## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 44

###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:1:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:1:1)

**וְעַתָּה שְׁמַע.** לָשׁוּב לְתוֹרָתִי, **יַעֲקֹב עַבְדִּי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now, hearken** to return to My Torah, Jacob My servant.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:3:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:3:1)

**כִּי אֶצָּק מַיִם עַל צָמֵא.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁאֲנִי יוֹצֵק מַיִם עַל צָמֵא, כֵּן **אֶצֹּק רוּחִי עַל זַרְעֶךָ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As I will pour water on the thirsty** Just as I pour water on the thirsty, so will I pour My spirit on your seed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:4:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:4:1)

**וְצָמְחוּ בְּבֵין חָצִיר.** בְּתוֹךְ עֲמָלֵק, עַל יְדֵי גֵרִים שֶׁיִּתְוַסְּפוּ עֲלֵיהֶם. ׳בֵּין חָצִיר׳ הוּא עֲמָלֵק, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עָלָיו ״וְהָיְתָה נְוֵה תַנִּים חָצִיר לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה״ (ישעיהו לד:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they shall sprout among the grass** among Esau (mss. and K’li Paz). [The Jewish nation will grow] through the proselytes who will join them. [The expression,] “among the grass” refers to Esau, for it is stated concerning Edom (supra 34:13): “And it shall be the habitat of jackals, an abode (חָצִיר) for ostriches.” (Editions reading, “Amalek,” are erroneous cf. reference.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:5:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:5:1)

**זֶה יֹאמַר לַה׳ אָנִי.** אֵלּוּ צַדִּיקִים גְּמוּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**This one shall say, “I am the Lord’s.”** These are the perfectly righteous.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:5:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:5:2)

**וְזֶה יִקְרָא בְשֵׁם יַעֲקֹב.** אֵלּוּ קְטַנִּים, בְּנֵי רְשָׁעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and this one shall call himself by the name of Jacob.** These are the children, the sons of the wicked.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:5:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:5:3)

**זֶה יִכְתֹּב יָדוֹ לַה׳.** אֵלּוּ בַּעֲלֵי תְּשׁוּבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and this one shall write [with] his hand, “To the Lord,”** These are the repentant.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:5:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:5:4)

**וּבְשֵׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל יְכַנֶּה.** אֵלּוּ הַגֵּרִים מֵעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת. כָּךְ שְׁנוּיָה בְּאָבוֹת דְּרַבִּי נָתָן (אבות דרבי נתן לו א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and adopt the name Israel** These are the proselytes. So it was taught in Avoth d’Rabbi Nathan (36:1).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:7:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:7:1)

**וּמִי כָמוֹנִי יִקְרָא.** וּמִי יִקְרָא שֶׁהוּא כָּמוֹנִי, וְיַגִּיד וְיַעֲרֹךְ **לִי** אֶת כָּל מַה שֶּׁהָיָה **מִשּׂוּמִי עַם עוֹלָם** וְעַד עַתָּה?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And who will call [that he is] like Me** And who will call that he is like Me and tell and arrange for me all that transpired since I placed the ancient people and until now?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:7:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:7:2)

**עַם עוֹלָם.** כָּל בְּרִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the ancient people** All the creatures.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:7:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:7:3)

**וְאֹתִיּוֹת.** דִּבְרֵי מוֹפֵת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the signs** Marvelous things.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:7:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:7:4)

**וַאֲשֶׁר תָּבֹאנָה.** וְאֶת הָעֲתִידוֹת לָבֹא יַגִּידוּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאֲנִי עוֹשֶׂה עַתָּה, שֶׁעֲדַיִן לֹא חָרַב הַבַּיִת, וְלֹא גְּלִיתֶם, וְלֹא נוֹלַד כּוֹרֶשׁ, וַאֲנִי מְבַשֵּׂר אֶתְכֶם עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and those that will come** And those destined to come, let them tell, as I do now, for the Temple has not yet been destroyed, and you have not been exiled, and neither has Cyrus been born, but I am reporting it to you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:8:1)

**וְאַל תִּרְהוּ.** אֵין לוֹ דִּמְיוֹן, וּפִתְרוֹנוֹ לְפִי הָעִנְיָן כְּמוֹ ׳אַל תֵּחַתּוּ׳ מִלְּהוֹדִיעַ אֶת שְׁמִי לְבֵין הָעֲוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and be not dismayed** Heb. תִּרְהוּ. There is no similar word, and its interpretation according to its context is like תֵּחַתּוּ, be not dismayed from making My name known among the heathens (nations [K’li Paz and mss.]).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:8:2)

