## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 54

###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:1:1
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**רָנִּי עֲקָרָה.** יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, אֲשֶׁר הָיְתָה כְּלֹא יָלָדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Sing, you barren woman** Jerusalem, who was as though she had not borne.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:1:2
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**לֹא חָלָה.** לְשׁוֹן לֵידָה הוּא, שֶׁהַיּוֹלֶדֶת עַל יְדֵי חִיל וַחֲבָלִים יוֹלֶדֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you who have not experienced birth pangs** Heb. חָלָה, an expression of childbirth, for the woman in confinement gives birth with pains and writhing.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:1:3
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**מִבְּנֵי בְעוּלָה.** בַּת אֱדוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the children of the desolate one** The daughter of Edom.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:2:1
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**יַטּוּ.** לְמֵרָחוֹק׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and let them stretch forth** far off.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:2:2
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**מֵיתָרַיִךְ.** הֵם חֲבָלִים דַּקִּים הַתְּלוּיִם בְּשׁוּלֵי אֹהָלִים, וְקוֹשְׁרִים בִּיתֵדוֹת, שֶׁקּוֹרִין קביל״ש בלע״ז, וְתוֹקְעִין בָּאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lengthen your cords** These are thin ropes that hang at the bottom of tents, and that are tied to stakes called ‘chevills’ in French, which are thrust into the ground.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:3:1
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**תִּפְרֹצִי.** תִּגְבְּרוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall you prevail** Heb. תִּפְרֹצִי, shall you prevail.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:4:1
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**עֲלוּמַיִךְ.** נְעוּרַיִךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your youth** Heb. עֲלוּמַיִךְ, your youth.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:6:1
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**כִּי תִמָּאֵס.** כְּשֶׁתִּמָּאֵס, פְּעָמִים שֶׁכּוֹעֵס עָלֶיהָ מְעַט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who was rejected** When she is rejected at times that her husband is a little wroth with her.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:8:1
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**בְּשֶׁצֶף קֶצֶף.** מְנַחֵם פָּתַר: ׳חֳרִי אַף׳, וְדוֹנָשׁ אָמַר: ׳בִּמְעַט קֶצֶף׳, כְּמוֹ **בְּרֶגַע קָטֹן עֲזַבְתִּיךְ**, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With a little wrath** Heb. שֶׁצֶף. Menahem (Machbereth p. 179) interprets this as, “with kindling of wrath,” and Dunash (Teshuvoth p. 20) states, “with a little wrath,” paralleling “For a small moment have I forsaken you,” and so did Jonathan render.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:8:2
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**וּבְחֶסֶד עוֹלָם.** שֶׁיִּתְקַיֵּם עַד עוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with everlasting kindness** that will exist forever.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:9:1
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**כִּי מֵי נֹחַ זֹאת לִי.** שְׁבוּעָה בְּיָדִי, וְהוֹלֵךְ וּמְפָרֵשׁ דְּבָרוֹ: **כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי מֵעֲבֹר מֵי נֹחַ וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For this is to Me [as] the waters of Noah** [i.e.,] it is an oath in My hand, and He proceeds to explain His words, “as I swore that the waters of Noah shall never again pass over the earth, etc.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:10:1
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**כִּי הֶהָרִים יָמוּשׁוּ.** אַף אִם תִּכְלֶה זְכוּת אָבוֹת וְאִמָּהוֹת, **חַסְדִּי מֵאִתֵּךְ לֹא יָמוּשׁ** (ירושלמי סנהדרין י א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the mountains shall depart** Even if the merit of the Patriarchs and the Matriarchs is depleted, My kindness shall not depart from you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:11:1
