## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 43

###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:1:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:1:1)

**וְעַתָּה.** אַף כָּל זֹאת **כֹּה אָמַר ה׳... אַל תִּירָא**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now** despite all this, so said the Lord, “...do not fear.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:2:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:2:1)

**כִּי תַעֲבֹר בַּמַּיִם.** כְּשֶׁעָבַרְתָּ בְּיַם סוּף **אִתְּךָ** הָיִיתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When you pass through water** When you passed through the Reed Sea, I was with you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:2:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:2:2)

**וּבַנְּהָרוֹת לֹא יִשְׁטְפוּךָ.** גַּרְתָּה בֵּין הַמִּצְרִים וְהָאֻמּוֹת הַמְרֻבִּין כְּמֵי נָהָר, וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְךָ לְכַלּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and in rivers, they shall not overflow you** You dwelt among the Egyptians and the heathens (peoples [: mss.]) numerous as the waters of a river, and they could not prevail against you to destroy you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:2:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:2:3)

**כִּי תֵלֵךְ בְּמוֹ אֵשׁ.** לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא: ״כִּי הִנֵּה הַיּוֹם בָּא בֹּעֵר כַּתַּנּוּר״ (מלאכי ג:יט), שֶׁאַקְדִּיר חַמָּה עַל הָרְשָׁעִים, ״וְלִהַט אוֹתָם הַיּוֹם הַבָּא״ (שם), גַּם שָׁם **לֹא תִכָּוֶה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when you go amidst fire** In the future, “For behold, a sun is coming, burning like an oven” (Malachi 3:19), for I will cause the sun to burn upon the wicked, “and the coming sun shall burn them.” There, too, you shall not be burnt.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:2:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:2:4)

**וְלֶהָבָה.** שֶׁתִּשְׂרוֹף הָאֻמּוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְהָיוּ עַמִּים מִשְׂרְפוֹת סִיד״ (ישעיהו לג:יב), גַּם הִיא **לֹא תִבְעַר בָּךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a flame** which shall burn the heathens ([mss.:] the nations), as it is said (supra 33:12): “And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime.” That too shall not burn amidst you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:3:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:3:1)

**נָתַתִּי כָפְרְךָ מִצְרַיִם.** וְהֵם הָיוּ לְךָ לְפִדְיוֹן, שֶׁבְּכוֹרֵיהֶם מֵתוּ וְאַתָּה, בְּנִי בְּכוֹרִי, נִצַּלְתָּ, וִהְיִיתֶם חַיָּבִים כְּלָיָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יחזקאל כ:ח) ״וָאוֹמַר לִשְׁפּוֹךְ חֲמָתִי עֲלֵיהֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have given Egypt as your ransom** And they were your ransom, for their firstborn died, and you, My firstborn son, although you were deserving of destruction, as it is said in Ezekiel (20:8): “And I thought to pour out My fury upon them...in the land of Egypt.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:4:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:4:1)

**וְאֶתֵּן אָדָם תַּחְתֶּיךָ.** תָּמִיד אֲנִי רָגִיל בְּכָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I give** I am always accustomed to this.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:6:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:6:1)

**אֹמַר** לְרוּחַ צָפוֹן **תֵּנִי** הַגָּלֻיּוֹת שֶׁבַּצָּפוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will say** to the north wind, “Give the exiles who are in the north.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:6:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:6:2)

**וְלַתֵּימָן**, שֶׁהִיא רוּחַ חֲזָקָה – **אַל תִּכְלָאִי** מִלְּנַשֵּׁב בְּחָזְקָה לְהָבִיא גָּלֻיּוֹתַי. וְכֵן (שיר השירים ד:טז) ״עוּרִי צָפוֹן וּבֹאִי תֵימָן״, מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁהָרוּחַ צְפוֹנִית חַלָּשָׁה צְרִיכָה חִזּוּק, לְכָךְ כָּתוּב ׳עוּרִי׳, ׳תֵּנִי׳. אֲבָל דְּרוֹמִית שֶׁאֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה חִזּוּק (גיטין לא ב), כָּתוּב ׳בּוֹאִי׳ כְּמוֹת שֶׁהִיא, וְכֵן ׳אַל תִּכְלָאִי׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to the south** which is a strong wind, “Do not refrain from blowing strongly to bring My exiles.” Similarly (Song 4: 16), “Awaken, O north wind, and come, O south wind.” Since the north wind is weak, it needs strengthening. Therefore, it is written, “Awaken,” “Give.” But concerning the south wind which does not need straightening, it is written, “Come,” as it is, and so, “Do not refrain.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:7:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:7:1)

