## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 34

###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:4:1
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**וְנָמַקּוּ כָּל צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם.** יִפְחֲדוּ כְּשֶׁאַשְׁלִיךְ אֶת שָׂרֵי אַשּׁוּר וּבָבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And all the host of heaven shall melt** They shall be frightened when I cast down the princes of the heathens.([Mss. yield:] the princes of the nations.) ([Warsaw edition:] of Assyria and Babylon.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:4:2
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**וְנָגֹלּוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ׳גּוֹלֵל׳, **וְנָגֹלּוּ כַסֵּפֶר הַשָּׁמָיִם** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְיִתְמְחוֹן מִתְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָּא כְּמָא דְאָמַר עֲלֵיהֶן בְּסִיפְרָא״. וַאֲנִי מְפָרְשׁוֹ לְפִי הָעִנְיָן: מִפְּנֵי שֶׁעַכְשָׁיו הַטּוֹבָה וְהָאוֹרָה לָרְשָׁעִים, לִכְשֶׁיִּתְמַחוּ וְיֵחָרְבוּ יִהְיֶה דוֹמֵם הָעוֹלָם חֹשֶׁךְ עֲלֵיהֶם, כְּאִלּוּ נִגְלַל הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְהָאוֹר כִּגְלִילַת סֵפֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall be rolled** (וְנָגֹלּוּ) an expression of rolling. And the heavens shall be rolled like a scroll. Jonathan renders: And they shall be erased from beneath the heavens, as it is stated about them in the Book. But I explain it according to the context, for now, the kingdoms of the Ishmaelites (the nations [ms.]) (the wicked [Warsaw ed.]) have fortune and light. When they are erased and destroyed, it will be as though the world has darkened for them, as though the sun and the light are rolled up like the rolling of a scroll.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:4:3
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**יִבּוֹל.** יִכְמוֹשׁ:

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


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:4:4
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**וְכְנֹבֶלֶת מִתְּאֵנָה.** ׳כְּמֵשָׁה׳ בָּאִילָן קְרוּיָה ׳נוֹבֶלֶת׳, וְזֶהוּ שֶׁפֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (ברכות מ ב): מַאי נוֹבְלוֹת? בּוֹשְׁלֵי כּוֹמְרָא, שֶׁנִּתְבַּשְּׁלוּ בַּכֹּמֶר; לְאַחַר לְקִיטָתָן צוֹבְרָן, וּמִתְחַמְּמוֹת וּמִתְבַּשְּׁלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and as a withered [fig] from a fig tree** The withered fruit of a tree is called נוֹבְלוֹת. This is what our Rabbis (Ber. 40b) explained: What are ‘noveloth’? Fruit ripened in the heater, that become ripe in the heater. After they are picked, he gathers them and they become heated and ripen.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:5:1
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**כִּי רִוְּתָה בַשָּׁמַיִם חַרְבִּי.** לַהֲרוֹג שָׂרִים שֶׁל מַעְלָה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ **תֵּרֵד** עַל עֲמָלֵק לְמַטָּה, שֶׁאֵין כָּל אֻמָּה לוֹקָה עַד שֶׁיִּלְקֶה שַׂר שֶׁלָּהּ בַּמָּרוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For My sword has become sated in the heaven** To slay the heavenly princes, and afterward it shall descend on the nation Ishmael ([mss. and Kli Paz:] Edom) ([Warsaw ed.:] Babylonians) below, for no nation suffers until its prince suffers in heaven.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:5:2
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**עַם חֶרְמִי.** עַם מִלְחַמְתִּי, לְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה (כתובות יז ב): ״בִּשְׁעַת חֵירוּם שָׁנוּ״, וְכֵן (מלכים א כ:מב) ״אֶת אִישׁ חֶרְמִי״ דְּאַחְאָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the nation with whom I contend** (עַם חֶרמִי), the nation with whom I battle. This is a Mishnaic expression: (Keth. 17b) They taught this in connection with time of strife (חֵרוּם). Comp. (I Kings 20:42) “The man with whom I contend (אִישׁ חֶרְמִי),” referring to Ahab.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:6:1
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**כָּרִים עַתּוּדִים.** שָׂרִים וְשַׁלְטוֹנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lambs and goats** princes and governors.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:6:2
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**בְּבָצְרָה.** מֵאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב הִיא, אֲבָל לְפִי שֶׁהֶעֱמִידָה מֶלֶךְ לֶאֱדוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיָּמָת חוּשָׁם וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו יוֹבָב בֶּן זֶרַח מִבָּצְרָה״ (בראשית לו:לג), לְפִיכָךְ תִּלְקֶה עִמָּהֶם; בפסיקתא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in Bozrah** It is from the land of Moab, but since it supplied a king for Edom, as it is stated (Gen. 36:33): “And Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead,” it will, therefore, suffer with them. This is found in Pesikta.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:7:1
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**רְאֵמִים עִמָּם.** עִם הָ**עַתּוּדִים** הַכְּתוּבִים לְמַעְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wild oxen with them** Kings with governors, wild oxen with the goats mentioned above.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:7:2
