## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 37

###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:3:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:3:1)

**וְתוֹכֵחָה.** אשפרובמנ״ט בלע״ז, הָאוֹיְבִים מוֹכִיחִים בְּהַצְלָחָתָם לֵאמֹר: ״יָדֵינוּ רָמָה״ (דברים לב:כז) וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים כֵּאלֹהֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**proof** (Aprobement in O.F.) The enemies show evidence to praise themselves with their success, saying, “Our hand has overpowered (lit., has become high), and there is no God (like our God).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:3:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:3:2)

**כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים.** בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, בָּנָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the children have come** The children of Israel, children of the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:3:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:3:3)

**עַד מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ אַיִן לְלֵדָה** עֵת צָרָה, הַדּוֹמָה לְאִשָּׁה הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל הַמַּשְׁבֵּר, וְאֵין כֹּחַ לַוָּלָד לָצֵאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as far as the birthstool and there is no strength to give birth** It is a time of distress analogous to a woman sitting on the birthstool, and the fetus has no strength to come out.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:4:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:4:1)

**וְהוֹכִיחַ בַּדְּבָרִים.** הִגִּיד כֹּחוֹ וְהֶרְאָה הַצְלָחָתוֹ, **וְהוֹכִיחַ** – אישפרובי״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he brought proof with the words** (וְהוֹכִיחַ) He told his strength and showed his success. The word והוֹכִיחַ is eprober in O.F., to prove.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:7:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:7:1)

**וְשָׁמַע שְׁמוּעָה.** מִיָּד, זוֹ שְׁמוּעַת תִּרְהָקָה מֶלֶךְ כּוּשׁ (ישעיהו לז:ט), וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ יֵלֵךְ מֵעֲלֵיכֶם הַפַּעַם הַזֹּאת לְהִלָּחֵם עִם תִּרְהָקָה, וְאֵין זוֹ שִׁיבָה לְאַרְצוֹ; וְאַחַר כָּךְ יָשׁוּב הֲלוֹם, וַאֲנִי עָתִיד לַהֲשִׁיבוֹ לְאַרְצוֹ וּלְהַפִּילוֹ שָׁם **בַּחֶרֶב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he will hear a rumor** immediately. This is the rumor of Tirhakah, king of Cush, because of which he will leave you this time to battle with Tirhakah, but this is not the return to his land. Afterwards he will return here, and I am destined to return him to his land and to cause him to fall there by the sword.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:9:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:9:1)

**וַיִּשְׁמַע.** מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he heard** i.e., the king of Assyria.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:9:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:9:2)

**עַל תִּרְהָקָה.** לֵאמֹר יָצָא תִּרְהָקָה לְהִלָּחֵם אִתָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**about Tirhakah...saying** Tirhakah went out to wage war against you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:9:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:9:3)

**וַיִּשְׁמַע וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים.** אֵין ׳וַיִּשְׁמַע׳ הַשֵּׁנִי כְּמוֹ ׳וַיִּשְׁמַע׳ הָרִאשׁוֹן: הָרִאשׁוֹן לְשׁוֹן ׳שְׁמוּעָה׳, וְהַשֵּׁנִי לְשׁוֹן ׳קַבָּלָה׳. קִבֵּל דִּבְרֵי הַשְּׁלוּחִים וַיִּיטְבוּ בְּעֵינָיו לָתֵת לֵב לְהִסְתַּלֵּק מֵעַל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, לְהִלָּחֵם תְּחִלָּה עִם כּוּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he heard, and he sent emissaries** The second “and he heard” is not like the first “and he heard.” The first is an expression of hearing, and the second is an expression of accepting. He accepted the report of the messengers, and it appealed to him to give thought to withdraw from Jerusalem to fight first with Cush.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:9:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:9:4)

**וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל חִזְקִיָּהוּ.** לְהוֹדִיעוֹ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִסְתַּלֵּק לְגַמְרֵי, אֶלָּא עַל מְנָת לָשׁוּב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he sent emissaries to Hezekiah** to notify [him] that he was not withdrawing completely, but with the intention of returning.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:12:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:12:1)

