## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 52

###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:2:1)

**הִתְנַעֲרִי.** אישקור״א בלע״ז, כִּמְנַעֵר אֶת הַטַּלִּית (שבת קמז א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Shake yourself** Heb. הִתְנַעֲרִי, escourre in O.F., to shake strongly, like one who shakes out a garment.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:2:2)

**קוּמִי.** מִן הָאָרֶץ, מִגִּזְרַת ״לָאָרֶץ תֵּשֵׁב״ (ישעיהו ג:כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**arise** from the ground, from the decree (supra 3:26), “She shall sit on the ground.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:2:3)

**שְׁבִי.** עַל הַכִּסֵּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sit down** on a throne.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:2:4)

**הִתְפַּתְּחִי.** הֱוִי נִתֶּרֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**free yourself** Untie yourself [from Jonathan].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:2:5)

**מוֹסְרֵי.** קריגל״ש בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**bands of** Heb. מוֹסְרֵי, cringatro umbriah in O.F., [strap].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:6
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:2:6)

**שְׁבִיָּה.** כְּמוֹ ׳שְׁבוּיָה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**captive** Heb. שְׁבִיָה, like שְׁבוּיָה, captive.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:3:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:3:1)

**חִנָּם נִמְכַּרְתֶּם.** עַל עִסְקֵי חִנָּם, הוּא יֵצֶר הָרָע שֶׁאֵינוֹ לָכֶם לְשָׂכָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You were sold for nought** Because of worthless matters, i.e., the evil inclination, which affords you no reward.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:3:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:3:2)

**וְלֹא בְכֶסֶף תִּגָּאֵלוּ.** אֶלָּא בִּתְשׁוּבָה (ירושלמי תענית א א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you shall not be redeemed for money** but with repentance.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:4:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:4:1)

**מִצְרַיִם יָרַד עַמִּי וגו׳.** הֵם הַמִּצְרִיִּים הָיוּ לָהֶם קְצָת חוֹב עֲלֵיהֶם, שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם אַכְסַנְיָא וְכִלְכְּלוּם, אֲבָל **אַשּׁוּר** בְּ**אֶפֶס** וּבְחִנָּם **עֲשָׁקוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My people first went down to Egypt** The Egyptians had somewhat of a debt upon them, for they served for them as their hosts and sustained them, but Assyria oppressed them for nothing and without cause.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:5:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:5:1)

**מַה לִּי פֹה.** לָמָּה אֲנִי שׁוֹהֵא וּמַשְׁהֵא בָּנַי כָּאן?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now, what have I here** Why do I stay and detain My children here?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:5:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:5:2)

**יְהֵילִילוּ.** מִתְפָּאֲרִים לֵאמֹר: ״יָדֵינוּ רָמָה״ (דברים לב:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**boast** Heb. יְהֵילִילוּ, Boast saying, “Our hand was powerful.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:5:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:5:3)

**מְנֹאָץ.** מִתְנָאֵץ, וַהֲרֵי זֶה דֻּגְמַת ״וַיִּשְׁמַע אֶת הַקּוֹל מִדַּבֵּר אֵלָיו״ (במדבר ז:פט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is blasphemed** Blasphemes itself, and this is an instance similar to (Num 7:89) “And he heard the voice speaking to him.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:6:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:6:1)

**יֵדַע עַמִּי.** כְּשֶׁאֶגְאָלֵם יַכִּירוּ, כִּי **שְׁמִי** אָדוֹן, שַׁלִּיט וּמוֹשֵׁל, כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ (חגיגה טו:-טז.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My people shall know** When I redeem them, they will recognize that My name is master, monarch, and ruler, as is its apparent meaning.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:6:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:6:2)

**לָכֵן בַּיּוֹם.** גְּאֻלָּתָם יָבִינוּ **כִּי אֲנִי הוּא הַמְדַבֵּר הִנֵּנִי** קִיַּמְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**therefore, on that day** The day of their redemption, they will understand that I am He Who speaks, and behold, I have fulfilled the prophecy.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:8:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:8:1)

**צֹפַיִךְ.** צוֹפִים שֶׁמַּעֲמִידִין עַל הַחוֹמוֹת וְהַמִּגְדָּלִים לְבַשֵּׂר וְלִרְאוֹת מִי בָּא לָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The voice of your watchmen** The watchmen who are stationed on the walls and the towers to report and to see (to see and to report [Parshandatha]) who comes to the city.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:10:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:10:1)

**חָשַׂף.** גִּלָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has revealed** Heb. חָשַׂף, has revealed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:11:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:11:1)

**צְאוּ מִתּוֹכָהּ.** מִתּוֹךְ הַגָּלוּת, כָּל נֶחָמוֹת הָאֵלּוּ הָאַחֲרוֹנוֹת אֵינָן אֶלָּא עַל גָּלוּת הָאַחֲרוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**touch no unclean one** They shall be abominable to you to touch them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:11:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:11:2)

**טָמֵא אַל תִּגָּעוּ.** שֶׁקֶץ יִהְיוּ לָכֶם מִלִּגַּע בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**get out of its midst** Out of the midst of the exile, for all these last consolations refer only to the last exile.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:11:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:11:3)

