## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 29

###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:1:1
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**הוֹי אֲרִיאֵל.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״מַדְבְּחָא דַה׳״, וְאַף יְחֶזְקֵאל קְרָאוֹ כֵּן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יחזקאל מג:טז): ״וְהָאֲרִיאֵל שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה״, עַל שֵׁם אֵשׁ שֶׁל מַעְלָה שֶׁהָיְתָה רוֹבֶצֶת כַּאֲרִי עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ בְּסֵדֶר יוֹמָא (כא ב). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ עַל הַהֵיכָל, שֶׁהָיָה צַר מֵאַחֲרָיו וְרָחָב מִלְּפָנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Woe, Ariel** Jonathan renders: Altar of the Lord. Ezekiel, too, called it that, as it is said (43: 16): “And the altar (וְהָאֲרִיאֵל) twelve [cubits] in length,” [because of the heavenly fire that lay like a lion atop the altar, as we learned in Tractate Yoma (21b)]. Our Sages, however, explained it in reference to the heichal (the Temple proper), which was narrow from the rear and wide in the front.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:1:2
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**קִרְיַת חָנָה דָוִד.** ״דְּאִתְבְּנֵי בְּקַרְתָּא דִּשְׁרָא בַּהּ דָּוִד״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the city wherein David encamped** The altar that was built in the city wherein David encamped [from Jonathan].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:1:3
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**סְפוּ שָׁנָה עַל שָׁנָה.** וְתָמִיד עֲוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם הוֹלְכִים וַחֲזָקִים, עַד שֶׁ**חַגִּים** שֶׁלָּכֶם **יִנְקֹפוּ** וְיִכָּרְתוּ, לְשׁוֹן ״נוֹקֵף זַיִת״ (ישעיהו יז:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**add year to year** And always your sins are continuously increasing until your sacrifices are cut off (יִנְקֹפוּ), an expression similar to (supra 17:6): “like the cutting (כְּנֹקֶּף) of an olive tree.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:2:1
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**וְהָיְתָה לִּי כַּאֲרִיאֵל** תְּהֵא מֻקֶּפֶת חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב, כְּמִזְבֵּחַ הַמֻּקָּף זִבְחֵי בְּהֵמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it shall be to Me like Ariel** It shall be surrounded by those slain by the sword, like the altar, which is surrounded by animal sacrifices.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:3:1
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**כַדּוּר.** כְּשׁוּרָה שֶׁל גְּיָסוֹת מַקִּיפוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in a circle** like a row of surrounding troops. ([Other editions read:] In a row of surrounding troops.) ([Some manuscripts read:] An expression of the encampment of surrounding troops.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:3:2
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**מֻצָּב.** לְשׁוֹן ׳כַּרְקוֹם׳, הַ**מֻּצָּב** עַל הָעֲיָרוֹת (גיטין כח ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a camp of siege** (מֻצַּב, lit. stationed,) an expression of a camp of siege stationed against the towns.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:3:3
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**מְצֻרוֹת.** לְשׁוֹן ׳מָצוֹר׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**siege works** (מְצֻרוֹת) an expression of מָצוֹר, a siege.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:4:1
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**מֵאֶרֶץ תְּדַבֵּרִי.** יְהֵא נִרְאֶה כְּאִלּוּ דִּבּוּר הַיּוֹצֵא מִפִּיךְ יוֹצֵא מִתַּחַת הַקַּרְקַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the earth shall you speak** It shall appear as though the speech that comes out of your mouth comes from below the ground.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:4:2