**עֶדֶן.** שֵׁם מַלְכוּת, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר (יחזקאל כז:כג) ״חָרָן וְכַנֵּה וְעֶדֶן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Eden** the name of a kingdom, as it is stated (Ezekiel 27:23): “Haran and Canneh and Eden.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:13:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:13:1)

**הֵנַע וְעִוָּה.** הֱנִיעֵהוּ וְעִוְּהוּ מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר, הֶחֱרִיבָם וְטִלְטְלָם מִמְּקוֹמָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He exiled [them] and twisted [them]** (וְעִוָּה הֵנַע) The king of Assyria exiled him and twisted him; he destroyed them and exiled them from their place.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:18:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:18:1)

**אָמְנָם ה׳.** אֱמֶת הוּא כִּי **הֶחֱרִיבוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Indeed, O Lord** It is true that the kings of Assyria destroyed


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:18:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:18:2)

**אֶת כָּל הָאֲרָצוֹת וְאֶת אַרְצָם. הָאֲרָצוֹת** – רָאשֵׁי הַמְּדִינוֹת, וְאֶת אֶרֶץ הַסְּמוּכָה לָהֶם. עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה אֲשֶׁר הֵנָּם רֹאשׁ לַמְּדִינוֹת קוֹרֵא ׳אֲרָצוֹת׳, וּשְׁאָר הַמְּחוֹזוֹת אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֵיהֶם קוֹרֵא ׳אַרְצָם׳. וּבְסֵפֶר מְלָכִים (מלכים ב יט:יז) כָּתוּב ״אֶת הַגּוֹיִם וְאֶת אַרְצָם״, וְלָשׁוֹן אֶחָד הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all the countries and their land** “The countries” refers to the (capitals) of the provinces, and (“their land” refers to) the land near them, the royal cities, which are the heads of the provinces, he calls “countries” and the remaining regions surrounding them he calls “their land.” And in the Book of II Kings (19:7) it is written: “the nations and their land.” It has, however, one meaning.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:19:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:19:1)

**וְנָתֹן.** כְּמוֹ ״וְנָתוֹן אוֹתוֹ עַל כָּל אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם״ (בראשית מא:ג), לְשׁוֹן ׳פָּעוֹל׳, ׳שָׁמוֹר׳, ׳זָכוֹר׳, דוננ״ט בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And committing** (Heb. וְנָתֹן). Comp. (Gen. 41:43) “And appointing (וְנָתוֹן) him over all the land of Egypt,” an expression of the infinitive. Comp. “saying” (אָמוֹר), “remembering” (זָכוֹר), (donnant in French, giving).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:19:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:19:2)

**עֵץ וָאֶבֶן** הֵם, לְפִיכָךְ לֹא הָיָה בָּהֶם כֹּחַ, **וַיְאַבְּדוּם** מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wood and stone** are they; therefore, they had no power, and the king of Assyria destroyed them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:24:1)

**מְרוֹם הָרִים.** הַר הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the heights of mountains** the Temple mount.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:24:2)

**יַרְכְּתֵי לְבָנוֹן.** בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ (ספרי דברים כח):

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


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:24:3)

**וְאֶכְרֹת קוֹמַת אֲרָזָיו.** לֹא אֵלֵךְ לְאַרְצוֹ עַד אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרִיבֶנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will cut down its tallest cedars** I will not go to my land until I destroy it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:24:4)

**קִצּוֹ.** סוֹפוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its remotest height** (lit., the height of) its end.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:24:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:24:5)

**יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֹ.** טוּב שִׁבְחוֹ וְכֹבֶד חָזְקוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its farmland forest** The best of its praise and the intensity of its strength.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:25:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:25:1)