**הֲלֹא מֵאָז הִשְׁמַעְתִּיךָ.** מֵהַר סִינַי, **וְהִגַּדְתִּי** לָכֶם שָׁם שֶׁאֵין **אֱלוֹהַּ מִבַּלְעָדַי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let you hear** from Mount Sinai, and I told you there that there is no God besides Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:8:3)

**וְאַתֶּם עֵדָי.** שֶׁפָּתַחְתִּי לָכֶם שִׁבְעָה רְקִיעִים וְהֶרְאֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם שֶׁאֵין אַחֵר, וְאַתֶּם עֵדַי בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה שֶׁאֵין **אֱלוֹהַּ מִבַּלְעָדַי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you are My witnesses** that I opened for you seven heavens and showed you that there is no other, and you are My witnesses to this thing that there is no God besides Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:8:4)

**וְאֵין צוּר בַּל יָדָעְתִּי.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְלֵית דְּתַקִּיף אֶלְהֵן דְּמִן קֳדָמִי מִתְיְהֵב לֵיהּ תַּקִּיף״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there is no rock I did not know** Jonathan renders: And there is no strong one unless he is given strength by Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:8:5)

**בַּל יָדָעְתִּי.** לְשׁוֹן ״וָאֵדָעֲךָ בְשֵׁם״ (שמות לג:יז), ״יָדַע לֶכְתְּךָ״ (דברים ב:ז), ״אֲנִי יְדַעְתִּיךָ בַּמִּדְבָּר״ (הושע יג:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I did not know** Heb. יָדַעְתִּי. An expression similar to (Exodus 33:17) “And I knew you by name (וָאֵדָעֲךָ)”; (Deut. 2:7) “He knew (יָדַע) your going”; (Hosea 13:5) “I knew you (יְדַעְתִּיךָ) in the desert.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:9:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:9:1)

**וְעֵדֵיהֶם הֵמָּה.** הַפְּסִילִים הֵם עֵדִים עַל בֹּשֶׁת עוֹבְדֵיהֶם, שֶׁהֲרֵי אָנוּ רוֹאִין שֶׁאֵינָן לֹא רוֹאִין וְלֹא יוֹדְעִין, וְהָיוּ עוֹבְדִין לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they are their witnesses** The idols are witnesses of the shame of their worshipers, for we see that they neither see nor know, yet they were worshiping them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:9:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:9:2)

**לְמַעַן יֵבֹשׁוּ.** הָעוֹבְדִים לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so that they be ashamed** Those who worship them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:10:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:10:1)

**נָסָךְ.** לְשׁוֹן יְצִיקָה וּמַסֵּכָה, וְהַנּוּ״ן בַּתֵּיבָה יְסוֹד הַנּוֹפֵל מִמֶּנּוּ, כְּגוֹן נוּ״ן שֶׁל ׳נָשַׁךְ׳ וְשֶׁל ׳נָגַף׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**molded** Heb. נָסָךְ, an expression of pouring and a molten image (מַסֵּכָה). The ‘nun’ in the word is a radical sometimes omitted, e.g., the ‘nun’ of נשך, biting, and of נגף, plaguing.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:11:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:11:1)

**הֵן כָּל חֲבֵרָיו.** שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ יוֹצֵר וְנוֹסֵךְ פְּסִילִים, הַמִּתְחַבְּרִים אֵלָיו לַעֲבוֹד אֶת יְצִירָתוֹ וְנִסְכּוֹ, **יֵבֹשׁוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold, all his colleagues** of that fashioner and molder of graven images, who join him to worship his creation and his molten image, shall be ashamed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:11:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:11:2)

**וְחָרָשִׁים הֵמָּה.** אוֹתָם יוֹצְרִים וְנוֹסְכִים מִבְּנֵי אָדָם הֵם, קַל וָחֹמֶר לִיצִירָתָם שֶׁהִיא הֶבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they are smiths** those fashioners and molders, and they are of men, surely their creation is vanity.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:12:1)

**חָרַשׁ בַּרְזֶל.** חָרָשׁ שֶׁל בַּרְזֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The ironsmith** a smith of iron.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:12:2)

