## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 42

###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:1:1
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**הֵן עַבְדִּי אֶתְמָךְ בּוֹ.** הֵן עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב אֵינוֹ כְּמוֹתְכֶם, כִּי אֶתְמֹךְ בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold My servant, I will support him** Behold My servant Jacob is not like you, for I will support him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:1:2
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**בְּחִירִי.** יִשְׂרָאֵל קָרוּי בְּחִירִי (תהלים קלה:ד) ״כִּי יַעֲקֹב בָּחַר לוֹ יָהּ״, וְאוֹמֵר (ישעיהו מה:ד) ״לְמַעַן עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב וְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּחִירִי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My chosen one** Israel is called ‘My chosen one’ ([mss.:] His chosen one) (Ps. 135:4) “For the Eternal chose Jacob for Himself.” Scripture states also (infra 45:4): “For the sake of My servant Jacob and Israel My chosen one.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:1:3
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**רָצְתָה נַפְשִׁי.** עָלָיו **נָתַתִּי רוּחִי** לְהוֹדִיעַ נְבִיאָיו אֶת סוֹדוֹ, וְסוֹפוֹ **מִשְׁפָּט לַגּוֹיִם יוֹצִיא**, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו ב:ג) ״וְהָלְכוּ גוֹיִם רַבִּים וְגוֹ׳ וְיוֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whom My soul desires; I have placed My spirit upon him** to let his prophets know My secret, and his end will be that ‘he shall promulgate justice to the nations,’ as it is stated (supra 2:3): “And let Him teach us of His ways etc.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:2:1
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**וְלֹא יִשָּׂא.** לֹא יַגְבִּיהַּ קוֹל, לֹא יִצְטָרֵךְ לְהוֹכִיחַ וּלְהִתְנַבְּאוֹת אֶל הַגּוֹיִם, שֶׁהֵם מֵעַצְמָם יָבוֹאוּ לִלְמוֹד מֵהֶם, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (זכריה ח:כג) ״נֵלְכָה עִמָּכֶם כִּי שָׁמַעְנוּ אֱלֹהִים עִמָּכֶם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**nor shall he raise [his voice]** He shall not raise his voice. It will not be necessary to admonish and to prophesy to the nations, for they will come by themselves to learn from them [i.e., from Israel], as the matter is stated (Zech. 8:23): “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:3:1
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**קָנֶה רָצוּץ לֹא יִשְׁבּוֹר.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״עִינְוְתָנַיָּא דְּאִינוּן כְּקַנְיָא רְעִיעַ לָא יִתְבְּרוּן, וַחֲשִׁיכַיָּא דְּאִינוּן כְּבוּצִין עַמִּי (פֵּרוּשׁ כְּנֵר כָּבֶה) לָא יִטְפוֹן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A breaking reed he shall not break** Jonathan paraphrases: The meek, who are like a breaking reed, shall not break, and the poor, who are like a flickering candle, shall not be quenched.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:3:2
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**וּפִשְׁתָּה כֵהָה.** פְּתִילַת פִּשְׁתָּה לַחָה, שֶׁקְּרוֹבָה לִכְבּוֹת. מֶלֶךְ שֶׁלָּהֶם לֹא יִגְזוֹל אֶת הַדַּלִּים וְלֹא יִרְצֹץ אֶת הָעֲנִיִּים וְאֶת הַחַלָּשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a flickering flaxen wick** A wet flaxen wick, that is nearly extinguished. Their king will not rob the poor and will not break the poor and the weak.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:4:1
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**וְלֹא יָרוּץ.** כְּמוֹ ׳לֹא יֵרָצֵץ׳, ״כִּי מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ דֵּעָה״ (ישעיהו יא:ט), וְיִשְׁמְעוּ לָהֶן, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (צפניה ג:ט) ״כִּי אָז אֶהְפֹּךְ אֶל עַמִּים וְגוֹ׳״, וְזֶהוּ **לְתוֹרָתוֹ אִיִּים יְיַחֵילוּ** – כֻּלָּם יִשְׁמְעוּ לְתוֹרָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Neither shall he weaken nor shall he be broken** Heb. וְלֹא יָרוּץ, like לֹא יֵרָצֵץ, he shall not be broken, “for the earth shall be full of knowledge of the Lord as water covers the seabed” (supra 11:9). And they shall obey them, as the matter is stated (Zeph. 3:9): “For then I will make the nations pure of speech etc.” That is what follows: And for his instruction islands shall long. They shall all obey his instruction.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:5:1
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**הָאֵל ה׳.** בַּעַל הַדִּין וּבַעַל הָרַחֲמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**God the Lord** The Master of justice and the Master of clemency.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:5:2
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**בּוֹרֵא הַשָּׁמַיִם.** תְּחִלָּה כְּמִין פָּקִיעַ שֶׁל שְׁתִי, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נָטָה אוֹתָם, כִּדְאִיתָא בְּמַסֶּכֶת חֲגִיגָה (חגיגה יב א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Creator of the heavens** First like a sort of ball of warp thread, and afterward He stretched it out as it is stated in Tractate Hagigah (12a).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:5:3
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**וְצֶאֱצָאֶיהָ.** בּוֹרֵא אֶת הַיּוֹצֵא מִמֶּנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and what springs forth from it** And He creates what springs forth from it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:5:4
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**נוֹתֵן נְשָׁמָה.** נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who gave a soul** A soul of life.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:5:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 42:5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:5:5)

