## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 45

###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:1:1
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**לִמְשִׁיחוֹ.** כָּל שֵׁם גְּדֻלָּה קְרוּיָה ׳מְשִׁיחָה׳, כְּמוֹ ״לְךָ נְתַתִּיהָ לְמָשְׁחָה״ (במדבר יח:ח). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ: לְמֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אוֹמֵר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קוֹבֵל אֲנִי לְךָ עַל כּוֹרֶשׁ, כִּדְאִיתָא בְּמַסֶּכֶת מְגִילָּה (מגילה יב.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to His anointed one** Every title of greatness is called anointing. Comp. (Num. 18:8) “To you I have given them for greatness (לְמָשְׁחָה).” Our Sages, however, said: To the King Messiah, the Holy One, blessed be He, says, “I complain to you about Cyrus,” as it is stated in Tractate Megillah 12a.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:1:2
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**לְרַד לְפָנָיו גּוֹיִם.** לְהַרְקִיעַ וּלְרַדֵּד לְפָנָיו גּוֹיִם, **לְרַד** – לִשְׁטוֹחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to flatten nations before him** Heb. לְרַד, to spread out and to flatten nations before him. לְרַד is equivalent to לְרַדֵּד, to spread out.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:1:3
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**וּמָתְנֵי מְלָכִים אֲפַתֵּחַ.** לְשׁוֹן חַלָּשׁוּת הוּא זֶה וְשֶׁבֶר כֹּחַ, כִּי חֲגוֹרַת מָתְנַיִם הוּא זֵרוּז כֹּחַ, כְּמוֹ ״אֱזָר נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ״ (איוב מ:ז), ״וְאַתָּה תֵאָזֹר מָתְנֶיךָ״ (ירמיהו א:יז). ״וּמְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּה״ (איוב יב:כא) לְשׁוֹן שִׁבְרוֹן כֹּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the loins of kings I will loosen** This is an expression of weakness and breaking strength, for girding the loins constitutes arming with strength. Comp. (Job 38:3) “Gird up your loins like a mighty man”; (Jer. 1:17) “And you gird up your loins”; (Job 12:21) “And the belt of the mighty He loosens”; an expression of breaking strength.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:1:4
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**לִפְתֹּחַ לְפָנָיו** דַּלְתֵי שַׁעֲרֵי בָּבֶל; **שְׁעָרִים** הוּא חֲלַל פֶּתַח הַשַּׁעַר, **דְּלָתַיִם** הֵם הַפּוֹתְחִים וְנוֹעֲלִין בָּהֶן אֶת הַשַּׁעַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to open...before him** the portals of the gates of Babylon. Gates are the space of the opening of the gate; portals are those with which they open and lock the gate.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:2:1
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**וַהֲדוּרִים אֲיַשֵּׁר.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְשׁוּרַיָּא אֶכְבּוֹשׁ״, כְּמוֹ ״הֲדַר הֲדַרְנָא״ (שבת עז:), עַל שֵׁם שֶׁסּוֹבֶבֶת הַחוֹמָה אֶת הָעִיר. וְיֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ **הֲדוּרִים**: אוֹרְחוֹת מְקֻלְקָלוֹת **אֲיַשֵּׁר** לְפָנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will straighten out crooked paths** Heb. וַהֲדוּרִים אֲיַשֵּׁר. Jonathan renders: I will level the walls. Comp. (Shab. 77b) “the surrounding area (הדר הדרנא),” since the wall surrounds the city. The word may also be explained as: I will straighten out crooked paths before him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:3:1
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**הַקּוֹרֵא בְשִׁמְךָ.** עֲדַיִן לֹא נוֹלַדְתָּ, וַאֲנִי קוֹרֵא לְךָ שֵׁם כּוֹרֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who calls [you] by your name** You are not yet born, and I call you by the name Cyrus.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:4:1
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**לְמַעַן עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב.** שֶׁתּוֹצִיאֵהוּ מִגָּלוּת בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the sake of My servant Jacob** that you take him out of Babylonian exile.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:4:2
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**וְלֹא יְדַעְתָּנִי.** לֹא עָשִׂיתָ רְצוֹנִי, כִּי אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי ״הוּא יִבְנֶה עִירִי״ (ישעיהו מה:יג), וְהוּא כְּשֶׁעָמַד אָמַר ״מִי בָכֶם מִכָּל עַמּוֹ״ (עזרא א:ג), רְשׁוּת נָתַן לָהֶם לֵילֵךְ, וְכָל הַטֹּרַח פָּרַק מֵעַל צַוָּארוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yet you have not known Me** You did not do My will, for I said, (infra v. 13) “He shall build My city,” but he when he assumed the throne said, “Whoever among you is from all His people, may ascend.” He gave them permission to go, but he cast off all the trouble from upon his neck.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:7:1