**מַעֲצָד.** הוּא אֶחָד מִכְּלֵי הַנַּפָּחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**an axe** Heb. מַעֲצָָד. That is one of the tools of the blacksmiths.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:12:3)

**וּפָעַל.** הַפֶּסֶל. **בַּפֶּחָם.** קרבו״ן בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he works** the image. **with coal** Heb. פֶּחָם, charbon in French.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:12:4)

**וּבַמַּקָּבוֹת.** מרטי״ל בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with sledge hammers** Heb. מַקָּבוֹת, marteau in French.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:12:5)

**יִצְּרֵהוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ׳צִיּוּר׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he fashions it** Heb. יִצְּרֵהוּ, an expression of fashioning.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:6
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:12:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:12:6)

**וַיִּפְעָלֵהוּ בִּזְרוֹעַ כֹּחוֹ גַּם רָעֵב וְגוֹ׳.** גַּם הוּא הַיּוֹצֵר חֲסַר כֹּחַ וְחַלָּשׁ הוּא, שֶׁאִם יִרְעַב **אֵין** בּוֹ **כֹּחַ**, אוֹ אִם **לֹא שָׁתָה מַיִם וַיִּיעָף** לְאַלְתַּר. קַל וָחֹמֶר שֶׁפְּעֻלָּתוֹ אֵין בָּהּ תּוֹעֶלֶת לַעֲזוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he made it with his strong arm; yea he is hungry etc.** Even he, the fashioner, lacks strength and is weak, for if he becomes hungry he has no strength, or if he does not drink water, he becomes faint immediately. Surely his product has no power to help.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:13:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:13:1)

**חָרַשׁ עֵצִים.** וְאִם בָּא לַעֲשׂוֹתוֹ שֶׁל עֵץ, וְחָרַשׁ עֵצִים הוּא, כָּךְ דַּרְכּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The carpenter** And if he comes to make it of wood, and he is a carpenter, the following is his method.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:13:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:13:2)

**נָטָה קָו.** כְּדֶרֶךְ הַנַּגָּרִים, וְעַל פִּי הַקָּו **יְתָאֲרֵהוּ בַשֶּׂרֶד**, מְיַשֵּׁר אוֹתוֹ בְּמַסּוֹר, שֶׁקּוֹרִין דאלאור״א בלע״ז. **יְתָאֲרֵהוּ.** יְיַפֵּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**stretched out a line** as is the custom of the carpenters, and according to the line, יְתָאֲרֵהוּ בַשֶּׂרֶד, he straightens it with a saw, which they call doloire in French. **he beautifies it** Heb. יְתָאֲרֵהוּ, he beautifies it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:13:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:13:3)

**יַעֲשֵׂהוּ בַּמַּקְצֻעוֹת.** וּמַחְלִיקוֹ בְּרָהִיטְנִי וְאִזְמֵל; **מַקְצֻעוֹת** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״אִיזְמֵלַיָּא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he fixes it with planes** Heb. מַקְצֻעוֹת. He smoothes it with a plane and a blade. Jonathan renders מַקְצֻעוֹת as אִיזְמֵלַיָּא, knives or blades.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:13:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:13:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:13:4)

