## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 41

###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:1:1)

**הַחֲרִישׁוּ אֵלַי.** כְּדֵי לִשְׁמוֹעַ דָּבָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Be silent to Me** in order to hear My words.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:1:2)

**אִיִּים.** אֻמּוֹת שֶׁל עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**islands** Heathens ([mss. Kli Paz:] nations).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:1:3)

**יַחֲלִיפוּ כֹחַ.** יִתְקַשְּׁטוּ וְיִתְחַזְּקוּ בְּכָל גְּבוּרָתָם, אוּלַי יַעַמְדוּ בַּדִּין בְּכֹחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall renew [their] strength** They shall adorn themselves and strengthen themselves with all their might perhaps they will succeed in their judgment by force.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:1:4)

**יִגְּשׁוּ.** הֲלוֹם, וְאָז מִשֶּׁיִּגְּשׁוּ **יְדַבֵּרוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shall approach** here, and then, when they approach, they shall speak.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:1:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:1:5)

**לַמִּשְׁפָּט נִקְרָבָה.** לְהוֹכִיחָם עַל פְּנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to judgment let us draw near** to reprove them to their faces.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:2:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:2:1)

**מִי הֵעִיר מִמִּזְרָח** אוֹתוֹ, שֶׁ**צֶּדֶק יִקְרָאֵהוּ לְרַגְלוֹ**; מִי הֵעִיר אֶת אַבְרָהָם לַהֲבִיאוֹ מֵאֲרָם, שֶׁהִיא בַּמִּזְרָח, וְצֶדֶק שֶׁהָיָה עוֹשֶׂה, הִיא הָיְתָה לִקְרַאת רַגְלָיו בְּכָל אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who aroused from the East** one whom righteousness accompanied? Who aroused Abraham to bring him from Aram which is in the East and the righteousness that he would perform that was opposite his feet wherever he went.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:2:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:2:2)

**יִתֵּן לְפָנָיו גּוֹיִם.** מִי שֶׁהֵעִירוֹ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ לְהַסִּיעַ, הוּא נָתַן לְפָנָיו אַרְבָּעָה מְלָכִים וַחֲיָלוֹתֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He placed nations before him** He, Who aroused him to leave his place to cause him to move, He placed before him four kings and their hosts.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:2:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:2:3)

**יַרְדְּ.** יִרְדֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He gave him dominion** Heb. יַרְדְּ, like יַרָדֶּה.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:2:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:2:4)

**יִתֵּן כֶּעָפָר חַרְבּוֹ.** ״רְמָא כְּעַפְרָא קְטִילִין קֳדָם חַרְבֵּיהּ״ (תרגום יונתן), נָתַן אֶת חַרְבּוֹ וְעוֹשֶׂה חֲלָלִים רַבִּים כֶּעָפָר, וְאֶת **קַשְׁתּוֹ** נָתַן מַרְבֶּה הֲרוּגִים וְנוֹפְלִים **כְּקַשׁ נִדָּף** (בראשית רבה מג ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He made his sword like dust** [Jonathan paraphrases:] He cast slain ones before his sword like dust. He suffered his sword to take its toll of casualties as [numerous as] grains of dust, and his bow He suffered to take its toll of casualties who would fall like wind blown stubble.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:3:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:3:1)

**יִרְדְּפֵם יַעֲבוֹר שָׁלוֹם.** הָלַךְ עַל מַעֲבְרוֹתָיו בְּשָׁלוֹם, לֹא נִכְשַׁל בְּרָדְפוֹ אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He pursued them and passed on safely** He traversed all his fords safely; he did not stumble when he pursued them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:3:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:3:2)

**אֹרַח בְּרַגְלָיו לֹא יָבֹא.** דֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר לֹא בָּא קֹדֶם לָכֵן בְּרַגְלָיו, לֹא יָבֹא – לֹא הָיָה רָגִיל לָבֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a path upon which he had not come with his feet** A road upon which he had not come previously with his feet. [The future tense of] יָבוֹא means that he was not accustomed to come.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:4:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:4:1)

**מִי פָעַל וְעָשָׂה.** לוֹ אֶת זֹאת? מִי שֶׁהוּא **קוֹרֵא הַדֹּרוֹת מֵרֹאשׁ** לְאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן, הוּא עָשָׂה לְאַבְרָהָם גַּם אֶת זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who worked and did** for him all this? He Who called the generations from the beginning, to Adam, He did this also for Abraham.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:4:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:4:2)

