## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 18

###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:1:1
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**הוֹי אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָיִם.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״דְּאָתָן לַהּ בִּסְפִינוֹן מֵאַרְעָא רְחִיקָא וְקַלְעֵיהוֹן פְּרִיסָן כְּנִשְׁרָא דְּטָאִיס בִּכְנָפוֹהִי״. אֲנִי אוֹמֵר: לְפִי שֶׁהֵן שְׁרוּיִין בַּמִּזְרָח וְהָאָרֶץ חַמָּה, הָעוֹפוֹת נֶאֱסָפִים שָׁם וְהִיא מְצֻלְצֶלֶת בְּכַנְפֵי עוֹפוֹת. וּנְבוּאָה זוֹ עַל אֻכְלוּסֵי גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יחזקאל לח:ה) ״פָּרַס כּוּשׁ וּפוּט אִתָּם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Woe to the land shaded by wings** Jonathan renders: to which they come in ships from a distant land, and their sails are spread out like an eagle that flies with its wings. I say, however, that because they live in the east, and the land is hot, birds assemble there, and it is shaded by the birds’ wings. Now this prophecy concerns the armies of Gog and Magog, as the matter is stated in Ezekiel (38: 5) “Persia, Cush, and Put with them.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:2:1
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**לְכוּ מַלְאָכִים קַלִּים.** לִרְאוֹת אִם אֱמֶת הוּא שֶׁחָזְרוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לִמְקוֹמָם, אֲשֶׁר הוּא **גּוֹי מְמֻשָּׁךְ וּמְמֹרָט אֶל עַם** אֲשֶׁר הוּא הָיָה נוֹרָא בְּחֶזְקָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Go swift messengers** to see whether it is true that the Israelites have returned to their place, a nation which is pulled and torn, to a people that is awesome from its inception.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:2:2
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**מִן הוּא וָהָלְאָה.** מִן הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר נִבְחַר לְעָם וָהָלְאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from their beginning and onward** From the day it was chosen as a people and onward.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:2:3
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**גּוֹי קַו קָו.** שֶׁנִּפְרַע בּוֹ בַּעֲוֹנוֹ מִדָּה בְּמִדָּה וְנִתַּן לִמְבוּסָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **קַו קָו** – לְשׁוֹן קִיא ״סְחִי וּמָאוֹס״ (איכה ג:מה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a nation punished in kind** Heb. קַו-קָו [lit. a line for a line, i.e.,] when he is punished for his sin, he is punished in kind and given to be trampled. Alternatively, קַו-קָו is an expression of vomit (קִיא) (Lam. 3:45): “Loathsome and rejected.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:2:4
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**נְהָרִים.** מוֹשְׁלֵי כּוּשׁ וְנוֹף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**river** [figurative for] kings.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:3:1
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**כָּל יֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל וְגוֹ׳.** אֵינְכֶם צְרִיכִים לִשְׁלוֹחַ צִירִים עַל כָּךְ, כִּי **כִּנְשֹׂא נֵס הָרִים תִּרְאוּ** בְּהִקָּבֵץ הַגָּלֻיּוֹת, **וְכִתְקוֹעַ שׁוֹפָר תִּשְׁמָעוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All inhabitants of the world, etc.** You need not send messengers for this, for when a standard of the mountains is raised, you shall see the ingathering of the exiles, and when a shofar is sounded you shall hear.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:4:1
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**אֶשְׁקֳטָה.** מִתַּשְׁלוּם שְׂכָרוֹ שֶׁל גּוֹג, אֶפָּנֶה מִכָּל עֲסָקַי **וְאַבִּיטָה בִמְכוֹנִי** לְהֵיטִיב לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will rest** from paying Esau his just deserts; I will turn away from all My affairs and I will look down upon My dwelling-place to do good to it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:4:2
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**כְּחֹם צַח עֲלֵי אוֹר.** יָאִיר וְיַבְהִיק לוֹ כְּחֹם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ צַח עַל יָרָק, כְּמוֹ ״לְלַקֵּט אֹרֹת״ (מלכים ב ד:לט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a clear heat upon herbs** It will illuminate it and cause to shine like the clear heat of the sun on herbs. Comp. (II Kings 4:39) “To gather herbs (אוֹרוֹת) .”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:4:3
