## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 47

###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:1:1
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**אֵין כִּסֵּא.** אֵין מַלְכוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**without a throne** Without a kingdom.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:1:2
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**כִּי לֹא תוֹסִיפִי.** שֶׁ**יִּקְרְאוּ לָךְ** עוֹד **רַכָּה וַעֲנֻגָּה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for no longer** [lit. for you shall not continue,] that they call you tender and delicate.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:2:1
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**קְחִי רֵחַיִם.** הִיא עֲבוֹדָה קָשָׁה, כְּלוֹמַר: הִשְׁתַּעְבְּדִי מֵעַתָּה לְמַלְכֵי מָדַי וּפָרַס. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **וְטַחֲנִי קָמַח** לְצֵדָה לְדֶרֶךְ גָּלוּתֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Take millstones** This is hard labor, i.e., subordinate yourself from now on, to the kings of Persia and Media. Alternatively: And grind flour for supplies on the road of your exile.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:2:2
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**גַּלִּי צַמָּתֵךְ.** זְרוֹעֵךְ וְשׁוֹקַיִךְ, דָּבָר הַמְצֻמָּת וְקָשׁוּר וּמְכֻסֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**bare your covered parts** Your arms and your legs, parts veiled, tied, and covered.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:2:3
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**חֶשְׂפִּי שֹׁבֶל.** גַּלִּי הַשְּׁבִילִים מִן הַמַּיִם שֶׁעֲלֵיהֶם, כִּי דֶּרֶךְ שָׁם תֵּצְאִי בַּגּוֹלָה. אוֹ **גַּלִּי** שׁוֹקֵךְ וְ**עִבְרִי נְהָרוֹת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**uncover the paths** Heb. חֶשְׂפִּי שֹׁבֶל. Uncover the paths of the water that is upon them, for that way you shall go out into exile, or bare your leg and cross rivers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:3:1
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**וְלֹא אֶפְגַּע אָדָם.** לֹא אֲבַקֵּשׁ פְּנֵי אָדָם לָקַחַת נִקְמָתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will not entreat any man** I will ask no man to take My revenge.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:4:1
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**גֹּאֲלֵנוּ ה׳ צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ.** הַנָּבִיא אוֹמֵר: כָּל זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה לְגָאֳלֵנוּ מִשָּׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Our redeemer, the Lord of Hosts is His name** The prophet states: All this the Lord of Hosts does, to redeem us from there.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:6:1
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**עַל זָקֵן הִכְבַּדְתְּ עֻלֵּךְ.** עַל הַזְּקֵנִים, שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ יְכוֹלִים לִסְבּוֹל טֹרַח, הִכְבַּדְתְּ עֻלֵּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the aged you made your yoke very heavy** On the aged, who were unable to bear hard work, you made heavy your yoke.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:7:1
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**וַתֹּאמְרִי** בִּלְבָבֵךְ **לְעוֹלָם אֶהְיֶה גְבָרֶת**, וְאֵין פֻּרְעָנוּת בָּא עָלַי, וְהַדָּבָר הַזֶּה הִשִּׂיאָךְ, **עַד לֹא שַׂמְתְּ אֵלֶּה** הַמַּכּוֹת שֶׁיָּבוֹאוּ עָלַיִךְ אֶל **לִבֵּךְ**, וְ**לֹא זָכַרְתְּ אַחֲרִיתָהּ** שֶׁל רָעָתֵךְ שֶׁעָשִׂית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you said** to yourself, “I will forever be a mistress, and no retribution shall come upon me,” and this thing enticed you until you did not take to heart these blows that would come upon you, and you did not remember the end of your evil that you have done.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:8:1
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**עֲדִינָה.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״פְּנַקְתָּא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**delicate one** Heb. עֲדִינָה. Jonathan renders: מְפַנֶּקְתָּא, delicate.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:8:2
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**וְאַפְסִי עוֹד.** וְ״אֶפֶס מֵאוֹתִי״ (ישעיהו נד:טו) כְּמוֹ ׳אֵין זוּלָתִי׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there is none besides me** Heb. וְאַפְסִי. And there is none outside of me. Like אֵין זוּלָתִי.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:9:1
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**שְׁתֵּי אֵלֶּה.** שֶׁאָמַרְתְּ, שֶׁלֹּא תֵשְׁבִי אַלְמָנָה, וְלֹא תֵדְעִי שְׁכוֹל, תָּבֹאנָה לָךְ פִּתְאוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**these two** that you said that you would not sit as a widow and you would not know bereavement, shall suddenly come upon you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:9:2
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**שְׁכוֹל.** מִיּוֹשְׁבַיִךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**bereavement** of your inhabitants.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:9:3
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**וְאַלְמֹן.** מִמַּלְכֵּךְ; כָּל קְבוּרַת בָּנִים וְגָלוּת בְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ קָרוּי ׳שְׁכוֹל׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and widowhood** of your king. Any burial of children or exile of the people of a land is called bereavement.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:9:4
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**כְּתֻמָּם.** כֻּלָּם שְׁלֵמִים בִּגְזֵרָתָם, הַשִּׁכּוּל וְהָאַלְמָנוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in their full measure** All of them, complete in their decree, the bereavement and the widowhood.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:9:5
