## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 50

###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:2:1
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**מַדּוּעַ בָּאתִי.** לְהִתְקָרֵב אֲלֵיכֶם, **וְאֵין אִישׁ** – מִי מִכֶּם פּוֹנֶה אֵלַי?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Why have I come** to draw near to you, and none of you turns to Me?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:3:1
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**אַלְבִּישׁ שָׁמַיִם.** צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם, שָׂרֵי הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת, כְּשֶׁאֲנִי בָּא לִפָּרַע מִן הָאֻמָּה (מכילתא בשלח שירה ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I clothe the heavens** The host of the heavens, the princes of the heathens (nations [Mss. and K’li Paz]), when I come to mete out retribution upon the nations.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:4:1
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**נָתַן לִי לְשׁוֹן לִמּוּדִים.** יְשַׁעְיָה הָיָה אוֹמֵר: ה׳ שְׁלָחַנִי וְ**נָתַן לִי** לָשׁוֹן הָרָאוּי לְלַמֵּד, כְּדֵי **לָדַעַת לָעוּת אֶת** הָעֲיֵפִים וּצְמֵאִים **לִשְׁמֹעַ** אֶת דִּבְרֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא **דָּבָר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**gave me a tongue for teaching** Isaiah was saying, The Lord sent me and gave me a tongue fit to teach, in order to know to establish a time for the faint and thirsty to hear the words of the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:4:2
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**לָעוּת.** מְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ בְּמַחֲלוֹקֶת ״עֵת לַעֲשׂוֹת לַה׳״ (תהלים קיט:קכו), לִקְבּוֹעַ לָהֶם עִתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to establish times** Heb. לָעוּת. Menahem classified it in the group of (Ps. 119:126) “It is time (עֵת) to do for the Lord.” To establish times for them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:4:3
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**יָעִיר לִי אֹזֶן.** מְעוֹרֵר אֶת אָזְנִי בְּרוּחַ קָדְשׁוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He awakens my ear** He awakens my ear with His Holy Spirit.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:4:4
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**לִשְׁמֹעַ כַּלִּמּוּדִים.** בְּמִשְׁפַּט הַלִּמּוּדִים, הָאֱמֶת וְהַנְּכוֹחָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to hear according to the teachings** According to the custom of the teachings, the truth and that which is proper.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:5:1
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**פָּתַח לִי אֹזֶן.** וְהִשְׁמִיעַנִי ״אֶת מִי אֶשְׁלַח״ (ישעיהו ו:ח), שָׁלַחְתִּי אֶת עָמוֹס וְהָיוּ קוֹרִין אוֹתוֹ פְּסִילוּס, שָׁלַחְתִּי אֶת מִיכָה וְכוּ׳, כִּדְאִיתָא בִּפְסִיקְתָּא דְּנַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ (פסיקתא דרב כהנא טז ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**opened my ear** and let me hear (supra 6:8), “Whom shall I send?” I sent Amos, and they called him ‘pesilus.’ I sent Micah, etc., as is stated in Pesikta of ‘Nachamu nachamu.’


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:5:2
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**וְאָנֹכִי לֹא מָרִיתִי.** מִלֵּילֵךְ בִּשְׁלִיחוּתוֹ, וְ**לֹא נְסוּגוֹתִי אָחוֹר**, אֶלָּא ״וָאוֹמַר הִנְנִי שְׁלָחֵנִי״ (ישעיהו ו:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I did not rebel** going on His mission, neither did I turn away backwards, but I said, “Here I am; send me” (ibid.).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:6:1
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**גֵּוִי נָתַתִּי לְמַכִּים** הוּא אָמַר לִי: ״יְשַׁעְיָה, בָּנַי סַרְבָנִים הֵם, בָּנַי טַרְחָנִים הֵם, עַל מְנָת שֶׁלֹּא תִּכְעוֹס עֲלֵיהֶם״. אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: ״עַל מְנָת כֵּן״ (פסיקתא דרב כהנא טז ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I gave my back to smiters** He said to me, Isaiah, My children are obstinate; My children are bothersome. [You may go] on the condition that you do not become angry with them. I said to Him, On that condition.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:7:1
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**וַה׳ אֱלֹהִים יַעֲזָר לִי.** אִם יָקוּמוּ עָלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But the Lord God helps me** if they rise up against me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:8:1
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**קָרוֹב מַצְדִּיקִי.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קָרוֹב לִי, לְזַכּוֹתִי בַּדִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He Who vindicates me is near** The Holy One, blessed be He, is near to me to vindicate me in judgment.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:9:1
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**עָשׁ.** תּוֹלַעַת הַבְּגָדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a moth** Heb. עָשׁ, the worm of the clothing.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:10:1
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**בְּקוֹל עַבְדּוֹ.** בְּקוֹל הַנְּבִיאִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the voice of His servant** To the voice of the prophets.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:10:2
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**אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ חֲשֵׁכִים.** אֲפִלּוּ צָרָה בָּאָה עָלָיו, **יִבְטַח בְּשֵׁם ה׳**, כִּי הוּא יַצִּילֵהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who went in darkness** Even if trouble comes upon him, let him trust in the name of the Lord, for He shall save him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:11:1
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**הֵן כֻּלְּכֶם.** שֶׁאֵינְכֶם שׁוֹמְעִים בְּקוֹל נְבִיאָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold all of you** who do not hearken to the voice of His prophets.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:11:2
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**קֹדְחֵי אֵשׁ.** עֶבְרָתוֹ עֲלֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who kindle fire** of His wrath upon yourselves.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:11:3
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**מְאַזְּרֵי זִיקוֹת.** מַחֲזִיקֵי זִיקוֹת, הֵן גִּצִּין וְגַחֲלֵי אֵשׁ הַנִּזְרָקִין בַּקֶּלַע. וְיֵשׁ לוֹ דֻגְמָא בִּלְשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי: ״זִיקוּקִין דְּנוּר״ (ברכות נח ב), ״כָּךְ וְכָךְ זִיקָתָא פָּסִיק לָן״ (בבא מציעא צד א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and give power to flames** Who strengthen the flames; they are sparks and burning coals that are cast up with a slingshot. It has a cognate in the Aramaic tongue, זִיקוּקִין דְּנוּר, flames of fire (Ber. 58b), so many slingers (זִיקָתָא) are assigned to us (Baba Mezia 94a) [frondeles in O.F., sling].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:11:4
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**לְכוּ בְּאוּר אֶשְׁכֶם.** לְפִי דַרְכְּכֶם תִּלְקוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**go in the flame of your fire** According to your way, you will be punished.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 50:11:5
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**מִיָּדִי.** תְּהֵא גְמוּלְכֶם זֹאת לָכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from My hand** shall this retribution come to you.