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**יוֹצֵר אוֹר.** לַצַּדִּיקִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who forms light** for the righteous.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:7:2
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**וּבוֹרֵא חֹשֶׁךְ.** לְבָבֶל, וְכֵן **עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וּבוֹרֵא רָע**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and creates darkness** for Babylon, and the same applies to “Who makes peace and creates evil.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:8:1
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**הַרְעִיפוּ שָׁמַיִם וְגוֹ׳.** ״צֶדֶק״ הָאָמוּר בַּמִּקְרָא מוּסָב עַל הַנֶּזֶל וְעַל הָרְעִיפָה. הַרְעִיפוּ שָׁמַיִם צֶדֶק וּשְׁחָקִים יִזְּלוּ צֶדֶק, כְּלוֹמַר: מֵאִתִּי יָבֹא הַצֶּדֶק לְהֵיטִיב לָהֶם מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Cause the heavens to drip** Righteousness, mentioned in the verse, is the object of the dripping and the pouring. Make the heavens drip righteousness and the skies shall pour righteousness, i.e., from Me shall come the righteousness to benefit them from the heavens.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:8:2
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**בְּרָאתִיו.** בָּרָאתִי אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**created it** I created this thing.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:9:1
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**הוֹי רָב אֶת יֹצְרוֹ.** נִתְנַבֵּא יְשַׁעְיָה עַל חֲבַקּוּק, שֶׁעָתִיד לַעֲמוֹד וְלִקְרוֹא תִּגָּר עַל אֹרֶךְ הַצְלָחָתוֹ שֶׁל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר: ״עַד אָנָה ה׳ שִׁוַּעְתִּי וְגוֹ׳״ (חבקוק א:ב), ״וְתַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם כִּדְגֵי הַיָּם״ (חבקוק א:יד). וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אָמַר לִישַׁעְיָה: לָמָּה זֶה בָּא לָרִיב אִתִּי, סָבוּר הוּא שֶׁאֵינִי שָׂם עַל לֵב לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת עַמִּי לְעֵת מְלֹאת אֲשֶׁר ״תִּרְצֶה הָאָרֶץ אֶת שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ״ (ויקרא כו:לד)?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Woe to him who contends with his Creator** Isaiah prophesied concerning Habakkuk, who was destined to stand and complain about the length of Nebuchadnezzar’s success (1:2): “How long, O Lord, have I entreated [You]?...” (v. 14) “And [why] have You made man like the fish of the sea?” And the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Isaiah, Why does this one come to contend with Me? Does he think that I do not give thought to save My people? When the time lapses, “that the land will appease its sabbaths” (Lev. 26:34).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:9:2
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**אֵין יָדַיִם לוֹ.** אֵין מָקוֹם לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has no place** [lit. has no hands,] has no place.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:10:1
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**הוֹי אֹמֵר לְאָב מַה תּוֹלִיד.** כָּסָבוּר הוּא לִהְיוֹת מְרַחֵם עַל הַבֵּן יוֹתֵר מֵאָבִיו. דָּבָר אַחֵר: הוֹי בֵּן הָאוֹמֵר לְאָב ״לָמָּה הוֹלַדְתָּ?״ דּוֹמֶה הוּא לָזֶה שֶׁהוּא **רָב אֶת יֹצְרוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Woe to him who says to a father, “What do you beget?”** He thinks that he has more pity on the son than his father. Another explanation is: Woe is the son who says to his father, “Why have you begotten?” He is analogous to the one who contends with his Creator.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:11:1
