## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 46

###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:1:1
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**כָּרַע בֵּל קֹרֵס נְבוֹ.** אֱלָהוּתֵיהֶם שֶׁל בָּבֶל כָּרְעוּ קָרְסוּ, לְשׁוֹן שְׂחוֹק שֶׁל עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה הוּא, כְּמִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חֹלִי מֵעַיִם וְאֵינוֹ מַסְפִּיק לֵישֵׁב עַל מוֹשַׁב בֵּית הַכִּסֵּא עַד שֶׁהוּא נִתְרָז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Bel squats; Nebo soils himself** The deities of Babylon squatted and soiled themselves. This is an expression of ridicule of the idols, like one who suffers from diarrhea and does not manage to sit down on the seat in the privy before he discharges with a splash.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:1:2
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**כָּרַע בֵּל קֹרֵס נְבוֹ.** אישקרופי״ר בֵּל, קונקיא״ה נְבוֹ. כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי מִשְּׁמוֹ שֶׁל רַבֵּנוּ גֵּרְשׁוֹם מְאוֹר הַגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Bel squats; Nebo soils himself** Heb. כָּרַע בֵּל קֹרֵס נְבוֹ. Akropid sei Bel; konkiad sei Nebo. Bel squats; Nebo soils himself. So I heard in the name of Rabbenu Gershom, the Light of the Diaspora.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:1:3
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**הָיוּ עֲצַבֵּיהֶם.** צַלְמֵי צוּרָתָם שֶׁל **בֵּל** וּ**נְבוֹ** הָיוּ **לַחַיָּה וְלַבְּהֵמָה**, נִדְמוּ לִהְיוֹת כְּחַיָּה וְכִבְהֵמָה, שֶׁמְּזַהֲמִין וּמְלַכְלְכִין עַצְמָן בְּרֵעִי שֶׁלָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their idols were** The images of the forms of Bel and Nebo were to the beasts and the cattle, compared to the beasts and the cattle, which soil and dirty themselves with their droppings.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:1:4
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**נְשֻׂאֹתֵיכֶם עֲמוּסוֹת מַשָּׂא.** רְעִי שֶׁבִּמְעֵיהֶם כְּבֵדוֹת הֵם לַעֲמוֹס כְּמַשָּׂא לְאָדָם עָיֵף, לְפִיכָךְ **קָרְסוּ כָּרְעוּ יַחְדָּו**, הַקְּרִיסָה עִם הַכְּרִיעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**what you carry is made a load, a burden** The feces in their bowels are heavy to bear like a burden for a weary man. Therefore, they soiled themselves and squatted together, the soiling with the squatting.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:2:1
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**לֹא יָכְלוּ מַלֵּט מַשָּׂא.** לְהַפְלִיט הַצּוֹאָה שֶׁבְּמֵעֵיהֶם כִּשְׁאָר הַמּוֹצִיאִין כַּהֹגֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they could not deliver the burden** to discharge the feces in their bowels as others discharge, in the normal manner.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:2:2
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**מַלֵּט.** לְשׁוֹן הוֹצָאָה מִמָּקוֹם בָּלוּעַ, וְכֵן (ישעיהו לד:טו) ״שָׁמָּה קִנְּנָה קִפּוֹז וַתְּמַלֵּט״, הוֹצִיאָה בֵּיצָתָהּ, וְכֵן (ישעיהו סו:ז) ״וְהִמְלִיטָה זָכָר״. וְיוֹנָתָן לֹא תִּרְגֵּם כֵּן הַמִּקְרָאוֹת הַלָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**deliver** Heb. מַלֵּט, an expression of discharging from an embedded place. Comp. (supra 34:15) “There, the owl has made its nest, and she has laid eggs (וַתְּמַלֵט),” he has discharged her egg. Comp. also (infra 66:7) “And she has been delivered (וְהִמְלִיטָה) of a male child.” Jonathan, however, did not render these verses in this manner.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:3:1
