## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 35

###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:1:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:1:1)

**יְשֻׂשׂוּם.** יָשִׂישׂוּ עֲלֵיהֶם כְּמוֹ ׳יָשׂוּשׂוּ מֵהֶן׳, כְּמוֹ ״בָּנַי יְצָאֻנִי״ (ירמיהו י:כ) שֶׁפִּתְרוֹנוֹ ׳יָצְאוּ מִמֶּנִּי׳, וְכֵן ״בִּשְּׁלָם הַבָּשָׂר״ (מלכים א יט:כא) ׳בִּשֵּׁל לָהֶם הַבָּשָׂר׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall rejoice over them** (יְשֻׂשׂוּם) This is usually the sign of the direct object, inappropriate here in the case of an intransitive verb. (like יָשׂוּשׂוּ מֵהֶם, shall rejoice from them). Comp. (Jer. 10:20) “My sons have gone away from me (יְצָאֻנִי).” Also, (I Kings 19:21) “He cooked the meat for them (בִּשְּׁלָם),” equivalent to בִּשֵּׁל לָהֶם, “He cooked the meat for them.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:1:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:1:2)

**מִדְבָּר וְצִיָּה.** יְרוּשָׁלַיִם הַקְּרוּיָה צִיָּה, וְצִיּוֹן הַקְּרוּיָה מִדְבָּר (ישעיהו סד:ט), הֵן יָשׂוּשׂוּ עַל מַפַּלְתָּם שֶׁל גִּבּוֹרֵי שֵׂעִיר (וּבָצְרָה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Desert and wasteland** Jerusalem, called ‘wasteland,’ and Zion, called ‘desert,’ they shall rejoice over the downfall of the mighty of the heathens and Persia ([Manuscripts yield:] of Edom and Bozrah). ([The Warsaw edition reads:] the mighty of Seir (and Bozrah).)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:1:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:1:3)

**וְתָגֵל עֲרָבָה.** שֶׁל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the plain shall rejoice** the plain of Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:2:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:2:1)

**וְרַנֵּן.** כְּמוֹ ׳וּלְרַנֵּן׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to sing** (lit., and sing,) like: and to sing.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:2:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:2:2)

**הַלְּבָנוֹן.** בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ (ספרי דברים כח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Lebanon** The Temple.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:2:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:2:3)

**הֲדַר.** כְּבוֹדוֹ לְצִיּוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the beauty of** His glory will be given to Zion.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:3:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:3:1)

**חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת.** כָּל הַנְּבִיאִים, מְבַשְּׂרֵי יְשׁוּעָה, נִחֲמוּ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְחִזְּקוּ אֶת יְדֵיהֶם הָרָפוֹת. **חַזְּקוּ** לְשׁוֹן מִשְׁקָל כָּבֵד, וּפִתְרוֹנוֹ: חַזְּקוּ אֶת אֲחֵרִים. וְאִם הָיָה בָּא לוֹמַר חִזְקוּ אַתֶּם שֶׁיֶּדְכֶם רָפוֹת, הָיָה לִנָּקֵד ״חִזְקוּ וְאִמְצוּ״ (דברי הימים ב לב:ז). עַכְשָׁיו שֶׁאוֹמֵר לָהֶם לְחַזֵּק וּלְאַמֵּץ אֲחֵרִים, נָקוּד ׳חַזְּקוּ׳ ׳**אַמְּצוּ**׳. **חִזְקוּ אַל תִּירָאוּ** זֶה נָקוּד ׳חִזְקוּ׳ לְשׁוֹן ׳קַל׳: חִזְקוּ אַתֶּם מֵאֲלֵיכֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁיֹּאמַר לְיָחִיד ״חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ״ (יהושע א:ו), וְלֹא יֹאמַר ׳חַזֵּק׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Strengthen weak hands** (חַזְּקוּ) All the prophets who brought tidings of salvation consoled Israel and strengthened their weak hands. (The word) is in the intensive conjugation, and its meaning is (the causative, i.e.,) strengthen others. If he intended to say, “Be strong, you whose hands are weak,” it would be vowelized like (2 Chron. 32:7) “Be strong (חִזְקוּ) and be firm (וְאִמְצוּ).” Now that he says to them to strengthen others and to make others firm, it is vowelized, חַזְּקוּ, אַמְּצוּ. “Be strong (חִזְקוּ), do not fear” is vowelized חִזְקוּ, a form of the ‘kal’ conjugation, meaning ‘you be strong by yourselves,’ as one says to singular (Jos. 1:6), “Be strong and be firm (חֲזַק ֶמָץ),” and he does not say, חַזֵּק.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:4:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:4:1)