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**הָאֹתִיּוֹת שְׁאָלוּנִי וגו׳.** ה״א נְקוּדָה קָמַץ, לָמַדְתָּ שֶׁאֵינָהּ תְּמִיהָה. וְכֵן פֵּרְשׁוּ: אִם בָּאתֶם לִשְׁאוֹל לִי, אַתֶּם הַנְּבִיאִים, שְׁאָלוּנִי עַל אוֹתוֹת שָׁמַיִם וּמוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם רוֹאִים נוֹלָדִים בָּאָרֶץ, עֲלֵיהֶם הֱיוּ שׁוֹאֲלִים אוֹתִי מַה הֵם, אֲבָל **עַל בָּנַי וְעַל פֹּעַל יָדַי** יְשָׁרִים, שֶׁבִּשְׁבִילָם יָצַרְתִּי אֶת הַכֹּל, אַתֶּם בָּאִים לְצַוּוֹתִי וְלִקְרֹא לְפָנַי תִּגָּר?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Ask Me about the signs etc.** Heb. הָאוֹתִיוֹת. The ‘heh’ is voweled with a ‘kamatz.’ This indicates that it is not the interrogative, but this is its explanation: If you have come to ask Me, you and the prophets, ask Me about the signs of the heavens and the wonders that you see coming about on the earth; about them you may ask Me, what they are, but about My children and about the work of My hands, Israel, for whose sake I formed everything, shall you come to command Me and to complain before Me?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:11:2
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**תְּצַוֻּנִי.** תָּמוֹהַּ הוּא, וְכִי עֲלֵיכֶם לְצַוּוֹת **עַל בָּנַי**? אֲנִי כְּבָר בָּרָאתִי לָהֶם הַיְּשׁוּעָה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה שֶׁעָלְתָה לְפָנַי. כֵּיצַד? ״אָנֹכִי הַעִירוֹתִיהוּ בְצֶדֶק״ (ישעיהו מה:יג) עַל כּוֹרֶשׁ הוּא אוֹמֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do you command Me?** This is the interrogative. Must you command Me concerning My children? I have already created the salvation for them in the thought that has entered My mind [lit. has come before Me]. How so? I aroused him with righteousness. This is stated regarding Cyrus.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:12:1
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**אָנֹכִי עָשִׂיתִי אֶרֶץ**, וּנְתַתִּיהָ לַאֲשֶׁר יָשָׁר בְּעֵינַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I made the earth** and gave it to whoever pleased Me [lit. was straight in My eyes].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:14:1
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**יְגִיעַ מִצְרַיִם וְגוֹ׳.** הֲרֵי הוֹדַעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בַּמֶּה אוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת בָּנַי מִיַּד בָּבֶל, כִּי כּוֹרֶשׁ לְכָךְ **הֶעִירוֹתִהוּ** בְּצִדְקִי. וְעוֹד אֲנִי מוֹדִיעֲכֶם תְּשׁוּעַת סַנְחֵרִיב בִּימֵי חִזְקִיָּהוּ, כַּאֲשֶׁר יָשׁוּב (ישעיהו לו:לו) מֵעַל תִּרְהָקָה מֶלֶךְ כּוּשׁ יָבֹא לִירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְחֶמְדַּת כָּל אוֹצְרוֹת כּוּשׁ וּמִצְרַיִם שֶׁיֵּלְכוּ לַעֲזוֹר אֶת כּוּשׁ בְּיָדוֹ, וְיָבֹא עִם אוֹתוֹ הַשָּׁלָל וְיִפּוֹל בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְחִזְקִיָּהוּ וְעַמּוֹ יָבֹזּוּ אֶת הַכֹּל. כֵּן מְפוֹרָשׁ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם (סדר עולם רבה כג) שֶׁעַל סַנְחֵרִיב נֶאֱמַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The toil of Egypt etc.** I have informed how I will save My children from the hand of Babylon, for I have aroused Cyrus for that purpose with My righteousness. I further inform you of the salvation from Sennacherib that will take place in the days of Hezekiah. When he returns (supra 36:36) from marching upon Tirhaka, king of Cush, he will return to Jerusalem with all the valuable treasures of Cush, and Egypt, who will go to aid Cush, in his possession, and he will come with those spoils and fall in Jerusalem, and Hezekiah and his people will plunder everything. So is it delineated in Seder Olam (ch. 23) that it is stated concerning Sennacherib.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:14:2
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**אַנְשֵׁי מִדָּה.** גּוֹבְהֵי קוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**men of stature** Tall people.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:14:3
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**עָלַיִךְ.** יְרוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over to you** Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:14:4
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**בַּזִּקִּים יַעֲבֹרוּ.** שֶׁהֱבִיאָם שָׁם סַנְחֵרִיב שְׁלוּלִים בְּקוֹלָרִים, וּלְאַחַר מַפַּלְתּוֹ עָמַד חִזְקִיָּהוּ וּפָטַר אֶת כָּל הַשְּׁבוּיִים, וְנִתְגַּיְּרוּ וְהִכִּירוּ מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shall come over in chains** For Sennacherib brought them there, with neck-irons fastened to them, and after his defeat, Hezekiah stood and released all those captives, who became converted to Judaism and recognized the kingdom of Heaven.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:14:5
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**אַךְ בָּךְ אֵל.** יְהוּ מוֹדִים שֶׁאֵין אֱלוֹהַּ אֶלָּא ה׳ לְבַדּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Only in you is God** They will acknowledge that there is no God but the Lord alone. ([Mss. and K’li Paz read:] but to Israel.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:15:1