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**חֲבָרָיִךְ.** לְשׁוֹן כְּשָׁפִים, כְּמוֹ ״וְחֹבֵר חָבֶר״ (דברים יח:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your charms** Heb. חֲבָרַיִךְ. An expression of sorcery. Comp. (Deut. 18:11) “And a charmer (וְחֹבֵר חָבֶר).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:10:1
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**חָכְמָתֵךְ וְדַעְתֵּךְ.** חָכְמָתֵךְ וְרוֹעַ לְבָבֵךְ **הִיא שׁוֹבְבָתֶּךְ**, הָפְכוּ לִבֵּךְ לִהְיוֹת שׁוֹבְבָה, אינווייז״א בלע״ז, שִׁבְּבוּךְ מִדֶּרֶךְ שְׁאָר הַבְּרִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your wisdom and your knowledge** Your wisdom and the evil of your heart that perverted you. They turned your heart to be perverted, envesede in O.F. It perverted you from the way of other people (other daughters [mss. and K’li Paz]).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:11:1
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**לֹא תֵדְעִי שַׁחְרָהּ.** ״לֹא תֵדְעִין לְמִבְעֵי עֲלַהּ״ (תרגום יונתן), אֶת פְּנֵי מִי תְשַׁחֲרִי לְמַלְּטֵךְ מִמֶּנָּה?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you shall not know how to remove it by prayer** Heb. לֹֹא תֵדְעִי שַׁחְרָהּ. You shall not know to pray about it (Jonathan). Whom will you beseech to extricate you therefrom?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:11:2
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**כַּפְּרָהּ.** לְקַנְּחָהּ וּלְהַעֲבִירָהּ, וְזֶהוּ כָּל לְשׁוֹן ׳כַּפָּרָה׳, הוּא לְשׁוֹן קִנּוּחַ וְסִלּוּק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to rid yourself of it** Heb. כַּפְּרָהּ, to wipe it away and to remove it, and this is every expression of atonement (כַּפָּרָה). It is an expression of wiping and taking away.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:12:1
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**עִמְדִי נָא.** הִתְחַזְּקִי נָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Stand now** Strengthen yourself now.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:12:2
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**אוּלַי תַּעֲרוֹצִי.** ״מֵאִים תִּכְלִין לְמִיתְקַף״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**perhaps you will gain strength** Heb. תַּעֲרוֹצִי. Jonathan renders: Perhaps you will be able to become strong.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:13:1
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**הֹבְרֵי שָׁמַיִם.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם כְּמוֹ צוֹפֵי שָׁמַיִם״ דְּמִסְכַּן לְמַזָּלַת שְׁמַיָּא״, דִּמָּהוּ לְ״בָּרָה כַחַמָּה״ (שיר השירים ו:י) וּלְ״בָּרוּר מִלֵּלוּ״ (איוב לג:ג), וְכֵן חִבְּרוֹ מְנַחֵם עִמָּהֶם, מְבָרְרֵי הֲלִיכַת הַמַּזָּלוֹת, וְכֹה פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: יַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא יוּכְלוּן הַקּוֹסְמִים לַעֲמֹד עַל דַּעַת רִגְעֵי הַיּוֹם וְלַיְלָה, עַד בָּרוּר לָהֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם לְטֹהַר. וְגַם מִיכָה אָמַר בִּנְבוּאָה (מיכה ג:ו) ״חָשְׁכָה לָהֶם מִקְּסֹם״, לִמֵּד כִּי בְּיוֹם מַחְשָׁךְ יֵחָתְמוּ הַכּוֹכָבִים וְלֹא יוּכְלוּ לִקְסֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**astrologers** Heb. הֹבְרֵי שָׁמַיִם. Jonathan renders it like ‘the gazers of the heavens,’ who gaze at the constellations of the heavens. He compares it to (Song 6:10) “Clear (בָּרָה) as the sun,” and to (Job 33: 3) “Spoke a clear (בָּרוּר) word.” And so did Menahem associate it with them (Machbereth Menahem p. 47f.); those who clarify the orbit of the constellations, and he interpreted it thus because the diviners are unable to determine the seconds of the day and the night until the heaven is perfectly clear to them. Micah, too, said in prophecy (3:6), “It has become too dark for you to divine.” This teaches us that on a dark day the stars are sealed, and they cannot divine (ibid. p. 13).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:13:2
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**מוֹדִיעִם לֶחֳדָשִׁים מֵאֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ עָלָיִךְ.** כִּי בְּהִתְחַדֵּשׁ הַלְּבָנָה רוֹאִים בִּשְׁעַת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ מִקְצָת מִמָּה שֶׁעָתִיד לָבֹא, וְאֵין יוֹדְעִין כָּל הַבֵּרוּר, לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר ׳מֵאֲשֶׁר׳. וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר (ישעיהו ח:יט): ״הַמְצַפְצְפִים וְהַמַּהְגִּים״, כְּעוֹפוֹת הַלָּלוּ שֶׁמְּצַפְצְפִין וּמְהַגִּים וְאֵין יוֹדְעִים עַל מָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the monthly prognosticators of what will come upon you** For when the moon is in its first phase [lit. renewed], they see at the time of its ‘birth’ part of what is destined to come, but they do not know it clearly. Therefore, it is stated, “of what.” Similarly, he says elsewhere (supra 8:19): “who chirp and mutter,” like these birds who chirp and mutter and do not know why.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:14:1
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**הִנֵּה הָיוּ** חוֹזַיִךְ **כְקַשׁ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold they were** Your stargazers were like stubble.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:14:2
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**אֵין גַּחֶלֶת לַחְמָם.** אֵין שְׁאֵרִית לָהֶם, **כְקַשׁ** הַזֶּה, שֶׁאֵין בִּדְלִיקָתוֹ גֶּחָלִים לְהִתְחַמֵּם לְאוֹרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there is no coal by which to warm oneself** They have no remnant, like stubble, the fire of which does not leave over coals by whose fire one can warm himself.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 47:15:1
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**אִישׁ לְעֶבְרוֹ תָּעוּ.** אִישׁ לְדַרְכּוֹ, ״אֶל עֵבֶר פָּנָיו״ (יחזקאל א:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**each one strayed to his side** each one to his way, to the side of his face [i.e., each one wandered away in the direction he was facing].