**אֲנִי קַרְתִּי וְשָׁתִיתִי.** כְּלוֹמַר: הִתְחַלְתִּי בְּכָל מַעֲשַׂי וְגָמַרְתִּי וְהִצְלַחְתִּי, כָּזֶה הַכּוֹרֶה בּוֹר וּמוֹצֵא **מָיִם** וּמַצְלִיחַ, לְשׁוֹן ׳מָקוֹר׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I dug and drank** (קַרְתִּי) I.e., to say, I started all my deeds and completed them and succeeded, as one who digs a hole and finds water and succeeds. This is an expression of a spring (מָקוֹר).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:25:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:25:2)

**וְאַחְרִב בְּכַף פְּעָמַי.** אִם בָּאתִי לָצוּר עַל עִיר הַבְּטוּחָה בְּחֹזֶק נַהֲרוֹתֶיהָ, הֵבֵאתִי עָלֶיהָ גְּיָסוֹת רַבִּים וְכָלוּ מֵימֵי נַהֲרוֹתָם בִּשְׁתִיַּת בְּהֶמְתָּם וּמִדְּרַךְ כַּף רַגְלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I dry up with the soles of my feet** If I would besiege a city reliant on the strength of its rivers, I would bring upon it many troops, and the water of their rivers would be depleted from their drinking and the drinking of their cattle and by the treading of their feet.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:25:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:25:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:25:3)

**וְאַחְרִב.** לְשׁוֹן הוֹוֶה, כְּלוֹמַר: כֵּן דַּרְכִּי תָּמִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I dry up** (lit., and I will dry up) This is the present tense, i.e., to say, so is my wont always.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:25:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:25:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:25:4)

**יְאֹרֵי מָצוֹר.** יְאוֹרֵי עִיר הַבָּאָה בְּמָצוֹר עַל יְדֵי יְאוֹרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**rivers of the siege** The rivers of the city that is besieged through its rivers. ([Mss. yield:] that is besieged by me.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:26:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:26:1)

**הֲלֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ.** וְלָמָּה תִּתְפָּאֵר? אֵין זֶה שֶׁלְּךָ, כִּי גְּזֵרָה הִיא מִלְּפָנַי זֶה שָׁנִים רַבּוֹת, שֶׁתִּהְיֶה אַתָּה פּוֹרֵעַ פֻּרְעָנוּת מִן הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמָָָָָָזָָָָלוֹת, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו י:ה) ״הוֹי אַשּׁוּר שֵׁבֶט אַפִּי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Have you not heard** Now why do you boast? This is not yours, for this is a decree that emanated from Me many years ago, that you will exact My recompense from the nations, as the matter is written (supra 10:5): “Woe! Assyria is the rod of My wrath.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:26:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:26:2)

**הֲלֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ לְמֵרָחוֹק.** יוֹתֵר מִשִּׁבְעִים שָׁנָה שֶׁנִּתְנַבֵּא עָמוֹס (עמוס א:א) ״שְׁנָתַיִם לִפְנֵי הָרַעַשׁ״ (עמוס ז:יא) ״וְיִשְׂרָאֵל גָּלֹה יִגְלֶה מֵעַל אַדְמָתוֹ״, מֵאָז יֵשׁ לְךָ לִשְׁמוֹעַ שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי וְהִכְנַתִּי פֻּרְעָנִיּוּת זוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Have you not heard from long ago** More than seventy years (correct version as in Parshandatha and Warsaw edition) since Amos prophesied two years before the earthquake (Amos 7:17), “and Israel shall be exiled from upon its land.” Since then, you should have heard that I wrought and prepared this retribution.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:26:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:26:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:26:3)