**אֲנִי ה׳ רִאשׁוֹן.** לְהַפְלִיא פֶּלֶא וְלַעֲזוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I, the Lord, am first** to perform wonders and to aid.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:4:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:4:3)

**וְאֶת אַחֲרֹנִים אֲנִי הוּא.** אַף עִמָּכֶם, בָּנִים אַחֲרוֹנִים, אֶהְיֶה וַאֲעָזוֹר אֶתְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with the last ones I am He** Also with you, the last sons, I will be, and I will aid you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:5:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:5:1)

**רָאוּ אִיִּים.** עוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה הַגְּבוּרוֹת שֶׁאֶעֱשֶׂה **וְיִירָאוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The islands shall see** [lit. saw.] The heathens shall see the mighty deeds that I will perform, and they shall fear.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:5:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:5:2)

**קָרְבוּ וַיֶּאֱתָיוּן.** זֶה אֵצֶל זֶה נֶאֱסָפִים לְהִלָּחֵם, כְּשֶׁיִּרְאוּ הַגְּאֻלָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have approached and come** One to another they will gather to war when they see the redemption.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:6:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:6:1)

**אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ וְגוֹ׳. יֹאמַר חֲזַק** לַמִּלְחָמָה, אוּלַי יַעַמְדוּ לָהֶם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Each one...his fellow etc.** He shall say, “Strengthen yourself” for war, perhaps their gods will protect them [lit. stand up for them].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:7:1)

**וַיְחַזֵּק חָרָשׁ.** נוֹסֵךְ הַפֶּסֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the craftsman strengthened** [i.e.,] the one who molds the idol.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:7:2)

**אֶת צֹרֵף.** הַמְּרַקְּעוֹ בְּזָהָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the smith** who plates it with gold.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:7:3)

**מַחֲלִיק פַּטִּישׁ.** בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה, כְּשֶׁהוּא מַכֶּה בְּנַחַת לְהַחֲלִיק אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the one who smoothes with the hammer** The final stage, when he taps lightly to flatten out the work.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:7:4)

**אֶת הוֹלֶם פָּעַם.** הוּא הַמַּתְחִיל בָּהּ כְּשֶׁהִיא עֲשֶׁת, וּמַכֶּה בְּכָל כֹּחוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the one who wields the sledge hammer** He is the one who commences on it when it is a block, and beats it with all his might.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:7:5)

**אֹמֵר לַדֶּבֶק טוֹב הוּא.** עַל אוֹתָן שֶׁהָיוּ מְחַזְּרִין אַחַר קַרְקַע טוֹבָה לְדַבֵּק בָּהּ עֲשָׁשִׁיּוֹת בַּרְזֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he says of the cement, “It is good,”** Heb. דֶּבֶק. He alludes to those who seek suitable ground upon which to adhere iron plates.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:6
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:7:6)

**דֶּבֶק.** שולדור״א בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
דֶּבֶק is soudure in French, weld.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:7
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:7:7)

**וַיְחַזְּקֵהוּ.** לַצֶּלֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he strengthened it** The idol.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:8
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:7:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:7:8)

**בְּמַסְמְרִים לֹא יִמּוֹט.** כֻּלָּם יְחַזְּקוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with nails that it should not move** All of them will strengthen each other.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:1)

**וְאַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּי**, וְעָלַי יֵשׁ לַעֲזוֹר לְךָ. סוֹף הַמִּקְרָא **אַל תִּירָא כִּי אִתְּךָ אֲנִי**. כָּךְ נִרְאֶה לִי חִבּוּר הָעִנְיָן לְפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (בראשית רבה מד ז) דּוֹרֵשׁ כָּל הָעִנְיָן בְּמַלְכִּי צֶדֶק וְאַבְרָהָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But you, Israel My servant** and I am obliged to help you. The end of this sentence is (infra 10): “Do not fear.” This appears to me to be the sequence of the section according to its simple meaning. But the Midrash Aggadah in Gen. Rabbah 44:7 expounds the entire section as alluding to Malchizedek and Abraham.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:2)

**רָאוּ אִיִּים.** אוֹתָהּ מִלְחָמָה **וְיִירָאוּ**. שֵׁם נִתְיָרֵא מֵאַבְרָהָם, פֶּן יֹאמַר לוֹ: הֶעֱמַדְתָּ רְשָׁעִים אֵלּוּ בָּעוֹלָם, וְאַבְרָהָם נִתְיָרֵא מִשֵּׁם, לְפִי שֶׁהָרַג אֶת בְּנֵי עֵילָם שֶׁהֵם מִשֵּׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[5] Islands saw** the war and feared. Shem [Malchizedek] feared Abraham, lest he say to him, You begot these wicked men in the world. And Abraham feared Shem, since he slew his sons, the people of Elam, who was descended from Shem.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:3)