**לָעָם עָלֶיהָ.** לְכֻלָּם בְּשָׁוֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the people upon it** To all of them equally.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:5:6
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**וְרוּחַ.** קְדוּשָׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a spirit** of sanctity.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:5:7
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**לַהֹלְכִים בָּהּ.** לַמִּתְהַלְּכִים לְפָנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to those who walk thereon** To those who walk before Him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:6:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 42:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:6:1)

**קְרָאתִיךָ.** לִישַׁעְיָה הוּא אוֹמֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I called you** To Isaiah He says.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:6:2
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**וְאֶצָּרְךָ.** כְּשֶׁיְצַרְתִּיךָ, זֹאת הָיְתָה מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי שֶׁתְּשִׁיב אֶת עַמִּי לִבְרִיתִי וּלְהָאִיר לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I formed you** Heb. וְאֶצָּרְךָ. When I formed you (כְּשֶׁיְצַרְתִּיךָ), this was My thought, that you return My people to My covenant and to enlighten them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:6:3
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**לְאוֹר גּוֹיִם.** כָּל שֵׁבֶט קָרוּי גּוֹי לְעַצְמוֹ, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״גּוֹי וּקְהַל גּוֹיִם״ (בראשית לה:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for a light to nations** Every tribe is called a nation by itself, as the matter is stated (Gen. 35:11): “A nation and a congregation of nations.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:7:1
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**לִפְקֹחַ עֵינַיִם עִוְרוֹת.** שֶׁאֵינָם רוֹאִין אֶת גְּבוּרָתוֹ, לָתֵת לֵב לָשׁוּב אֵלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To open blind eyes** who do not see My might, to take heart to return to Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:7:2
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**לְהוֹצִיא מִמַּסְגֵּר אַסִּיר.** וְעַל יְדֵי שֶׁיִּתְפַּקְּחוּ עֵינֵיהֶם, יֵצְאוּ אֲסִירִים מִמַּסְגֵּר. דָּבָר אַחֵר: לְבַשְּׂרָם עַל גָּלוּת בָּבֶל הָעֲתִידָה לָבֹא עֲלֵיהֶן, שֶׁסּוֹפָן לָצֵאת מִמֶּנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to bring prisoners out of a dungeon** And because their eyes will be opened, the prisoners will come out of the dungeon. Another explanation: To inform them of the exile destined to befall them, out of which they will eventually come.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:8:1
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**הוּא שְׁמִי.** הוּא מְפֹרָשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹן אַדְנוּת וְכֹחַ, וְעָלַי לְהַרְאוֹת שֶׁאָדוֹן אֲנִי, לְפִיכָךְ **כְּבוֹדִי לְאַחֵר לֹא אֶתֵּן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that is My Name** This is explained as an expression of Lordship and power. I must show that I am the Master. Therefore, My glory I will not give to another, that the heathens shall rule over My people forever and say that the hand of their God is powerful.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:9:1
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**הָרִאשֹׁנוֹת**, שֶׁהִבְטַחְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָם עַל גָּלוּת מִצְרַיִם (בראשית טו:יד) ״וְגַם אֶת הַגּוֹי וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The former things** that I promised Abraham concerning the exile of Egypt (Gen. 15:14), “And also the nation etc.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:9:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 42:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:9:2)