**מִימֵי קֶדֶם.** מִשֵּׁשֶׁת יְמֵי בְּרֵאשִׁית עָלְתָה עַל לִבִּי אוֹתָהּ גְּזֵרָה שֶׁנִּגְזְרָה עָלֶיךָ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו ל:לג): ״כִּי עָרוּךְ מֵאֶתְמוּל תָּפְתֶּה גַּם הִיא לַמֶּלֶךְ הוּכָן״. עַתָּה כְּשֶׁהִגְבַּרְתִּיךָ עַל הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמָָָָָָזָָָָלוֹת הֲבִיאוֹתִיהָ לְאוֹתָהּ גְּזֵרָה, כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא לְהַשְׁאוֹת לְגַלִּים **נִצִּים עָרִים בְּצֻרוֹת**, שֶׁתַּהֲרוֹג אֶת יוֹשְׁבֵיהֶן וְתִהְיֶיןָ שַׁאֲיָה מֵאָדָם וְיִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּים צוֹמְחִים יָרָק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in days of yore** Since the six days of Creation, that decree that was decreed upon you entered My mind, as it is said (supra 30:33): “For Tophteh is set up from yesterday, that too has been prepared for the king.” Now that I have given you superiority over the nations, I have brought it, that decree, in order that it shall be to make desolate, blossoming hills [of] fortified cities, that you shall slay their inhabitants and they shall remain devoid of people and they shall be prepared for hills where vegetation grows.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:27:1
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**וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶן קִצְרֵי יָד.** אֲנִי הִתַּשְׁתִּי אֶת כֹּחָן לְפָנֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And their inhabitants became short of strength** (lit. short of hand.) I weakened the strength before you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:27:2
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**וּשְׁדֵמָה לִפְנֵי קָמָה.** שְׁדֵמָה הוּא שֶׁקּוֹרִין אשטובל״א בלע״ז, הַנִּשְׁאָר בַּקַּרְקַע, שָׁרְשֵׁי הַקָּצִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and stubble before [becoming] standing grain** (וּשְׁדֵמָה) That is what is called ‘estoble’ in O.F., stubble, what remains in the ground, the roots of the harvest.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:27:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:27:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:27:3)

**לִפְנֵי קָמָה.** כְּשֶׁלֹּא הִגִּיעַ לְהִתְבַּשֵּׁל וּלְהַקְשׁוֹת, לָבֹא לִידֵי קָמָה, וְהוּא חַלָּשׁ וְרַךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**before [becoming] standing grain** When it has not yet reached the time to ripen and harden, to become standing grain, and it is weak and tender.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:27:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:27:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:27:4)

**לִפְנֵי קָמָה.** בְּטֶרֶם יִהְיֶה קָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**before standing grain** Before becoming standing grain.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:28:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:28:1)

**וְשִׁבְתְּךָ וְצֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֲךָ יָדָעְתִּי.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וּמִיתְבָךְ בְּעֵצָה וּמִיפְקָךְ לְבָרָא לַאֲגָחָא קְרָבָא וּמִיתְיךְ לְאַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל גְּלִי קֳדָמַי״. כְּשֶׁעָלְתָה מַחֲשָׁבָה בְּלִבְּךָ וְנוֹעַצְתָּ לְהַחֲרִיב אֶת בֵּיתִי, אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And your sitting and your going out and your coming I know** Jonathan paraphrased: And your sitting in counsel, and your going out to wage war, and your coming to the land of Israel, is revealed to Me. When the thought entered your mind, and you took counsel to destroy My house, I knew it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:29:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:29:1)

**הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ.** הִתְרַעַשְׁךָ וְהִתְגַבֶּרְךָ עָלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you have raged against Me** Your raging and your becoming overpowering toward Me (acc. to Parshandatha).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:29:2
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**שַׁאֲנַנְךָ.** כְּמוֹ ׳וּשְׁאוֹנְךָ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your tumult** (וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ) like וּשְׁאוֹנְךָ.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:29:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:29:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:29:3)

**חַחִי.** כְּמִין טַבַּעַת הוּא, וְתוֹחֲבִין אוֹתוֹ בִּשְׂפַת בְּהֵמָה שֶׁעֲסָקֶיהָ רָעִים לְמוֹשְׁכָהּ בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My ring** (חַחִי in Heb.) It is a kind of ring that is inserted into the lip of an unruly animal by which to pull it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:29:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:29:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:29:4)