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**אִמְרָתֵךְ תְּצַפְצֵף.** לְהִתְחַנֵּן אֵלַי, וּמִתּוֹךְ תְּחִנָּתֵךְ יִכָּמְרוּ רַחֲמַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall your speech chirp** to supplicate to Me, and because of your supplication, My mercies shall be aroused.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:4:3
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**צִפְצוּף.** הוּא לְשׁוֹן קוֹל לַחַשׁ כְּקוֹל עוֹפוֹת דַּקִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
צִפְצוּף is an expression of a whispering (var. weak) voice like the voice of small birds.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:5:1
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**וְהָיָה כְּאָבָק דַּק הֲמוֹן זָרָיִךְ.** אֻכְלוּסֵי סַנְחֵרִיב, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ לְמַאֲכֹלֶת אֵשׁ וְיֵעָשׂוּ אָבָק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the multitude of your foreigners shall be like fine dust** The army of Sennacherib, which will be consumed by fire and will become dust.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:5:2
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**וְהָיָה.** הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it shall be** this thing.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:5:3
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**פֶתַע פִּתְאֹם.** מִקְרֶה פִּתְאוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a sudden happening** (לְפֶתַע פִּתְאֹם) a sudden happening.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:6:1
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**מֵעִם ה׳ צְבָאוֹת תִּפָּקֵד.** וְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁתִּשְׁפְּלִי וּ**תְצַפְצֵף אִמְרָתֵךְ, תִּפָּקֵד** אֲרִיאֵל מֵאִתִּי לְהוֹשִׁיעָהּ **בְּרַעַם וּבְרַעַשׁ וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From the Lord of Hosts shall he be visited** And after you become humble and your speech chirps, Ariel shall be visited by Me to save them, with thunder and with earthquake, etc.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:7:1
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**וְהָיָה כַּחֲלוֹם.** שֶׁדּוֹמֶה שֶׁרוֹאֶה וְלֹא רָאָה, כָּךְ יִהְיֶה **הֲמוֹן כָּל הַגּוֹיִם** יִדְמוּ לִכְבּוֹשׁ וְלֹא תַעֲלֶה בְּיָדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And shall be like a dream** that one imagines that he saw, yet he did not see, so will this multitude of all the nations contemplate to conquer, but they will not succeed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:7:2
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**וְכָל צֹבֶיהָ.** הַמַּצִּיבִים עָלֶיהָ מַצָּב וּמַשְׁחִית, שֶׁקּוֹרִין צנבי״ל בלע״ז, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּשָׁאוּל (שמואל א יד:טו): ״הַמַּצָּב וְהַמַּשְׁחִית חָרָדוּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those stationed around her** who set up against her a garrison and raiders called cenbel in O.F., as it is stated regarding Saul (I Sam. 14: 15): “The garrison and the raiders trembled.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:8:1
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**שׁוֹקֵקָה.** תְּאֵבָה, וְכֵן ״אֶל אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ״ (בראשית ג:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yearns** (שׁוֹקֵקָה) desires. Comp. (Gen. 3:16) “And to your husband shall be your yearning (תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ) .”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:8:2
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**כֵּן יִהְיֶה וגו׳.** לֹא יַשִּׂיגוּ תַּאֲוָתָם אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So shall be, etc.** They shall not achieve their desire which they planned to do.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:9:1
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**הִתְמַהְמְהוּ.** הֱווּ מְתוּנִים לְהִתְבּוֹנֵן לַחֲשׁוֹב עַל מַעַלְלֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**stop** Be patient to reflect [to think] about your deeds.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:9:2
