## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 16

###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:1:1
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**שִׁלְחוּ כַר מֹשֵׁל אֶרֶץ.** אַל תִּתְגָּאוּ בְּגַאֲוַתְכֶם, הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם שֶׁמּוֹשֵׁל אֶרֶץ שֶׁלָּכֶם מֵישַׁע מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב (מלכים ב ג:ד) ״הָיָה נוֹקֵד וְהֵשִׁיב לְמֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאָה אֶלֶף כָּרִים״, שִׁלְחוּ אוֹתוֹ כַּר הַמּוֹשֵׁל שֶׁלָּכֶם **מִסֶּלַע מִדְבָּרָה אֶל הַר בַּת צִיּוֹן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Send lambs of the ruler of the land** Be not proud. Do you not know that the ruler of your land, Mesha, king of Moab, (II Kings 3:4) was a sheepman; and he would repeatedly pay tribute to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs. Send those lambs of your ruler from Sela Midbarah to the mountain of the community of Zion.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:2:1
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**כְּעוֹף נוֹדֵד.** מִקִּנּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a wandering bird** from its nest.


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

**קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח.** כְּאֶפְרוֹחִים מְשֻׁלָּחִים מִקִּנָּם, שֶׁהוֹלְכִים מְטֻלְטָלִין, כֵּן **תִּהְיֶינָה בְּנוֹת מוֹאָב** לְמַעְבָּרוֹת אַרְנוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**driven from the nest** like young birds driven from their nest, who roam and wander, so shall the villages of Moab wander to the fords of the Arnon.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:3:1
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**עֲשִׂי פְלִילָה.** הוּא לְשׁוֹן וִכּוּחַ מִשְׁפָּט, לִבְחוֹר לְךָ אֶת הַטּוֹב, כְּמוֹ (איוב לד:ד) ״מִשְׁפָּט נִבְחֲרָה לָּנוּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**deliberate judgment** This is an expression of a debate of judgment, to choose for yourself what is good. Comp. (Job 34:4) “Let us choose for ourselves what is just.” [derajjsnement in O.F., discernment.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:3:2
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**שִׁיתִי כַלַּיִל צִלֵּךְ.** שִׁיתִי לָךְ צֵל בַּצָהֳרַיִם שֶׁיַּחְשִׁיךְ צִלֵּךְ כַּלַּיְלָה, לְהִסָּתֵר בּוֹ מִפְּנֵי אוֹיְבֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**make like the night your shadow** Make yourself a shadow at noon that will darken your shadow like night, to hide therein from before your enemies.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:3:3
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**סַתְּרִי נִדָּחִים.** אִם יִבְרְחוּ עוֹד נִדְחֵי עַמִּי דֶּרֶךְ עֲלֵיכֶם בִּימֵי נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, אַל תַּסְגִּירֵם אֶלָּא תַּסְתִּירֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**conceal the exiles** If the exiles of My people flee again through your land in the days of Nebuchadnezzar, do not turn them over to the Chaldees but conceal them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:4:1
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**יָגוּרוּ בָךְ נִדָּחַי.** בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבּוֹרְחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**May My exiles sojourn among you** The fleeing children of Israel.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:4:2
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**הֱוִי סֵתֶר לָמוֹ.** כִּי גַם אַתְּ דְּעִי נֶפֶשׁ הַנּוֹדְדִים, מַה הִיא צָרָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**become a hiding place for them** for you too shall know the soul of the wanderers, what their distress is.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:4:3
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**כִּי אָפֵס הַמֵּץ.** הַמֵּץ שֶׁלָּךְ, עָשְׁרֵךָ וּכְבוֹדֵךָ, שֶׁהָיָה לָךְ עַל יְדֵי צֹאנֵךָ וּבְקָרֵךָ, שֶׁאַתְּ מוֹצֶצֶת מֵהֶם חָלָב וְחֶמְאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the milking has come to an end** Your squeezing, your wealth and your glory, which you had through your flocks and your cattle, from which you would squeeze milk and cream.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:4:4
