## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 57

###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:1:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:1:1)

**הַצַּדִּיק אָבָד.** כְּגוֹן יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The righteous man** such as Josiah.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:1:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:1:2)

**וְאֵין אִישׁ שָׂם עַל לֵב.** לָמָּה נִסְתַּלֵּק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but no one takes it to heart** why he departed.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:1:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:1:3)

**בְּאֵין מֵבִין.** אֵין בַּנּוֹתָרִים מֵבִין, מָה רָאָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְסַלְּקוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with no one understanding** what the Holy One, blessed be He, saw to take him away.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:1:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:1:4)

**כִּי מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָה** הָעֲתִידָה לָבוֹא אֶל הַדּוֹר **נֶאֱסַף הַצַּדִּיק**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that because of the evil** destined to befall the generation, the righteous man perished.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:2:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:2:1)

**יָבֹא שָׁלוֹם.** כִּי כֵן אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: יָבֹא הַצַּדִּיק הַזֶּה אֶל אֲבוֹתָיו בְּשָׁלוֹם וְאַל יִרְאֶה בָּרָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He shall come in peace** for so says the Holy One, blessed be He, Let this righteous man come to his forefathers in peace, and let him not see the evil.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:2:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:2:2)

**יָנוּחוּ עַל מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָם.** בִּהְיוֹת הָרָעָה, זֶה שֶׁהָיָה **הֹלֵךְ נְכֹחוֹ** בְּיָשְׁרוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״עֲשׂוֹת נְכֹחָה״ (עמוס ג:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shall rest in their resting place** when the evil occurs, he who was walking נְכֹחוֹ, in his uprightness. Comp. (Amos 3:10) “To act rightly (נְכֹחָה).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:3:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:3:1)

**וְאַתֶּם קִרְבוּ הֵנָּה.** הַנּוֹתָרִים מִשֶּׁנִּסְתַּלְּקוּ הַצַּדִּיקִים, וּתְקַבְּלוּ פֻּרְעָנוּתֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you, draw near hither** The survivors after the righteous have departed, and receive your sentences.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:3:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:3:2)

**בְּנֵי עֹנְנָה.** בְּנֵי כְּשָׁפִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**children of sorcery** Heb. בְּנֵי עֹנְנָה, children of sorcery.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:3:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:3:3)

**זֶרַע מְנָאֵף.** שֶׁהַזָּכָר מְנָאֵף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**children who commit adultery** That the male commits adultery.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:3:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:3:4)

**וַתִּזְנֶה.** הַנְּקֵבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and played the whore** the female.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:4:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:4:1)

**עַל מִי תִּתְעַנָּגוּ.** מֵאַחַר שֶׁשַּׁבְתֶּם מֵאַחֲרַי, עַל מִי תִּשָּׁעֲנוּ לְהִתְעַנֵּג בְּטוֹבָה? אִלּוּ זְכִיתֶם, אָז תִּתְעַנְּגוּ עַל ה׳, אֲבָל עַכְשָׁיו עַל מִי תִּתְעַנָּגוּ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**On whom will you [rely to] enjoy yourselves** Since you have turned away from following Me, on whom will you rely to enjoy yourselves with good. Had you merited, you would then enjoy yourselves with the Lord, but now, on whom will you rely to enjoy yourselves?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:4:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:4:2)

**עַל מִי תַּרְחִיבוּ פֶה.** כְּשֶׁאַתֶּם מְתַעְתְּעִים וּמַלְעִיבִים בִּנְבִיאָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**against whom do you open your mouth wide** when you scorned and mocked His prophets.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:5:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:5:1)

**הַנֵּחָמִים בָּאֵלִים.** הַמִּתְחַמְּמִין בְּשִׁכְבַת זֶרַע תַּחַת אֵלָה וְאַלּוֹן (נידה יג א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You who inflame yourselves among the terebinths** Who stimulate themselves with semen under the אֵלִים, they are the terebinth and the oak.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:5:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:5:2)

**שׁוֹחֲטֵי הַיְלָדִים.** לְקָרְבַּן עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who slaughter the children** for a sacrifice to the idols.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:5:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:5:3)

