## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 15

###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:1:1
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**מַשָּׂא מוֹאָב.** נִתְנַבֵּא יְשַׁעְיָה שֶׁיָּבוֹא סַנְחֵרִיב עַל מוֹאָב וְיַגְלֵם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו טז:יד) ״בְּשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר וְנִקְלָה כְּבוֹד מוֹאָב״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The harsh prophecy concerning Moab** Isaiah prophesied that Sennacherib would come upon Moab and exile them, as it is said (infra 16:14): “In three years, like the years of a hireling, shall the glory of Moab be debased.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:1:2
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**כִּי בְּלֵיל שֻׁדַּד עָר מוֹאָב נִדְמָה.** נִדְמָה מוֹאָב כְּאִלּוּ יָשֵׁן דּוֹמֶה וְאֵין יָכוֹל לְהִלָּחֵם, וּבְלֵיל אַחֵר אֲשֶׁר שׁוּדַּד בּוֹ **קִיר מוֹאָב נִדְמָה**. תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְאִינּוּן רְדִימִין״. עָר וְקִיר שְׁתֵּי מְדִינוֹת מוֹאָב הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for on the night that Ar of Moab was pillaged, it was as though they were sleeping silently** Moab was silent as though they were sleeping silently and were unable to wage war, and on another night when Kir of Moab was pillaged, it was as though they were sleeping silently. Jonathan renders: And they were sleeping. Ar and Kir were two provinces of Moab.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:2:1
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**עָלָה הַבַּיִת וְדִיבֹן.** עָלָה מוֹאָב הַבַּיִת, וְאַנְשֵׁי דִיבוֹן עַל הַבָּמוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They went up to the temple, and Dibon** Moab went up to the temple, and the people of Dibon to the high places.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:2:2
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**לְבֶכִי.** אֵלּוּ בּוֹכִים בַּבַּיִת, וְאֵלּוּ בּוֹכִים בְּרָאשֵׁי בָּמוֹתֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to weep** These would weep in the temple, and these would weep atop their high places.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:3:1
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**יֹרֵד בַּבֶּכִי.** גּוֹנֵחַ וְנוֹהֵם בִּבְכִי, כְּמוֹ (שופטים יא:לז) ״וְיָרַדְתִּי עַל הֶהָרִים״, וְכֵן (איכה ג:יט) ״זְכָר עָנְיִי וּמְרוּדִי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sighing** Heb. יֹרֵד, sighing and roaring with weeping. Comp. (Judges 11:37) “And I will cry, (וְיָרַדְתִּי) on the mountains,” and (Lam. 3:19) “Remember my affliction and my cry (וּמְרוּדִי).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:4:1
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**עַל כֵּן חֲלֻצֵי מוֹאָב יָרִיעוּ.** עַל אֲשֶׁר מְזֻיָּנֵי מוֹאָב יָרִיעוּ לִקְרַאת הַמִּלְחָמָה, וְ**נַפְשׁוֹ** שֶׁל מוֹאָב **יָרְעָה לוֹ**, מִתְרוֹעֶעֶת כְּאָבֵל עַל עַצְמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because the armed men of Moab shall cry in alarm** Since the armed men of Moab shall cry out towards the battle, and the soul of Moab shall cry out for itself, like one mourning for himself.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:5:1
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**לִבִּי לְמוֹאָב יִזְעָק.** נְבִיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵינָם כִּנְבִיאֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, בִּלְעָם הָיָה מְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲקוֹר אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל לֹא דָבָר, וּנְבִיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִתְאוֹנְנִים עַל פֻּרְעָנוּת הַבָּאָה עַל הָאֻמּוֹת (תנחומא בלק א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My heart shall cry out for Moab** The Jewish prophets are not like the gentile prophets. Balaam sought to uproot Israel for no reason, whereas the prophets of Israel bewail the calamity that befalls the nations.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:5:2
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**בְּרִיחֶהָ עַד צֹעַר.** עַל כָּל חָזְקָה שֶׁל מוֹאָב יִזְעַק לִבִּי עַד צוֹעַר, שֶׁהִיא **עֶגְלָה שְׁלִישִׁיָּה** עִקַּר חֹזֶק שֶׁלָּהֶם, כְּעֶגְלָה שֶׁהִיא שְׁלִישִׁית לַבֶּטֶן. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: שְׁלִישִׁיָּה גִּבַּרְתָּנִית. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם בְּרִיחֶהָ כְּמוֹ בּוֹרְחֶיהָ: הַבּוֹרְחִים יִבְרְחוּ מֵהֶם לְהִמָּלֵט עַד צוֹעַר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשָׂה לוֹט אֲבִיהֶם שֶׁבָּרַח לְצוֹעַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its bars as far as Zoar** Heb. בְּרִיחֶיהָ, bars. For the entire strength of Moab shall my heart cry, as far as Zoar, which is a third born heifer; it is their main strength, like a heifer born third to its mother. Alternatively, שְׁלִשִׁיָּה means a strong heifer. Jonathan, however, renders בְּרִיחֶיהָ like בּוֹרְחֶיהָ, those of her who flee. Those who flee shall flee from them to escape to Zoar, as Lot, their forebear, fled to Zoar.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:5:3