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**הָעֲמֻסִים מִנִּי בֶטֶן.** מֵאָז נוֹלַדְתֶּם בְּבֵית לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי, עָמַסְתִּי אֶתְכֶם עַל זְרוֹעוֹתַי, כִּי מֵאָז עָמְדוּ עֲלֵיכֶם עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר, וְלֹא כְּעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹמְסִים וְנוֹשְׂאִים אֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמוּר לְמַעְלָה, אֲבָל אַתֶּם עֲמוּסִים וּנְשׂוּאִים בִּזְרוֹעוֹתַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who are borne from birth** Since you were born in the house of Laban the Aramean, I bore you on My arms, for since then, adversaries stand up against you in every generation and not like the idolaters (other nations [K’li Paz and mss.]) who are laden and carry their Gods, as is mentioned above, but you are laden and borne in My arms.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:4:1
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**וְעַד זִקְנָה.** אֲשֶׁר זְקַנְתֶּם וְכָלָה כֹּחֲכֶם, שֶׁאֵין לָכֶם זְכוּת, **אֲנִי הוּא** בְּרַחֲמַי וּבְמִדַּת טוּבִי לְהוֹשִׁיעֲכֶם וְלַעֲמֹס וְלָשֵׂאת לְמַלֵּט. לְפִי שֶׁאָמַר עַל יִרְאָתָם שֶׁהִיא נִסְבֶּלֶת, וְגַם מַשָּׂאָהּ אֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לְמַלֵּט, אָמַר: ״אֲנִי הַסּוֹבֵל אֲחֵרִים וְאֶת מַשָּׂאָם **אֲמַלֵּט**״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And until old age** that you have aged and your strength is depleted, that you have no merit, I am the same with My mercy and with My trait of goodness to save you and to bear you and to carry you and deliver you. Since he says regarding their deity, that it is carried and also that it cannot deliver its burden, he says, “But I bear others, and I will deliver My burden.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:5:1
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**וְתַמְשִׁלוּנִי.** כְּמוֹ ״וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵפֶר״ (איוב ל:יט), לְשׁוֹן ׳דִּמְיוֹן׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and compare Me** Heb. וְתַמְשִׁלֻנִי. Comp. (Job 30:19) “And I have become like (וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל) dust and ashes.” An expression of comparison.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:5:2
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**וְנִדְמֶה.** וְנִהְיֶה אֲנִי וְהוּא דּוֹמִין זֶה לָזֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that we may be alike** That I and he be alike, one to the other.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:6:1
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**הַזָּלִים זָהָב מִכִּיס.** לְשׁוֹן ״יִזְּלוּ מָיִם״ (תהלים קמז:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Those who let gold run from the purse** Heb. הַזָּלִים, an expression of (Ps. 146:18) “Water runs (יִזְּלוּ) .”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:6:2
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**בַּקָּנֶה יִשְׁקֹלוּ.** הוּא קְנֵה הַמֹּאזְנִים, שֶׁקּוֹרִין פליי״ל בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with the balance** Heb. קָנֶה, the bar of a scale, called flael in O.F.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:8:1
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**זִכְרוּ זֹאת.** אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי חָפֵץ לוֹמַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Remember this** what I wish to say.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:8:2
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**וְהִתְאֹשָׁשׁוּ.** וְהִתְחַזְּקוּ, כְּמוֹ ״לַאֲשִׁישֵׁי קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת״ (ישעיהו טז:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and strengthen yourselves** Heb. וְהִתְאשָׁשׁוּ. Comp. (supra 16: 7) “For the walls (לַאֲשִׁישֵׁי) of Kir-hareseth.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:8:3
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**הָשִׁיבוּ פוֹשְׁעִים עַל לֵב.** וּמָה אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם לִזְכּוֹר וּלְהָשִׁיב עַל לֵב?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**take to heart, you transgressors** And what do I say to you to remember and to take to heart?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:9:1