**סְעִפֵי.** נִקְרַת הַצּוּרִים, וְכֵן (שופטים טו:יא) ״אֶל סְעִיף סֶלַע״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**clefts** Heb. סְעִפֵי, the clefts of the rocks. Comp. (Jud. 15:11) “to the cleft (סְעִיף) of the rock.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:6:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:6:1)

**בְּחַלְּקֵי נַחַל.** אֲבָנִים אֲשֶׁר בַּנַּחַל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Of the smooth [stones] of the valley** [Lit. of the smooth ones of the valley, i.e.,] among the smooth stones that are in the valley.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:6:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:6:2)

**חֶלְקֵךְ.** בָּהֶם יִרְגְּמוּ אוֹתָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your portion** With them they will stone you.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:6:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:6:3)

**הֵם הֵם גּוֹרָלֵךְ.** לְהִתְעַצֵּב בָּהֶם. לָמָּה? כִּי **גַּם לָהֶם שָׁפַכְתְּ נֶסֶךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they, they are your lot** to be saddened with them. Why? For to them too you have poured out libations.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:6:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:6:4)

**הַעַל אֵלֶּה אֶנָּחֵם.** מִלְּהָרַע לָךְ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the face of these shall I relent** from doing harm to you?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:7:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:7:1)

**שַׂמְתְּ מִשְׁכָּבֵךְ.** מִשְׁכַּב נֵאוּפֵךְ לְעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה עַל הֶהָרִים הָרָמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you placed your couch** The couch of your adultery to idolatry on the high mountains.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:8:1)

**וְאַחַר הַדֶּלֶת וְהַמְּזוּזָה שַׂמְתְּ זִכְרוֹנֵךְ.** לְמִי שֶׁהוּא מְדַמֶּה אוֹתָהּ לְאִשָּׁה מְנָאֶפֶת, אֲשֶׁר נוֹאֲפֶיהָ צוֹפִים וּמַמְתִּינִים לִפְנֵי פֶּתַח בֵּיתָהּ, וְהִיא לִבָּהּ וְזִכְרוֹנָהּ אֶל הַדֶּלֶת וְהַמְּזוּזָה, אֵיךְ תִּפְתַּח וְתֵצֵא אֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And behind the door and the doorpost you have directed your thoughts** Since he compares her to an adulterous woman, for whom her paramours look and wait before the door of her house, while she, lying beside her husband, directs her heart and her thoughts to the door and the doorpost, how she will open the door and come out to them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:8:2)

**כִּי מֵאִתִּי גִּלִּית וַתַּעֲלִי.** אֶצְלִי הָיִית שׁוֹכֶבֶת, וְגִלִּית הַכִּסּוּי שֶׁהָיוּ מְכֻסִּים יַחַד, וַתַּעֲלִי מֵאֶצְלִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for while with Me, you uncovered [us] and went up** You were lying beside Me, and you removed the cover with which we were covered together, and you went up from beside Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:8:3)

**הִרְחַבְתְּ מִשְׁכָּבֵךְ.** לְקַבֵּל בּוֹ נוֹאֲפִים הַרְבֵּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you widened your couch** to accommodate many adulterers.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:8:4)

**וַתִּכְרָת לָךְ** בְּרִית **מֵהֶם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and made for yourself** a covenant with them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:8:5)

**אָהַבְתְּ מִשְׁכָּבָם.** כְּשֶׁ**חָזִית** לָךְ **יָד** וּמָקוֹם לְהַרְאוֹת לָהֶם אַהֲבָתֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you loved their couch** when you chose for yourself יָד, a place, to demonstrate to them your love.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:6
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:8:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:8:6)

**יָד.** אייש״י בלע״ז, וְכֵן ״רְאוּ חֶלְקַת יוֹאָב אֶל יָדִי״ (שמואל ב יד:ל):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a place** Heb. יָד, aise or ajjse in O.F., a side. Comp. (II Sam. 14: 30) “See Joab’s field is near mine (עַל יָדִי).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:9:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:9:1)