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**מַעֲלֵה הַלּוּחִית.** מְקוֹם מַעֲלוֹת הַר שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ מַעֲלֵה הַלּוּחִית, וְכֵן ״מוֹרַד חוֹרֹנַיִם״ (ירמיהו מח:ה), יִבְכּוּ הַבּוֹרְחִים דֶּרֶךְ שָׁם. וְכָל הַמְּקוֹמוֹת הָאֵלֶּה מִמּוֹאָב הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the ascent of Haluhith** A place on the ascents of the mountain, named “the ascent of Haluhith,” and similarly (Jer. 48:5), “The descent of Horonaim.” Those who flee through them shall weep. All these locations are from Moab.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:5:4
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**יְעֹעֵרוּ.** יִצְעָקוּ, וְלָשׁוֹן אֲרָמִי הוּא, שֶׁתִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״לֹא יִדְרֹךְ הַדּוֹרֵךְ הֵידָד״ (ישעיהו טז:י): ״לָא יְעוֹעֲרוּן בְּקָלְהוֹן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shall raise** Heb. יְעֹעֵרוּ, they shall cry, and this is an Aramaic expression, for Jonathan renders (infra 16:10): “The treader shall not tread; I have abolished the cry,” as: “They shall not cry (יְעוֹעֲרוּן) with their voice.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:6:1
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**מֵי נִמְרִים.** נָהָר שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the waters of Nimrim** The river of that place.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:6:2
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**מְשַׁמּוֹת יִהְיוּ.** מִדַּם חָלָל הַמִּתְעָרֵב וְנוֹפֵל בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall be a waste** from the blood of the fallen that was mixed and fell into it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:6:3
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**כִּי יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר וגו׳.** כְּלוֹמַר, גִּבּוֹרֵיהֶם וּמַלְכֵיהֶם וְשַׁלִּיטֵיהֶם. וּלְפִי שֶׁשִּׁבְחָהּ שֶׁל אֶרֶץ מוֹאָב הוּא מִרְעֶה הַטּוֹב שֶׁבָּהּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ (מנחות פז א): אֵילִים מִמּוֹאָב, לְפִיכָךְ מָשַׁל אֶת פֻּרְעָנוּת בְּחֻרְבַּן מִרְעֶה שֶׁלָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the grass has dried up** meaning their heroes and their kings and their rulers, and since the land of Moab is noted for its good pastureland, as we learned (Menachoth 87a): “Rams from Moab,” he therefore compared its retribution to the destruction of its pastureland.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:7:1
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**עַל כֵּן יִתְרָה עָשָׂה.** עַל אֲשֶׁר יִתְרָה עָשָׂה, תָּבֹא עָלָיו הַפֻּרְעָנוּת הַזֶּה; שֶׁהָיוּ כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה, שֶׁהֲרֵי בְּכַמָּה מְקוֹמוֹת עָמַד אַבְרָהָם לְלוֹט: בְּצֵאתוֹ מֵחָרָן, וּבְלֶכְתּוֹ לְמִצְרַיִם, וּבִזְכוּתוֹ שֻׁלַּח מִתּוֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָה, וְנִלְחַם עָלָיו עִם אַמְרָפֶל וַחֲבֵרָיו. וְהָיָה לָהֶם לִגְמוֹל טוֹבָה לְזַרְעוֹ, וְהֵם הָיוּ מוֹנִים אוֹתָם; כְּשֶׁהִגְלָה סַנְחֵרִיב לָראוּבֵנִי וְלַגָּדִי, וְהָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בּוֹכִים וּמִתְאוֹנְנִים, וְהָיוּ אוֹמְרִים לָהֶם: עַל מָה אַתֶּם מִתְאוֹנְנִים, וַהֲלֹא לְבֵית אֲבִיכֶם אַתֶּם הוֹלְכִים? אַבְרָהָם אֲבִיכֶם לֹא מֵעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר בָּא? וְזֶהוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (צפניה ב:ח): ״שָׁמַעְתִּי חֶרְפַּת מוֹאָב וְגִדּוּפֵי בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן״. וְעוֹד: שֶׁסִּיְּעוּ אֶת סַנְחֵרִיב שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים שֶׁצָּר עַל שׁוֹמְרוֹן, הוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו טז:יד): ״בְּשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר וְנִקְלָה כָּל כְּבוֹד מוֹאָב״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because of the many things they did** Because they did many things, this retribution shall come upon them, for they were unappreciative, for in many places Abraham stood up for Lot: when he left Haran, and when he went to Egypt, and in his merit he was sent out of the overturning of Sodom, and he fought for him with Amraphel and his allies. For this, they should have repaid his descendants with favors. Yet they taunted them when Sennacherib exiled the Reubenites and the Gadites, and the Israelites were weeping and lamenting, and they would say to them, ‘Why are you lamenting? Aren’t you going to your father’s house? Didn’t your father Abraham come from the other side of the river?’ And this is what is stated (Zephaniah 2:8): “I heard the insults of Moab and the jeers of the children of Ammon.” Moreover, they aided Sennacherib for three years when he besieged Samaria. This is what is stated (infra 16:14): “In three years, like the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be debased.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:7:2