**וּמִתְגִּי.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״זְמַם״, וְהוּא שֶׁל בַּרְזֶל, וְתוֹחֲבִין אוֹתוֹ בִּנְחִירֵי הַנַּאקָה; וְהוּא שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ ״וְנָאקָה בַּחֲטָם״ בְּמַסֶּכֶת שַׁבָּת (משנה שבת ה א). (צָרִיךְ עִיּוּן כִּי מֵהַפָּסוּק נִרְאֶה לְהֶדְיָא לְהֵיפֶךְ, כִּי חַח בַּחֲטָם וּמֶתֶג בַּשָּׂפָה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and My bit** Jonathan renders וּזְמַם, which is made of iron, and which they insert into the nostrils of a female camel. This is what we learned, “and the female camel with a nose ring” in Tractate Shabbath (5:1). (This is difficult in view of the wording of the verse, which places חַח in the nose and מֶתֶג in the lips.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:30:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:30:1)

**וְזֶה לְּךָ הָאוֹת.** הַדִּבּוּר הַזֶּה אֵינוֹ לְסַנְחֵרִיב, אֶלָּא הַנָּבִיא אָמַר לְחִזְקִיָּה: וְהַתְּשׁוּעָה הַזֹּאת תִּהְיֶה לְךָ לְאוֹת לְהַבְטָחָה אַחֶרֶת. הִנֵּה הֶחֱרִיבוּ הַלִּגְיוֹנוֹת אֶת כָּל הַזְּרָעִים וְגָדְעוּ אֶת כָּל הָאִילָנוֹת, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַבְטִיחֲךָ שֶׁתִּסְתַּפְּקוּ הַשָּׁנָה הַזֹּאת בִּסְפִיחֵי הַזְּרָעִים שֶׁיִּצְמְחוּ מֵאֵלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And this shall be the sign for you** This statement is not addressed to Sennacherib, but the prophet said to Hezekiah, “And this salvation shall be a sign for you for another promise. Now the legions have destroyed all the vegetation and chopped off the trees, and the Holy One, blessed be He, promises you that you will have sufficient from the shoots of the plants that will grow by themselves.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:30:2
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**אָכוֹל הַשָּׁנָה.** לֶאֱכוֹל הַשָּׁנָה **סָפִיחַ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**this year you shall eat** (אָכוֹל) to eat this year.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:30:3
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**וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית שָׁחִיס.** הֵן סְפִיחֵי גִּדּוּעֵי אִילָנוֹת, כָּךְ הוּא בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם (סדר עולם רבה כג); אֲבָל יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״כַּתְכַּתִּין״ – סְפִיחֵי סְפִיחִים. **וְזֶה לְךָ הָאוֹת** – כְּשֶׁתִּרְאֶה שֶׁיִּתְקַיֵּם דְּבָרִי שֶׁיָּשׁוּב סַנְחֵרִיב לְאַרְצוֹ וְיִפּוֹל, תַּאֲמִין שֶׁתִּתְקַיֵּם עוֹד הַבְטָחָה הַשְּׁנִיָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the next year what grows from the tree stumps** (Heb. שָׁחִיס.) They are the shoots of the stumps. So it appears in Seder Olam (ch. 23), but Jonathan renders: כַּתְכַּתִּין, the shoots of the shoots. And this will be the sign for you; when you see that my words, that Sennacherib will return to his land and he will fall, are fulfilled, you will believe that the second promise will yet be fulfilled.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:32:1
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**קִנְאַת ה׳ צְבָאוֹת.** שֶׁיְּקַנֵּא לִשְׁמוֹ וְלֹא מֵחֲמַת זְכוּת שֶׁבְּיֶדְכֶם, לָמַדְנוּ (שבת נה א) שֶׁתָּמָה זְכוּת אָבוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the zeal of the Lord of Hosts** that He will be zealous for His Name and not because of the merit you possess. We learn that the merit of the Patriarchs has been depleted.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:33:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:33:1)

