## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 21

###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:1:1
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**מַשָּׂא מִדְבַּר יָם.** הַנְּבוּאָה הַזֹּאת עַל בָּבֶל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בָּהּ. וְאִם תֹּאמַר: הֲרֵי כְּבָר נִבָּא עָלֶיהָ (ישעיהו יג:ב) ״עַל הַר נִשְׁפֶּה שְׂאוּ נֵס״ וְכָל הַפָּרָשָׁה כֻּלָּהּ? פְּעָמִים שֶׁהַנְּבוּאָה בָּאָה בְּפִיו הַיּוֹם בְּסִגְנוֹן אֶחָד וּלְאַחַר זְמַן בְּסִגְנוֹן אַחֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The harsh prophecy of the western desert** This prophecy refers to Babylonia, as is delineated therein. If you ask, Did he not already prophesy about it (supra 13): “On a tranquil mountain raise a banner,” and the entire chapter? sometimes the prophecy comes into his mouth today in one manner, and later in another manner.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:1:2
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**מַשָּׂא מִדְבַּר יָם.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״מְטוּל מַשְׁרְיָין דְּאַתְיָין מִמַּדְבְּרָא, כְּמֵי יַמָּא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The harsh prophecy of the western desert** Jonathan paraphrases: A harsh prophecy concerning the armies that come from the desert, as numerous as the waters of the sea.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:1:3
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**כְּסוּפוֹת בַּנֶּגֶב לַחֲלֹף.** כְּרוּחַ סוּפָה הַמִּתְהַפֵּךְ בְּאֶרֶץ יְבֵשָׁה, שֶׁהִיא מַעֲלָה אָבָק רַב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like tempests in arid land, to pass** Like a tempest that whirls in an arid land, that raises much dust.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:1:4
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**לַחֲלֹף.** כָּךְ יַחֲלִיפוּ לָבוֹא מַחֲנוֹת רַבּוֹת עַל בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to pass** So will many camps pass to come upon Babylon.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:1:5
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**מִמִּדְבָּר.** יָבוֹאוּ לָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the desert** they shall come to them (lit.. to her).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:1:6
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**מֵאֶרֶץ נוֹרָאָה.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״מֵאַרְעָא דְּאִתְעֲבִידָא בַּהּ חֲסִינִין״, וְיֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ שֶׁהוּא מְקוֹם נָחָשׁ וְעַקְרָב, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים א:יט) ״הַמִּדְבָּר הַגָּדוֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from an awesome land** Jonathan renders: From a land where mighty deeds have been performed. It is also possible to explain that it is a place of snakes and scorpions, as it is said (Deut. 8: 15): “The great and awesome desert.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:2:1
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**חָזוּת קָשָׁה.** הַנָּבִיא אוֹמֵר: נְבוּאָה זוֹ קָשָׁה עַל בָּבֶל **הֻגַּד לִי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A harsh prophecy** The prophet says, “This harsh prophecy concerning Babylon was told to me.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:2:2
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**הַבּוֹגֵד בּוֹגֵד** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״אֲנִיסַיָּא מִתְאַנְסִין וּבָזְזַיָּא מִתְבַּזְּזִין״. וְלָשׁוֹן הָעִבְרִית לְפִי הַתַּרְגּוּם כָּךְ פֵּרוּשׁוֹ: אֶת הַבּוֹגֵד בָּא אַחֵר וּבוֹגֵד אוֹתוֹ (ספרים אחרים: אוֹתְךָ), וְאֶת **הַשּׁוֹדֵד** בָּא אַחֵר **וְשׁוֹדֵד** אוֹתוֹ (ספרים אחרים: אוֹתְךָ). אֵלּוּ פָּרַס וּמָדַי שֶׁבּוֹזְזִין וְשׁוֹדְדִין אֶת בָּבֶל, שֶׁשָּׁדְדָה וּבָזְזָה עַד עַתָּה אֶת כָּל הַמְּדִינוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the traitor shall be betrayed** Jonathan renders: The robbers are robbed and the plunderers are plundered. The Hebrew wording, according to the Targum, is to be explained thus: The traitor another will come and betray him; and the plunderer another will come and plunder him. These are Persia and Media, who rob and plunder Babylon, who, until now plundered and robbed all the countries.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:2:3