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**כָּלָה שֹׁד.** לְשׁוֹן ׳שָׁדַיִם׳, הַמַּסְפִּיקִין חָלָב, כְּמוֹ ״וְשֹׁד מְלָכִים תִּינָקִי״ (ישעיהו ס:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the udders have vanished** Heb. כָּלָה שֹׁד, an expression of breasts that supply milk. Comp. (infra 60:16) “And the breast of (וְשֹׁד) the kings you shall suck.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:4:5
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**תָּמּוּ רֹמֵס.** הַבְּהֵמוֹת שֶׁלְּךָ הָרוֹמְסוֹת בָּאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the tramplers have ceased** Your animals that trample [the earth] in your land.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:5:1
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**וְהוּכַן בַּחֶסֶד כִּסֵּא.** כְּשֶׁיָּבֹא עָלֶיךָ הַשֶּׁבֶר הַזֶּה, אָז יִכּוֹן כִּסֵּא דָּוִד וְיִגְדַּל, שֶׁבְּאוֹתוֹ הַפֶּרֶק יִפּוֹל סַנְחֵרִיב עַל יְדֵי חִזְקִיָּהוּ, וְיִהְיֶה נָכוֹן כִּסְאוֹ בַּחֶסֶד שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמָּצִינוּ שֶׁהָיָה גּוֹמֵל חֶסֶד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים (דברי הימים ב ל:כד): ״כִּי חִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה הֵרִים לַקָּהָל אֶלֶף פָּרִים וְשִׁבְעַת אַלְפֵי צֹאן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the throne shall be established through lovingkindness** When this destruction comes upon you, then the throne of David shall be established and magnified, for at that time, Sennacherib shall meet his downfall through Hezekiah, whose throne shall be established through the lovingkindness that he shall perform, as we find that he bestowed lovingkindness, as it is stated in II Chron. (30:24): “For Hezekiah, king of Judah provided for the assembly a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:5:2
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**וְיָשַׁב עָלָיו וְגוֹ׳. שׁוֹפֵט וְדוֹרֵשׁ מִשְׁפָּט וּמְהִיר צֶדֶק**, תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְעָבִיד קְשׁוֹט״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there shall sit...one who judges and demands justice and performs righteousness** Heb. וּמְהִר צֶדֶק. Jonathan renders: and performs justice.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:6:1
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**גֵּא מְאֹד.** נִתְגָּאָה מְאֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have become very proud** Heb. גֵּא מְאֹד, [lit.] he has become very proud.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:6:2
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**גַּאֲוָתוֹ וּגְאוֹנוֹ.** שֶׁלֹּא כַּדִּין הוּא, כִּי עִקַּר גִּדּוּלֵי בָּנָיו עַל יְדֵי מַמְזֵרוּת וְנִאוּף הַבָּנוֹת מֵאֲבִיהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their pride and their haughtiness** are improper, for the source of the nurturing of their branches was through illegitimacy and the incest of the daughters from their father.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:6:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 16:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/16:6:3)

**עֶבְרָתוֹ.** עִבּוּרוֹ וְהֵרָיוֹן שֶׁלּוֹ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **עֶבְרָתוֹ** – חֲמָתוֹ, שֶׁשָּׁמַר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their conception** Heb. וְעֶבְרָתוֹ, their conception, [lit. his conception.] Alternatively, עֶבְרָתוֹ means “his anger,” the anger they bore for Israel.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:6:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 16:6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/16:6:4)

**לֹא כֵן.** גִּבּוֹרָיו עָשׂוּ, שֶׁהָיוּ כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**improper** Their heroes acted improperly, for they were unappreciative.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:7:1
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**יְיֵלִיל מוֹאָב לְמוֹאָב.** עַל מוֹאָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Therefore, Moab shall wail for Moab** [lit. to Moab,] for Moab.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:7:2