**אִיִּים.** כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאִיֵּי הַיָּם מְסֻיָּמִין בָּעוֹלָם, כָּךְ אַבְרָהָם וְשֵׁם הָיוּ מְסֻיָּמִין בָּעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**islands** Just as the islands of the sea are distinguished and recognized in the sea, so were Abraham and Shem distinguished in the world.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:4)

**אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ יַעֲזֹרוּ.** זֶה עוֹזֵר אֶת זֶה בִּבְרָכוֹת ״בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם״ (בראשית יד:יט), וְזֶה עוֹזֵר אֶת זֶה בְּמַתָּנוֹת ״וַיִּתֶּן לוֹ מַעֲשֵׂר מִכֹּל״ (בראשית יד:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[6] Each one aided his fellow** This one [Shem] aided this one [Abraham] with blessings, “Blessed be Abram” (Gen. 14:19), and this one [Abraham] aided this one [Shem] with gifts, “And he gave him tithe from everything” (ibid. verse 20).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:5)

**וַיְחַזֵּק חָרָשׁ.** זֶה שֵׁם, שֶׁהָיָה נַפָּח לַעֲשׂוֹת מַסְמְרוֹת וּבְרִיחִים לַתֵּבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[7] And the craftsman strengthened** This is Shem, who was a blacksmith, to make nails and bars for the ark.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:6
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:6)

**אֶת צוֹרֵף.** זֶה אַבְרָהָם, שֶׁהוּא צוֹרֵף אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת לְקָרְבָן אֶל הַשְּׁכִינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the smith** This is Abraham, who purified (צוֹרֵף) the people, to bring them near to God [lit. to Heaven].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:7
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:7)

**אֶת הוֹלֵם פַּעַם.** זֶה אַבְרָהָם, שֶׁהָלַם כָּל הַמְּלָכִים הָאֵלֶּה פַּעַם אַחַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the sledge hammer** This is Abraham, who smote (הָלַם) all these kings at one time.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:8
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:8)

**אוֹמֵר לַדֶּבֶק טוֹב הוּא.** טוֹב לִדָּבֵק בֵּאלוֹהַּ שֶׁל זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He says of the cement** Heb. דֶּבֶק. The nations said, It is good to cleave to this one’s God [rather than to Nimrod’s idols].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:9
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:9)

**וַיְחַזְּקֵהוּ.** שֵׁם לְאַבְרָהָם לִהְיוֹת דָּבֵק בְּהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְ**לֹא יִמּוֹט**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he strengthened him** Shem strengthened Abraham to cleave to the Holy One, blessed be He, and not to move.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:10
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:10)

**וְאַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּי** אַבְרָהָם, שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה מִזֶּרַע צַדִּיקִים, עָשִׂיתִי לוֹ כָּל זֹאת, וְאַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּי, הַקָּנוּי לִי מִשְּׁנֵי אָבוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[8] And you, Israel My servant** Abraham, who was not descended from righteous men—I did all this for him, and you, Israel My servant, who belong to Me by dint of two forefathers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:11
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:8:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:8:11)

**זֶרַע אַבְרָהָם אֹהֲבִי.** שֶׁלֹּא הִכִּירָנִי מִתּוֹךְ תּוֹכָחָה וְלִמּוּד אֲבוֹתָיו, אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ אַהֲבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the seed of Abraham, who loved Me** who did not recognize Me because of the admonition and the teaching of his fathers, but out of love.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:9:1)

**אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱזַקְתִּיךָ.** לְקַחְתִּיךָ לְחֶלְקִי, כְּמוֹ (שמות ד:ד) ״וַיִּשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וַיַּחֲזֶק בּוֹ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whom I grasped** Heb. הֶחֱזַקְתִּיךָ. I took you for My share. Comp. (Ex. 4:4) “And he stretched out his hand and grasped (וַיְּחֲזֵק) it.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:9:2)

**מִקְצוֹת הָאָרֶץ.** מִשְּׁאָר הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the ends of the earth** from the other nations.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:9:3)

**וּמֵאֲצִילֶיהָ.** מִן הַגְּדוֹלִים שֶׁבָּהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and from its nobles** from the greatest of them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:9:4)

