## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 39

###### Rashi on Isaiah 39:1:1
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**וַיִּשְׁמַע כִּי חָלָה וַיֶּחֱזָק.** הָיָה לָמוּד לֶאֱכוֹל בְּשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁעוֹת וְיָשֵׁן עַד תֵּשַׁע; כֵּיוָן שֶׁחָזַר גַּלְגַּל חַמָּה לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ, כְּשֶׁעָמַד מִשְּׁנָתוֹ בְּתֵשַׁע שָׁעוֹת, מָצָא שֶׁהוּא שַׁחֲרִית; בִּקֵּשׁ לַהֲרוֹג אֶת כָּל עֲבָדָיו. אָמַר: ״הִנַּחְתֶּם אוֹתִי יָשֵׁן יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה עַד הַבֹּקֶר!״ אָמְרוּ לוֹ: ״גַּלְגַּל חַמָּה הוּא שֶׁחָזַר״. אָמַר לָהֶם: ״וּמִי הֶחֱזִירוֹ?״ אָמְרוּ לוֹ: ״אֱלֹהָיו שֶׁל חִזְקִיָּהוּ וכו׳״; כִּדְאִיתָא בְּתַנְחוּמָא (תנחומא כי תשא ה) וּבִפְסִיקְתָּא (פסיקתא דרב כהנא ב ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when he heard that he had been ill and had recovered** He was accustomed to eating after the first three hours of the day had elapsed and he would sleep until the ninth hour. Since the sphere of the sun had gone backwards because of Hezekiah, he awoke from his sleep after nine hours and found that it was morning. He sought to kill all his servants. He said, “You let me sleep a day and a night until morning!” They said to him, “It was the sphere of the sun that went backwards.” He said to them, “Who brought it back?” They said to him, “The God of Hezekiah, etc.” As is stated in Tanhuma (Ki Thissa 5) and in Pesikta (d’ Rav Kahana p. 14a).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 39:2:1
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**בֵּית נְכֹתוֹ.** בֵּית גְּנָזָיו שֶׁל בְּשָׂמִים, כְּמוֹ (בראשית לז:כה) ״נְכֹאת וּצְרִי וָלוֹט״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his entire treasure house** (נְכֹתֹה) the storehouse of his spices, like (Gen. 37:25) “spices (נְכֹאת), balm, and lotus.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 39:2:2
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**וְאֶת הַשֶּׁמֶן הַטּוֹב.** יֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִים: שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה (שמות ל:כב-לג), וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: הוּא שֶׁמֶן אֲפַרְסְמוֹן שֶׁהָיָה מָצוּי בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְהוּא פַּנַּג הָאָמוּר (יחזקאל כז:יז): ״יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה רֹכְלַיִךְ בְּחִטֵּי מִנִּית וּפַנַּג״. וְרָאִיתִי בְּסֵפֶר יוֹסִיפוֹן שֶׁהוּא אֲפַרְסְמוֹן, וְגָדֵל בִּירִיחוֹ, לְכָךְ נִקְרָא יְרִיחוֹ עַל שֵׁם הָרֵיחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the good oil** Some interpret this as the anointing oil (Ex. 30:22 33), and others say that it is balsam oil, which is found in Eretz Israel, and that is Pannag mentioned in Ezekiel (27:17): “Judah and the land of Israel, they were your merchants, with wheat of Minnith and Pannag.” I saw in the book of Josephon (book 4, ch. 22), Pannag is balsam, and it grows in Jericho. Therefore, it is called Jericho because of the aroma (רֵיחַ).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 39:2:3
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**לֹא הָיָה דָבָר.** אַף סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there was nothing** Even the Scroll of the Law.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 39:3:1
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**מֵאֶרֶץ רְחוֹקָה בָּאוּ אֵלַי.** זֶה אֶחָד מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁבְּדָקָן הַמָּקוֹם: קַיִן וְחִזְקִיָּהוּ וּבִלְעָם. חִזְקִיָּהוּ הָיָה לוֹ לְהָשִׁיב: ״אַתָּה נְבִיאוֹ שֶׁל מָקוֹם, וְלִי אַתָּה שׁוֹאֵל?״ הִתְחִיל מִתְגָּאֶה וְאוֹמֵר: ״מֵאֶרֶץ רְחוֹקָה בָּאוּ אֵלַי״, לְפִיכָךְ נֶעֱנַשׁ, וְעַל שֶׁשָּׂמַח עֲלֵיהֶן וְהֶאֱכִילָן עַל שֻׁלְחָנוֹ. וְכֵן בִּלְעָם שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ ״מִי הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה עִמָּךְ״ וְהֵשִׁיב וְאָמַר ״בָּלָק בֶּן צִפּוֹר מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב שָׁלַח אֵלַי״ (במדבר כב:ט-י). וְכֵן קַיִן שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ ״אֵי הֶבֶל אָחִיךָ״ (בראשית ד:ט), הָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, הֲלֹא כָּל הַנִּסְתָּרוֹת גְּלוּיוֹת לְךָ וְכוּ׳, כִּדְאִיתָא בְּתַנְחוּמָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“They have come to me from a distant country”** This is one of three people whom the Holy One, blessed be He, tested and found to be a chamber pot: Cain, Hezekiah, and Balaam. Hezekiah should have replied, “You are a prophet of the Omnipresent. Yet you ask me?” Instead, he commenced to become haughty, and said, “They have come to me from a distant country.” Therefore, he was punished, and because he rejoiced over them and fed them on his table. Similarly, Balaam, to whom He said, “Who are these men with you?” (Num 22:9) And he replied and said, “Balak the son of Zippor sent them to me.” Similarly, Cain, to whom He said, “Where is your brother Abel?” (Gen. 4:9) He should have replied, “Lord of the Universe, are not all hidden things revealed to You?” As it is stated in Tanhuma.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 39:6:1
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**לֹא יִוָּתֵר דָּבָר.** מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה, כְּנֶגֶד ״לֹא הָיָה דָבָר״ (ישעיהו לט:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**nothing shall remain** You shall be paid in kind, corresponding to “There was nothing (v. 4).” (I.e., Hezekiah would be punished for showing off all his treasures, by having all those treasures carried off to Babylonia.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 39:7:1
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**וּמִבָּנֶיךָ.** הֵם חֲנַנְיָה, מִישָׁאֵל וַעֲזַרְיָה (דניאל א:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And...[some] of your sons** Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 39:8:1
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**טוֹב דְּבַר ה׳.** מֵאַחַר שֶׁבְּיָמַי יִהְיֶה שָׁלוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“The word of the Lord...is good”** since there will be peace in my days.