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**עֲלִי עֵילָם.** וּבוֹאִי עָלֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**march, Elam** and come upon them (lit., her).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:2:4
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**צוּרִי מָדַי.** עַל בָּבֶל בְּמָצוֹר. ״אֱלֹהִי צוּרִי״ (שמואל ב כב:ג) הַטַּעַם לְמַטָּה בָּרֵי״שׁ, וְזֶה טַעֲמוֹ לְמַעְלָה בַּצָּדִ״י, כְּמוֹ ׳שׁוּבִי׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**besiege, O Media** (צוּרִי). I.e., besiege Babylon with a siege. Comp. (II Sam. 22:3) “God is my rock (צוּרִי).” The accent is on the latter syllable, on the “resh,” whereas, in this case, the accent is on the first syllable, like “rise (קוּמִי),” “return (שׁוּבִי).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:2:5
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**כָּל אַנְחָתָה הִשְׁבַּתִּי.** לֹא מַפִּיק הֵ״א, לְפִי שֶׁהוּא כְּמוֹ כָּל אֲנָחוֹת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם, וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן אֲנָחָה מְרֻבָּה שֶׁל אֲנָשִׁים רַבִּים, שושפיר״ש בלע״ז. כָּל אֲנָחוֹת הִשְׁבַּתִּי, שֶׁהָיָה הָעוֹלָם נֶאֱנָח מִפְּנֵי עֻלָּהּ שֶׁל מַלְכוּת בָּבֶל, עַתָּה הִשְׁבַּתִּי אוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all sighs have I brought to an end** (אַנְחָתָה). (This is) not (spelled with a) “Mappiq heh,” (which would mean “her sigh”) for this is like “all sighs in the world,” and it is an expression denoting a great sigh of many people (sospiradic in O.F.). All sighs have I brought to an end, for the world was sighing because of the yoke of the kingdom of Babylon; now I have brought it to an end.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:3:1
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**מָלְאוּ מָתְנַי חַלְחָלָה.** הַנָּבִיא הוּא רַחֲמָנִי וּמִתְאַנֵּחַ עַל פֻּרְעָנוּת הָאֻמּוֹת; זוֹ מִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (תנחומא בלק א). וּלְפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ, הַנָּבִיא אוֹמֵר הַקִּינָה וְהָאֲנִינוּת, כְּאִלּוּ זוֹ בָּבֶל מִתְאוֹנֶנֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my loins are filled with trembling** The prophet is merciful and sighs over the retribution meted out to the nations. This is the Midrash Aggadah (Tan., beginning of Balak). According to its simple meaning, however, the prophet is reciting the lamentation and the mourning as though this were Babylonia lamenting.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:3:2
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**צִירִים.** לְשׁוֹן חִיל וַחֲבָלִים. רַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (בכורות מה א; ויקרא רבה יד ד): יֵשׁ דְּלָתוֹת וְצִירִים לָאִשָּׁה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁיֵּשׁ צִירִים לְדַלְתוֹת הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**pangs (צִירִים),** an expression denoting trembling and pains. And our Rabbis said: A woman has doors and hinges (צִירִים) on her womb just as the doors of a house have hinges (Bechoroth 45a).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:3:3
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**נַעֲוֵיתִי.** חֹלִי הוּא הַקָּרוּי עֲוִית בִּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I became confused** This is a malady known as עֲוִית, convulsions, in the language of the Sages.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:4:1
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**פַּלָּצוּת.** בֶּהָלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fright** (פַּלָּצוּת). fright.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:4:2