**לְנִמְהֲרֵי לֵב.** שֶׁמְּמַהֲרִים אֶת הַגְּאֻלָּה וּמְצֵרִים עַל אִחוּרָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the hasty of heart** Who hurry the redemption and are troubled by its delay.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:4:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:4:2)

**נָקָם יָבוֹא.** כְּמוֹ ׳בְּנָקָם יָבֹא׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[with] vengeance He shall come** (lit., vengeance He shall come,) with vengeance He shall come.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:4:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:4:3)

**גְּמוּל אֱלֹהִים.** עַל הָרְשָׁעִים **הוּא יָבוֹא** וְאֶתְכֶם יוֹשִׁיעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the recompense of God** Upon the wicked ([mss.] upon your enemies) He shall come and save you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:5:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:5:1)

**עֵינֵי עִוְרִים.** אוֹתָם שֶׁהָיוּ עַד הֵנָּה, עִוְרִים מְהַכִּיר אֶת מוֹרָא זוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the eyes of the blind shall be opened** Those who were blind, not to recognize (lit., from recognizing) their fear (sic) ([Warsaw:] this fear;) ([mss.] My fear) upon them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:5:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:5:2)

**וְאָזְנֵי חֵרְשִׁים.** שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ שׁוֹמְעִים לְקוֹל נְבִיאִים עַד הֵנָּה, תִּפָּקַחְנָה **וְתִפָּתַחְנָה**, כִּי אֶתֵּן לָהֶם רוּחַ נָכוֹן לְיִרְאָה אוֹתִי; וְעַל יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא אוֹמֵר, שֶׁקְּרָאָם **עִוְּרִים** וְחֵרְשִׁים, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״הַחֵרְשִׁים שִׁמְעוּ וְגוֹ׳״ (ישעיהו מב:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the ears of the deaf** Who did not hearken to the voice of the prophets until now, will be opened and unstopped, for I will give them a proper spirit to fear Me. He says this concerning Israel, whom he called blind and deaf, as the matter is stated (infra 42:18) “You deaf ones, hearken, etc.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:6:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:6:1)

**אָז יְדַלֵּג כָּאַיָּל פִּסֵּחַ וְגוֹ׳.** יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהֵם עַכְשָׁיו פִּסְחִים וְחַלָּשִׁים. מָצִינוּ שֶׁקּוֹרְאָם פִּסְחִים חַלָּשִׁים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״פִּסְחִים בָּזְזוּ בַז״ (ישעיהו לג:כג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then the lame shall skip like a hart, etc.** Israel, who are now lame and weak. We find that he calls the weak with an expression of ‘lame,’ as the matter is stated (above 33:23): “The lame take the prey.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:6:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:6:2)

**וְתָרֹן.** בִּישׁוּעָתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall sing** in My salvation.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:6:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:6:3)

**לְשׁוֹן אִלֵּם.** לְשׁוֹנָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהָיוּ בֵּין הַכַּשְׂדִּים אִלְּמִים, שׁוֹמְעִים חֶרְפּוֹת וְאֵינָם מְשִׁיבִים (גיטין לו ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the tongue of the mute** The tongue of Israel, who are among the nations as mutes, for they hear their scorn and do not respond.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:6:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:6:4)

**כִּי נִבְקְעוּ בַמִּדְבָּר מַיִם.** כִּי תְּשַׂמְּחֵם יְשׁוּעָתוֹ, וְיִפְרְחוּ כְּמִדְבַּר צִיָּה הַצְּמֵאָה לְמַיִם וּמַעְיָנוֹת נִבְקָעִים בְּתוֹכָהּ, כְּלוֹמַר, כִּי יִצְמַח יֶשַׁע לַנִּדְכָּאִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for water has broken out in the desert** For My salvation shall cheer them up, and they shall blossom like a desert wasteland, which thirsts for water, and springs break out into it; i.e., for salvation shall sprout for the crushed ones.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:7:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:7:1)

**וְהָיָה הַשָּׁרָב.** לָהֶם **לַאֲגַם**. הַתָּאֵב לִתְשׁוּעָה יְהֵא נוֹשַׁע, וְהַנָּבִיא דִּבֵּר בִּלְשׁוֹן מָשָׁל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the dry place shall become a pool** He who longs for salvation shall be saved. The prophet spoke figuratively.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:7:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:7:2)