**כֹּל הַנִּקְרָא בִשְׁמִי וְלִכְבוֹדִי בְּרָאתִיו.** כָּל הַצַּדִּיקִים הַנִּקְרָאִים בִּשְׁמִי, וְכָל הֶעָשׂוּי לִכְבוֹדִי. **יְצַרְתִּיו אַף עֲשִׂיתִיו** – תִּכַּנְתִּיו בְּכָל הַצָּרִיךְ לוֹ, וְהֵכַנְתִּי הַכֹּל. כְּלוֹמַר: אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעָבְרוּ בַּגּוֹלָה וּבְצָרָה, כְּבָר הִכַּנְתִּי לָהֶם כָּל צָרְכֵי גְּאֻלָּתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Everyone that is called by My name, and whom I created for My glory** All the righteous, who are called by My name and everyone who was made for My glory, I formed him, yea, I made him. fixed him with all that is necessary for him, and I prepared everything. That is to say, that although they experienced exile and trouble, I prepared for them all the necessities of their redemption.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:8:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:8:1)

**הוֹצִיא עַם עִוֵּר.** הוֹצִיא כְּמוֹ לְהוֹצִיא מִן הַגּוֹלָה אוֹתָם שֶׁגָּלוּ עַל שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ כְּעִוְּרִים, **וְעֵינַיִם** לָהֶם וְלֹא רָאוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To bring out a blind people** Heb. הוֹצִיא, like לְהוֹצִיא to bring out of the exile those who were exiled because they became like blind; although they had eyes, they did not see.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:9:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:9:1)

**כָּל הַגּוֹיִם נִקְבְּצוּ.** אִם כָּל הַגּוֹיִם מֵעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת נִתְקַבְּצוּ יַחְדָּיו, **מִי בָהֶם** וּבִנְבִיאֵיהֶם **יַגִּיד** עֲתִידוֹת וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָהּ מִפִּי טָעוּתָם, אוֹ **הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת** שֶׁכְּבָר עָבְרוּ **יַשְׁמִיעֻנוּ** לֵאמֹר: ״אֲנַחְנוּ הִגַּדְנוּ אוֹתָם קוֹדֶם שֶׁבָּאוּ״?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Were all the nations gathered** If all the nations (of the peoples [Lublin;]) (of the heathens [Warsaw]; absent in all mss. and in K’li Paz) would gather together, who of them and of their prophets would tell the future, or the like, quoting their pagan Gods, or the first events, that have already passed, would they let us know, saying “We foretold them before they came about”?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:9:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:9:2)

**יִתְּנוּ עֵדֵיהֶם**, שֶׁשָּׁמְעוּ שֶׁנִּבְּאוּ עֲלֵיהֶם קֹדֶם לָכֵן, **וְיִצְדָּקוּ**; אֲבָל אֲנִי יֵשׁ לִי עֵדִים, שֶׁ**אַתֶּם עֵדַי**, שֶׁהִגַּדְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָם אֲבִיכֶם הַגָּלֻיּוֹת וּבָאוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Let them present their witnesses** who heard that they prophesied concerning them prior to their occurrence, and they shall be deemed just. But I have witnesses, for you are My witnesses that I told Abraham your forefather about the exiles, and they came about.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:10:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:10:1)

**וְעַבְדִּי.** יַעֲקֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and My servant** Jacob.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:10:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:10:2)

**אֲשֶׁר בָּחָרְתִּי.** הוּא יָעִיד שֶׁהִבְטַחְתִּיו בְּלֶכְתּוֹ לַאֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם, וְשָׁמַרְתִּי הַבְטָחָתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whom I chose.** He, too, shall testify that I promised him when he went to Mesopotamia, and I kept My promise.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:10:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:10:3)

**לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּ וְגוֹ׳.** כָּל זֶה עָשִׂיתִי לְמַעַן תִּתְּנוּ לֵב לָדַעַת אוֹתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in order that you know** I did all this in order that you put your heart to know Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:12:1)

**אָנֹכִי הִגַּדְתִּי.** הַגָּלֻיּוֹת לְאַבְרָהָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I told** of the exiles to Abraham.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:12:2)

**וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּי.** לְקַיֵּם דְּבָרִי בְּעֵת רָץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I saved** to fulfill the word at the time [designated for its] end.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:12:3)

**וְהִשְׁמַעְתִּי** לָכֶם הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I made heard** to you the first events.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:12:4)

**וְאֵין בָּכֶם זָר.** בְּאוֹתָן הַיָּמִים שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי כָּל אֵלֶּה, לֹא נִרְאָה בְּכֻלְּכֶם בֵּינֵי הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת אֵל **זָר** לְהַרְאוֹת גְּדֻלָּתוֹ וֶאֱלֹהוּתוֹ בְּפָנַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there was no stranger among you** In those days, when I did all these, there did not appear among all of you, among the heathens (the children of the nations [mss., K’li Paz]) a strange God, to show his greatness and his Godliness. ([Other manuscripts read:] And I made My Torah heard to you, and none among you estranged himself from accepting.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:12:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:12:5)

**וְאַתֶּם עֵדַי.** שֶׁפָּתַחְתִּי לָכֶם שִׁבְעָה רְקִיעִים, וְלֹא רְאִיתֶם כָּל תְּמוּנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you are My witnesses** that I opened seven heavens for you, and you saw no image.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:13:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:13:1)

**גַּם מִיּוֹם אֲנִי הוּא.** לֹא אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם לְבַדּוֹ הָיִיתִי לְבַדִּי, כִּי גַּם מֵאָז הֱיוֹת יוֹם אֲנִי הוּא לְבַדִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Even before the day I am He** Not only that day was I alone, but even before it became day I am He alone.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:13:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:13:2)

**אֶפְעַל.** אִם בָּאתִי לִפְעוֹל אֵין מֵשִׁיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I do** If I came to do, no one can retract.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:14:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:14:1)

**לְמַעַנְכֶם שִׁלַּחְתִּי בָבֶלָה.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״בְּדִיל חוֹבֵיכוֹן אַגְלֵיתִי יַתְכוֹן לְבָבֶל״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because of you, I sent [you] to Babylon** Jonathan paraphrases: Because of your sins I exiled you to Babylon.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:14:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:14:2)

**וְהוֹרַדְתִּי בָרִיחִים כֻּלָּם.** ״וַאֲחֵתִית בִּמְשׁוֹטִין כּוּלְהוֹן״. ׳מְשׁוֹטִין׳ הוּא עֵץ שֶׁמַּנְהִיג אֶת הַסְּפִינָה וּמְיַשְּׁרָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I lowered them all with oars** Heb. וְהוֹרַדְתִּי בָרִיחִים. Jonathan renders: And I lowered with oars (בִּמְשׁוֹטִין), all of them. מְשׁוֹטִין denotes the wood that guides the ship and straightens it out.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:14:3
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**וְכַשְׂדִּים** הוֹלִיכוּ אֶתְכֶם **בָּאֳנִיּוֹת רִנָּתָם**, וְגַם יֵשׁ לְפָרְשׁוֹ עַל בְּשׂוֹרַת הַגְּאוּלָּה. **לְמַעַנְכֶם שִׁלַּחְתִּי** אֶשְׁלַח מַלְכֵי מָדַי לְבָבֶל וְאוֹרִיד הַכַּשְׂדִּים בִּסְפִינוֹת וּמְשׁוֹטִין לַגּוֹלָה לְאֶרֶץ מָדַי, **וְכַשְׂדִּים** אוֹרִיד **בָּאֳנִיּוֹת** שֶׁהָיְתָה **רִנָּתָם** בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Chaldees** led you in the ships of their rejoicing. This may also be explained as regards the news of the redemption, as follows: **Because of you, I sent** I will send the kings of Media to Babylon, and I will lower the Chaldees in ships and oars into exile to the land of Media. And the Chaldees I will lower in ships which their rejoicing was [i.e., the Chaldees would be taken into captivity with the very boats in which they had previously rejoiced].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:16:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 43:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:16:1)