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**אַבִּירִים.** פָּרִים בְּרִיאִים וּגְדוֹלִים, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר ״עִם אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן״ (תהלים כב:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fat bulls** (אַבִּירִים) fat and large bulls, as it is stated (Ps. 22:13): “Fat bulls (אַבִּירֵי) of Bashan surrounded me.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:8:1
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**שִׁלּוּמִים לְרִיב צִיּוֹן.** שֶׁיְּשַׁלֵּם גְּמוּל עַל עִסְקֵי רִיב צִיּוֹן, הַצּוֹעֶקֶת לְפָנָיו לְשָׁפְטָהּ מִן הַמְּרֵיעִים לָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**retribution for the plea of Zion** That He will mete out punishment (lit., pay a reward) for the plea of Zion, who cries before Him to judge her from those who harm her.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:9:1
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**וְנֶהֶפְכוּ נְחָלֶיהָ.** שֶׁל בַּבְלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And its streams shall turn** (I.e., the streams) of the heathens. ([Mss. yield:] of Edom.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:10:1
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**מִדּוֹר לָדוֹר.** מֵאוֹתוֹ דּוֹר עַד דּוֹר אַחֲרוֹן. דָּבָר אַחֵר: הִיא קִלְלַת מֹשֶׁה (שמות יז:טז) ״מִלְחָמָה לַה׳ בַּעֲמָלֵק מִדֹּר דֹּר״, מִדּוֹרוֹ שֶׁל מֹשֶׁה לְדוֹרוֹ שֶׁל שָׁאוּל, וּמִשָּׁם לְדוֹרוֹ שֶׁל מָרְדְּכַי, וּמִשָּׁם לְדוֹרוֹ שֶׁל מֶלֶךְ מְשִׁיחֵנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from generation to generation** From that generation until the last generation. Another explanation is that this is Moses’ curse (Ex. 17:16): “The Lord has a war against Amalek from generation to generation.” From Moses’ generation to Saul’s generation, and from there to Mordecai’s generation, and from there to the generation of the King Messiah.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:11:1
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**וְקִפּוֹד.** עוֹף הַפּוֹרֵחַ בַּלַּיְלָה, צואיט״א בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**owl** (קִפֹּד) a bird that flies at night (chouette in French), an owl.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:11:2
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**קַו תֹהוּ.** מִשְׁפָּט שֶׁל שְׁמָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a line of waste** A judgment of desolation.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:11:3
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**וְאַבְנֵי בֹהוּ.** מִשְׁקָָָָָלוֹת שֶׁל דִּין חֻרְבָּן, כְּמוֹ (דברים כה:טו) ״אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and weights of destruction** Weights of the judgment of destruction. (אַבְנֵי, lit., stones.) Comp. (Deut. 25:15) “a whole weight (אֶבֶן).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:12:1
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**חוֹרֶיהָ וְאֵין שָׁם מְלוּכָה יִקְרָאוּ.** שָׂרִים שֶׁלָּהּ עוֹמְדִים, וְאֵין אֶחָד מֵהֶם קוֹרֵא עַל עַצְמוֹ שֵׁם שְׂרָרָה וּמְלוּכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As for its nobles, there are none who proclaim the kingdom** Its princes stand, and none of them calls upon himself the name of ruling and kingdom.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:12:2
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**אָפֶס.** כִּלָּיָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**nothing** Destruction.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:13:1
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**וְעָלְתָה אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ סִירִים.** כָּךְ דֶּרֶךְ חֳרָבוֹת לִצְמוֹחַ בָּהֶם קוֹצִים וּסְנָאִים, וְהוּא **קִמּוֹשׂ** וְהוּא **חוֹחַ**, כֻּלָּם מִינֵי קוֹצִים הֵם, כְּגוֹן אורטיא״ש וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And its palaces shall grow thorns** So is the nature of ruins to grow thorns and briers, and that is ‘kimosh’ and that is ‘choach’; they are all types of thorns, e.g., ortias, (nettles,) and the like.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:13:2
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**נְוֵה תַנִּים.** הוּא מִדְבָּר, שֶׁהוּא דֶּרֶךְ לִהְיוֹת בּוֹ תַּנִּים, שֶׁהוּא מִין חַיָּה רָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the habitat of jackals** (תַּנִּים) That is a desert, which is usually frequented by ‘tannim,’ which is a species of wild animal.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:14:1
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**וּפָגְשׁוּ צִיִּים אֶת אִיִּים.** ״וְיַעֲרְעוּן תַּמְוָן בְּחֲתוּלִין״, כָּךְ תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן. ״תַּמְוָן״ – נְמִיּוֹת, מרטרינ״ש בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And martens shall meet cats** And martens shall meet with cats. In this matter Jonathan rendered it. תַּמְוָן is נִמִּיּוֹת (martrines in O.F.), martens.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:14:2
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**וְשָׂעִיר.** שֵׁד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a satyr** A demon.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:14:3