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**וּתְמָהוּ.** וְתִהְיוּ תְמֵהִים עַל קִלְקוּלְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and wonder** And wonder about your corruption.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:9:3
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**הִשְׁתַּעַשְׁעוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״עֵינָיו הָשַׁע״ (ישעיהו ו:י), הָיוּ עִוְּרִים מֵרְאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they became blind** (הִשְׁתַּעַשְׁעוּ) an expression related to (supra 6:10) “And his eyes are becoming sealed (הָשַׁע),” they were blind, not being able to see [lit., from seeing].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:9:4
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**שָׁכְרוּ.** עַצְמְכֶם **וְלֹא** מִ**יַּיִן**, לָמָּה?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They were intoxicated** yourselves (sic) but not from wine. Why? ([Parshandatha claims that this reading is erroneous. The correct reading, according to all manuscripts is:] their wise men, but not from wine.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:10:1
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**כִּי נָסַךְ עֲלֵיכֶם ה׳ וגו׳** – לְשׁוֹן ״מֶזֶג״, כְּמוֹ ״מָסְכָה יֵינָהּ״ (משלי ט:ב), אוֹ לְשׁוֹן ׳נְסִיכוּת׳: הִשְׁלִיט בָּכֶם רוּחַ תַּרְדֵּמָה. עַל פּוֹשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיָה נִבָּא, שֶׁהָיוּ חוֹזִים בַּכּוֹכָבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the Lord has poured upon you, etc.** (נָסַךְ) an expression of mixing wine. Comp. (Prov. 9: 2) “She mixed (מָסְכָה) her wine.” It may also be an expression of princedom (נְסִיכוּת). He caused a spirit of deep sleep to overcome you, (lit., to rule over you). Concerning the transgressors of Israel he was prophesying, for they were stargazers and were experts in adjuring the heavenly princes, each one with the proper name for adjuring him. Therefore, they say, “Who will encamp upon us (Jer. 21:13)? If the enemy comes upon us, we can make for it a wall of fire around, ([Most manuscripts read:] If the enemy comes upon the city, we can make for it a wall of fire around,) or surround it with the Great Sea.” Said the Holy One, blessed be He, “I will change the heavenly princes; the one appointed over fire, is appointed over water. When he adjures the prince of fire to bring him fire, he will reply, “This is not mine,” And, likewise, the prince of water. And even the name by which you adjure him, he does not recognize. This is the closing of the eyes and the covering of the heads of the stargazers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:11:1
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**חֲזוּת הַכֹּל.** כָּל מַה שֶׁהֱיִיתֶם חוֹזִים בַּמַּזָּלוֹת, יִהְיֶה מְכֻסֶּה מִכֶּם כְּדִבְרֵי אִגֶּרֶת הַחֲתוּמָה בְּשַׁעֲוָה, אֲשֶׁר יִתְּנוּהָ לִקְרוֹתָהּ לְיוֹדֵעַ לִקְרוֹת אִגֶּרֶת, **וְאָמַר: ״לֹא אוּכַל״**, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵין אֲנִי רוֹאֶה בְּתוֹכָהּ לְפִי שֶׁהִיא חֲתוּמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the vision of everything** All that you used to see in the constellations shall be concealed from you like the words of a letter sealed with wax, which, if they give to read one able to read a letter, he will say, “I cannot, for I see not what is inside, for it is sealed.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:12:1