**קְרָאתִיךָ.** בְּשֵׁם לְחֶלְקִי, ״בְּנִי בְכוֹרִי יִשְׂרָאֵל״ (שמות ד:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I called you** by name for My share, “My firstborn son, Israel” (ibid. v. 22).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:9:5)

**וְלֹא מְאַסְתִּיךָ.** כָּזֶה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ (מלאכי א:ג) ״שָׂנֵאתִי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I did not despise you** like Esau, as it is said (Malachi 1:3), “And Esau I hated.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:10:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:10:1)

**אַל תִּשְׁתָּע.** אַל יִמַּס לִבְּךָ לִהְיוֹת כְּשַׁעֲוָה זוֹ (בראשית רבה סה יט). וְזֶה הַכְּלָל: כָּל תֵּיבָה שֶׁתְּחִלַּת יְסוֹדָהּ שִׁי״ן, כְּשֶׁבָּא לְדַבֵּר בִּלְשׁוֹן מִתְפַּעֵל, הִתְפַּעֵל אוֹ יִתְפַּעֵל, הַתָּי״ו חוֹלֶקֶת וְנִכְנֶסֶת בֵּין שְׁתֵּי אוֹתִיּוֹת שָׁרְשֵׁי הַתֵּיבָה, כְּמוֹ ״וַיִּשְׁתּוֹמֵם״ (ישעיהו נט:טז), ״וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּר חֻקּוֹת עָמְרִי״ (מיכה ו:טז), ״תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין״ (שמואל א א:יד), ״תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי״ (איוב ל:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**be not discouraged** Heb. אַל תִּשְׁתָּע. Let your heart not melt like wax (שַׁעֲוָה). This is the rule: Every word whose first radical is ‘shin,’ when it is used in the reflexive present, past, or future, the ‘tav’ separates it and enters between the first two radicals. Comp. (infra 49:16) “And He was astounded (וַיַּשְׁתּוֹמֵם)”; (Micah 6:16) “For the statutes of Omri shall be observed (וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּר)”; (I Sam. 1: 14) “will you be drunk (תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין)?”; (Job 30:16) “My soul is poured out (תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:14:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:14:1)

**תּוֹלַעַת יַעֲקֹב.** מִשְׁפַּחַת יַעֲקֹב הַחֲלָשָׁה כְּתוֹלַעַת, שֶׁאֵין לָהּ גְּבוּרָה אֶלָּא בְּפִיהָ (תנחומא בשלח ט). **תּוֹלַעַת** – וירמונ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O worm of Jacob** Heb. תּוֹלַעַת. The family of Jacob, which is weak like a worm, which has no strength except in its mouth. תּוֹלַעַת is vermener in O.F., [vermisseau in Modern French, a worm].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:14:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:14:2)

**מְתֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.** מִסְפַּר יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the number of Israel** Heb. מְתֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, the number of Israel.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:15:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:15:1)

**לְמוֹרַג חָרוּץ.** כְּלִי הוּא שֶׁל עֵץ וְכָבֵד, וְעָשׂוּי חֲרִיצִים חֲרִיצִים כְּעֵין כְּלִי נַפָּחִים שֶׁל בַּרְזֶל, שֶׁקּוֹרִין לימ״א בלע״ז, וְגוֹרְרִין עַל הַקַּשִּׁין שֶׁל שִׁבֳּלִין וּמְחַתְּכָן עַד שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ תֶּבֶן דַּק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a...grooved threshing sledge** It is a heavy wooden implement made with many grooves, similar to the ironsmiths’ tool known as ‘lime’ in French, a file, and they drag it over the straw of the ears of grain and it cuts them until they become fine straw.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:15:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:15:2)

**חָדָשׁ.** כְּשֶׁהוּא חָדָשׁ, עַד שֶׁלֹּא הֻחְלְקוּ פִּיּוֹת חֲרִיצָיו, הוּא חוֹתֵךְ הַרְבֵּה, אֲבָל מִשֶּׁנִּתְיַשַּׁן, הֻחְלְקוּ פִּיּוֹת חֲרִיצָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**new** When it is new, before the points of its grooves are smoothed off, it cuts very much, but when it becomes old, the points of the grooves are smoothed off.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:15:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:15:3)

**בַּעַל פִּיפִיּוֹת.** הֵם חִדּוּדֵי הַחֲרִיצִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with sharp points** Heb. פִּיפִיוֹת. Those are the points of the grooves.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:15:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:15:4)