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**אָכֵן אַתָּה אֵל מִסְתַּתֵּר** וְכֵן יֹאמְרוּ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: אָכֵן הֲבִינוֹתָנוּ, כִּי לִגְבּוֹת חוֹבוֹתֵיהֶן שֶׁל עַמְּךָ אַתָּה מִסְתַּתֵּר מִלְּהַרְאוֹת נִצְחוֹנְךָ, כִּבְיָכוֹל אֵין בְּךָ יְכֹלֶת, וּבְהִתְעוֹרֵר רַחֲמֶיךָ אַתָּה **אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מוֹשִׁיעַ**. כָּךְ מְפוֹרָשׁ בַּמְּכִילְתָּא (מכילתא בשלח ויהי א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Indeed, You are a God Who conceals Himself** And so they shall say to the Holy One, blessed be He, “Indeed, You have given us to understand (we understand [Mss. and K’li Paz]) that to collect the debts of Your people, You conceal yourself from showing Your victory. So to speak, You have not the ability, and when Your mercy is aroused, You are the God of Israel, the Savior.” So it is explained in Mechilta (Ex. 14:4).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:16:1
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**חָרָשֵׁי צִירִים.** אֻמָּנֵי צִיּוּרִים שֶׁל פְּסִילִים שֶׁל עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וּמַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**master painters** Heb. חָרָשֵׁי צִירִים, the master painters of the idols, from among the pagans.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:18:1
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**לֹא תֹהוּ בְרָאָהּ.** כִּי **לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He did not create it for a waste** but He formed it to be inhabited.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:19:1
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**לֹא בַסֵּתֶר דִּבַּרְתִּי.** כְּשֶׁנָּתַתִּי אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, וְלֹא אָמַרְתִּי עַל **תֹּהוּ** עַל חִנָּם: **לְזֶרַע יַעֲקֹב בַּקְּשׁוּנִי**, כִּי אִם לְקַבֵּל שָׂכָר גָּדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Not in secret did I speak** When I gave the Torah, and I did not say for naught and in vain to the seed of Jacob, Seek Me, but to receive great reward.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:19:2
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**אֲנִי ה׳ דֹּבֵר צֶדֶק.** מֵאַחַר שֶׁפָּתַחְתִּי לָהֶם בִּדְבַר צִדְקִי לְהוֹדִיעָם מַתַּן שְׂכָרָן, אַחַר כֵּן הִגַּדְתִּי לָהֶם **מֵישָׁרִים** חֻקַּי וְתוֹרָתִי, שֶׁקּוֹדֶם מַתַּן תּוֹרָה נֶאֱמַר לָהֶם (שמות יט:ה) ״וְעַתָּה אִם שָׁמוֹעַ וְגוֹ׳ וִהְיִיתֶם לִי סְגֻלָּה וּמַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲנִים וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I am the Lord Who speaks righteousness** Since I commenced to speak to them concerning My righteousness, to inform them of the giving of their reward, afterwards I told them things that are right, My statutes and My laws, for before the giving of the Torah it was said to them, “And now, if you heed, etc., you shall be for Me a treasure...a kingdom of priests, etc.” (Ex. 19:5f.).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:20:1
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**הִתְנַגְּשׁוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ׳הַגָּשָׁה׳, וְהַנוּ״ן טְפֵלָה בּוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר ׳הִתְנַגְּפוּ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**approach** Heb. הִתְנַגְּשׁוּ, an expression of approaching (הַגָּשָׁה) and the ‘nun’ is attached to it, as one says “they were struck (הִתְנַגְּפוּ)”; “they will be struck (יִתְנַגְּפוּ).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:20:2
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**פְּלִיטֵי הַגּוֹיִם.** אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁאֲרוּ מֵחַרְבּוֹ שֶׁל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you survivors of the nations** who survived the sword of Nebuchadnezzar.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:20:3
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**לֹא יָדְעוּ הַנֹּשְׂאִים אֶת עֵץ פִּסְלָם.** לְהָבִין דַּעַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who carry their graven wooden image...do not know** to understand knowledge.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:21:1