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**וְנִתַּן הַסֵּפֶר עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדַע סֵפֶר.** וּכְשֶׁנּוֹטְלִין מִמֶּנּוּ וּפוֹתְחִין חוֹתָמָהּ וְנוֹתְנִין אוֹתָהּ לְמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַכִּיר לְשׁוֹן אִגֶּרֶת, וְאוֹמְרִין לוֹ **״קְרָא נָא זֶה״, וְאָמַר ״לֹא יָדַעְתִּי סֵפֶר״**. כָּךְ כְּשֶׁתַּשְׁבִּיעַ שַׂר הָאֵשׁ יֹאמַר **״לֹא אוּכַל כִּי חָתוּם** הַדָּבָר מִמֶּנִּי״, וּכְשֶׁתַּשְׁבִּיעַ אֶת חֲבֵירוֹ יֹאמַר ״אֵינִי מַכִּיר אֶת הַשֵּׁם הַזֶּה שֶׁאַתָּה מַשְׁבִּיעֵנִי בּוֹ, שֶׁאֵין זֶה שְׁמִי״. וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר יִרְמְיָה ״הִנְנִי מֵסֵב אֶת כְּלֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה אֲשֶׁר בְּיֶדְכֶם״ (ירמיהו כא:ד), זֶה הַשֵּׁם הַמְפֹרָשׁ. בְּמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים (מדרש תהלים לו ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And if the book is given** And when they take it from him and open its seal and give it to one who does not understand the language of the letter, and they say to him, “now read this,” he will say, “I cannot read.” Similarly, when you adjure the prince of fire, he will say, “I cannot, for the matter is sealed from me,” and when you adjure his colleague, he will say, “I do not recognize this name, by which you adjure me, for this is not my name.” This is what Jeremiah said (Jer. 21:4): “Behold I will turn around my implements of war that are in your hands.” This refers to the Explicit Name. In Midrash Tehillim (36:5).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:13:1
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**יַעַן כִּי נִגַּשׁ הָעָם הַזֶּה.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״חֲלַף דְּאִתְרַבְרַב עַמָּא הָדֵין״, כְּלוֹמַר: נִגְּשׁוּ לְהַגְבִּיהַּ עַצְמָן עַד לַשָּׁמַיִם, הֵם מַרְאִין עַצְמָן כִּמְכַבְּדִין אוֹתִי בְּפֶה וְשָׂפָה, וְאֶת לִבָּם הִרְחִיקוּ **מִמֶּנִּי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because this people has come near** Jonathan renders: Because this people has aggrandized itself. I.e., they have come near to raise themselves up to the heavens. They show themselves as though honoring Me with mouth and lip, but their heart they have drawn far away from Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:13:2
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**וַתְּהִי יִרְאָתָם אֹתִי.** לֹא בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם, כִּי אִם בְּ**מִצְוַת** הָ**אֲנָשִׁים** הַמְּלַמְּדִים אוֹתָם. הִתְרָאוּ כְּנִכְנָעִים מִלְּפָנָיו כְּדֵי לְפַתּוֹתוֹ בְּפִיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their fear of Me has become** not wholehearted, but by the command of the people who teach them, they show themselves as humbled before Him in order to entice Him with your mouth.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:14:1
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**לָכֵן הִנְנִי.** הוּא אֲשֶׁר יוֹסִיף **לְהַפְלִיא** פֶּלֶא נוֹסָף עַל פֶּלֶא, כִּסּוּי עַל כִּסּוּי, אֹטֶם עַל אֹטֶם. וּמַהוּ **הַפְּלֵא וָפֶלֶא? וְאָבְדָה חָכְמַת חֲכָמָיו** – קָשֶׁה סִלּוּקָם שֶׁל חַכְמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּפְלַיִם כְּחֻרְבַּן בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְכָל קְלָלוֹת שֶׁבְּמִשְׁנֵה תוֹרָה, שֶׁכֻּלָּן אֵינָן אֶלָּא הַפְלָאָה אַחַת, ״וְהִפְלָא ה׳ אֶת מַכּוֹתְךָ״ (דברים כח:נט), וְכָאן שְׁתֵּי הַפְלָאוֹת (איכה רבה א לז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Therefore, I will continue** I am He Who will continue to perform additional obscurity upon obscurity, concealment upon concealment, sealing upon sealing. And what is this obscurity upon obscurity? And the wisdom of their wise men shall be lost. The taking away of the sages of Israel is twice as hard as the destruction of the Temple and all the curses in Deuteronomy, for all of them are only one obscurity, as it is said (Deut. 28:59): “And the Lord shall make your plagues obscure (וְהִפְלָא),” whereas here are two obscurities.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:15:1
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**לַסְתִּר עֵצָה.** כְּמוֹ ׳לְהַסְתִּיר עֵצָה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to hide counsel** (לַסְתִּיר) equivalent to לְהַסְתִּיר.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:16:1