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**אֵת נֶשֶׁף חִשְׁקִי.** לַיְלָה שֶׁהָיִיתִי חוֹשֵׁק בָּהּ לְשִׂמְחָה וּלְמִשְׁתֶּה. בְּסֵפֶר יוֹסִיפוֹן מָצִינוּ שֶׁהָיָה שָׂמֵחַ עַל שֶׁנָּצְחוּ גְּדוּדָיו אֶת חֵיל פָּרַס. אוֹתוֹ לַיְלָה **שָׂם לִי לַחֲרָדָה**, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דניאל ה:א) ״בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר מַלְכָּא עֲבַד לְחֶם רַב וְגוֹ׳״, ״אִשְׁתִּיו חַמְרָא וְגוֹ׳״, ״בֵּהּ בְּלֵילְיָא קְטִיל וְגוֹ׳״, ״וְדָרְיָוֶשׁ מָדָאָה קַבִּיל מַלְכוּתָא״ (דניאל ו:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the evening of my desire** The night that I longed for, for rejoicing and for a banquet. In the Book of Josipon we find that he was happy since his troops had defeated the army of Persia. (Book 1, ch. 5) That night He made for me into trembling, as it is said (Dan. 5:1): “King Belshazzar made a great feast...They drank wine...(verse 4). On that very night, King Belshazzar was slain...(verse 30).” (6:1) “And Darius the Mede received the kingdom.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:5:1
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**צָפֹה הַצָּפִית.** זְקוֹף הַמְּנוֹרָה, בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (סג יד) צָוְוחִין לִמְנַרְתָּא צָפִיתָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**setting up the lamp** (הַצָּפִית), Set up the lamp. In Gen. Rabbah (63:14) we learn that people call a lamp צָפִיתָא.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:5:2
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**אָכוֹל שָׁתֹה.** וּמִתּוֹךְ הָאֲכִילָה וְהַשְּׁתִיָּה צָעֲקוּ: **קוּמוּ הַשָּׂרִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**eating, drinking** And in the midst of the eating and the drinking, they cried, “Arise, princes!”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:5:3
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**מָשְׁחוּ מָגֵן.** מָגִנֵּי עוֹר שָׁלוּק הֵן, וּמוֹשְׁחִין אוֹתָן בְּשֶׁמֶן כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּחֲלִיק אֶת הַזַּיִן. וְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר בְּשָׁאוּל (שמואל ב א:כא): ״כִּי שָׁם נִגְעַל מָגֵן גִּבּוֹרִים״, פָּלַט אֶת מְשִׁיחָתוֹ וְלֹא קִבְּלָה, וְנַעֲשָׂה מָגֵן שָׁאוּל כְּאִלּוּ לֹא נִמְשַׁח בְּשֶׁמֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**anoint a shield** They were shields of boiled leather, and they would anoint them with oil so that the weapons would glide off. The same is mentioned concerning Saul (II Sam. 1:21): “For there the shield of the mighty was rejected.” It rejected its anointing and did not absorb it, and Saul’s shield became as though it was not anointed with oil.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:6:1
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**לֵךְ הַעֲמֵד הַמְצַפֶּה.** עָתִיד אֶחָד מִתַּלְמִידֶיךָ לִקְרֹא תִּגָּר עַל מִדּוֹתַי, עַל אֹרֶךְ שַׁלְוָתָהּ שֶׁל בָּבֶל, וְהוּא חֲבַקּוּק, שֶׁעָג עוּגָה וְעָמַד בְּתוֹכָהּ וְאָמַר (חבקוק ב:א) ״עַל מִשְׁמַרְתִּי אֶעֱמֹדָה וּמְצַפֶּה לִרְאוֹת מַה יְדַבֵּר בִּי״. אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִישַׁעְיָה: הַעֲמִידֵהוּ לְאוֹתוֹ מְצַפֶּה, וְהַבְטִיחֵהוּ מֵאִתִּי שֶׁיַּעֲמֹד עַל מִצְפֵּהוּ, וַ**אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה** בְּמַפַּלְתָּהּ שֶׁל בָּבֶל **יַגִּיד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Go set up the lookout** One of your disciples is destined to complain about My attribute, concerning the long prosperity of Babylon, and that was Habakkuk who made a circle and stood inside it, and said (Habakkuk 2:1), “On my watch will I stand, and I will look out to see what He will speak within me.” Said the Holy One, blessed be He, “Put up that lookout and promise him in My Name that he will stand on his watch and what he sees in the downfall of Babylon he will tell.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:7:1
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**וְרָאָה רֶכֶב.** וַאֲנִי אַרְאֶנּוּ שָׁם כְּמִין **רֶכֶב צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים**, אֶחָד רוֹכֵב **חֲמוֹר** וְאֶחָד רוֹכֵב **גָּמָל**, וְסִימָן הוּא לְפָרַס וּמָדַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he shall see a chariot** and I will show him there a sort of chariot with a pair of riders, one riding a donkey and one riding a camel, and that is a sign of Persia and Media.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:7:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 21:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/21:7:2)