**תָּדוּשׁ הָרִים.** מְלָכִים וְשָׂרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you shall thresh the mountains** kings and princes.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:16:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:16:1)

**תִּזְרֵם.** תִּזְרֶה אוֹתָם כְּבַמִּזְרֶה לָרוּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall winnow them** You shall scatter them, as with a pitchfork, to the wind.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:16:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:16:2)

**וְרוּחַ תִּשָּׂאֵם.** מֵאֲלֵיהֶם לְגֵיהִנֹּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a wind shall carry them off** by themselves to Gehinnom.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:17:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:17:1)

**מְבַקְשִׁים מַיִם.** נִתְנַבֵּא הַנָּבִיא עַל אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים (עמוס ח:יא-יב): ״לֹא רָעָב לַלֶּחֶם וְלֹא צָמָא לַמַּיִם כִּי אִם לִשְׁמוֹעַ אֶת דְּבַר ה׳, יְשׁוֹטְטוּ לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת דְּבַר ה׳ וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּ״, וּכְשֶׁיָּשׁוּב אַפּוֹ יָכִין לָהֶם לֶחֶם וּמַיִם, וְיַשְׁכֹּן שְׁכִינָתוֹ וְרוּחַ בְּפִי נְבִיאֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**seek water** The prophet prophesied concerning the end of days (Amos 8:11), “Not a famine for bread nor a thirst for water, but to hear the words of the Lord...They shall wander to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.” And when His wrath subsides, He shall prepare for them bread and water and cause His Shechinah and His spirit to rest in the mouth of their prophets.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:17:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:17:2)

**נָשָׁתָּה.** לְשׁוֹן ״וְנִשְּׁתּוּ מַיִם מִהַיָּם״ (ישעיהו יט:ה), לְשׁוֹן ״הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשֶּׁבֶר״ (איכה ג:מז), וְכֻלָּן לְשׁוֹן חֻרְבָּה וְיֹבֶשׁ. וּלְכָךְ הַתָּי״ו מֻדְגֶּשֶׁת, שֶׁהֲרֵי בָּאָה בִּמְקוֹם שְׁתַּיִם, שֶׁאֵין שֵׁאת בְּלֹא תָּי״ו, וְהָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר לִנְקֵבָה ׳נָשְׁתְתָה׳, שֶׁהֲרֵי לְזָכָר יָחִיד יֹאמַר ׳נִשְׁתָה׳ וְלִרְבִּים ׳וְנִשְׁתּוּ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is parched** Heb. נָשָׁתָּה. An expression similar to (supra 19:5) “And water from the sea shall dry up (וְנִשְּׁתּוּ).” An expression similar to (Lam. 3:45) “The destruction (הַשֵּׁאת) and the breach.” And all of them are an expression of destruction and dryness. Therefore, a ‘dagesh’ appears in the ‘tav,’ since it comes instead of two, for there is no שֵׁאת without a ‘tav,’ and he should have said for the feminine וְנָשָׁתְתָה, since for the masculine singular he says נשתה and for the plural ונשתו.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:18:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:18:1)

**נְהָרוֹת.** לֵב מֵבִין לַתּוֹרָה וְלַנְּבוּאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**rivers** an understanding heart for Torah and prophecy.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:18:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:18:2)

**מִדְבָּר.** מָקוֹם שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה חָכְמַת הַתּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a desert** A place where there was no Torah wisdom.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:19:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:19:1)

**אֶתֵּן בַּמִּדְבָּר אֶרֶז שִׁטָּה.** כָּל מִינֵי יִשּׁוּב, אַף בָּם אֶתֵּן כָּל מִינֵי חָכְמָה וְטוֹבָה וְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will give in the desert cedars, acacia trees** all kinds of civilization. Even in them will I give all kinds of wisdom, goodness, and peace.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:19:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:19:2)

**תִּדְהָר וּתְאַשּׁוּר.** שְׁמוֹת אִילָנֵי סְרָק הָעֲשׂוּיִין לְבִנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**firs and cypresses** Names of trees that do not produce fruit, used for building.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:21:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:21:1)

**קָרְבוּ רִיבְכֶם.** כָּל הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת, בּוֹאוּ וְרִיבוּ וְהִתְוַכְּחוּ עִם בָּנַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Present your plea** All the heathens ([mss. K’li Paz:] nations), come and contend and debate with My children.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:21:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:21:2)