**בִּנְוֵה תַנִּים רִבְצָהּ וגו׳.** בִּנְוֵה מָקוֹם שֶׁהָיָה מִדְבָּר צִיָּה, שֶׁהוּא נְוֵה מִרְבַּץ תַּנִּין, יִהְיֶה לַח, מְקוֹם **חָצִיר** הַנַּעֲשֶׂה לְ**קָנֶה וָגֹמֶא**; וְאֵין דֶּרֶךְ **קָנֶה וָגֹמֶא** גְּדֵלִים אֶלָּא בִּמְקוֹם מַיִם, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הֲיִגְאֶה גֹמֶא בְּלִי בִצָּה״ (איוב ח:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the habitat of jackals, a resting place, etc.** A place that was a desert wasteland, which is the habitat, the resting place of jackals, shall become moist, a place of grass, made for reeds and rushes, and it is not customary for reeds and rushes to grow except in a watery place, as the matter is stated (Job 8:11): “Can the rush shoot upwards without mire?”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:7:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:7:3)

**רִבְצָהּ.** שֵׁם דָּבָר הוּא, כְּמוֹ ״מַרְבֵּץ״ (צפניה ב:טו), שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵינוֹ מֵפִיק הֵ״א:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a resting place** (רִבְצָה) This is a noun like מַרְבֵּץ, since it has no ‘mappiq hey.’


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:8:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:8:1)

**וְהָיָה שָׁם מַסְלוּל.** לְעוֹבְרִים וְשָׁבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And there shall be a highway** for the travelers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:8:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:8:2)

**לֹא יַעַבְרֶנּוּ.** לְאוֹתוֹ דֶּרֶךְ שׁוּם **טָמֵא**, כְּלוֹמַר: לֹא יִהְיֶה עוֹד לָאֻמּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**no unclean one shall traverse it** No unclean one shall traverse that road; i.e., it will no longer belong to the heathens ([mss.:] nations).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:8:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:8:3)

**וְהוּא לָמוֹ.** וְהוּא הַדֶּרֶךְ שֶׁל אוֹתָן עִוְּרִים וְחֵרְשִׁים וּפִסְּחִים וְאִלְּמִים הַנִּזְכָּרִים לְמַעְלָה (ישעיהו לה:ה-ו), וְהָיָה הִלּוּךְ אוֹתוֹ **דֶּרֶךְ**, וַאֲפִלּוּ הֵם **אֱוִילִים לֹא יִתְעוּ**, כִּי אֲיַשְּׁרֶנּוּ לִפְנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it shall be for them** And that is the road of those blind, deaf, lame, and mute mentioned above. They shall travel on this road, and even if they are fools, they shall not go astray, for I will straighten it for them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:9:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:9:1)

**וּפְרִיץ חַיּוֹת.** ״חֲזִיר מִיַּעַר״ (תהילים פ:יד), אֵין לְךָ פָּרִיץ בַּחַיּוֹת כַּחֲזִיר הַבַּר, וְגַם ״אַרְיֵה מִסֻּבְּכוֹ״ (ירמיהו ד:ז), הוּא נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, לֹא יִמָּצֵא שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a profligate beast** The boar out of the forest (80:14). There is none as profligate among the beasts as the boar, and also “the lions from his thicket” (Jer. 4:7), i.e., Nebuchadnezzar, shall not be found there.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:9:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:9:2)

**בַּל יַעֲלֶנָּה** לְאוֹתָהּ הַדֶּרֶךְ. ׳דֶּרֶךְ׳ מְשַׁמֵּשׁ לְשׁוֹן זָכָר וּלְשׁוֹן נְקֵבָה, כְּדִכְתִיב ״אֶת הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יֵלְכוּ בָהּ״ (שמות יח:כ) הֲרֵי נְקֵבָה, ״בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶחָד יֵצְאוּ אֵלֶיךָ״ (דברים כח:ז) הֲרֵי זָכָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**nor shall...ascend thereon** On that road (הַדֶּרֶךְ). The word דֶּרֶךְ is used both as masculine and feminine gender, as it is written (Ex. 18:20): “The way (הַדֶּרֶךְ) upon which (בָּהּ) they shall walk.” (Lit., on her.) Thus it is feminine. Comp. (Deut. 28:7) “In one road (בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֶחָד) they shall come out to you.” Thus it is masculine.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:9:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:9:3)

**לֹא תִמָּצֵא.** חַיָּה רָעָה שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it shall not be found** any wild beast there.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:10:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:10:1)

**וְשִׂמְחַת עוֹלָם.** שִׂמְחָה אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם, שֶׁהָיְתָה לָהֶם כְּבָר בְּדֶרֶךְ יְצִיאָתָן מִמִּצְרַיִם, ״וַה׳ הוֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם יוֹמָם״ (שמות יג:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with joy of days of yore** (Heb. שִׂמְחַתעוֹלָם, joy that is from days of yore, which they already experienced on the way of their Exodus from Egypt, “and the Lord was going before them by day” (Ex. 13:21).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 35:10:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 35:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/35:10:2)

**וְנָסוּ.** הַ**יָּגוֹן** וְהָ**אֲנָחָה** מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall flee** The sadness and the sighing shall flee from them.