**הַנּוֹתֵן בַּיָּם דָּרֶךְ.** בְּיַם סוּף, וְשָׁם הוֹצֵאתִי מִצְרַיִם לִרְדּוֹף אַחֲרֵיכֶם **רֶכֶב וָסוּס וְחַיִל וְעִזּוּז**, וְכֻלָּם **יַחְדָּיו יִשְׁכְּבוּ** מֵתִים עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם **בַּל יָקוּמוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who made a way in the sea** in the Sea of Reeds, and there I drew the Egyptians out to pursue you, with chariots and horses, and an army and power, and all of them lay together dead on the seashore, not to rise.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:17:1
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**כַּפִּשְׁתָּה כָבוּ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״כְּבוּצִין עַמִּי טְפוֹ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they were quenched** Jonathan renders: Like flax they dimmed, they were quenched.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:18:1
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**אַל תִּזְכְּרוּ רִאשֹׁנוֹת.** הַנִּסִּים הַלָּלוּ שֶׁאֲנִי מַזְכִּיר לָכֶם שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי בְּמִצְרַיִם, אַל תִּזְכְּרוּ אוֹתָם מֵעַתָּה, כִּי בַּגְּאֻלָּה זוֹ תַּעַסְקוּ לְהוֹדוֹת וּלְהַלֵּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Remember not the first events** These miracles that I mention to you, that I performed in Egypt do not remember them from now on, for you shall be engaged in this redemption, to thank and to praise.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:18:2
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**אַל תִּתְבֹּנָנוּ.** אַל תִּסְתַּכְּלוּ בָּהֶן, אַל תִּתְּנוּ לָהֶם לֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do not meditate** Do not ponder about them; do not pay attention to them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:20:1
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**תְּכַבְּדֵנִי חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה.** מָקוֹם שֶׁהוּא חָרֵב וּמַרְבָּץ לְחַיּוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה, לְ**תַנִּים** וְלִ**בְנוֹת יַעֲנָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The beasts of the field shall honor Me** The place that is desolate and a habitat of the beasts of the field, for the jackals and for the ostriches.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:20:2
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**כִּי נָתַתִּי בַמִּדְבָּר מַיִם.** כְּלוֹמַר: בְּאֶרֶץ חֲרֵבָה אֶתֵּן יִשּׁוּב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for I gave water in the desert** i.e., in a desolate land I will place a settlement.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:21:1
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**עַם זוּ יָצַרְתִּי לִי.** לְמַעַן **תְּהִלָּתִי יְסַפֵּרוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**This people I formed for Myself** so that they recite My praise.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:22:1
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**וְלֹא אֹתִי קָרָאתָ.** וְאַתָּה לֹא אוֹתִי קָרָאתָ בִּפְנוֹתְךָ אַחֲרֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But you did not call Me** But you did not call Me in your turning after idolatry.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:22:2
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**כִּי יָגַעְתָּ בִּי.** נִלְאֵיתֶם מַהֵר בַּעֲבוֹדָתִי (פסיקתא רבתי כט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for you wearied of Me** You quickly wearied of My worship.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:23:1
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**לֹא הֵבֵאתָ לִּי שֵׂה עֹלֹתֶיךָ.** כִּי אִם לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You did not bring Me the lambs of your burnt offerings** but to idolatry.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:23:2
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**לֹא הֶעֱבַדְתִּיךָ.** עֲבוֹדָה רַבָּה **בְּמִנְחָה**, קֹמֶץ מְעַט עוֹלֶה לַגָּבוֹהַּ, וְגַם הוּא לֹא אָמַרְתִּי לְךָ לְהַקְרִיב לְךָ חוֹבָה, אֶלָּא נְדָבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**neither did I overwork you** Cause you to do much work with the meal offering; merely a handful would be offered to the Most High, and even that I did not ordain upon you to sacrifice as an obligation but as a free-will offering.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:24:1