**הִנֵּה בָאוּ.** שָׁמַרְתִּי הַבְטָחָתִי, וְעַתָּה **חֲדָשׁוֹת אֲנִי מַגִּיד** לְעַמִּי, לְהַבְטִיחַ עַל גָּלוּת שְׁנִיָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**behold they have come to pass** I kept My promise, and now new things I tell My people, to promise them concerning a second exile.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:10:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 42:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:10:1)

**תְּהִלָּתוֹ מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ.** עַל כָּרְחָם, כְּשֶׁיִּרְאוּ אֶת גְּבוּרָתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, יוֹדוּ כָּל הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת כִּי אֱלֹהִים אֲנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**His praise from the end of the earth** Perforce, when they see My mighty deeds for Israel, all the heathens (nations [Parshandatha, K’li Paz]) will admit that I am God.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:10:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 42:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:10:2)

**יוֹרְדֵי הַיָּם.** פּוֹרְשֵׂי בִּסְפִינוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who go down to the sea** Those who embark in ships.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:10:3
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**וּמְלֹאוֹ.** הַקְּבוּעִים בַּיָּם, וְלֹא בָּאִיִּים, אֶלָּא בְּתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם שׁוֹפְכִים עָפָר כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד כְּדֵי בַּיִת, וְהוֹלְכִים מִבַּיִת לְבַיִת בִּסְפִינָה, כְּגוֹן עִיר וֵונִיצִיי״א:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and those therein** Those whose permanent residence is in the sea and not in the islands, but in the midst of the water, they spill earth, each one of them, enough for a house, and go from house to house by boat, like the city of Venice. [As in Warsaw ed. and Parshandatha.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:11:1
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**יִשְׂאוּ מִדְבָּר.** קוֹל בְּשִׁיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The desert and its cities shall raise [their voice]** their voice in song.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:11:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 42:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:11:2)

**חֲצֵרִים תֵּשֵׁב קֵדָר.** (מוּסָב עַל **יִשְׂאוּ**) מִדְבַּר קֵדָר, שֶׁהֵם דָּרִים עַתָּה בּאֳהָלִים, יִשְׂאוּ קוֹל וְיָרֹנּוּ (כְּמוֹ ״וְהַחֲצֵרִים אֲשֶׁר תֵּשֵׁב קֵדָר״), בְּמִדְבַּר קֵדָר שֶׁהֵם דָּרִים עַתָּה בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶם יִהְיוּ עָרִים וַחֲצֵרִים קְבוּעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Kedar shall be inhabited with villages** (Connected to “The desert...shall raise.” The desert of Kedar, where they now dwell in tents, shall raise their voice and sing. It is like: And the villages with which Kedar is settled.) The desert of Kedar, where they now dwell in tents, will be permanent cities and villages.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:11:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 42:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:11:3)

**יֹשְׁבֵי סֶלַע.** הַמֵּתִים שֶׁיִּחְיוּ (בראשית רבה יג ו); כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**rock dwellers** The dead who will be resurrected. So did Jonathan render this.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:11:4
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**מֵרֹאשׁ הָרִים יִצְוָחוּ.** ״מֵרֵישׁ טוּרִיָּא יְרִימוּן קָלֵיהוֹן״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the mountain peaks they shall shout** From the mountain peaks they shall raise their voices [from Jonathan].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:14:1
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**הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מֵעוֹלָם.** זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי עַל חֻרְבַּן בֵּיתִי, וְתָמִיד **אַחֲרִישׁ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I was silent from time immemorial** Already for a long time I have been silent about the destruction of My Temple, and always...


