## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 20

###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:2:1
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**וּפִתַּחְתָּ הַשַּׂק מֵעַל מָתְנֶיךָ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְתֵיסַר סַקָּא בְּחַרְצָךְ״, וְהַדְּבָרִים מוֹכִיחִים, שֶׁהֲרֵי עַד עַכְשָׁיו לֹא צִוָּהוּ לַחֲגוֹר שַׂק שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר לוֹ לְהַתִּירָהּ. וְעוֹד: שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר **וְנַעַלְךָ תַּחֲלֹץ**, וְהוּא סִימָן לַאֲבֵלוּת. וּפֵירוּשׁ **וּפִתַּחְתָּ** כְּמוֹ ״מְפֻתָּחוֹת פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם״ (שמות לט:ו), לַחֲגוֹר שַׂק בְּדֹחַק עַל בְּשָׂרוֹ, כְּדֵי שֶׁתֵּרָאֶה חֲקוּקָה בִּבְשָׂרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you shall gird sackcloth over your loins** (וּפִתַּחְתָּ) Jonathan renders: “And you shall gird the sackcloth over your loins.” And his interpretation is evidenced by the fact that until now, He had not commanded him to gird himself with sackcloth, that He should tell him to remove it. Moreover, when He tells him, “And you shall remove your shoes from upon your feet,” this is a sign of mourning. (It is, therefore, likely that He commanded him to gird himself with sackcloth, also a sign of mourning.) And the meaning of וּפִתַּחְתָּ is like: (Exodus 39:6) “Engraved like the engravings of a seal (מְפֻתָּחוֹת פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם),” to gird himself with sackcloth tightly on his flesh, so that it appears to be engraved in his flesh.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:2:2
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**מֵעַל מָתְנֶיךָ.** לְמַעְלָה מִמָּתְנֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over your loins** above your loins.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:2:3
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**עָרוֹם.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״פְּחִיחַ״, בִּבְגָדִים קְרוּעִים וּבְלוּאִים, וְלֹא עָרֹם מַמָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**naked** (עָרוֹם). Jonathan renders: פְּחֵיחַ, with torn and worn out clothing, but not actually naked.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:3:1
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**שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים.** יֵלֵךְ כֵּן לְאוֹת וּלְמוֹפֵת לְמִצְרַיִם וּלְכוּשׁ, שֶׁלְּסוֹף שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים ״יִנְהַג מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֶת שְׁבִי מִצְרַיִם וְגוֹ׳״ (ישעיה כ:ד). לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁכָּבַשׁ תַּרְתָּן אֶת אַשְׁדּוֹד שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים לִפְנֵי מַפַּלְתּוֹ שֶׁל סַנְחֵרִיב, שֶׁהֲרֵי מַפַּלְתּוֹ הָיְתָה כְּשֶׁהֵבִיא אֶת שְׁבִי מִצְרַיִם וְתִרְהָקָה מֶלֶךְ כּוּשׁ לִפְנֵי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם בְּקוֹלָרִין, כְּשֶׁבָּא לָצוּר עַל חִזְקִיָּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**three years** shall he go in this manner as a sign and a symbol for Egypt and for Cush, that, at the end of three years the king of Assyria shall lead the captivity of Egypt... We learn that Tartan conquered Ashdod three years prior to the downfall of Sennacherib, for his downfall was when he brought the captives of Egypt and Tirhakah the king of Cush before Jerusalem in chains, when he came to besiege Hezekiah.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:4:1
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**וַחֲשׂוּפַי שֵׁת.** כְּמוֹ ׳חֲשׂוּף שֵׁת׳, וְהַיּוֹ״ד יְתֵרָה כְּיוֹ״ד ״חַלּוֹנָי״ (ירמיהו כב:יד) וְ״חוֹרָי״ (ישעיהו יט:ט) וְ״שָׂדָי״ (תהלים ח:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with bare buttocks** (וַחֲשׂוּפַי), like חֲשׂוּף, and the yud is superfluous, like the yud of חַלּוֹנָי (the window), חוֹרָי, (nets), שָׂדָי (the field).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:4:2
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**שֵׁת.** בֵּית מוֹצָא הָרְעִי, וְכֵן (שמואל ב י:ד): ״וַיִּכְרֹת אֶת מַדְוֵיהֶם עַד שְׁתוֹתֵיהֶם״. וּגְמוּל זֶה הָיָה לָהֶם תַּחַת חָם אֲבִיהֶם, אֲשֶׁר רָאָה עֶרְוַת אָבִיו וְלֹא כִּסָּה אוֹתָהּ, מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**buttocks** Near the anus. Comp. (II Sam. 10:4): “And he cut off their garments in half, up to their buttocks (שְׁתוֹתֵיהֶם).” This retribution was due them because of Ham their ancestor, who saw his father’s nakedness and did not cover it, payment in kind.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:5:1
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**וְחַתּוּ וָבֹשׁוּ.** כָּל הַמַּבִּיטִים וּמְצַפִּים עַל עֶזְרַת **כּוּשׁ**, וְהַמִּתְפָּאֲרִים בְּמִשְׁעַן **מִצְרַיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall be broken and ashamed** All those who look in expectation upon the aid of Cush and boast of the support of Egypt.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:5:2
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**תִּפְאַרְתָּם.** וונט״ש בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their boasting** vantance in O.F.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:6:1
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**יוֹשֵׁב הָאִי הַזֶּה.** אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהָיוּ נִשְׁעָנִים עַל פַּרְעֹה **לְעֶזְרָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the inhabitants of this isle** The land of Israel, who relied on Pharoah for aid.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 20:6:2
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**הָאִי.** לְשׁוֹן אִיֵּי הַיָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**isle** like the islands of the sea.