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**הַפְכְּכֶם אִם כְּחֹמֶר הַיֹּצֵר יֵחָשֵׁב.** תַּהְפּוּכוֹת שֶׁלָּכֶם, הֲזֹאת אַתֶּם יוֹדְעִים שֶׁהוּא **כְּחֹמֶר הַיֹּצֵר**? שֶׁאֵין הַחֹמֶר יָכוֹל לוֹמַר **לְעֹשֵׂהוּ לֹא עֲשָׂנִי**, כָּךְ אֵינְכֶם יְכוֹלִין לוֹמַר שֶׁאֵינִי מֵבִין מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Shall your perversion be regarded like the potter’s clay** (Heb. הָפְכְּכֶם) Your perversions. Do you know this, that it is like the potter’s clay? Just as the clay cannot say of its maker, “He did not make me,” so you cannot say that I do not understand your deeds.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:16:2
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**כְּחֹמֶר וגו׳.** לָשׁוֹן תְּמִיהָה הוּא, וְיֵשׁ תְּמִיהוֹת הַמִּתְקַיְּמוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Shall...like the potter’s clay, etc.** This is an expression of a question, but there are questions to be answered in the affirmative.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:16:3
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**לְעֹשֵׂהוּ.** כְּמוֹ ׳עַל עוֹשֵׂהוּ׳, וְדֻגְמָתוֹ: ״וְאָמַר פַּרְעֹה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל״ (שמות יד:ג), ״פֶּן יֹאמְרוּ לִי אִשָּׁה הֲרָגָתְהוּ״ (שופטים ט:נד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of him who made it** (לְעֹשֵׂהוּ, lit. to him who made it.) Like עַל עֹשֵׂהוּ. Comp. (Ex. 14:3) “And Pharaoh shall say of the children of Israel (וְלִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל).” (Jud. 9:54) “Lest they say of me (לִי), ‘A woman killed him.’”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:16:4
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**וְיֵצֶר אָמַר לְיוֹצְרוֹ לֹא הֵבִין.** אָמַר עַל יוֹצְרוֹ ״לֹא הֵבִין מַה בְּיִצְרוֹ״? וַהֲלֹא הוּא בָּנָה אֶת הַמַּטְמוֹנִיּוֹת וְהַחֲדָרִים וְהַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the impulse say concerning the One Who formed it, “He does not understand”?** Did he say concerning the One Who formed it, “He does not understand what is in my impulse”? Did He not build the hidden recesses, the inner chambers, and the thoughts?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:17:1
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**הֲלוֹא עוֹד מְעַט** בְּיָמִים מוּעָטִין נָקֵל בְּעֵינַי אִם תָּשׁוּבוּ אֵלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Indeed, in a short time** In a few days, it is easy in My eyes, if you return to Me


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:17:2
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**וְשָׁב לְבָנוֹן.** שֶׁהוּא יַעַר עֵצִים, לִהְיוֹת כַּרְמֶל, וְיִשּׁוּב שָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Lebanon shall be turned** The Lebanon, which is a forest of trees, shall be turned into a ‘karmel,’ a settlement of fields and vineyards.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:17:3
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**וְהַכַּרְמֶל לַיַּעַר יֵחָשֵׁב.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״קִירְוִין סַגִּיאִין יֵיתִיב״. וְאַגָּדָה בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (בראשית רבה כד א): חוּרְשִׁין דְּבַר אִינָשׁ, יִשּׁוּב עָרִים וּבְנֵי אָדָם רָצוּף וּמָלֵא כַּיַּעַר הַזֶּה, שֶׁהוּא מָלֵא עֵצִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest** Jonathan renders: It shall be populated by large cities. And the Aggadah in Gen. Rabbah (24:1) explains it as forests of people, a settlement of cities and people, crowded and full, like this forest, which is full of trees.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:18:1
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**וְשָׁמְעוּ בַיּוֹם הַהוּא וגו׳.** וְתִבָּטֵל הַקְּלָלָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְמַעְלָה, ״כִּי נָסַךְ ה׳ עֲלֵיכֶם וגו׳ וַתְּהִי לָכֶם חֲזוּת הַכֹּל וגו׳ וְאָבְדָה חָכְמַת חֲכָמָיו״ (ישעיהו כט:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And on that day...shall hear, etc.** And the curse stated above (v. 10 14): “For the Lord has poured upon you, etc....And the vision of everything has been to you, etc....And the wisdom of his wise men shall be lost,” shall be repealed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:19:1