**וּבַמְּחוּגָה יְתָאֳרֵהוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״וְתָאַר הַגְּבוּל״ (יהושע טו:ט), אִם בָּא לַעֲשׂוֹת בּוֹ צִיּוּרִים עֲגוּלִים, מְסַבֵּב אוֹתוֹ בַּמְּחוּגָה, קונפ״ש בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with a compass he rounds it** Heb. יְתָאֳרֵהוּ, an expression similar to (Josh. 15:9): “And the border circled (וְתָאַר).” If he comes to make circular drawings, he draws around it with a compass, compas in French.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:13:5
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**כְּתִפְאֶרֶת אָדָם.** הִיא הָאִשָּׁה, שֶׁהִיא תִּפְאֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the beauty of a man** That is a woman, who is the beauty of her husband.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:14:1
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**תִּרְזָה וְאַלּוֹן.** מִינֵי אִילָנֵי סְרָק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**ilex and an oak** kinds of non-fruit-producing trees.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:14:2
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**וַיְאַמֶּץ לוֹ בַּעֲצֵי יָעַר.** עוֹשֶׂה לוֹ חִזּוּקִים, בֵּין לְחִזּוּק בֵּין לְנוֹי, בְּמִינֵי עֵצִים הַמְשֻׁנִּים זֶה מִזֶּה בְּמַרְאֵיהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he reinforced it with forest trees** He makes for it types of reinforcements, either for strength or for beauty, with types of trees, one different from the other in their appearance.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:14:3
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**נָטַע אֹרֶן.** כְּשֶׁמּוֹצֵא יִחוּר וְנֶטַע הָרָאוּי לְכָךְ, נוֹטְעוֹ לְכָךְ, וְהַגֶּשֶׁם מְגַדְּלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he planted a sapling** When he finds a branch or a sapling that is fit for that, he plants it for that and the rain makes it grow.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:14:4
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**אֹרֶן.** לְשׁוֹן ׳נֶטַע יוֹנֵק׳, פלנצו״ן בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a sapling** Heb. אֹרֶן, a young sapling, ploncon in O.F.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:15:1
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**וְהָיָה לְאָדָם לְבָעֵר.** וְהָיָה אוֹתוֹ עֵץ מִקְצָתוֹ לְצָרְכֵי אָדָם לְבָעֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it was for man to ignite** And part of that very tree was for man’s necessities, [viz.] to ignite.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:15:2
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**וַיִּקַּח** מִן הָעֵצִים. **וַיָּחָם** גּוּפוֹ לְנֶגְדָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he took** from the trees. **and he warmed** his body opposite them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:15:3
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**אַף יַשִּׂיק.** מֵהֶם תַּנּוּר וְאוֹפֶה **לָחֶם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he even heated** an oven with them and baked bread.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:15:4
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**אַף יִפְעַל אֵל.** מִן הַנּוֹתָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he even made a God** from what was left over.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:19:1
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**וְלֹא יָשִׁיב אֶל לִבּוֹ. חֶצְיוֹ שָׂרַפְתִּי בְמוֹ אֵשׁ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he does not give it thought** [lit. and he does not return to his heart.] Half of it I burnt with fire.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:19:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:19:2)

**וְלֹא דַעַת וְלֹא תְבוּנָה** בּוֹ **לֵאמֹר** זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he has neither knowledge nor understanding** [lit. and there is neither knowledge nor understanding] in him to say this.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:19:3
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**לְבוּל עֵץ.** לְרִקְבוֹן עֵץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to rotten wood** Heb. לְבוּל עֵץ, to decay of wood.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:20:1
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**רֹעֶה אֵפֶר לֵב הוּתַל הִטָּהוּ.** לִבּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הוּתַל, הִטָּהוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ רוֹעֶה שֶׁל אֵפֶר הַדְּמוּת, שֶׁנִּשְׂרַף חֶצְיוֹ וְנַעֲשָׂה אֵפֶר. הַשּׁוֹטֶה הַזֶּה הָיָה אוֹמֵר שֶׁהוּא לוֹ לְרוֹעֶה וּלְמְפַרְנֵס. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **רוֹעֶה אֵפֶר** לְשׁוֹן ׳רֵיעוּת׳, עוֹבֵד עֲבוֹדַת אֲחֵרִים וּמְחַבֵּר אֵלָיו עֲבוֹדַת אֲחֵרִים שֶׁהִיא אֵפֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[To] a provider [made] of ashes, a deceived heart has perverted him** His heart, which was deceived, turned him aside to make for himself a provider of ashes. The image, half of which was burned and made into ashes, this fool says that it is his provider and patron. Another explanation: רוֹעֶה אֵפֶר is an expression of companionship. One who worships idols associates himself with the idol, which is ash.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:20:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:20:2)

**וְלֹא יַצִּיל.** הַנִּתְעֶה אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ לֵאמֹר **הֲלוֹא שֶׁקֶר בִּימִינִי**, וְיִפָּרֵד מֵעָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he shall not save** [i.e.,] the misled one shall not save his soul, saying, “Is there not falsehood in my right hand?” and separate from it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:21:1
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**לֹא תִנָּשֵׁנִי.** לֹא תִּהְיֶה שָׁכוּחַ מִיִּרְאָתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do not forget Me** Do not forget My fear.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:22:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:22:1)