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**סֹעֲרָה.** שֶׁלִּבָּהּ סוֹעֵר בְּרוֹבֵי צָרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**tempestuous one** whose heart storms with many troubles.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:11:2
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**מַרְבִּיץ בַּפּוּךְ.** רוֹצֵף רִצְפָּתֵךְ מֵאַבְנֵי נֹפֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will set with carbuncle** I pave your floor with carbuncle stones.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:12:1
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**כַּדְכֹד.** מִין אֶבֶן טוֹבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**jasper** Heb. כַּדְכֹד, a kind of precious stone.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:12:2
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**שִׁמְשֹׁתָיִךְ.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם ״אַעָךְ״, וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ עִם ״יְשַׁמְּשׁוּנֵהּ״ (דניאל ז:י), וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִין לְשׁוֹן ׳שֶׁמֶשׁ׳ – חַלּוֹנוֹת שֶׁחַמָּה זוֹרַחַת בָּהֶן, וְעוֹשִׂין כְּנֶגְדּוֹ מְחִיצָה בְּמִינֵי זְכוּכִית צְבָעִים לְנוֹי, וּמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים פּוֹתֵר ״שִׁמְשׁוֹתַיִךְ״ וְ״שֶׁמֶשׁ וּמָגֵן״ (תהלים פד:יב) שִׁנֵּי הַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your windows** Jonathan renders: your woodwork, and Menahem associated it with (Dan. 7:10): “ministered to Him (יְשַׁמְּשׁוּנֵהּ).” (Menahem, apparently renders: your utensils, i.e., the vessels that serve you.) And some interpret it as an expression of a sun (שֶׁמֶשׁ), windows through which the sun shines, and they make opposite it a barrier of kinds of colored glass for beauty, and Midrash Psalms interprets שִׁמְשׁוֹתַיִךְ as well as שֶׁמֶשׁ וּמָגֵן (Ps. 84:12) as “the pinnacles of the wall.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:12:3
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**לְאַבְנֵי אֶקְדָּח.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם ״לְאַבְנֵי גְמַר״, ׳גּוּמְרִין׳ תַּרְגּוּם ׳גֶּחָלִים׳. פָּתַר ׳אֶקְדָּח׳ לְשׁוֹן ״קֹדְחֵי אֵשׁ״ (ישעיהו נ:יא), וְהֵם מִין אֲבָנִים טוֹבוֹת בּוֹעֲרוֹת כַּלַּפִּידִים, וְהוּא קרבונקל״א לְשׁוֹן ׳גַּחֶלֶת׳. וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִין (בבא בתרא עה א) לְשׁוֹן ׳מַקְדֵּחַ׳, אֲבָנִים גְּדוֹלוֹת שֶׁכָּל חֲלַל הַפֶּתַח קָדוּחַ בְּתוֹכוֹ, וְהַמְּזוּזוֹת וְהַמִּפְתָּן וְהַסַּף כֻּלָּן מִתּוֹךְ הָאֶבֶן הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of carbuncle stones** Heb. אֶקְדָּח. Jonathan renders: of gomer stones. Gumrin is the Aramaic translation of גֶּחָלִים, coals. He interprets אֶקְדָּח as an expression similar to (supra 50: 11) “who kindle (קֹדְחֵי) fire,” and they are a type of stones that burn like torches and that is the carbuncle (karbokle in O.F.), an expression of a coal. Others interpret it as an expression of a drill, i.e., huge stones of which the entire opening of the doorway is drilled, and the doorposts, the threshold, and the lintel are all hewn from the stone.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:12:4
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**לְאַבְנֵי חֵפֶץ.** ״לְאַבְנֵי צְרוּךְ״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of precious stones** Desirable stones [from Jonathan].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:14:1
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**רַחֲקִי מֵעֹשֶׁק.** כְּמוֹ ״הִתְנַעֲרִי מֵעָפָר״ (ישעיהו נב:ב), תִּרְחֲקִי מִן הָעוֹשְׁקִים אוֹתָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**go far away from oppression** [Although grammatically this is the imperative, here it is the future,] like (supra 52:2) “Shake yourself from the dust.” You will be far away from those who oppress you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:14:2
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(**רַחֲקִי מֵעֹשֶׁק.** תִּרְחֲקִי מִלַּעֲשׁוֹק בְּנֵי אָדָם כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁעוֹשִׂים רְשָׁעִים, שֶׁאוֹסְפִים מָמוֹן מִגָּזֵל, אֲבָל אַתֶּם לֹא תִצְטָרְכוּ לִגְזוֹל, כִּי לֹא תִירְאוּ מִדַּלּוּת וַעֲנִיּוּת, **וּמִמְּחִתָּה כִּי לֹא** תָבֹא וְ**לֹא תִקְרַב אֵלָיִךְ**. אברבנאל.)