**וַתָּשֻׁרִי לַמֶּלֶךְ בַּשֶּׁמֶן.** וַאֲנִי מִתְּחִלָּה גִּדַּלְתִּיךְ, וְהָיִית מְקַבֶּלֶת פְּנֵי מַלְכֵּךְ בְּכָל מִינֵי תַּפְנוּקִים. **וַתָּשֻׁרִי** לְשׁוֹן רְאִיַּת פָּנִים, כְּמוֹ ״אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ וְלֹא קָרוֹב״ (במדבר כד:יז), וְכֵן ״וּתְשׁוּרָה אֵין לְהָבִיא״ (שמואל א ט:ז) דּוֹרוֹן שֶׁל הַקְבָּלַת פָּנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you brought a gift to the king with oil** Heb. וַתָּשֻׁרִי. Originally, I aggrandized you, and you would greet your king with all sorts of delights. וַתָּשֻׁרִי is an expression of an audience. Comp. (Num. 24:17) “I see him (אֲשׁוּרֶנוּ) but he is not near.” [Also] (I Sam. 9:7), “And there is no present (תְּשׁוּרָה) to bring,” [i.e.,] a gift for an audience.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:9:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:9:2)

**וַתְּשַׁלְּחִי צִירָיִךְ.** שְׁלוּחַיִךְ לְ**מֵרָחוֹק**, לִגְבּוֹת מַס מִמַּלְכֵי הָאֻמּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you sent your ambassadors** Your messenger afar to collect tribute from the heathen kings. ([Manuscripts and K’li Paz read:] the kings of the nations.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:9:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:9:3)

**וַתַּשְׁפִּילִי.** אֶת חִזְקֵי הָאֻמּוֹת עַד שְׁאוֹל; כֵּן תִּרְגְּמוֹ יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you humbled** the laws of the heathens (of the nations [Mss. and K’li Paz]) to the grave. Jonathan rendered it in this manner.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:10:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:10:1)

**בְּרֹב דַּרְכֵּךְ יָגַעַתְּ.** נִתְעַסַּקְתְּ בִּצְרָכַיִךְ לְמַלֹּאת תַּאֲוָתֵךְ לְהַרְבּוֹת הוֹנֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With the length of your way you became wearied** You engaged in your necessities, in the filling of your lust, to increase your wealth.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:10:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:10:2)

**לֹא אָמַרְתְּ נוֹאָשׁ.** אֶתְיָאֵשׁ מֵאֵלּוּ וְלֹא אָחוּשׁ עוֹד לַעֲסוֹק בָּהֶן, כִּי בַּתּוֹרָה וּבַמִּצְווֹת אֶתֵּן לֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you did not say, “Despair.”** I will despair of these and I will no longer care to engage in them, but I will pay my attention to Torah and precepts.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:10:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:10:3)

**חַיַּת יָדֵךְ מָצָאת.** צֹרֶךְ יָדֵךְ מָצָאת, הִצְלַחְתְּ בְּמַעֲשַׂיִךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The power of your hand you found** Heb. חַיַּת, the necessity of your hand you have found; you have succeeded in your deeds.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:10:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:10:4)

**עַל כֵּן לֹא חָלִית.** לֹא נֶחֱלָה לִבֵּךְ לִדְאֹג עַל עֲבוֹדָתִי, לַעֲסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה. **חַיַּת** – לְשׁוֹן עֲרָבִי הוּא: צֹרֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**therefore, you were not stricken ill** Your heart was not stricken ill to worry about My service, to engage in the Torah. חַיַּת is an Arabic word, meaning necessity.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:11:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:11:1)

**וְאֶת מִי דָּאַגְתְּ.** מִמִּי נִתְיָרֵאת?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And whom did you dread** Of whom were you afraid?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:11:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:11:2)