**עֲצֻמוֹתֵיכֶם.** טְעָנוֹת בְּרִיאוֹת וַחֲזָקוֹת שֶׁלָּכֶם, וְלָשׁוֹן ׳רִיב׳ הוּא זֶה בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה: ״שְׁנַיִם שֶׁהָיוּ מִתְעַצְּמִין בַּדִּין״ בְּמַסֶּכֶת סַנְהֶדְרִין (סנהדרין לא ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your strong points** Heb. עַצֻּמוֹתֵיכֶם, Your sturdy and strong arguments. This is an expression of a dispute in Mishnaic Hebrew: “Two who were engaged in a legal dispute (מִתְעַצְּמִין),” in Tractate Sanhedrin (31b).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:22:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:22:1)

**יַגִּישׁוּ.** הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת אֶת נְבִיאֵיהֶם וְקוֹסְמֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Let them present** Let those who deny the Torah ([mss., K’li Paz:] the nations) present their prophets and their soothsayers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:22:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:22:2)

**וְיַגִּידוּ לָנוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר תִּקְרֶינָה.** לֶעָתִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and tell us what will happen** in the future.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:22:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:22:3)

**הָרִאשֹׁנוֹת.** שֶׁהָיוּ קֹדֶם בְּרִיאַת עוֹלָם, וְעַל מָה נִבְרָא, מָה הֵנָּה. (ספרים אחרים: מְאֹרָעוֹת שֶׁהִתְחִילוּ כְּבָר, מָה יְהֵא בְּסוֹפָן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the first things** that were before the Creation of the world, and concerning what was created and what they are. (Other editions: The incidents that have already begun, what will be their end.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:22:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:22:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:22:4)

**אוֹ הַבָּאוֹת.** לְעָתִיד יַשְׁמִיעוּנוּ, וְנִרְאֶה אִם יֵשׁ בָּהֶם מַמָּשׁ, שֶׁיִּתְקַיְּמוּ דִּבְרֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or the coming events** in the future, let us hear, and we will see if there is any substance to them, that their words will come true.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:23:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:23:1)

**הַגִּידוּ הָאֹתִיּוֹת לְאָחוֹר.** הַמּוֹפְתִים הַבָּאִים בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Tell the signs coming later** Heb. הָאוֹתִיוֹת לְאָחוֹר, the wonders coming at the end.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:23:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:23:2)

**וְנִשְׁתָּעָה.** וּנְסַפֵּר דִּבְרֵיהֶם, ״וַיְסַפֵּר״ (בראשית כד:סו) מְתַרְגְּמִינָן ״וְאִשְׁתָּעֵי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let us talk** Heb. וְנִשְׁתָּעָה. Let us tell your words. (Gen. 24:66) “And he told (וַיְּסַפֵּר),” the Targum renders וְאִשְׁתָּעֵי.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:24:1
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**הֵן אַתֶּם מֵאַיִן.** וְדִבְרֵיכֶם אֵיךְ יִתְקַיְּמוּ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold you are of naught** and how will your words be fulfilled.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:24:2
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**וּפָעָלְכֶם מֵאָפַע.** אֵינְכֶם אֶלָּא פּוֹעִים וּמְרִימִים קוֹל לְהַטְעוֹת בְּדִבְרֵי כָּזָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your deed is one of shouting** Heb. מֵאָפַע. You shout and raise your voice only to mislead the people with lies.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:24:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:24:3)

**תּוֹעֵבָה.** הַנִּתְעָבִים הֵם יִבְחֲרוּ **בָּכֶם**, וְלֹא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְלֹא עֲבָדָיו וְלֹא מְשָׁרְתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the abominable one** Heb. תּוֹעֵבָה [lit. an abomination.] The abominable ones select you, and not the Holy One, blessed be He, or His servants or His ministers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:25:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:25:1)

