## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 66

###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:1:1
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**הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי.** אֵינִי צָרִיךְ לְבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁלָּכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The heavens are My throne** I do not need your Temple.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:1:2
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**אֵיזֶה בַיִת.** אֲשֶׁר הוּא כְּדַאי לִשְׁכִינָתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which is the house** that is fitting for My Shechinah.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:2:1
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**וְאֶת כָּל אֵלֶּה.** הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ **יָדִי עָשָׂתָה**, זֹאת אֲשֶׁר צִמְצַמְתִּי שְׁכִינָתִי בְּתוֹכְכֶם בִּהְיוֹתְכֶם נִשְׁמָעִים לִי, לְפִי שֶׁכֵּן דַּרְכִּי לְהַבִּיט **אֶל עָנִי וּנְכֵה רוּחַ וְחָרֵד עַל דְּבָרִי**. אֲבָל עַתָּה אֵין לִי חֵפֶץ בָּכֶם, שֶׁהֲרֵי **שׁוֹחֵט הַשּׁוֹר** הִכָּה אֶת בְּעָלָיו וּגְזָלוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ, לְפִיכָךְ **זוֹבֵחַ הַשֶּׂה** דּוֹמֶה לְפָנַי כְּ**עוֹרֵף** אֶת הַ**כֶּלֶב**, וְהַ**מַּעֲלֶה** אֶת הַ**מִּנְחָה** הֲרֵי הוּא לְפָנַי כְּ**דַם חֲזִיר**, וְהַ**מַּזְכִּיר לְבוֹנָה** מַקְטִיר לְבוֹנָה, כְּמוֹ ״אַזְכָּרָתָהּ״ (ויקרא ה:יב), ״וְהָיְתָה לַלֶּחֶם לְאַזְכָּרָה״ (ויקרא כד:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And all these** The heavens and the earth, and for this reason I confined My Shechinah among you when you obeyed Me, for so is My wont, to look at one poor and of crushed spirit, who hastens to do My bidding. But now, I have no desire for you, for whoever slaughters an ox, has smitten its owner and robbed him of it. Therefore, whoever slaughters a lamb seems to Me as one who beheads a dog, and whoever offers up a meal offering is before Me like swine blood, and מַזְכִּיר, he who burns incense. Comp. (Lev. 5:12) “its memorial part (אַזְכָּרָתָהּ).” Also (ibid. 24:7), “and it shall be for the bread as a memorial (לְאַזְכָּרָה).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:3:1
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**מְבָרֵךְ אָוֶן.** מְבָרֵךְ אוֹתִי בִּתְשׁוּרַת אֹנֶס, מְבָרֵךְ אָוֶן מַתְשִׁיר אֹנֶס – זֶהוּ פֵּרוּשׁוֹ. וּלְשׁוֹן ׳בְּרָכָה׳ נוֹפֵל בִּתְשׁוּרָה שֶׁהִיא לְהַקְבָּלַת פָּנִים, כְּמוֹ ״קַח נָא אֶת בִּרְכָתִי״ (בראשית לג:יא), ״עֲשׂוּ אִתִּי בְרָכָה וּצְאוּ אֵלַי״ (ישעיהו לו:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**brings a gift of violence** Heb. מְבָרֵךְ, blesses Me with a gift of violence, brings a gift of violence. This is its explanation, and the expression of בְּרָכָה applies to a gift that is for a reception. Comp. (Gen. 33: 11) “Please take my gift (בִּרְכָתִי).” Also (supra 36:16), “Make peace (בְרָכָה) with me and come out to me.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:3:2
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**גַּם הֵמָּה בָּחֲרוּ בְדַרְכֵיהֶם.** הֵם חֲפֵצִים בַּדְּרָכִים הַלָּלוּ הָרָעִים, וְ**גַם אֲנִי אֶבְחַר** וְאֶחְפּוֹץ **בְּתַעֲלֻלֵיהֶם**. וְאִם תֹּאמַר מַהוּ **גַּם**? כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ לְשׁוֹן עִבְרִי לוֹמַר שְׁנֵי גַמִּין זֶה אֵצֶל זֶה, כְּמוֹ ״גַּם בָּחוּר גַּם בְּתוּלָה״ (דברים לב:כה), ״גַּם לִי גַּם לָךְ״ (מלכים א ג:כו), ״גַּם אַהֲבָה גַּם שִׂנְאָה״ (קהלת ט:א), ״וְלֹא יָמוּתוּ גַּם הֵם גַּם אַתֶּם״ (במדבר יח:ג). אַף כָּאן – גַּם הֵם בָּחֲרוּ וְ**גַם אֲנִי אֶבְחַר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they, too, chose their ways** They desire these evil ways, and I, too, will choose and desire their mockeries. Now if you ask the meaning of גַּם, too, so is the style of the Hebrew language to say twice גַּם one next to the other. Comp. (Deut. 32:25) “Both a young man and a virgin (גַּם בָּחוּר גַּם בְּתוּלָה)”; (I Kings 3:26) “neither mine nor yours (גַּם לִי גַּם לָךְ)”; (Ecc. 9:1) “neither love nor hate (גַּם אַהֲבָה גַּם שִׂנְאָה)”; (Num. 18:3) “and neither they nor you shall die (גַּם הֵם גַּם אַתֶּם).” Here, too, both they chose and I will choose.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:4:1