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:14:2
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**אֶתְאַפָּק.** לְשׁוֹן הוֹוֶה; עַד עַתָּה הֱצִיקַתְנִי רוּחִי, וּמֵעַתָּה **כַּיּוֹלֵדָה אֶפְעֶה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I am still; I restrain Myself** This is present tense. Until now My spirit has constrained Me, and from now, like a travailing woman will I cry.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:14:3
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**אֶשֹּׁם.** אֶתְבַּהֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will be terrified** Heb. אֶשֹּׁם, I will be terrified.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:14:4
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**וְאֶשְׁאַף.** וְאֶתְאַוֶּה לְהַשְׁמִיד הַכֹּל **יַחַד**, כָּל אוֹיְבַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and destroy [them] together** And I will long to destroy everyone together, all My adversaries.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:15:1
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**אַחֲרִיב הָרִים וּגְבָעוֹת.** אֶהֱרֹג מְלָכִים וְשִׁלְטוֹנִים שֶׁל עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will destroy mountains and hills** I will slay kings and rulers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:15:2
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**וְכָל עֶשְׂבָּם.** כָּל הַנִּלְוִים עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all their grass** All their followers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:15:3
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**אוֹבִישׁ.** לְשׁוֹן יֹבֶשׁ הוּא לְעִנְיַן דָּבָר לַח, כְּגוֹן עֵשֶׂב וּנְהָרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will dry out** Heb. אוֹבִישׁ. This is an expression of drying, used in reference to wet things, e. g., grass and rivers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:16:1
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**וְהוֹלַכְתִּי.** יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהָיוּ **עִוְרִים** עַד הֵנָּה מֵהַבִּיט אֵלַי **בְּדֶּרֶךְ** הַטּוֹב, אֲשֶׁר **לֹא יָדְעוּ** לַהֲלוֹךְ בָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will lead the blind** Israel, who were heretofore blind from looking to Me, I will lead in the good way, upon which they did not know to walk.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:16:2
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**עֲשִׂיתִם.** אֶעֱשֶׂה כֵּן. לְשׁוֹן נְבוּאָה לְדַבֵּר עַל הֶעָתִיד כְּאִלּוּ עָשׂוּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will do them** Heb. עֲשִׂיתִם [lit. I did them], I will do. So is the language of prophecy, to speak of the future as if it was already done.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:18:1
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**הַחֵרְשִׁים וְהַעִוְרִים.** עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא אוֹמֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You deaf ones...and you blind ones** He is referring to Israel.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:19:1
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**מִי עִוֵּר** בָּכֶם? אֵין אֶחָד **כִּי אִם עַבְדִּי** הוּא הָעִוֵּר שֶׁבְּכֻלְּכֶם, **וְחֵרֵשׁ** שֶׁבָּכֶם הֲרֵי הוּא **כְּמַלְאָכִי** אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי שׁוֹלֵחַ לְהִנָּבֵא נְבוּאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who is blind** among you? There is no one but My servant; he is the most blind of all of you. And the most deaf among you is like My messenger whom I send to prophesy prophecies.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:19:2
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**מִי עִוֵּר כִּמְשֻׁלָּם.** מִי הָיָה עִוֵּר בָּכֶם, כְּבָר קִבֵּל יִסּוּרָיו, וַהֲרֵי הוּא כִּמְשֻׁלָּם כָּל תַּגְמוּלָיו וְיוֹצֵא נָקִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who was blind is as the one who received his payment** He who was blind among you has already received his chastisements, and he is as one who was paid all payments due him and has emerged cleansed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:20:1
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**רָאוֹת רַבּוֹת.** רְאִיּוֹת הַרְבֵּה לִפְנֵיכֶם, וְאֵינְכֶם שׁוֹמְרִים לְהַבִּיט בְּמַעֲשַׂי וְלָשׁוּב אֵלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There is much to see** There are many sights before you, and you do not observe to look at My deeds and to return to Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:20:2
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**פָּקוֹחַ אָזְנַיִם.** אֲנִי עָסוּק לִפְקוֹחַ אָזְנֵיכֶם עַל יְדֵי נְבִיאַי, **וְלֹא יִשְׁמַע** אִישׁ מִכֶּם אֶת דְּבָרַי, וּלְשׁוֹן הוֹוֶה הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to open the ears** I am busy opening your ears through My prophets, but none of you listens to My words. This is a present tense.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:21:1
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**ה׳ חָפֵץ.** לְהַרְאוֹתְכֶם וְלִפְקֹחַ אָזְנֵיכֶם **לְמַעַן צֶדֶק**, וּלְכָךְ הוּא מַגְדִּיל וּמַאְדִּיר לָכֶם **תּוֹרָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord desires** to show you and to open your ears for His righteousness’ sake; therefore, he magnifies and strengthens the Torah for you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:22:1
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**וְהוּא.** הָעָם הַזֶּה **בָּזוּי וְשָׁסוּי**, וְסוֹף הָעִנְיָן **וְלֹא יָשִׂים עַל לֵב** (ישעיהו מב:כה) כָּל זֶה לוֹמַר, לָמָּה קְרָאַתְנוּ זֹאת **מִי נָתַן לִמְשִׁסָּה יַעֲקֹב** (ישעיהו מב:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it** This people is despised and pillaged, and the end of the section is (infra v. 25) “And they laid not to heart” all of this to say, “Why did this befall me?” (v. 24) “Who subjected Jacob to plunder?”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:22:2
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**הָפֵחַ בַּחוּרִים כֻּלָּם.** בַּחוּרֵיהֶם פַּחֵי נֶפֶשׁ כֻּלָּם. תוספת: דָּבָר אַחֵר: **הָפֵחַ בַּחוּרִים כֻּלָּם** – יָשִׂימוּ אֶת עַצְמָם בְּפַחֵי הָאֲדָמָה וּבְחוֹרִים, **וּבְבָתֵּי כְלָאִים הָחְבָּאוּ** יוֹכִיחַ שֶׁכֵּן הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all their youths are grieved** Heb. הָפֵחַ בַּחוּרִים, all their youths are grieved. (Addendum: Another explanation of הָפֵח בַּחוּרִים כֻּלָם They will put themselves into snares (פַּחֵי) of the earth and into pits. [The clause,] “And they are hidden in dungeons,” proves that this is so.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:22:3
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**וְאֵין אֹמֵר הָשַׁב.** כְּמוֹ ׳הָשֵׁב׳, לְפִיכָךְ הוּא רָפֵי, אֲבָל ״הַשָּׁב בְּאַמְתַּחְתֵּינוּ״ (בראשית מג:יח) הוּא דָּגֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and no one says, “Return.”** Heb. הָשַׁב, like הָשֵׁב [the imperative]. Therefore, it is not punctuated with a dagesh, but (Gen. 43:17) “That returned (הַשָּׁב) in our sacks,” is punctuated with a ‘dagesh.’