**הַעִירוֹתִי מִצָּפוֹן וַיַּאת.** אֲנִי מַגִּיד הָעֲתִידוֹת, הִנְנִי מֵעִיר לִבְנוֹת חָרְבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אֶת כּוֹרֶשׁ מִצָּפוֹן, וַיַּאת אֶת בָּבֶל לְהַחֲרִיבָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have aroused from the north and he came** I tell the future events. Behold I arouse Cyrus from the north to build the ruins of Jerusalem, and he came upon Babylon to destroy it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:25:2
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**מִמִּזְרַח שֶׁמֶשׁ יִקְרָא בִשְׁמִי:** ״כָּל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי ה׳ אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם״ (עזרא א:ב), וְנִרְאֶה שֶׁאֶרֶץ פָּרַס בְּמִזְרָחִית צְפוֹנִית הִיא לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **הַעִירוֹתִי מִצָּפוֹן** אֶת נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר לְהַחֲרִיב אֶת עִירִי **וַיַּאת, וְכוֹרֶשׁ** הַעִירוֹתִי **מִמִּזְרָח** שֶׁ**יִּקְרָא בִשְׁמִי** לִבְנוֹת אֶת עִירִי, שֶׁמַּלְכוּת פָּרַס מִמִּזְרָח אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל הִיא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״רָאִיתִי אֶת הָאַיִל וְגוֹ׳״ (דניאל ח:ד). וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״אַיְיתִיתִי בְּגַלָּאִי מֶלֶךְ דְּתַקִּיף מֵרוּחַ צְפוֹנָא וְיֵיתֵי כְּמֵפַּק שִׁמְשָׁא בִּגְבוּרְתֵּיהּ מִמְּדִינְתָא, אַגְבְּרִינֵיהּ בִּשְׁמִי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the rising of the sun he shall call in My name** (Ezra 1:2) “All the kingdoms of the earth has the Lord God of the heavens given me.” And it appears that Persia is northeast of Eretz Israel. Another explanation is: I aroused Nebuchadnezzar from the north to destroy My city, and he came, and I aroused Cyrus from the east, that he call in My name to build My city, for the kingdom of Persia is east of Eretz Israel, as it is stated (Dan. 8:4): “I saw the ram butting etc.” [This verse in Daniel proves it. “I saw the ram butting to the west and to the north and to the south.” We deduce that he came from the east.] Jonathan paraphrases: I brought speedily a king, strong as the north wind, and he will come as the sun comes out with its might from the east; I will strengthen him with My name.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:25:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:25:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:25:3)

**וְיָבֹא סְגָנִים.** וְיָבֹא עַל מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וְעַל שָׂרָיו, כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּא לִרְמוֹס עַל **חֹמֶר, וּכְמוֹ יוֹצֵר** חֲרָשִׁים **יִרְמָס טִיט** לִכְלֵי חֶרֶס, כֵּן יִרְמוֹס הוּא סְגָנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he shall come [upon] princes** And he shall come upon the king of Babylon and upon his princes as he would come to trample upon mire, and as a potter tramples clay for earthenware vessels, so will he trample the princes.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:26:1
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**מִי** מִנְּבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל **הִגִּיד** כָּמוֹנִי דָּבָר הֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא, וּמִי **מִלְּפָנִים** הִגִּידָהּ, וְלִכְשֶׁתָּבֹא **נֹאמַר** שֶׁהוּא **צַדִּיק** שֶׁנְּבוּאָתוֹ צֶדֶק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who** of the prophets of Baal told, like me, a thing destined to come, and who told it from before, that when it comes we will say that he is just, that his prophecy is just?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:26:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:26:2)

**אַף אֵין מַגִּיד.** אֲבָל אֵין בָּכֶם שֶׁיַּגִּיד עֲתִידוֹת וְתִתְקַיֵּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Not one told** But there is none among you who will foretell the future and that it will come true.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:26:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:26:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:26:3)

**אַף אֵין שֹׁמֵעַ אִמְרֵיכֶם.** שֶׁיָּעִיד בְּבֹא עֲתִידָה: פְּלוֹנִי, נְבִיא הַבַּעַל, נִבָּא אוֹתָהּ **מִלְּפָנִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**not one hears your statements** Who will testify when the future comes, that so and so the prophet of the Baal prophesied this from before.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:27:1
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**רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן הִנֵּה הִנָּם.** מֶלֶךְ רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁיִּתֵּן לֵב לְצִיּוֹן, הִנֵּה זֶה הוּא שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא תִּגָּמֵר הַגְּאֻלָּה עַל יָדוֹ, הוּא יִהְיֶה הַמַּתְחִיל: ״מִי בָכֶם מִכָּל עַמּוֹ״ (עזרא א:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The first to Zion, behold, behold them** The first king who will give heart to Zion, behold he is the one I mentio ned, and even though the redemption will not be completed through him, he will be the one to initiate it. (Ezra 1:3) “Whoever of you from all His people...”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:27:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:27:2)