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**כְּעָב טַל.** שֶׁהַקּוֹצְרִים מִתְאַוִּים לוֹ לְהָשִׁיב נֶפֶשׁ בְּחֹם קָצִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a cloud of dew** for which the reapers long, to refresh themselves during the heat of the harvest.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:5:1
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**כִּי לִפְנֵי.** בִּשּׁוּל קְצִירוֹ שֶׁל עֲמָלֵק וְשֶׁל גּוֹג, טֶרֶם תִּמָּלֵא תַּאֲוָתוֹ וּסְבָרוֹ שֶׁהוּא זוֹמֵם לְכַלּוֹת אֶת אֶחָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For before** the ripening of the harvest of Amalek and of Gog, when he has not yet filled his desire and his hope, that he plans to destroy his brothers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:5:2
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**כְּתָם פֶּרַח.** שֶׁלּוֹ, וְיִקְרַב לְהִתְבַּשֵּׁל תְּבוּאָה בִּמְלִילוֹתֶיהָ, וְלִהְיוֹת פַּגֵּי נִצָּה שֶׁל גַּפְנָהּ בֹּסֶר וְגוֹמֵל, נִגְמָל לִהְיוֹת גַּסִּים כְּפוֹל הַלָּבָן (ברכות לו ב), הוּא בֹּסֶר הוּא גֵּרוּעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when the blossom is past** i.e., when its blossom is past and the grain is close to becoming ripe in its ears and before the buds of his vine become ripening grapes, ripened to the extent of being בֹּסֶר, i.e., when the grapes become as big as a white bean. This is called בֹּסֶר and also גֵּרוּעַ.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:5:3
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**וְכָרַת.** הַכּוֹרֵת אֶת זַלְזַלֵּי הַגֶּפֶן, הֵם הַזְּמוֹרוֹת וְהַשָּׂרִיגִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he shall cut off** i.e., the cutter shall cut off the tendrils; these are the branches and the boughs.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:5:4
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**בַּמַּזְמֵרוֹת.** שרפ״ש בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with pruning hooks** sarpes in O.F. [serpes in Modern French].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:5:5
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**וְאֶת הַנְּטִישׁוֹת.** הֵם עִקְּרֵי הַגְּפָנִים שֶׁקּוֹרִין ציפ״ש בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the roots** These are the roots of the vines, called ceps in O.F.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:5:6
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**הֵתַז.** כָּרַת וְקִצֵּץ, כְּלוֹמַר: יַהֲרֹג הַשָּׂרִים וְהַשַּׁלִּיטִים שֶׁל גּוֹג וַחֲיָלוֹתָיו וְעוֹזְרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he cut [them] off** Heb. הֵתַּז. i.e., to say that He shall slay the officers and the rulers of Esau and of Gog and his armies and his allies.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:6:1
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**יֵעָזְבוּ יַחְדָּו.** פִּגְרֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They shall be left** [i.e.,] their corpses.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:6:2
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**לְעֵיט הָרִים.** לְעוֹף הָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the birds of the mountains** Heb. לְעֵיט הָרִים, to the birds of the mountains.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:6:3
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**וְקָץ עָלָיו.** כָּל יְמוֹת הַקַּיִץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall spend the summer upon them** All the days of the summer.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 18:6:4
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**תֶּחֱרָף.** כָּל יְמוֹת הַחֹרֶף. מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ: מִשְׁפַּט גּוֹג לֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ (סדר עולם רבה ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall spend the winter** All the days of the winter. From there they deduced that the judgment of Gog in the future shall be twelve months.