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**הִשְׁמִיעַ זֹאת מִקֶּדֶם.** מִי בִּפְסִילֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁמִיעַ מִקֶּדֶם לְהָבִיא אֱלֹהֵיכֶם תְּשׁוּעָה, אִישׁ אִישׁ לְעוֹבְדָיו?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who announced this from before** Who of your idols is it that announced from before that your God brought salvation, each one to its worshipers?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:21:2
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**הֲלֹא אֲנִי ה׳ וְאֵין עוֹד.** שֶׁאֲנִי מוֹדִיעַ מַה אֲנִי עָתִיד לַעֲשׂוֹת לְעַמִּי, וַאֲקַיֵּם דְּבָרִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is it not I, the Lord, and there are no other** For I announce what I am destined to do for My people, and I fulfill My words.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:22:1
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**פְּנוּ אֵלַי.** וְהַנִּיחוּ פְּסִילֵיכֶם, **כָּל אַפְסֵי אָרֶץ**, וּבְכָךְ תִּוָּשְׁעוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Turn to Me** and abandon your graven images, all the ends of the earth, and, thereby, you shall be saved.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:23:1
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**בִּי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי.** וְ**יָצָא מִפִּי צְדָקָה** לְקַבֵּל כָּל הַשָּׁבִים אֵלַי, **דָּבָר** דִּבַּרְתִּי **וְלֹא יָשׁוּב.** וּמַהוּ הַצְּדָקָה אֲשֶׁר יָצְאָת מִפִּי? **כִּי לִי תִּכְרַע כָּל בֶּרֶךְ**, וַאֲנִי אֲקַבְּלֵם, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״כִּי אָז אֶהְפֹּךְ אֶל עַמִּים וְגוֹ׳״ (צפניה ג:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**By Myself I swore** and righteousness emanated from My mouth to accept all those who return to Me. I spoke a word, and it will not be retracted. What is the righteousness that emanated from My mouth? That to Me shall every knee kneel, and I will accept them, as the matter is stated (Zeph. 3: 9): “For then will I change for the people a pure language, to call all of them in the name of the Lord...”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:24:1
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**אַךְ בַּה׳ לִי אָמַר.** הַמִּקְרָא זֶה מְסֹרָס, וְכֵן פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: **אַךְ לִי בַּה׳ אָמַר צְדָקוֹת וָעֹז**. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁכָּל הַגּוֹיִם יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְפָנָיו, אַךְ לִי לְבַדִּי, כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, בַּה׳ הֻבְטַח לִי צְדָקוֹת וָעֹז, וְלֹא יָבוֹאוּ מַכְחִישֵׁי תּוֹרָה לְחַלֵּל כְּבוֹדִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But to me did He say by the Lord** Heb. אַךְ בַה' לִי אָמַר [lit. but by the Lord to me He said]. This verse is inverted, and thus is its interpretation: But to me did He say by the Lord righteousness and strength. Although all the nations shall prostrate themselves before Him [correct reading according to Warsaw edition, K’li Paz, and mss.], but to me alone, the congregation of Israel, has been promised by the Lord righteousness and strength, and other nations shall not be included in my glory.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:24:2
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**עָדָיו יָבוֹא וְיֵבֹשׁוּ וגו׳. כָּל הַנֶּחֱרִים** בְּהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יָבוֹאוּ עָדָיו לְהִתְחָרֵט עַל מַה שֶּׁעָשׂוּ בְּחַיֵּיהֶם **וְיֵבֹשׁוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to Him shall come and be ashamed etc.** All who were incensed against the Holy One, blessed be He, shall come to Him to regret what they did in their lifetimes and be ashamed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:24:3
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**הַנֶּחֱרִים.** הַמִּתְגָּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all who are incensed** Heb. כֹּל הַנֶּחֱרִים בּוֹ, all who are incensed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:25:1
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**בַּה׳ יִצְדְּקוּ וְיִתְהַלְלוּ.** בְּהַבְטָחַת מִשְׁעַן אַהֲבָתוֹ יִמְצְאוּ צְדָקָה וְיִתְפָּאֲרוּ בְּמָעוֹז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Through the Lord...find righteousness and boast** Through the promise of the support of His love they shall find righteousness and boast of His strength.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 45:25:2
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**וְיִתְהַלְלוּ.** פורוונטי״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**boast** Heb. וְיִתְהַלְלוּ, porvantir in O.F.