**וְהִקְשִׁיב קֶשֶׁב** וְשָׁם יִשְׁמַע בִּנְבוּאָתוֹ כְּמִין רֹב הוֹמִיּוֹת תְּשׁוּאוֹת חֲיָלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he shall listen attentively** And there he shall hear in his prophecy a representation of the mighty rumbling and stirring of armies.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:8:1
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**וַיִּקְרָא אַרְיֵה.** הוּא חֲבַקּוּק, ׳אַרְיֵה׳ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא כְּמִנְיַן ׳חֲבַקּוּק׳; יְשַׁעְיָה נִתְנַבֵּא שֶׁעָתִיד חֲבַקּוּק לְהִתְפַּלֵּל עַל זֹאת וְלוֹמַר כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the lion called** That is Habakkuk. אַרְיֵה (lion) has the same numerical value as Habakkuk. Isaiah prophesied that Habakkuk was destined to pray for this and say the following.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:8:2
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**עַל מִצְפֶּה אֲדֹנָי.** ה׳ אֱלֹהַי, עַל מִצְפֶּה **אָנֹכִי עוֹמֵד תָּמִיד יוֹמָם** לְהוֹדִיעֵנִי עַל זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the watchtower, O Lord** O Lord, my God, I always stand on the watchtower to inform me about this.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:9:1
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**וְהִנֵּה זֶה בָא.** כְּשֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל עַל כָּךְ, יִרְאֶה כְּמִין **רֶכֶב** אָדָם וְגוֹ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And behold this is coming** When he prays concerning this, he will see sort of a chariot of men, etc.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:9:2
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**נָפְלָה נָפְלָה בָּבֶל.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״נָפְלַת וְאַף עֲתִידָה לְמִיפַּל״, שְׁתֵּי נְפִילוֹת שָׁנָה אַחַר שָׁנָה: תְּחִלָּה עַל יְדֵי מָדַי וּפָרַס, וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁנִיָּה עַל יְדֵי שָׁמַיִם, וְהָיְתָה בָּבֶל צְבִי מַמְלָכוֹת כְּמַהְפֵּכַת סְדוֹם. וְכֵן מָצִינוּ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם (סדר עולם רבה כח): וּבָא בַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁמוּעָה זוֹ שֶׁל דָּרְיָוֶשׁ, וְאַחֲרָיו בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁמוּעָה ״וְהָיְתָה בָּבֶל צְבִי מַמְלָכוֹת כְּמַהְפֵּכַת וְגוֹ׳״ (ישעיהו יג:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Babylon has fallen, yea, it has fallen** Jonathan renders: Has fallen and is also destined to fall. This denotes two downfalls in two consecutive years, first through Media and Persia, and in the second year, through Heaven, as it is stated (supra 13:19): “And Babylon, the beauty of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldees, shall be like God’s overturning of Sodom...” And so we find in Seder Olam (ch. 28): And in that year the news came concerning Darius, and after him, in the year, the news, “And Babylon, the beauty of the kingdoms...shall be like the overturning, etc.” (supra 13:19).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:10:1
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**מְדֻשָׁתִי וּבֶן גָּרְנִי** תְּבוּאַת קֹדֶשׁ שֶׁלִּי, עֲרֵמַת חִטִּי, אֲשֶׁר נִצְטַוֵּיתִי מִפִּי רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ לְתַקֵּן אֶתְכֶם בְּדֶרֶךְ הַיְשָׁרָה, כְּאָדָם הַדָּשׁ וְזוֹרֶה תְּבוּאָתוֹ בַּגֹּרֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My threshed grain and the product of my threshing floor** My hallowed grain, the stack of wheat which I was commanded by the Holy Spirit to rectify you and lead you on the straight path, like a man who threshes and winnows his grain on the threshing floor.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:10:2