**כִּי תְכַזֵּבִי.** כִּי פָּסַקְתְּ לָךְ מֵעֲבוֹדָתִי וְכָזַבְתְּ בִּי, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא יְכַזְּבוּ מֵימָיו״ (ישעיהו נח:יא), ״כָּל הָאָדָם כֹּזֵב״ (תהלים קטז:יא). פליינצ״א בלע״ז, וְכֵן כָּל לְשׁוֹן ׳כָּזָב׳ – מִי שֶׁבּוֹטְחִין עָלָיו וְהוּא כּוֹזֵב וּבוֹגֵד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that you failed** Heb. תְּכַזֵּבִי, that you ceased to worship Me and you betrayed Me. Comp. (infra 58:11) “Whose water shall not fail (יְכַזְּבוּ).” Comp. also (Psalms 116:11) “Every man is a traitor (כֹּזֵב).” Falajjnc in O.F., to fail. Likewise, every expression of כָּזָב means one upon whom people rely, and he fails and betrays them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:11:3
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**הֲלֹא אֲנִי מַחְשֶׁה.** שֶׁהֶחֱשֵׁיתִי עַל כַּמָּה פְּשָׁעִים שֶׁפָּשַׁעְתְּ בִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Indeed, I am silent** I kept silent in the face of many transgressions that you transgressed against Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:12:1
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**אֲנִי אַגִּיד צִדְקָתֵךְ.** אֲנִי תָּמִיד מַגִּיד לָךְ דְּבָרִים, שֶׁאִם תַּעֲשִׂי אוֹתָם תִּצְדְּקִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I tell your righteousness** Constantly, I tell you things to do, so that you will be righteous.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:12:2
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**וְאֶת מַעֲשַׂיִךְ.** שֶׁאַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה שֶׁלֹּא בִּרְצוֹנִי, **לֹא יוֹעִילוּךְ** בְּעֵת רָעָתֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your deeds** that you do against My will shall not avail you at the time of your distress.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:13:1
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**בְּזַעֲקֵךְ יַצִּילוּךְ קִבּוּצַיִךְ.** יָקוּמוּ נָא קְבוּצוֹת אֱלִילִים וּפְסִילִים וּמַכְחִישֵׁי תּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר קִבַּצְתָּ, וְיַצִּילוּךְ בְּזַעֲקֵךְ מִצָּרָתֵךְ. הֲלֹא **אֶת כֻּלָּם יִשָּׂא רוּחַ** וְלֹא יוּכְלוּ לְהַצִּיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When you cry out, let your collections save you** Let the collection of your idols and your graven images [and those who deny the Torah] that you collected, rise and save you when you cry out from your distress. Indeed, wind will carry all of them off, and they will not rise, neither will they be able to save.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:14:1
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**וְאָמַר סֹלּוּ סֹלּוּ.** כֹּה אָמַר הַנָּבִיא בִּשְׁמִי לְעַמִּי: כִּבְשׁוּ מְסִלָּה סְלוּלָה, פַּנּוּ יֵצֶר הָרַע מִדַּרְכֵיכֶם (סוכה נב א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he shall say, “Pave, pave”** So will the prophet say in My name to My people, “Pave, pave a paved highway, clear away the evil inclination from your ways.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:14:2
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**הָרִימוּ מִכְשׁוֹל.** סַלְּקוּ הָאֲבָנִים שֶׁאַתֶּם נִכְשָׁלִים רַגְלֵיכֶם בָּהֶם, הֵם הִרְהוּרֵי רֶשַׁע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**remove the obstacle** Remove the stones upon which your feet stumble; they are wicked thoughts.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:15:1
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**מָרוֹם וְקָדוֹשׁ** אֲנִי **שֹׁכֵן**, וּמִשָּׁם אֲנִי עִם **דַּכָּא וּשְׁפַל רוּחַ**, שֶׁאֲנִי מַרְכִּין שְׁכִינָתִי עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“With the lofty and the holy ones”** I dwell, and thence I am with the crushed and the humble in spirit, upon whom I lower My Presence.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:15:2
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**שְׁפָלִים. נִדְכָּאִים**, סוֹבְלֵי עֹנִי וָחֳלָיִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**humble...crushed** Suffering from poverty and illnesses.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:16:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:16:1)

**כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם אָרִיב.** אִם אָבִיא יִסּוּרִין עַל הָאָדָם, אֵין תַּחֲרוּתִי עָלָיו לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים, וְלֹא קִצְפִּי **לָנֶצַח**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For I will not contend forever** If I bring afflictions upon a person, My contention with him is not for a long time, neither is My anger forever.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:16:2
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**כִּי רוּחַ מִלְּפָנַי יַעֲטוֹף.** כַּאֲשֶׁר רוּחַ הָאָדָם, שֶׁהוּא מִלְּפָנַי שֶׁנִּתַּן בּוֹ מֵאִתִּי, יַעֲטוֹף יוֹדֶה וְיִכָּנַע עַל מַעֲלוֹ, כְּמוֹ (איכה ב:יט) ״הָעֲטוּפִים בָּרָעָב״, ״בֵּעָטֵף עוֹלֵל״ (שם), וְהַנְּשָׁמוֹת שֶׁאֲנִי עָשִׂיתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when a spirit from before Me humbles itself** Heb. יַעֲטוֹף. When the spirit of man, which is from before Me, humbles itself, confesses and humbles itself because of its betrayal. Comp. (Lam. 2:19) “humbled (הָעֲטוּפִים) with hunger,” “when the small child and the suckling are humbled (בֵּעָטֵף).” And the souls which I made.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:16:3
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**כִּי רוּחַ מִלְּפָנַי.** ׳כִּי׳ זֶה מְשַׁמֵּשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹן ׳כַּאֲשֶׁר׳, כְּמוֹ ״כִּי תִרְאֶה״ (שמות כג:ה), ״כִּי תָבוֹא״ (דברים כג:כה). כְּלוֹמַר: כְּשֶׁרוּחוֹ נֶעֱטֶפֶת וְהוּא נִכְנָע, אֲנִי מְבַטֵּל רִיבִי וְקִצְפִּי מֵעָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when a spirit from before Me** Heb. כִּי. This instance of the word כִּי is used as an expression of “when.” Comp. (infra 58:7) “When you see (כִּי תִרְאֶה)”; (Deut. 26:1) “When you come (כִּי תָבוֹא).” That is to say, when his spirit is humbled, and he is humbled, I terminate My quarrel and My anger from upon him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:17:1
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**בַּעֲוֺן בִּצְעוֹ.** גְּזֵלָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the iniquity of his thievery** Heb. בִּצְעוֹ, his thievery.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:17:2
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**קָצַפְתִּי.** תְּחִלָּה **וְאַכֵּהוּ, הַסְתֵּר** פָּנַי תָּמִיד מִצָּרָתוֹ, **וְאֶקְצֹף**, וְעַל כִּי הוֹלֵךְ **שׁוֹבָב בְּדֶרֶךְ לִבּוֹ**. וְסָרֵס אֶת הַמִּקְרָא וְכֵן פֵּרוּשׁוֹ: **בַּעֲוֺן בִּצְעוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ שׁוֹבָב בְּדַרְכֵי לִבּוֹ קָצַפְתִּי וְאַכֵּהוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I became wroth** at the beginning and I smote him, always hiding My face from his distress and I was wroth for he went rebelliously in the way of his heart. Transpose the verse and explain it thus: For the iniquity of his thievery and the fact that he went rebelliously in the way of his heart, I became wroth and smote him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:18:1
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**דְּרָכָיו רָאִיתִי.** כְּשֶׁהוּא נִכְנָע מִלְּפָנַי שֶׁבָּאַתְהוּ צָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I saw his ways** when he humbled himself before Me, when troubles befell him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:18:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:18:2)

**וְאֶרְפָּאֵהוּ וְאַנְחֵהוּ.** אוֹלִיכוֹ בְּדֶרֶךְ מַרְפֵּא, אוֹ **וְאַנְחֵהוּ** לְשׁוֹן הֲנָחָה וּמַרְגּוֹעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will heal him, and I will lead him** Heb. וְאַנְחֵהוּ. I will lead him in the way of healing. Alternatively, וְאַנְחֵהוּ is an expression of rest and tranquility.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:18:3
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**לוֹ וְלַאֲבֵלָיו.** לַמִּצְטַעֲרִים עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**him and his mourners** to those who are troubled over him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:19:1
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**בּוֹרֵא נִיב שְׂפָתָיִם.** בּוֹרֵא אֲנִי לוֹ נִיב שְׂפָתַיִם חָדָשׁ, כְּלַפֵּי שֶׁבָּאַתְהוּ צָרָה עַד עַתָּה, וְהַכֹּל קָרְאוּ עָלָיו תִּגָּר, יִקְרְאוּ לוֹ: **שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[I] create the speech of the lips** I create for him a new manner of speech. In contrast to the trouble that befell him, and everyone was degrading him, they will call, “Peace, peace.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:19:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:19:2)