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**לַאֲשִׁישֵׁי קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת.** אֶל חוֹמוֹת קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת. **אֲשִׁישֵׁי.** כְּמוֹ ״נָפְלוּ אָשְׁיוֹתֶיהָ״ (ירמיהו נ:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the walls of Kir-hareseth** Heb. לַאֲשִׁישֵׁי, for the walls of Kir-hareseth. **for the walls** Comp. (Jer. 50:15) “Her walls (אָשְׁיוֹתֶיהָ) fell.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:7:3
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**תֶּהְגּוּ אַךְ נְכָאִים.** שְׁבָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall you lament, but broken-hearted** Heb. נְכָאִים, broken.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:7:4
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**תֶּהְגּוּ.** תְּקוֹנְנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall you lament** Heb. תֶּהֶגּוּ.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:1
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**שַׁדְמוֹת.** שְׂדוֹת תְּבוּאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**grain fields** Heb. שַׁדְמוֹת.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:2
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**גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה** יֵשׁ לִלְמֹד שֶׁחֶשְׁבּוֹן הָיְתָה מְקוֹם שָׂדוֹת וְשִׂבְמָה מְקוֹם כְּרָמִים. וְאִם תֹּאמַר: כָּל אֵלֶּה עָרֵי עֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן הֵם וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְקָחוּם מִיַּד סִיחוֹן, וְאֵימָתַי חָזְרוּ לְיַד מוֹאָב? כְּשֶׁהִגְלָה סַנְחֵרִיב לָראוּבֵנִי וְלַגָּדִי, בָּאוּ הַמּוֹאָבִים הַסְּמוּכִים לָהֶם וְיָשְׁבוּ בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the vine of Sibmah** We can deduce that Heshbon was a place of fields and Sibmah a place of vineyards. Now if you ask, All these are cities of the east side of the Jordan, and Israel took them from the hands of Sihon. Now when did they return to the hands of Moab? When Sennacherib exiled the Reubenites and the Gadites, the neighboring Moabites came and settled in them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:3
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**אֻמְלָל.** חָרֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has become desolate** Heb. אֻמְלָל, has become desolate.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:4
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**שְׂרוּקֶּיהָ.** נְטִיעוֹת שׂוֹרֵק שֶׁלָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its saplings** its choice saplings.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:5
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**עַד יַעְזֵר נָגָעוּ.** שַׁדְמוֹת וְגֶפֶן וְשׂוֹרֵק הַנִּזְכָּרִים כָּאן אֵינָם אֶלָּא מָשָׁל, וְהֵם מַחֲנוֹת וְסִיעוֹת בִּימֵי הָעַמִּים הָאֵלֶּה, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they reached as far as Jazer** The grain fields and the vine and the saplings mentioned here are merely an allegory. They represent camps, companies, and rulers [in the days of these peoples]. So did Jonathan paraphrase it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:6
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**עַד יַעְזֵר נָגָעוּ.** הָלְכוּ בְּגוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they reached as far as Jazer** they went into exile.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:7
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**תָּעוּ מִדְבָּר.** לַמִּדְבָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they strayed to the desert** lit. they strayed the desert.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:8
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**שְׁלֻחוֹתֶיהָ.** זְמוֹרוֹתֶיהָ, וְהֵם מָשָׁל גָּלִיּוֹתֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its tendrils** its branches; and they are the symbol of its exiles.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:9
[Rashi on Isaiah 16:8:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/16:8:9)