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**אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי.** מֵאִתּוֹ **הִגַּדְתִּי לָכֶם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What I heard** from Him I have related to you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:11:1
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**דּוּמָה.** הוּא אֱדוֹם, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר ״מִי כְצוֹר כְּדוּמָה בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּם״ (יחזקאל כז:לב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The harsh prophecy of Dumah** That is Edom, and so does Scripture say (Ezekiel 27:32): “Who is like Tyre, like Dumah in the midst of the sea?”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:11:2
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**אֵלַי קֹרֵא מִשֵּׂעִיר.** אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: ״אֵלַי קוֹרֵא הַנָּבִיא, אוֹ הַמַּלְאָךְ, מֵעוֹל מַלְכוּת שֵׂעִיר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To Me one calls from Seir** Said the Holy One, blessed be He: “To Me the prophet or the angel calls from the yoke of the kingdom of Seir.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:11:3
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**שׁוֹמֵר מַה מִלַּיְלָה.** שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל, מַה תְּהֵא מִן הַלַּיְלָה וְהַחֲשֵׁכָה הַזֹּאת?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Watchman, what will be of the night?** Watcher of Israel, what will be of this night and this darkness?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:12:1
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**אָמַר שֹׁמֵר.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Said the watchman** The Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:12:2
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**אָתָא בֹקֶר.** יֵשׁ לְפָנַי לְהַזְרִיחַ לַעֲשׂוֹת בֹּקֶר לָכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Morning has come** I have the ability to make the morning shine for you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:12:3
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**וְגַם לָיְלָה.** מְתֻקָּן לְעֵשָׂו לְעֵת קֵץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and also night** is prepared for the wicked at the time of the end.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:12:4
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**אִם תִּבְעָיוּן בְּעָיוּ.** אִם תְּבַקְשׁוּ בַּקָּשַׁתְכֶם לְמַהֵר הַקֵּץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if you will request, request** If you make your request to hasten the end of the exile.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:12:5
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**שׁוּבוּ אֵתָיוּ.** בִּתְשׁוּבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**return and come** in repentance.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:13:1
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**מַשָּׂא בַּעְרָב.** עַל עַרְבִיִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The harsh prophecy concerning Arabia** About the Arabs.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:13:2
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**בַּיַּעַר בַּעְרַב תָּלִינוּ.** רָאִיתִי מַה עֲשִׂיתֶם בְּהַגְלוֹת אַשּׁוּר אֶת עַמִּי, וְהָיוּ מְבַקְשִׁים לְשַׁבָּאִים שֶׁלָּהֶם לְהוֹלִיכָם דֶּרֶךְ עֲלֵיכֶם, לְפִי שֶׁאַתֶּם בְּנֵי דוֹדֵיהֶם, אוּלַי תְּרַחֲמוּ עֲלֵיהֶם, וְאַתֶּם הֱיִיתֶם יוֹצְאִים וְלָנִים בַּיַּעַר דֶּרֶךְ הַעֲבָרַת שַׁיָּרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the forest in Arabia did you lodge** I saw what you did when Assyria exiled my people, and they begged their captors to lead them through your land, since you are the descendants of their uncles, perhaps you would have mercy on them, and you were going out and lodging in the forest, the road where the caravans pass.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:13:3
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**אֹרְחוֹת דְּדָנִים.** בְּנֵי דוֹדְכֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the roads of your cousins** the children of your uncle.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:14:1