**לָרָחוֹק וְלַקָּרוֹב.** שְׁנֵיהֶם שָׁוִין: מִי שֶׁנִּתְיַשֵּׁן וְהֻרְגַּל בְּתוֹרָתִי וַעֲבוֹדָתִי מִנְּעוּרָיו, וּמִי שֶׁנִּתְקָרֵב עַתָּה מִקָּרוֹב לָשׁוּב מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָרָעָה (ברכות לד ב). **אָמַר ה׳ וּרְפָאתִיו** מֵחָלְיוֹ וּמֵחֲטָאָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the far and to the near** Both are equal; he who aged and was accustomed to My Torah and My worship from his youth, and he who drew near now, just recently to repent of his evil way. Said the Lord, “I will heal him of his malady and of his sins.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:20:1
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**וְהָרְשָׁעִים.** שֶׁאֵין נוֹתְנִין לֵב לָשׁוּב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But the wicked** who do not give a thought to repent.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:20:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 57:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/57:20:2)

**כַּיָּם נִגְרָשׁ.** הַיָּם הַזֶּה גַּלָּיו מִתְגָּאִים לָרוּם לְמַעְלָה וְלָצֵאת חוּץ לִגְבוּל הַחוֹל ״אֲשֶׁר שַׂמְתִּי גְּבוּל לַיָּם״ (ירמיהו ה:כב), וּכְשֶׁמַּגִּיעַ שָׁם הוּא נִשְׁבָּר עַל כָּרְחוֹ, וְכָל זֶה גַּל חֲבֵרוֹ רוֹאֶה וְאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר בּוֹ. כָּךְ הָרָשָׁע רוֹאֶה אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ לוֹקֶה בְּרִשְׁעוֹ וְאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר בּוֹ. וּמָה הַיָּם רִפְשׁוֹ וְסִרְיוֹתוֹ עַל פִּיו, כָּךְ הָרְשָׁעִים סִרְיוֹתָם בְּפִיהֶם; כְּגוֹן פַּרְעֹה אָמַר ״מִי ה׳״ (שמות ה:ב), סַנְחֵרִיב אָמַר ״מִי בְּכָל אֱלֹהֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת״ (ישעיהו לו:כ), נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר אָמַר ״אֶדַּמֶּה לְעֶלְיוֹן״ (ישעיהו יד:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the turbulent sea** This seaits waves raise themselves high and strive to go out of the boundary of sand that I made as a boundary for the sea, and when it reaches there, against its will it breaks. The next wave sees all this, yet does not turn back. Similarly, the wicked man sees his friend being punished for his wickedness; yet he does not turn back. Also, just as the sea has its mud and its offensive matter on its mouth, [i.e., on its surface,] so do the wicked have their offensive matter in their mouth; e.g., Pharaoh said, (Exodus 5:2) “Who is the Lord?” Sennacherib said (supra 36:20), “Who are they among all the Gods of the lands...?” Nebuchadnezzar said, (supra 14:14) “I will liken myself to the Most High.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:20:3
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**כַּיָּם נִגְרָשׁ.** כְּיָם אֲשֶׁר נִגְרָשׁ, שֶׁגּוֹרֵשׁ כָּל הַיּוֹם רֶפֶשׁ וָטִיט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the turbulent sea** Like the sea, which is turbulent, that casts up all day mud and dirt.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 57:21:1
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**אֵין שָׁלוֹם.** כְּלַפֵּי שֶׁאָמַר לַצַּדִּיקִים וּלְבַעֲלֵי תְּשׁוּבָה ״שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם לָרָחוֹק וְגוֹ׳״ (ישעיהו נז:יט), חָזַר וְאָמַר ״אֵין שָׁלוֹם לָרְשָׁעִים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There is no peace** In contrast to what he said to the righteous and the repentant, “Peace, peace to the far, etc.,” he returned and said, “There is no peace for the wicked.”