**נִטְּשׁוּ.** נָפֹצוּ, כְּמוֹ ״וּנְטַשְׁתִּיךָ הַמִּדְבָּרָה״ (יחזקאל כט:ה), ״וְהִנָּם נְטוּשִׁים״ (שמואל א ל:טז), ״וַיִּנָּטְשׁוּ בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִים״ (שמואל ב ה:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**spread out** Heb. נִטְּשׁוּ, scattered. Comp. (Ezekiel 29:5) “And I will scatter you (וּנְטַשְׁתִּיךָ) in the desert”; (I Sam. 30: 16) “And behold, they were scattered (נְטוּשִׁים)”; (II Sam. 5:22) “And spread out (וַיִּנָּטְשׁוּ) in the valley of Rephaim.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:9:1
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**אֶבְכֶּה בִּבְכִי יַעְזֵר.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״כְּמָא דְאַיְיתִיתִי מַשְׁרְיָין עַל יַעְזֵר כֵּן אַיְיתִי קְטוֹלִין עַל שִׂבְמָה״, וּלְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא הַנָּבִיא אוֹמֵר: כְּעֵין קִינוֹת יַעְזֵר יֵשׁ לִי לְקוֹנֵן עָלֶיךָ, אַתְּ הַגֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will weep with the weeping of Jazer** Jonathan paraphrases: As I brought camps upon Jazer, so will I bring killers upon Sibmah, and, according to the wording of the verse, the prophet states: Similar to the lamentations of Jazer, I have to lament over you, the vine of Sibmah.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:9:2
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**אֲרַיָּוֶךְ דִּמְעָתִי.** אֶתְרַוֶּה עָלֶיךָ דִּמְעָה. יֵשׁ תֵּיבָה מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת כִּשְׁתֵּי תֵיבוֹת, כְּמוֹ ״בָּנַי יְצָאוּנִי״ (ירמיהו י:כ), ״אֶרֶץ הַנֶּגֶב נְתַתָּנִי״ (יהושע טו:יט), ״דַּבְּרוֹ לְשָׁלוֹם״ (בראשית לז:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will be sated over you with my tears** Heb. אַרְיָוֶךְ, I will be sated over you. There are some words that serve as two words. Comp. (Jer. 10:20) “My children went out of me (יְצֵאוּנִי)”; (Jos. 15:19) “A dry land you have given to me (נְתַתָּנִי)”; (Gen. 37:4) “To speak to him (דַּבְּרוֹ) peacefully.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:9:3
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**קֵיצֵךְ.** תְּאֵנִים שֶׁמְּיַבְּשִׁין בַּקַּיִץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your figs** Heb. (קִיצֵךְ), the figs that are dried out in the summer.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:9:4
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**הֵידָד.** קוֹל שׁוֹדְדִים וּבוֹזְזִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a shout** the noise of robbers and spoilers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:10:1
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**מִן הַכַּרְמֶל.** הוּא מְקוֹם יַעַר וּשְׂדוֹת תְּבוּאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the fruitful field** Heb. כַּרְמֶל. That is a place of a forest and grain fields.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:10:2
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**לֹא יְרֹעָע.** לְשׁוֹן תְּרוּעַת שִׂמְחָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**no shout** Heb. יְרֹעָע, an expression of a shout of (תְּרוּעַת) joy.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:10:3
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**הֵידָד הִשְׁבַּתִּי.** קוֹל הַמִּתְאַסְּפִים לְהַטִּיל הַקּוֹרָה לַעֲצוֹר הָעֲנָבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the shout have I abolished** the voice of those assembled to lay the beam to press the grapes.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:11:1
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**יֶהֱמוּ.** בְּקִינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall moan** in lamentation.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:12:1
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**כִּי נִלְאָה מוֹאָב.** לְהִלָּחֵם עַל בָּמוֹת הַמִּגְדָּלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that Moab has wearied on the high place** to wage war on the high places of the towers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:12:2
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**וּבָא אֶל מִקְדָּשׁוֹ.** אֶל מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר הֵם מִתְקַדְּשִׁים שָׁם וּמִזְדַּמְּנִים שָׁם לְהִתְפַּלֵּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he shall enter his sanctuary** to the place where they prepare themselves and ready themselves there to pray.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:13:1
