## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 56

###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:2:1
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**יַעֲשֶׂה זֹּאת. שׁוֹמֵר שַׁבָּת וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who will do this** who observes the Sabbath, etc.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:3:1
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**הַבְדֵּל יַבְדִּילַנִי ה׳ מֵעַל עַמּוֹ.** לָמָּה אֶתְגַּיֵּר? הֲלֹא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יַבְדִּילֵנִי מֵעַל עַמּוֹ כְּשֶׁיְשַׁלֵּם שְׂכָרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“The Lord will surely separate me from His people,”** Why should I become converted? Will not the Holy One, blessed be He, separate me from His people when He pays their reward.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:3:2
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**וְאַל יֹאמַר הַסָּרִיס.** לָמָּה אֵיטִיב דְּרָכַי וּמַעֲלָלַי? **הֵן אֲנִי** כְּ**עֵץ יָבֵשׁ**, מֵאֵין זִכָּרוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Let not the eunnuch say** Why should I better my ways and my deeds? I am like a withered tree, for lack of remembrance.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:4:1
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**וּמַחֲזִיקִים.** אוֹחֲזִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and hold fast** Heb. וּמַחֲזִיקִים, and hold fast.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:7:1
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**לְכָל הָעַמִּים.** וְלֹא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְבַדָּם, כִּי אַף לַגֵּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for all peoples** Not only for Israel, but also for the proselytes.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:8:1
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**עוֹד אֲקַבֵּץ עָלָיו.** מִן הָאֻמּוֹת שֶׁיִּתְגַּיְּרוּ וְנִלְווּ עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will yet gather** of the heathens ([Mss. and K’li Paz:] of the nations) who will convert and join them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:8:2
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**לְנִקְבָּצָיו.** נוֹסָפִים עַל קִבּוּצֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
(**together with his gathered ones** In addition to the gathered ones of Israel.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:9:1
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**כֹּל חַיְתוֹ שָׂדָי.** כָּל גֵּרֵי הָאֻמּוֹת, **אֵתָיוּ** וְהִתְקָרְבוּ אֵלַי, וְתֹאכְלוּ אֶת **כָּל חַיְתוֹ בַּיַּעַר**, אֶת גִּבּוֹרֵי הָאֻמּוֹת שֶׁאִמְּצוּ אֶת לִבָּם מִלְּהִתְגַּיֵּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All the beasts of the field** All the proselytes of the heathens ([Mss. and K’li Paz:] All the nations) come and draw near to Me, and you shall devour all the beasts in the forest, the mighty of the heathens ([Mss. and K’li Paz:] the mighty of the nations) who hardened their heart and refrained from converting.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:9:2
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**חַיְתוֹ שָׂדָי.** חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֵין כֹּחָהּ רַב כְּחַיַּת הַיַּעַר, חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה חֲלָשָׁה וְתַשּׁוּשַׁת כֹּחַ מֵחַיַּת הַיַּעַר, וְעַל שֶׁאָמַר **עוֹד אֲקַבֵּץ עָלָיו** אָמַר הַמִּקְרָא הַזֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the beasts of the field** [The beast of the field is not as strong as the beast of the forest.] The beast of the field is weaker and of weaker strength than the beast of the forest. Since he stated, “I will yet gather others to him,” he stated this verse.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:10:1
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**צֹפָיו עִוְרִים כֻּלָּם.** לְפִי שֶׁאָמַר ״דִּרְשׁוּ ה׳״ (ישעיהו נה:ו) וְכָל הָעִנְיָן, וְהֵם אֵינָם שׁוֹמְעִים, חוֹזֵר וְאוֹמֵר: הִנֵּה הַנְּבִיאִים צוֹעֲקִים לָהֶם וּמַכְרִיזִים עַל הַתְּשׁוּבָה וְתֵיטִיב לָהֶם, וַהֲרֵי פַּרְנָסֵיהֶם כְּעִוְרִים כֻּלָּם, וְאֵינָם רוֹאִין אֶת הַנּוֹלָדוֹת, כְּצוֹפֶה הַמֻּפְקָד לִרְאוֹת אֶת הַחֶרֶב בָּא לְהַזְהִיר אֶת הָעָם, וְהוּא עִוֵּר מִלִּרְאוֹת אֶת הַחֶרֶב בָּאָה וְאִלֵּם מִלְּהַזְהִיר אֶת הָעָם, כַּכֶּלֶב שֶׁמִּנּוּהוּ לִשְׁמֹר הַבַּיִת וְהוּא אִלֵּם מִ**לִּנְבֹּחַ**, כָּךְ פַּרְנָסֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵינָם מַזְהִירִין אוֹתָם לַחֲזוֹר לַמּוּטָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**His lookouts are all blind** Since he said, “Seek the Lord,” and the entire section, and they do not heed, he returns and says, Behold the prophets cry out to them ([Mss.:] to you) and announce concerning repentance, so that it will be good for them. Yet their leaders are all like blind men, and they do not see the results, like a lookout appointed to see the approaching army, to warn the people, but he is blind, unable to see whether the army is coming, and dumb, unable to warn the people, like a dog that was appointed to guard the house, but he is dumb, unable to bark. Similarly, the leaders of Israel do not warn them to repent to do good.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:10:2
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**הֹזִים שֹׁכְבִים.** פֵּירֵשׁ דּוּנָשׁ: נִרְדָּמִים שׁוֹכְבִין, וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״נַיְימִין שָׁכְבִין״, וְאֵין לוֹ דִּמְיוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they lie slumbering** Heb. הֹזִים. Dunash (Teshuvoth Dunash p. 24) explained: lying sound asleep, and Jonathan rendered: lying slumbering, and there is no comparable word in Scripture.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:11:1
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**וְהַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּי נֶפֶשׁ.** רוֹצִים לְמַלֹּאות כְּרֵסָם (אינגר״ש בלע״ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the dogs are of greedy disposition** wanting to fill their stomachs [engrote talent in O.F.], sick with hunger.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:11:2
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**וְהֵמָּה רֹעִים.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁהַכְּלָבִים **לֹא יָדְעוּ שָׂבְעָה**, כֵּן הָ**רֹעִים לֹא יָדְעוּ הָבִין** מַה יִּהְיֶה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they are shepherds** Just as the dogs know no satiety, neither do the shepherds know to understand what will occur at the end of days.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:11:3
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**כֻּלָּם.** לְדֶרֶךְ הֲנָיָתָם **פָּנוּ אִישׁ לְבִצְעוֹ**, לִגְזוֹל אֶת שְׁאָר הָעָם שֶׁהֵם מְמֻנִּים עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they all** turned to the way of their benefit, each one to his gain, to rob the rest of the people over whom they are appointed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:11:4
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**מִקָּצֵהוּ.** כְּמוֹ ״כָּל הָעָם מִקָּצֶה״ (בראשית יט:ד), מִקְצֵה מִנְיָנָם וְעַד קָצֵהוּ, כֻּלָּם נוֹהֲגִים כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**every last one** Heb. מִקָּצֵהוּ, [lit. from its end.] Comp. (Gen. 19:4) “all the people from the end (מִקָּצֶה),” from one end of their number until its other end, they all behave in this manner.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:12:1
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**אֵתָיוּ אֶקְחָה יַיִן.** כָּךְ הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים זֶה לָזֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Come, I will take wine** So would they say to one another.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 56:12:2
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**וְהָיָה כָזֶה יוֹם מָחָר.** בְּמַאֲכָל וּבְמִשְׁתֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and tomorrow shall be like this** with feasting and drinking.