**הִנָּם.** זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיוּ נְכוֹנִים עַל פִּי דְּבָרוֹ לַעֲלוֹת מִן הַגּוֹלָה וּלְהַתְחִיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**behold them** The elders of Israel will be ready, according to his statement, to go up from the exile and to begin.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:27:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:27:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:27:3)

**וְלִירוּשָׁלִַם מְבַשֵּׂר אֶתֵּן.** בְּאוֹתָן הַיָּמִים חַגַּי זְכַרְיָה, אֲשֶׁר יְזָרְזוּם לִבְנוֹת בִּימֵי דָּרְיָוֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לְפָרַס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for Jerusalem I will give a herald** in those days, [viz.] Haggai and Zechariah, who will encourage them to build it in the days of Darius III of Persia.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:28:1
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**וָאֵרֶא וְאֵין אִישׁ.** תָּמִיד אֲנִי מַבִּיט בִּנְבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל, וְאֵין אִישׁ מַגִּיד דָּבָר עָתִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I look and there is no man** [lit. and I will see, in the future tense.] I always look at the prophets of Baal, and there is no man who tells of a future event.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:28:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:28:2)

**וּמֵאֵלֶּה.** מִכָּל אֵלֶּה הָעֲתִידוֹת לָבֹא, וְ**אֵין** מֵהֶם **יוֹעֵץ** שֶׁעָמַד בְּסוֹד ה׳ וְיָדַע אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and of these** of all these destined to come, and none of them is a counselor who stood in God’s counsel and will know them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:28:3
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**וְאֶשְׁאָלֵם וְיָשִׁיבוּ דָבָר.** אֲשֶׁר יָשִׁיבוּ דָבָר אִם אֶשְׁאָלֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I ask them that they reply with a word** That they should reply with a word if I should ask them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:29:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:29:1)

**הֵן כֻּלָּם אָוֶן.** יֵשׁ לָכֶם לָדַעַת שֶׁכָּל נְבִיאֵי מַכְחִישֵׁי תּוֹרָה אָוֶן, וְ**אֶפֶס** כָּל **מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם נִסְכֵּיהֶם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold them all,...naught** You should know that, as for the prophets of those who deny the Torah ([mss.:] pagan prophets;) ([other mss.:] prophets of Baal), all their deeds are naught and of no substance.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 41:29:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 41:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/41:29:2)

דְּמוּת מַסֵּכוֹתָם, כְּמוֹ ״הַפֶּסֶל נָסַךְ חָרָשׁ״ (ישעיהו מ:יט). וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם בְּעִנְיָן אַחֵר. **רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן וְגוֹ׳** – ״פִּתְגָמֵי נֶחָמָתָא דְּאִתְנַבִּיאוּ נְבִיָּיא מִלְּקַדְמִין עַל צִיּוֹן הָא אָתוֹ״. וּלְפִי הַתַּרְגּוּם כָּל הָעִנְיָן מְדַבֵּר מִמֶּלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ וּבַגְּאֻלָּה אַחֲרוֹנָה, אֲבָל אֲנִי רוֹאֶה נְבוּאָה שֶׁנִּתְנַבֵּא יְשַׁעְיָה עַל כּוֹרֶשׁ, כֻּלָּם בִּלְשׁוֹן הַסִּגְנוֹן שֶׁל פָּרָשָׁה זוֹ: ״אֲנִי ה׳ הֲעִירוֹתִיהוּ בְצֶדֶק״ (ישעיהו מה:יג), ״קוֹרֵא מִמִּזְרָח עַיִט״ (ישעיהו מו:יא), ״הָאוֹתִיּוֹת שְׁאָלוּנִי״ (ישעיהו מה:יא), ״מַגִּיד מֵרֵאשִׁית אַחֲרִית״ (ישעיהו מו:י), כֻּלָּהּ נוֹטָה אַחַר עִנְיַן פָּרָשָׁה זוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their molten images** Heb. נִסְכֵּיהֶם. Comp. (supra 40:19) “The graven image the craftsman melted (נָסַךְ).” Jonathan renders this section differently: [27] **The first one to Zion etc.** The words of consolation that the prophets prophesied concerning Zion, from before, behold they have come. And according to the Targum, the entire section speaks of the King Messiah and of the last redemption, but I see that the prophecy that Isaiah prophesied concerning Cyrus is all in the same language as this section. Comp. (infra 45:13) “I aroused him with righteousness”; (Infra 46:11) “Calling from the east a bird of prey”; (infra 45:11) “The signs ask Me;” (infra 46:10) “Who tells from the beginning the end.” All of this resembles the topic of this section.