**הִבָּרוּ.** הִטַּהֲרוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**purify yourselves** Heb. הִבָּרוּ, purify yourselves.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:11:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:11:4)

**נֹשְׂאֵי כְּלֵי ה׳.** הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם, שֶׁהֲיִיתֶם נוֹשְׂאִים כֵּלָיו (שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא) בַּמִּדְבָּר (מִכָּאן לִתְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you who bear the Lord’s vessels** You, the priests and the Levites, who carried the vessels of the Holy One, blessed be He, in the desert [from here is proof of the resurrection of the dead].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:12:1
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**כִּי הוֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם.** שְׁנֵי דְבָרִים שֶׁבְּסוֹף הַמִּקְרָא הַזֶּה מְיַשְּׁבִין שְׁנֵי דְבָרִים שֶׁבְּרֹאשׁוֹ: **כִּי לֹא בְחִפָּזוֹן תֵּצֵאוּ** – מָה טַעַם? **כִּי הוֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם ה׳** לַנְחוֹתְכֶם הַדֶּרֶךְ, וּמִי שֶׁשְּׁלוּחוֹ מַקְדִּים לְפָנָיו לַנְחוֹתוֹ הַדֶּרֶךְ אֵין יְצִיאָתוֹ **בְחִפָּזוֹן. וּבִמְנוּסָה לֹא תֵלֵכוּן** – לְפִי שֶׁ**מְּאַסִּפְכֶם אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל** הוֹלֵךְ מֵאַחֲרֵיכֶם לִשְׁמֹר אֶתְכֶם מִכָּל רוֹדֵף, כְּמוֹ ״וְנָסַע דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה דָן מְאַסֵּף לְכָל הַמַּחֲנוֹת״ (במדבר י:כה). הַהוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֵי הַמַּחֲנֶה קָרוּי מְאַסֵּף, לְפִי שֶׁהוּא מַמְתִּין אֶת הַנֶּחֱלָשִׁים וְאֶת הַנִּכְשָׁלִים, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר בִּיהוֹשֻׁעַ (יהושע ו:יג): ״וְהַמְאַסֵּף הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֵי הָאָרוֹן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for...goes before you** Two things at the end of this verse explain two things in its beginning, [viz.] For not with haste shall you go forth. What is the reason? For the Lord goes before you to lead you on the way, and one whose agent advances before him to lead him on the way his departure is not in haste. And not in the flurry of flight shall you go, for your rear guard is the God of Israel. He will follow you to guard you from any pursuer. Comp. (Num. 10:25) “And the division of the camp of Dan shall travel, the rear guard of all the camps.” Whoever goes after the camp is called מְאַסֵּף, the rear guard, because he waits for the stragglers and the stumblers. Similarly, Scripture states in Joshua (6: 13): “And the rear guard was going after the Ark.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:13:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:13:1)

**הִנֵּה יַשְׂכִּיל עַבְדִּי.** הִנֵּה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים יַצְלִיחַ עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב, צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold My servant shall prosper** Behold, at the end of days, My servant, Jacob, [i.e.,] the righteous among him, shall prosper.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:14:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:14:1)

**כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמְמוּ.** כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּמְהוּ עֲלֵיהֶם עַמִּים רַבִּים בִּרְאוֹתָם שִׁפְלוּתָם, וְאָמְרוּ זֶה אֶל זֶה: כַּמָּה **מִשְׁחַת מֵאִישׁ מַרְאֵהוּ** (שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל), רְאוּ מַה תָּאֳרָם חָשׁוּךְ מִשְּׁאָר **בְּנֵי אָדָם, כֵּן** כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ רוֹאִים בְּעֵינֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As many wondered** As many peoples wondered about them when they saw them in their humble state, and said to one another, How marred is his [Israel’s] appearance from that of a man! See how their features are darker than those of other people, so, as we see with our eyes.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:15:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:15:1)

**כֵּן יַזֶּה גּוֹיִם רַבִּים.** כֵּן עַתָּה גַּם הוּא תִּגְבַּר יָדוֹ וְיַזֶּה אֶת קַרְנוֹת הָעֲוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת אֲשֶׁר זֵרוּהוּ (זכריה ב:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So shall he cast down many nations** So now, even he his hand will become powerful, and he will cast down the horns of the nations who scattered him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:15:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:15:2)

**יִקְפְּצוּ.** יִסְגְּרוּ פִּיהֶם מֵרוֹב תִּמָּהוֹן, **כִּי** כָבוֹד **אֲשֶׁר לֹא סֻפַּר לָהֶם** עַל שׁוּם אָדָם רָאוּ בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall shut** Heb. יִקְפְּצוּ. They shall shut their mouths out of great bewilderment. **for** honor. **what had not been told them** concerning any man, they saw in him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 52:15:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 52:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/52:15:3)

**הִתְבּוֹנָנוּ.** ״אִסְתַּכָּלוּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they gazed** Heb. הִתְבּוֹנָנוּ, they gazed.