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**וּפְקֻדָּתָם.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְתְחוּמֵיהוֹן דְּעַל יַמָּא מַעֲרָבָא יִתְנְסִיב״, וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן מִנּוּי, כְּמוֹ ״וּפְקֻדַּת אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן״ (במדבר ד:טז), כְּלוֹמַר: אַרְצָם שֶׁפְּקֻדָּתָם עָלֶיהָ תִּלָּקַח מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their appointed territory** Heb. וּפְקֻדָּתָם. Jonathan renders: and their boundaries that are on the western sea, shall be taken. This is an expression of appointment. Comp. (Num. 4:16) “And the appointment of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest.” The land over which they were appointed, shall be taken from them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:7:3
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**עַל נַחַל הָעֲרָבִים יִשָּׂאוּם.** יִקְחוּ הָאוֹיְבִים אוֹתָם אֶת הַגְּבוּלִין. וְעוֹד יֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ **וּפְקֻדָּתָם** – עֲלֵיהֶם זוֹ תִּהְיֶה נַחַל הָעֲרָבִים יִשָּׂאוּם, הָאוֹיְבִים יַגְלוּ אוֹתָם אֶל אֶרֶץ בָּבֶל שֶׁהוּא נַחַל עֲרָבִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קלז:ב) ״עַל עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by the western sea, they shall take them** The enemies shall take them, namely the boundaries. Alternatively, it may be interpreted as: and their visitation; i.e., their visitation that I will bring upon them will be, that to the valley of the willows they shall carry them off. The enemies shall exile them to the land of Babylon, which is the valley of the willows, as it is said (Ps. 137:2): “On willows in its midst we hung our harps.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:8:1
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**אֶגְלַיִם וּבְאֵר אֵילִים.** מְקוֹמוֹת הֵם בִּגְבוּל מוֹאָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Eglaim...Beer-elim** They are places on the border of Moab.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:8:2
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**יִלְלָתָהּ.** שֶׁל מוֹאָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**her wail** the wail of Moab.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:8:3
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**וּבְאֵר אֵילִים.** כְּמוֹ ׳וּלְבְאֵר אֵילִים׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Beer- elim** And to Beer elim.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:9:1
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**מֵי דִימוֹן.** שֵׁם הַנָּהָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The waters of Dimon** The name of the river.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:9:2
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**מָלְאוּ דָם.** כְּשֵׁם הַנָּהָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have been filled with blood** Like the name of the river. [The name דִּימוֹן resembles דַּם, blood.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:9:3
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**כִּי אָשִׁית עַל דִּימוֹן נוֹסָפוֹת.** דָּם שְׁמוֹ, וְדָם חֲלָלִים אוֹסִיף עָלָיו לְמַלְּאוֹתוֹ, וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן ״סְפוּ שָׁנָה עַל שָׁנָה״ (ישעיהו כט:א), ״סְפוֹת הָרָוָה״ (דברים כט:יח). וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם **נוֹסָפוֹת**: ״כְּנִישַׁת מַשִׁירְיָן״, מַחֲנוֹת הַנֶּאֱסָפוֹת יַחַד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for I will place upon Dimon additions** Its name is blood, and I will add the blood of the fallen, to fill it. Jonathan renders, however: כְּנִישַׁת מַשַׁירְיָן, the gathering of the camps, the camps joined together. This is an expression of (infra 21:1) “Join (סְפוּ) year to year”; (Deut. 29:18) “to add (סְפוֹת) the inadvertent sins.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:9:4
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**לִפְלֵיטַת מוֹאָב אַרְיֵה.** פְּלֵיטָה שֶׁיַּשְׁאִיר סַנְחֵרִיב, יָבֹא נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר בְּעִתּוֹ וְיַשְׁחִיתֶהָ, וְהוּא נִקְרָא אַרְיֵה, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיהו ד:ז) ״עָלָה אַרְיֵה מִסֻּבְּכוֹ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the survivors of Moab is the lion** The survivors which Sennacherib will leave over, Nebuchadnezzar will carry away in his time, and he will destroy them. And he is called “the lion,” as the matter is stated (Jer. 4:7): “The lion has come up out of his thicket.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:9:5
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**וְלִשְׁאֵרִית.** יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for the remnant** of Israel.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 15:9:6
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**אֲדָמָה.** אַדְמַתְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is the land** [i.e,] your land.