**וְלֹא יְקַדְּמֶנָּה מָגֵן.** לֹא יַעֲרֹךְ לְפָנֶיהָ מָגֵן, כְּדִמְתַרְגֵּם ״לִפְנֵי״ ״קֳדָם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**nor shall he advance upon it with a shield** (Heb. יְקַדְּמֶנָּה.) He shall not set a shield before it, since the Aramaic of “before” is קֳדָם.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:33:2
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**וְלֹא יִשְׁפֹּךְ עָלֶיהָ סֹלְלָה.** ״לֹא יִצְבּוֹר עָלֶיהָ מְלִיתָא״, אוֹמֵר אֲנִי הוּא שֶׁשּׁוֹפְכִין עָפָר וְצוֹבְרִין לִפְנֵי הַחוֹמָה וְהַמִּגְדָּלוֹת לִבְנוֹת עָלֶיהָ כַּרְכּוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**nor shall he pile up a siege mound against it** [Targum renders:] He should not pile up against it a landfill. I say that they pour out earth and pile it up against the walls and towers so that they can build a rampart.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:33:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 37:33:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/37:33:3)

**סֹלְלָה.** עַל שֵׁם שֶׁסּוֹלְלִים וְכוֹבְשִׁין אוֹתָהּ בְּמַקָּבוֹת כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּתְקַשֶּׁה, וְתַרְגּוּמוֹ ״מְלֵיתָא״ עַל שֵׁם שֶׁעוֹשִׂין לוֹ מִתְּחִלָּה שְׁנֵי מְחִיצוֹת גֶּדֶר קָנִים, וְשׁוֹפְכִים הֶעָפָר בֵּינֵיהֶם, וְכוֹבְשִׁין אוֹתוֹ שָׁם לְאַחַר שֶׁמִּלְּאוּ אֶת הַמְּחִיצוֹת. וְשָׁמַעְתִּי שֶׁפּוֹתְרִין אוֹתוֹ: זְרִיקַת אֲבָנִים גְּדוֹלוֹת, שֶׁקּוֹרִין פוריר״א בלע״ז, אֲבָל אֵין בַּאֲבָנִים לְשׁוֹן ׳שְׁפִיכָה׳ וְלֹא לְשׁוֹן ׳סְלִילָה׳, וְאֵין לְשׁוֹן הַתַּרְגּוּם נוֹפֵל עַל פִּתְרוֹן זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a siege mound** (סֹלְלָה) since it is trodden (סוֹלְלִים) and pressed down with sledge hammers in order that it harden. The Targum renders: מִלֵּיתָא, since they first make for it two walls of a fence of reeds and pour the earth between them and press it down there after they have filled (מִלְאוּ) the walls. And I heard that they interpret it as the throwing of huge stones, called perere in O.F., but the expression of piling up, lit., spilling, does not apply to stones, neither is the expression of pressing down, nor the rendering of the Targum, appropriately for this interpretation.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:36:1
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**וַיֵּצֵא מַלְאַךְ ה׳ וגו׳.** לְאַחַר שֶׁהָלַךְ וְנִלְחַם עִם כּוּשׁ חָזַר וּבָא לִירוּשָׁלַיִם, וּבְאוֹתוֹ שָׁעָה וַיֵּצֵא מַלְאַךְ ה׳. וְכָךְ שְׁנוּיָה בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם (פרק כג): ״הִנְנִי נוֹתֵן בּוֹ רוּחַ וְשָׁמַע שְׁמוּעָה״ כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיִּשְׁמַע עַל תִּרְהָקָה וְגוֹ׳״ (ישעיהו לז:ט). שָׁטַף שֶׁבְנָא הַסּוֹכֵן וְסִיעָתוֹ וְהוֹלִיכָם בַּזִּיקִים, וְהָלַךְ לוֹ לְכוּשׁ וְלָקַח חֶמְדַּת כָּל הָאוֹצָרוֹת וּבָא לוֹ לִירוּשָׁלַיִם, לְקַיֵּם מַה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו מה:יד): ״יְגִיעַ מִצְרַיִם וְסַחַר כּוּשׁ עָלַיִךְ יַעֲבֹרוּ״ – זוֹ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, ״אַחֲרֶיךְ יֵלֵכוּ״ – זֶה חִזְקִיָּהוּ. בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה ״וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת תַּרְתָּן וְאֶת רַב סָרִיס״, הֵם הַנִּזְכָּרִים בְּסֵפֶר מְלָכִים (מלכים ב יח:יז), וְהֵם הַמַּלְאָכִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עֲלֵיהֶם שֶׁשָּׁלַח אַחַר הַשְּׁמוּעָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו לז:ט): ״וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל חִזְקִיָּהוּ״, וְלֹא הֵם