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**לִקְרַאת צָמֵא** דֶּרֶךְ לְהָבִיא מַיִם, וְאַתֶּם **יוֹשְׁבֵי אֶרֶץ תֵּימָא** לֹא עֲשִׂיתֶם כֵּן, אֶלָּא **בְּלַחְמוֹ קִדְּמוּ נֹדֵד**, הֵבִיאוּ לָהֶם מִינֵי מַאֲכָלִים מְלוּחִים וְנוֹדוֹת נְפוּחִים מְלֵאֵי רוּחַ, וְהָיָה אוֹכֵל וּמְבַקֵּשׁ לִשְׁתּוֹת, וְנוֹתֵן פִּי הַנּוֹד לְתוֹךְ פִּיו, וְהָרוּחַ נִכְנָס בְּמֵעָיו וְהוּא מֵת. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **לִקְרַאת צָמֵא הֵתָיוּ מָיִם** – לֹא כֵּן עָשִׂיתִי לַאֲבִיכֶם, כְּשֶׁהָיָה צָמֵא גִּלִּיתִי לוֹ בְּאֵר מַיִם (בראשית כא:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Toward the thirsty** it is customary to bring water, but you, the inhabitants of the land of Tema, did not do so, but with his bread they came before the wanderer; they brought them sorts of salty foods and blown up flasks full of air, and he would eat and ask to drink, and he would put the opening of the flask into his mouth, and the air would go into his innards, and he would die. Another explanation of “Toward the thirsty they bring water,” is as follows: I did not do so to your forefather, Ishmael; when he was thirsty, I revealed to him a well of water.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:15:1
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**כִּי מִפְּנֵי חֲרָבוֹת נָדָדוּ.** עַמִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Since because of the swords they wandered** (I.e.,) my people (wandered).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:15:2
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**חֶרֶב נְטוּשָׁה.** פְּשׁוּטָה עַל פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ, כְּמוֹ (שמואל א ל:טז) ״וְהִנָּם נְטוּשִׁים עַל פְּנֵי כָל הָאָרֶץ״, (שמואל ב ה:יח) ״וַיִּנָּטְשׁוּ בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִים״. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **נְטוּשָׁה** כְּמוֹ ׳לְטוּשָׁה׳, כָּל אוֹתִיּוֹת אֲשֶׁר מוֹצָאֵיהֶם קְרוֹבִים לִהְיוֹת מִמָּקוֹם אֶחָד מִתְחַלְּפוֹת זוֹ בָּזוֹ, נוּ״ן בְּלָמֶ״ד, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (נחמיה יג:ז) ״לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ נִשְׁכָּה״ כְּמוֹ לִשְׁכָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the outstretched sword** (נְטוּשָׁה), spread over the surface of the earth, as (I Sam. 30:16) “And behold, they were scattered (נְטוּשִׁים) over the entire landscape,” (II Sam. 5: 18) “And spread out (וַיִּנָּטְשׁוּ) in the Valley of Rephaim.” Another explanation is that נְטוּשָׁה is like לְטוּשָׁה, sharp. All letters whose sources are close to being from one place, (i.e., from one speech organ,) are interchangeable with one another, the ‘nun’ with the ‘lamed,’ as in the case stated (in Nehemiah 13: 7): “To make him a chamber (נִשְׁכָּה),” like לִשְׁכָּה.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:16:1
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**כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר.** אֲדַקְדֵּק בָּהּ לְצַמְצֵם הַמּוֹעֵד, כְּשָׂכִיר הַנִּשְׂכָּר לְשָׁנִים, שֶׁמְּדַקְדֵּק בְּמוֹעֵד תַּשְׁלוּם שְׁנָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the year of a hireling** I will be exact with them to limit the time like a hireling, hired by years, who is exact with the time of the completion of his year.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:17:1
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**וּשְׁאָר.** שְׁאֵרִית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the rest** the remnant.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 21:17:2
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**קֶשֶׁת גִּבּוֹרֵי בְנֵי קֵדָר.** בַּעֲלֵי רוֹבֵי קֶשֶׁת, שֶׁהֵם כַּאֲבִיהֶם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ (בראשית כא:כ) ״וַיְהִי רֹבֶה קָשֶׁת״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the bows of the heroes of the children of Kedar** Archers, for they are like their forefather, (Ishmael,) about whom it is stated (Gen. 21:2): “And he was an archer.”