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
Printed editions of Rashi contain the following addendum: (**go far away from oppression** You will stay far from oppressing other peoples in the manner the wicked do, that they accumulate money through robbery, but you will not need to rob, for you will not fear poverty or straits, or ruin, for it shall neither come nor shall it approach you. [Abarbanel])


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:14:3
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(**בִּצְדָקָה.** שֶׁתַּעֲשֶׂה תִּהְיֶה נְכוֹנָה בִּגְאֻלַּת עוֹלָם, וְתִהְיֶה רְחוֹקָה מֵעֹשֶׁק בְּנֵי אָדָם כִּי לֹא תִירָאִי, אֲפִילּוּ פַּחַד וְיִרְאָה לֹא יִהְיֶה לָךְ מֵהֶם, וְתִהְיֶה רְחוֹקָה מִמְּחִתָּה שֶׁ**לֹּא תִקְרַב אֵלָיִךְ**. איל״ה שלוח״ה.)

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
(**With righteousness** that you will perform, you will be established with an everlasting redemption, and you will be far from people’s oppression for you will not fear; you will not even have terror or fear of them, and you will be far from ruin, for it will not come near you. [Ayalah Sheluchah])


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:15:1
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**הֵן גּוֹר יָגוּר אֶפֶס מֵאוֹתִי.** הֵן יָרֵא יִירָא וְיָגוּר מְגוֹרַת רָעוֹת, אוֹתוֹ שֶׁאֵין אֲנִי עִמּוֹ, הוּא שְׂעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold, the one with whom I am not, shall fear** Heb. גּוֹר יָגוּר. Behold, he shall fear and dread evil decrees, he with whom I am not, i.e., Esau. ([Mss. read:] the wicked Esau and his ilk.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:15:2
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**מִי גָר אִתָּךְ.** מִי אֲשֶׁר נֶאֱסַף עָלֶיךָ לְמִלְחָמָה, אוֹ **מִי גָר** – מִי שֶׁנִּתְגָּרָה בָּךְ. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּהוּ (יבמות כד ב) בְּגֵרִים, לוֹמַר שֶׁאֵין מְקַבְּלִים גֵּרִים לִימוֹת מְשִׁיחֵנוּ. וְאַף בִּפְשׁוּטוֹ שֶׁל מִקְרָא יִתָּכֵן: מִי שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ גֵרִים אִתָּךְ בַּעֲנִיּוּתֵךְ, **עָלַיִךְ יִפֹּל** בְּעֲשִׁירוּתֵךְ, כְּמוֹ ״עַל פְּנֵי כָל אֶחָיו נָפָל״ (בראשית כה:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whoever mobilizes against you** Heb. גָר. Whoever mobilizes against you for war. Alternatively, מִי גָר [means:] whoever contends with you (וְנִתְגָּרֶה). And our Rabbis explained it as referring to the proselytes (גֵּרִים), [i.e.,] to say that we will not accept proselytes in Messianic times. And even according to the simple meaning of the verse it is possible to explain: whoever became sojourners with you in your poverty, shall dwell with you in your wealth. Comp. (Gen. 25:18) “In the presence of all his brethren he dwelt (נָפָל).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:16:1
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**הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי.** אֲשֶׁר **בָּרָאתִי חָרָשׁ** הַמְּתַקֵּן כְּלִי, וַאֲנִי אֲשֶׁר בָּרָאתִי מַשְׁחִית הַמְחַבְּלוֹ, כְּלוֹמַר: אֲנִי הוּא שֶׁגֵּרִיתִי בָּךְ אֶת הָאוֹיֵב, אֲנִי הוּא שֶׁהִתְקַנְתִּי לוֹ פֻּרְעָנִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold I** am He Who created a smith who devises a weapon, and I am He Who has created a destroyer that destroys it. That is, to say: I am He Who incited the enemy against you; I am He Who has prepared retribution for him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:16:2
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**וּמוֹצִיא כְלִי לְמַעֲשֵׂהוּ.** לְצֹרֶךְ, גּוֹמְרוֹ כָּל צָרְכּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and produces a weapon for his work** For necessity. He completes it according to all that is necessary.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:17:1
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**כָּל כְּלִי יוּצַר.** כָּל כְּלִי זַיִן אֲשֶׁר יִלְטְשׁוּהוּ וִיחַדְּדוּהוּ בִּשְׁבִילֵךְ לְהִלָּחֵם בָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Any weapon whetted against you** Any weapon that they will whet and sharpen for you, i.e., to battle with you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 54:17:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 54:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/54:17:2)

**יוּצַר.** לְשׁוֹן ״חַרְבוֹת צוּרִים״ (יהושע ה:ב), ״אַף תָּשִׁיב צוּר חַרְבּוֹ״ (תהלים פט:מד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whetted** Heb. יוּצַר, an expression similar to (Jos. 5:2) “sharp knives (חַרְבוֹתצֻרִים),” also (Ps. 89:44) “You have also turned the edge of his sword (צוּר חַרְבּוֹ).”