wall of Gath.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:29:3
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**כִּי מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ נָחָשׁ.** מִשּׁוֹרֶשׁ אוֹתוֹ נָחָשׁ יֵצֵא צֶפַע, שֶׁהוּא קָשֶׁה מִנָּחָשׁ. וּמִי הָיָה זֶה? חִזְקִיָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ (מלכים ב יח:ח): ״הוּא הִכָּה אֶת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים וְאֶת עַזָּה וְאֶת גְּבוּלֶיהָ מִמִּגְדַּל נוֹצְרִים עַד עִיר מִבְצָר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for, from the root of a snake** From the root of that snake, shall emanate a venomous serpent, which is more formidable than a snake. Now who was this? This was Hezekiah, concerning whom it is stated (II Kings 18:8): “He slew the Philistines up to Gaza and its boundaries, from watchtower to fortified city.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:29:4
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**וּפִרְיוֹ שָׂרָף מְעוֹפֵף.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וִיהוֹן עוֹבְדוֹהִי בְּכוֹן כְּחִיוֵי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his offspring is a fiery flying serpent** Jonathan renders: And his deeds against you will be like flying snakes.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:30:1
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**וְרָעוּ בְּכוֹרֵי דַלִּים. וְרָעוּ** בִּימֵי שָׂרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהֵן עַכְשָׁיו **דַּלִּים** מִפְּנֵיכֶם. **בְּכוֹרֵי** לְשׁוֹן ׳שָׂרִים׳, כְּמוֹ (תהלים פט:כח) ״גַּם אֲנִי בְּכוֹר אֶתְּנֵהוּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the first born of the poor shall graze** In his days, the princes of Israel, who are now poor because of you, shall graze. “Firstborn,” is an expression of princes. Comp. (Ps. 89:28) “Also, I will appoint him My firstborn.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:31:1
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**כִּי מִצָּפוֹן עָשָׁן בָּא.** פֻּרְעָנוּת קָשָׁה כְּעָשָׁן תָּבֹא עֲלֵיהֶם **מִצָּפוֹן**. עַזָּה וּגְבוּלֶיהָ, שֶׁהִכָּה חִזְקִיָּה, הָיוּ בִּדְרוֹמָהּ שֶׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמִקְצוֹעַ דְּרוֹמִית מַעֲרָבִית, נִמְצֵאת אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לָהּ מִצָּפוֹן. וְכֵן מָצִינוּ בְּסִפְרֵי בְּהַאֲזִינוּ (ספרי דברים שכב): בִּקְשׁוּ לִבְרוֹחַ כְּלַפֵּי דָּרוֹם, הָיוּ מַסְגִּירִין אוֹתָן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (עמוס א:ו) ״עַל שְׁלֹשָׁה פִּשְׁעֵי עַזָּה״; לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁעַזָּה בַּדָּרוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for from the North smoke has come** Retribution harsh as smoke shall come upon them from the north. Gaza and its boundaries, which Hezekiah smote, were in the south of Eretz Israel in the southwestern corner. Eretz Israel is found to be north of it. And so we find in Sifrei in Ha’azinu 322: They attempted to flee through the south, and they turned them over, as it is stated (Amos 1:6): “For three transgressions of Gaza... [because of their exiling a complete exile to deliver to Edom.]” Hence, we learn that Gaza is on the south.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:31:2
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**וְאֵין בּוֹדֵד בְּמוֹעָדָיו.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְלֵית דְּמְאַחֵר בְּזִמְנוֹהִי״, בַּגְּדוּדִים שֶׁיִּעֵד לָבֹא עֲלֵיכֶם, וְאֵין מְאַחֵר פְּעָמָיו לִהְיוֹת בּוֹדֵד וּבָא בָּדָד לְבַדּוֹ, אֶלָּא כֻּלָּם כְּאֶחָד יָבוֹאוּ בְּחָזְקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there is no straggler in his ranks** Jonathan renders: And there is no straggler among his appointed ones, i.e., in his ranks whom he appointed to come upon them, and no one delays his steps to be secluded and to come in seclusion alone, but all of them shall come as one, with strength.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:32:1
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**וּמַה יַּעֲנֶה מַלְאֲכֵי גוֹי.** וּמַה יַגִּידוּ בִּימֵי חִזְקִיָּהוּ מַלְאֲכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַהוֹלְכִים לְבַשֵּׂר בְּשׂוֹרוֹת? כֵּן יַגִּידוּ: **ה׳ יִסַּד בְּצִיּוֹן**, הֵקִים בָּהּ מֶלֶךְ הָגוּן וְחָזָק, וַה׳ עִמּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And what shall the messengers of a nation announce** What shall the messengers of Israel, who go to bring news, announce in the days of Hezekiah? This is what they shall announce: The Lord has founded in Zion; He has set up therein a fitting and powerful king; the Lord is with him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 14:32:2
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**וּבָהּ יֶחֱסוּ עֲנִיֵּי עַמּוֹ.** אַף מֵעֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים בָּאִים שָׁם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפוֹרָשׁ (דברי הימים ב ל:א-ו) שֶׁשָּׁלַח חִזְקִיָּהוּ מַלְאָכִים בְּכָל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל לָשׁוּב לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and therein shall the poor of His people shelter themselves** Even from the ten tribes they would come there, as is related in II Chron. (30:6), “Hezekiah sent messengers throughout the border of Israel, to return to the Holy One, blessed be He.