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**זִכְרוּ רִאשֹׁנוֹת מֵעוֹלָם.** אֲשֶׁר רְאִיתֶם כִּי **אָנֹכִי אֵל וְאֵין עוֹד**, אָנֹכִי **אֱלֹהִים וְאֶפֶס כָּמוֹנִי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Remember the first things of old** that you have seen that I am God and there is no other; I am God and there is none like Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:10:1
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**מַגִּיד מֵרֵאשִׁית אַחֲרִית.** גָּלוּת מִצְרַיִם וּגְאֻלָּתָהּ הוֹדַעְתִּי בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים, לִפְנֵי הֱיוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[I] tell the end from the beginning** The Egyptian exile and its redemption I announced in the Covenant between the Segments, before they came about.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:11:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 46:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/46:11:1)

**קוֹרֵא מִמִּזְרָח עַיִט.** מֵאֶרֶץ אֲרָם, שֶׁהִיא בַּמִּזְרָח, קָרָאתִי לִי אֶת אַבְרָהָם לִהְיוֹת נִמְלָךְ בַּעֲצָתִי. **עַיִט** – כְּמוֹ ״הֵיתִיב עֵיטָא וְטַעַם״ (דניאל ב:יד), ״אִתְיָעֲטוּ כָּל סָרְכֵי מַלְכוּתָא״ (דניאל ו:ח). וְגַם יֵשׁ לְפוֹתְרוֹ בִּלְשׁוֹן עוֹף: קְרָאתִי לְמַהֵר אַחֲרַי כְּעוֹף הַפּוֹרֵחַ וְנוֹדֵד מִמְּקוֹמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[I] call from the east a swift bird** Heb. עַיִט. From the land of Aram, which is in the east, I called Abraham to Me to take counsel with Me. עַיִט Comp. (Dan. 2:14) “Answered with counsel (עֵיטָא) and discretion”; (ibid. 6:8) “All the presidents of the kingdom have taken counsel (אִתְיָעֲטוּ).” Alternatively, it can be interpreted as an expression of a bird. I called him to hasten after Me like a bird that flies and wanders from its place.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:11:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 46:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/46:11:2)

**מֶרְחָק.** קָרָאתִי לְ**אִישׁ עֲצָתִי**, וְעִמּוֹ יָעַצְתִּי בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים ד׳ גָּלֻיּוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפוֹרָשׁ בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (בראשית רבה מד יז) ״וְהִנֵּה אֵימָה חֲשֵׁכָה גְדוֹלָה וְגוֹ׳״ (בראשית טו:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from a distant land** I called My man of counsel, and with him I took counsel between the parts concerning the four exiles, as it is explained in Gen. Rabbah (44:17) “And behold, a fear, great darkness was falling upon him.” [“Fear” refers to Babylon... “Darkness” refers to Media, who darkened the eyes of Israel with fasting. “Great” refers to Greece... “Was falling upon him” refers to Edom..., etc.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:11:3
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**אַף דִּבַּרְתִּי.** עִמּוֹ הַגָּלֻיּוֹת וּגְאֻלָּתָן, **אַף אֲבִיאֶנָּה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yea I spoke** with him concerning the exiles and their redemption; I will also bring it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:12:1
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**אַבִּירֵי לֵב.** אֲשֶׁר אִמַּצְתֶּם לְבַבְכֶם וְנִדְבַּקְתֶּם בִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**stout-hearted** You who have strengthened your heart among the heathens (the nations [Parshandatha, K’li Paz]) and have clung to Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:12:2
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**הָרְחוֹקִים מִצְּדָקָה.** אֲשֶׁר אָרְכוּ לָכֶם הַיָּמִים, וְלֹא הֶרְאֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם צִדְקָתִי לִגְאוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that are far from righteousness** For it has been a long time for you, and I have not demonstrated to you My righteousness to redeem you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 46:13:1
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**קֵרַבְתִּי צִדְקָתִי.** מֵעַתָּה וְ**לֹא תִרְחָק**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have brought near My righteousness** from now on, and it will not be far off.