**מָחִיתִי כָעָב פְּשָׁעֶיךָ.** בְּמִצְרַיִם וּבַמִּדְבָּר, גַּם עַתָּה **שׁוּבָה אֵלַי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I erased your transgressions like a thick cloud** in Egypt and in the desert. Now too, return to Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:23:1
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**פִּצְחוּ.** לְשׁוֹן פִּתְחוֹן פֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**burst out** An expression of opening the mouth.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:24:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:24:1)

**וְיֹצֶרְךָ מִבָּטֶן.** מֵאָז ״וַיִּתְרוֹצְצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ״ (בראשית כה:כב) הָיִיתִי לְךָ לְעֶזְרָה וּבְחַרְתִּיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the One Who formed you from the womb** From the time that (Gen. 25:22) “the children struggled within her,” I was your help and I chose you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:24:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:24:2)

**נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדִּי**:


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:25:1
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**מֵפֵר אֹתוֹת בַּדִּים.** לְפִי שֶׁאֲנִי נָטִיתִי שָׁמַיִם, לְפִיכָךְ אֲנִי יָכוֹל לְהָפֵר אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who stretched forth the heavens alone...Who frustrates the signs of imposters** Since I stretched forth the heavens, I can, therefore, frustrate their signs.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:25:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:25:2)

**בַּדִּים.** הֵם הַחוֹזִים בַּכּוֹכָבִים עַל יְדֵי **אֹתוֹת** הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְעַל שֵׁם שֶׁפְּעָמִים הַרְבֵּה שֶׁהֵם מְכַזְּבִים קוֹרִין אוֹתָם ׳בַּדִּים׳, שֶׁאֲנִי מַחֲלִיף הַשָּׂרִים שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה וְטוֹעִין אֵלּוּ הַנִּשְׁאָלִין בָּהֶם. וּלְפִי שֶׁאִצְטַגְנִינֵי בָּבֶל הָיוּ חוֹזִים בַּכּוֹכָבִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר (ישעיהו מז:יג) ״יַעַמְדוּ נָא וְיוֹשִׁיעוּךְ הוֹבְרֵי שָׁמַיִם״, לְכָךְ הוּא אוֹמֵר שֶׁיָּפֵר אוֹתוֹת בַּדֵּיהֶם, כִּי אֲנִי הוּא שֶׁהֵפַרְתִּי אוֹתוֹת בַּדֵּי מִצְרַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**imposters** Heb. בַּדִּים. They are stargazers, who predict the future through signs of the heavens, and since many times they lie, they are called בַּדִּים, imposters, for I change the heavenly princes, and these who ask of them err, and since the astrologers of Babylon were stargazers, as Scripture states (infra 47:13), “Let them stand now, and let the gazers into the heavens save you.” He, therefore, states that He will frustrate the signs of their imposters, for I am He Who frustrated the signs of the imposters of Egypt.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:26:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:26:1)

**מֵקִים דְּבַר עַבְדּוֹ.** מֹשֶׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He fulfills the word of His servant** Moses.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:26:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 44:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/44:26:2)

**וַעֲצַת מַלְאָכָיו.** מַלְאָךְ אֶחָד אָמַר לְיַעֲקֹב ״יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶךָ״ (בראשית לב:כח), וְקִיַּמְתִּי דְּבָרָיו; אַף כָּאן אֲקַיֵּם עֲצַת נְבִיאַי **הָאוֹמֵר** עַל **יְרוּשָׁלִַם תּוּשָׁב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the counsel of His messengers** One angel said to Jacob (Gen. 32:27), “Israel shall be your name,” and I fulfilled his words. Here too, I will fulfill the counsel of My prophets who say concerning Jerusalem, “It shall be settled.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:27:1
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**הָאֹמֵר לַצּוּלָה חֳרָבִי.** הָאוֹמֵר לְבָבֶל: הִתְיַבְּשִׁי (קהלת רבה יב ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who says to the deep, “Be dry”** Who says to Babylon, “Be dry.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:27:2
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**וְנַהֲרֹתַיִךְ אוֹבִישׁ.** לְפִי שֶׁהִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל נְהָרוֹת, מְדַמֶּה הֲרִיגַת אֻכְלוּסֶיהָ לְיֹבֶשׁ נְהָרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will dry up your rivers** Since it is situated on rivers, he compares the slaying of its population to the drying up of rivers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 44:28:1
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**רֹעִי.** מֶלֶךְ שֶׁלִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My shepherd** My king.