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**לֹא קָנִיתָ לִּי בַכֶּסֶף קָנֶה.** לִקְטֹרֶת לֹא הֻצְרַכְתָּ לִקְנוֹתָהּ בְּכֶסֶף, לְפִי שֶׁהָיְתָה מְצוּיָה בְּאַרְצְכֶם הַרְבֵּה. אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא: קִנָּמוֹנִיָּה הָיְתָה גְּדֵלָה בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְהָיוּ אוֹכְלִין אוֹתָהּ עִזִּים וּצְבָיִים (איכה רבה פתיחתא י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Neither did you purchase cane for Me with money** for incense. You did not have to purchase it with money, for it was very common in your land. Said Rabbi Abba: Cinnamon grew in the Land of Israel, and goats and deer would eat of it. In Midrash Eichah (Proem X). ([Some manuscripts read:] **Neither did you purchase cane for Me with money** for incense, for you failed to offer to Me what you should have, and you were attracted to idolatry.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:24:2
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**הֶעֱבַדְתַּנִי בְּחַטֹּאותֶיךָ.** אַתֶּם גְּרַמְתֶּם לִי לִהְיוֹת שַׁמָּשׁ לְעוֹבְדֵי פְּסִילִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁרָאָה יְחֶזְקֵאל ״וְהִנֵּה רוּחַ סְעָרָה בָּאָה מִן הַצָּפוֹן״ (יחזקאל א:ד), שֶׁהָיְתָה חוֹזֶרֶת מֶרְכֶּבֶת הַשְּׁכִינָה מִבָּבֶל, שֶׁהָלְכָה לִכְבּוֹשׁ אֶת כָּל הָעוֹלָם תַּחַת יָדוֹ שֶׁל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמְרוּ בְּיַד אֻמָּה שְׁפָלָה מָסַר אֶת בָּנָיו, כִּדְאִיתָא בַּחֲגִיגָה (חגיגה יג ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But you have burdened Me** [lit. you have overworked Me.] You have caused Me to be an attendant to pagans, as Ezekiel envisioned (1:4): “And behold a tempest was coming from the north.” For the chariot of the Shechinah was returning from Babylon, where it had gone to conquer the whole world under the domination of Nebuchadnezzar, lest they say that He delivered His children into the hands of an inferior nation, as is found in Hagigah (13b).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:25:1
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**אָנֹכִי אָנֹכִי.** אֲנִי **הוּא** שֶׁמְּחִיתִים מֵאָז, וַאֲנִי **מֹחֶה** אוֹתָם גַּם עַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I, yea I** I am He Who erased them from time immemorial [lit. from then], and I erase them even now.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:25:2
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**לְמַעֲנִי.** לֹא בִּזְכוּתְךָ וְלֹא בְּצִדְקַת אֲבוֹתֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for My sake** Neither in your merit nor in the merit of your forefathers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:26:1
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**הַזְכִּירֵנִי.** כָּל תַּגְמוּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְךָ וְלַאֲבוֹתֶיךָ עָלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Remind Me** all the reward I owe you and your forefathers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:26:2
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**נִשָּׁפְטָה יָחַד.** נָבֹא לְמִשְׁפָּט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let us stand in judgment** [lit. let us be judged together.] Let us come to judgment.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:27:1
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**אָבִיךָ הָרִאשׁוֹן חָטָא.** בְּאָמְרוֹ ״בַּמֶּה אֵדַע״ (בראשית טו:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your first father sinned** by saying (Gen. 15:8), “How will I know...?”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:27:2
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**וּמְלִיצֶיךָ פָּשְׁעוּ בִי.** אֵין לְךָ בְּכָל מְלִיצִים שֶׁאַתָּה סוֹמֵךְ עַל זְכוּתָם, שֶׁלֹּא מָצָאתִי בּוֹ פֶּשַׁע: יִצְחָק אָהַב אֶת שׂוֹנְאִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your intercessors transgressed against Me** You have none among all the intercessors upon whose merit you rely, in whom I have not found transgression. Isaac loved My enemy [Esau].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 43:28:1
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**וַאֲחַלֵּל שָׂרֵי קֹדֶשׁ.** בִּשְׁבִיל עֲוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I profane the holy princes** because of your iniquities.