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**זֶה הַדָּבָר.** סוֹף כְּלָיָתוֹ שֶׁל מוֹאָב בְּיַד נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**This is the word** the end of Moab’s destruction at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:13:2
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**אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה׳ אֶל מוֹאָב מֵאָז.** מִיָּמִים רַבִּים לִפְנֵי בֹּא הָרָעָה עָלָיו נִבָּא לוֹ יְשַׁעְיָה אֶת זֹאת. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **מֵאָז** – מֵעֵת אֲשֶׁר שָׂכַר בָּלָק אֶת בִּלְעָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that the Lord spoke concerning Moab long ago** Many days before the calamity came upon it, Isaiah prophesied this about it. Alternatively, “Long ago,” denotes the time when Balak hired Balaam.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:14:1
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**וְעַתָּה דִּבֶּר ה׳.** לְקָרֵב אֶת הַפֻּרְעָנוּת לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now, the Lord has spoken** to bring the retribution near to them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:14:2
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**בְּשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר.** בִּשְׁבִיל שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים שֶׁסִּיְּעוּ אֶת סַנְחֵרִיב, כְּשֶׁצָּר עַל שׁוֹמְרוֹן, וַעֲזָרוּהוּ בְּלִי בֶּצַע כְּאִלּוּ הָיוּ לוֹ שְׂכִירִים, לְפִיכָךְ **וְנִקְלָה כְּבוֹד מוֹאָב** בֵּין כָּל שְׁאָר הֲמוֹנוֹ שֶׁל סַנְחֵרִיב שֶׁשִּׁטְּפָם בַּשְּׁבִי מִתּוֹךְ אוֹתוֹ הַחַיִל וַיֵּלֶךְ לוֹ. וְכֵן מְפֹרָשׁ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם (סדר עולם רבה כג): שָׁטַף עַמּוֹנִים וּמוֹאָבִים שֶׁהָיוּ מְסַיְּעִין אוֹתָם כְּשֶׁצָּר עַל שׁוֹמְרוֹן שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים, לְקַיֵּם מַה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר **שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר וְגוֹ׳**. וְעוֹד יֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ **שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר**: שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים נִגְזְרוּ עֲלֵיכֶם לְאֹרֶךְ זְמַן, אֲבָל מְצֻמְצָמִין יִהְיוּ וְלֹא תְאַחֵר עוֹד הַפֻּרְעָנוּת, כַּאֲשֶׁר יְדַקְדֵּק הַשָּׂכִיר בִּשְׁנֵי שְׂכִירוּתוֹ לְצַמְצֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In three years like the years of a hireling** Because of three years that they aided Sennacherib when he besieged Samaria, and they aided him without compensation, as though they were his hirelings, the glory of Moab shall, therefore, be debased among the rest of Sennacherib’s multitudes, for he swept them away into captivity from the midst of that army and went away. And so it is related in Seder Olam (ch. 23): He swept away the Ammonites and the Moabites who aided him when he besieged Samaria three years, to fulfill what is said: “Three years like the years of a hireling, etc.” It can further be explained as follows: “Three years like the years of a hireling.” Three years were decreed upon you as a reprieve, but they will be exact, and the retribution will not be delayed further, as a hireling is exact with the years of his hire, to limit them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:14:3
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**וְנִקְלָה כְּבוֹד מוֹאָב.** בְּעֵינֵי כָּל הֲמוֹן סַנְחֵרִיב הָרָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the glory of Moab shall be debased** in the eyes of all the great multitude of Sennacherib.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:14:4
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**וּשְׁאָר.** פְּלֵיטָה הַנִּשְׁאֶרֶת לְמוֹאָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the remnant** The survivors left to Moab.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:14:5
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**מְעַט מִזְעָר** תִּהְיֶה:


###### Rashi on Isaiah 16:14:6
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**לוֹא כַבִּיר.** לְשׁוֹן רֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**not many** Heb. לוֹא כַּבִּיר, an expression of a large number.