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:23:1
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**יַאֲזִין.** לָתֵת לֵב לְזֹאת **מִי נָתַן לִמְשִׁסָּה יַעֲקֹב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will hearken** to pay attention to this, “Who subjected Jacob to plunder?”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:23:2
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**לְאָחוֹר. יַקְשִׁיב וְיִשְׁמַע** דָּבָר שֶׁיַּעֲמוֹד לוֹ בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן לְאָחוֹר: ״לְסוֹפָא״, וְכֵן כָּל ׳לְאָחוֹר׳ שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא: עָתִיד לִהְיוֹת הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the future** Who will hearken and hear something that will stand him in good stead at the end? Jonathan, too, renders: לְסוֹפָא, at the end, and likewise, every לְאָחוֹר in Scripture refers to something that is destined to be.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:24:1
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**זוּ חָטָאנוּ לוֹ.** זוֹ הִיא שֶׁגָּרְמָה אֶת הַמְּשִׁסָּה וְהַבַּז, אֶת אֲשֶׁר חָטָאנוּ לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**This, that we sinned against Him** This is what caused the plunder and the spoiling, what we sinned against Him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:24:2
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**וְלֹא אָבוּ.** אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בִּדְרָכָיו הָלוֹךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they did not want** Our forefathers did not want to go in His ways.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:25:1
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**וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מִסָּבִיב.** כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּרְאוּ וְיִקְחוּ מוּסָר, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (צפניה ג:ו): ״הִכְרַתִּי גוֹיִם נָשַׁמּוּ פִּנּוֹתָם, אָמַרְתִּי אַךְ תִּירְאִי וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it blazed upon them all around** I brought retribution upon the heathens ([Ms.] nations) all around so that they see and learn their lesson, like the matter stated (Zeph. 3:6f.): “I cut off nations, their towers were desolate...I said, You shall but fear Me, you shall learn a lesson...” ([This appears in certain manuscripts and in printed editions. In Nach Lublin, the reading is:] So that Israel see and learn a lesson.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:25:2
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**וְלֹא יָדָע.** יוֹדֵעַ הוּא, אֶלָּא שֶׁדָּשׁ בְּעָקֵב; לֹא חָשׁ לְהָבִין זֹאת וְלָשׁוּב מֵרִשְׁעוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they did not know** They actually did know, but they trod with their heels. They did not care to understand this and to repent of their wickedness.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 42:25:3
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**וַתִּבְעַר בּוֹ.** אַחַר פֻּרְעָנוּת הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת שֶׁמִּסָּבִיב, בָּעֲרָה בְּעַצְמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it burned among them** After the retribution of the heathens ([ms.] nations) around, it burned upon them themselves.