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**הִרְגִּיעָה.** לְשׁוֹן מַרְגּוֹעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**rests** (הִרְגִּיעָה) an expression related to מַרְגּוֹעַ, rest.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:14:4
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**לִּילִית.** שֵׁם שֵׁדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lilith** The name of a female demon.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:15:1
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**קִנְּנָה.** לְשׁוֹן ״קַן צִפּוֹר״ (דברים כב:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has made its nest** (קִנְּנָה) an expression related to ‘a bird’s nest’ (קַן) (Deut. 22:6).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:15:2
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**קִפּוֹז.** הוּא קִפּוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**owl** (קִפּוֹז) that is the owl (קִפֹּד).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:15:3
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**וַתְּמַלֵּט.** וְתֵלֵד בֵּיצָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and she has laid** She laid eggs.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:15:4
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**וּבָקְעָה.** הִיא יְצִיאַת הָאֶפְרוֹחִים מִן הַבֵּיצָה, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר ״בֵּיצֵי צִפְעוֹנִי בָּקָעוּ״ (ישעיהו נט:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and hatched** This is the emerging of the chicks from the egg. Comp. (below 59:5) The eggs of the viper have hatched.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:15:5
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**וְדָגְרָה.** הִיא קְרִיאַת הָעוֹף שֶׁהָעוֹף קוֹרֵא בִּגְרוֹנוֹ לְהַמְשִׁיךְ אֶפְרוֹחִים אַחֲרָיו, גלוציי״ר בלע״ז, וְכֵן (ירמיה יז:יא) ״קוֹרֵא דָגָר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and gathered** This is the call that the bird calls with its throat to draw the chicks after it, gloussera in French. Comp. (Jer. 17:11) “A cuckoo gathers (דָגָר) what it did not lay.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:15:6
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**דַיּוֹת.** ולטוייר״ש בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**vultures** (דַיּוֹת) voltojjrs in O.F.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:15:7
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**אִשָּׁה רְעוּתָהּ.** כְּמוֹ אֶל רְעוּתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**each one to her friend** (lit., each one her friend,) like to her friend.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:16:1
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**דִּרְשׁוּ מֵעַל סֵפֶר ה׳.** קִרְאוּ מֵעַל סֵפֶר בְּרֵאשִׁית, כְּשֶׁהֵבִיא הַמַּבּוּל גָּזַר שֶׁיִּתְקַבְּצוּ כָּל הַבְּרִיּוֹת לְהִסָּגֵר בַּתֵּיבָה זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה. **אַחַת מֵהֵנָּה לֹא נֶעְדָּרָה.** מִלָּבוֹא, עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה כְּשֶׁיִּגְזוֹר עֲלֵיהֶם זֹאת וּלְהִקָּבֵץ לִשְׁתּוֹת דָּם לֶאֱכוֹל בָּשָׂר וְחֵלֶב (יחזקאל לט:יז-יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Seek out of the Book of the Lord** Read out of the Book of Genesis; when He brought the Flood, He decreed that all the creatures gather in the Ark, male and female, and none of them was missing. How much more will this be so when He decrees this upon them, to gather to drink blood and to eat flesh and fat!


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:16:2
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**לֹא פָקָדוּ.** לֹא חָסְרוּ, כְּמוֹ (במדבר לא:מט) ״לֹא נִפְקַד מִמֶּנּוּ אִישׁ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**did not miss** (פָקָדוּ) Comp. (Num. 31:49) “Not a man was missing (נִפְקַד) of us.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:16:3
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**כִּי פִי הוּא צִוָּה.** שֶׁיָּבוֹאוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for My mouth it has commanded** that they come.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:16:4
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**וְרוּחוֹ.** שֶׁל פִּי. **הוּא קִבְּצָן.** רוּחוֹ מוּסָב עַל פִּי, כְּמוֹ (תהלים לג:ו) ״וּבְרוּחַ פִּיו כָּל צְבָאָם״, אַף כָּאן רוּחוֹ שֶׁל פִּי הוּא קִבְּצָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the breath** of My mouth **it gathered them.** The antecedent of ‘its breath’ is ‘My mouth.’ Comp. (Ps. 33:6) “And with the breath of His mouth all their host.” Here too, the breath of My mouth it gathered them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 34:17:1
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**וְהוּא הִפִּיל לָהֶן.** עַכְשָׁיו הַנָּבִיא אוֹמֵר עַל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְהוּא הִפִּיל לָהֶם לְאוֹתָן הַחַיּוֹת וְהָעוֹפוֹת **גּוֹרָל**, שֶׁיַּעֲלוּ אֵלּוּ לְחֶלְקָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He cast...for them** Now the prophet says concerning the Holy One, blessed be He, “And He cast lots for them,” for all those beasts and fowl, that these shall fall to their share.