בָּאוּ עִם רַבְשָׁקֵה בִּשְׁלִיחוּת הָרִאשׁוֹן. וְעַל אוֹתָן הַסְּפָרִים הֵשִׁיבוּ יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (ישעיהו לז:כב): ״בָּזָה לְךָ לָעֲגָה לְךָ״. אוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה ״וַיֵּצֵא מַלְאַךְ ה׳ וַיַּכֶּה וְגוֹ׳״. כֻּלָּם מְלָכִים קְשׁוּרֵי כְּתָרִים בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶם, וְקָטָן שֶׁבְּכֻלָּם הָיָה שַׂר עַל שְׁנֵי אֲלָפִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו לו:ח): ״וְאֶתְּנָה לְךָ אַלְפַּיִם סוּסִים וְאֵיךְ תָּשִׁיב אֶת פְּנֵי פַחַת אֶחָד וְגוֹ׳״. לָמַדְנוּ עַל קָטָן שֶׁבַּפְּחוֹתִים שֶׁהוּא שַׂר עַל אַלְפַּיִם אִישׁ, וְנָפְלוּ הֵם וּגְיָסוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And an angel of the Lord went forth, etc.** After he went and battled with Cush, he returned and came to Jerusalem, and at the time an angel of the Lord went forth. In the following manner, it was taught in Seder Olam (ch. 23): (supra v. 7) “Behold I will imbue him with a desire, and he will hear a rumor,” as it is said (v. 9): “And he heard about Tirhakah etc.” He swept Shebna (the scribe) ([Warsaw edition:] the treasurer) and his company and led them in chains, and went away to Cush, and took all the coveted treasures, and came to Jerusalem, to fulfill what was stated (infra 45: 14): “The toil of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush...shall pass over to you.” This refers to Jerusalem. “After you they shall go.” This refers to Hezekiah. At that time, “And...sent Tartan and Rabsaris.” They are the ones mentioned in the Book of Kings (2 18:17), and they are the emissaries concerning whom it is stated that he sent after the rumor, as it is said (v. 9), “And he sent emissaries to Hezekiah,” and they did not come with Rabshakeh on his first mission. And concerning those letters, Hezekiah replied (v. 22), “...has despised you, has mocked you.” At that time, “an angel of the Lord went out and slew, etc.” All of them were kings with crowns ti ed to their heads, and the smallest of them was an officer over two thousand men, and they and their armies fell.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:37:1
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**וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּנִינְוֵה.** הִיא רֹאשׁ הַמַּלְכוּת, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית י:יא) ״מִן הָאָרֶץ הַהִיא יָצָא אַשּׁוּר וַיִּבֶן אֶת נִינְוֵה״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and dwelt in Nineveh** That is the capital, as it is said (Gen. 10:11): “From that land Asshur came out, and he built Nineveh.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:38:1
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**בֵּית נִסְרֹךְ.** נֶסֶר מִתֵּיבָתוֹ שֶׁל נֹחַ, כְּדִמְפֹרָשׁ בְּאַגָּדַת חֵלֶק (סנהדרין צו א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the temple of Nisroch** A board (נֶסֶר) from Noah’s ark, as is related in the Aggadah of Chelek (San. 96a).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 37:38:2
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**הִכֻּהוּ בַחֶרֶב.** שֶׁאָמַר: ״אִם תַּצִּיל אוֹתִי שֶׁלֹּא יַהַרְגוּנִי בְּנֵי מַלְכוּתִי, שֶׁהֵבֵאתִי בְּנֵיהֶם כָּאן וּמֵתוּ, אַקְרִיב שְׁנֵי בָּנַי לְפָנֶיךָ״. עָמְדוּ וַהֲרָגוּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**slew him by the sword** for he said, “If you save me that my subjects do not kill me for I brought their sons here (sic) and they died, I will sacrifice my two sons before you.” They rose and slew him.