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**עֲנָוִים.** סַבְלָנִים, שֶׁסָּבְלוּ עֻלּוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וּגְזֵרוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And those who suffered** The suffering ones, who bore the yoke of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His decrees.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:20:1
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**כָּל שֹׁקְדֵי אָוֶן.** הַשּׁוֹקְדִים וּמִתְבּוֹנְנִים הֵיאַךְ יִפְעֲלוּ אָוֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those eager to commit violence** Those who hurry and give thought how they will commit violence.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:21:1
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**מַחֲטִיאֵי אָדָם בְּדָבָר.** הֵם נְבִיאֵי הַשֶּׁקֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Those who cause man to sin by a word** They are the false prophets.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:21:2
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**וְלַמּוֹכִיחַ בַּשַּׁעַר יְקֹשׁוּן.** ״וּלְדְמוֹכַח לְהוֹן בָּעַן לֵיהּ תַּקְלָא״ (תרגום יונתן). לְשׁוֹן ׳מוֹקֵשׁ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and him who reproves in the gate they trap** (יְקשׁוּן. Jonathan renders:) And for the one who reproves them, they seek for him a stumblingblock. (יְקשׁוּן is) an expression related to מוֹקֵשׁ, a trap.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:21:3
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**וַיַּטּוּ בַתֹּהוּ צַדִּיק.** ״וְאַסְטִיאוּ בְּשֶׁקֶר דִּין זַכָּאִין״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they mislead the righteous through fraud** And they pervert with fraud the cause of the just [from Jonathan].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:22:1
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**אֲשֶׁר פָּדָה אֶת אַבְרָהָם.** מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who redeemed Abraham** from Ur of the Chaldees.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:22:2
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**לֹא עַתָּה יֵבוֹשׁ יַעֲקֹב** מֵאָבִיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now Jacob shall not be ashamed** of his father.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:22:3
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**וְלֹא עַתָּה פָּנָיו יֶחֱוָרוּ.** מֵאֲבִי אָבִיו, שֶׁאֵין נִמְצָא פְּסוּל בְּמִטָּתוֹ, וּמִטָּתוֹ שְׁלֵמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and now his face shall not pale** because of his father’s father, for no imperfection has been found in his bed, and his bed is perfect.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:23:1
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**כִּי בִרְאֹתוֹ יְלָדָיו.** אֲשֶׁר יִהְיוּ מַעֲשֵׂי יָדַי, כְּלוֹמַר: צַדִּיקִים **בְּקִרְבּוֹ, כִּי בִרְאֹתוֹ בְּקִרְבּוֹ** אֲשֶׁר **יְלָדָיו מַעֲשֵׂה יָדַי יַקְדִּישׁוּ שְׁמִי**, כְּגוֹן חֲנַנְיָה מִישָׁאֵל וַעֲזַרְיָה (דניאל ג), לְכָךְ לֹא **יֶחֱוָרוּ פָּנָיו**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For, when he sees his children** who will be the work of My hands, i.e., righteous men, in his midst, for when he sees in his midst that his children, the work of My hands, shall hallow My name, e. g., Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (see Dan. 3), therefore, his face shall not pale.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 29:24:1
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**וְרוֹגְנִים יִלְמְדוּ לֶקַח.** לָשׁוֹן ״וַתֵּרָגְנוּ בְאָהֳלֵיכֶם״ (דברים א:כז), אוֹתָם שֶׁהָיוּ מִתְלוֹנְנִים וְנִרְגָּנִים עַל דִּבְרֵי הַנְּבִיאִים יִלְמְדוּ לֶקַח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and grumblers shall learn instruction** (וְרוֹגְנִים) an expression similar to (Deut. 1:27) “And you grumbled (וַתְּרָגְנוּ) in your tents.” Those who were complaining and grumbling about the words of the prophets shall learn instruction.