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**בְּתַעֲלֻלֵיהֶם.** לִהְיוֹת עוֹלֵל בָּם, לְשׁוֹן ״כִּי הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ בִּי״ (במדבר כב:כט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their mockeries** Heb. בְּתַעֲלוּלֵיהֶם, to mock them, an expression like (ibid. 22:29) “For you mocked (הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ) me.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:4:2
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**וּמְגוּרֹתָם.** מַה שֶּׁהֵם יְרֵאִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their fears** What they fear.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:4:3
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**יַעַן קָרָאתִי:** שִׁמְעוּ וְ״שׁוּבוּ אֵלַי״ (זכריה א:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**since I called** Hearken and return to Me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:4:4
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**וְאֵין עוֹנֶה** לֵאמֹר: ״שָׁמַעְתִּי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and no one answered** saying, “I heard.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:5:1
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**הַחֲרֵדִים אֶל דְּבָרוֹ.** הַצַּדִּיקִים הַמְמַהֲרִים בַּחֲרָדָה לְהִתְקָרֵב אֶל דְּבָרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who quake at His word** The righteous who hasten with quaking to draw near to His words.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:5:2
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**אָמְרוּ אֲחֵיכֶם.** פּוֹשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַנִּזְכָּרִים לְמַעְלָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **אָמְרוּ אֲחֵיכֶם מְנַדֵּיכֶם.** אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ לָכֶם ״סוּרוּ טָמֵא״ (איכה ד:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your brethren...said** The transgressors of Israel mentioned above. Another explanation: **Your brethren... who cast you out, said** Who said to you (Lam. 4:15), “Turn away, unclean one.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:5:3
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**שֹׂנְאֵיכֶם מְנַדֵּיכֶם.** הָאוֹמְרִים ״קְרַב אֵלֶיךָ אַל תִּגַּשׁ בִּי״ (ישעיהו סה:ה). **לְמַעַן שְׁמִי יִכְבַּד ה׳.** בִּגְדֻלָּתֵנוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִתְכַּבֵּד, שֶׁאָנוּ קְרוֹבִים לוֹ יוֹתֵר מִכֶּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who hate you, who cast you out** Who say (supra 65:5), “Keep to yourself, do not come near me.” [Because of the confusion, we quote other readings. Some manuscripts, as well as K’li Paz, read:] **Your brethren... said** The transgressors of Israel mentioned above. **who hate you, who cast you out** who say (supra 65: 5), “Keep to yourself, do not come near me.” Another explanation: **Your brethren...said** The children of Esau. **who cast you out** Who said to you (Lam. 4:15), “Turn away, unclean one.” **For the sake of my name, the Lord shall be glorified** With our greatness, the Holy One, blessed be He, is glorified, for we are closer to Him than you are.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:5:4
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**וְנִרְאֶה בְשִׂמְחַתְכֶם וְהֵם יֵבֹשׁוּ.** הַנָּבִיא אוֹמֵר: אֲבָל לֹא כֵן הוּא כְּדִבְרֵיהֶם, כִּי בְשִׂמְחַתְכֶם נִרְאֶה וְהֵם יֵבֹשׁוּ. לָמָּה? כִּי **קוֹל שָׁאוֹן** שֶׁלָּהֶם בָּא לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, מִמַּה שֶּׁעָשׂוּ בְּעִירוֹ, וְ**קוֹל** יוֹצֵא מֵהֵיכָלוֹ וּמְקַטְרֵג עַל מַחֲרִיבָיו, וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן **קוֹל ה׳ מְשַׁלֵּם גְּמוּל לְאֹיְבָיו**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but we will see your joy** The prophet says, But it is not so as their words, for “we will see your joy, and they shall be ashamed.” Why? For sound a sound of their stirring has come before the Holy One, blessed be He, from what they did in His city, and a sound emanates from His Temple and accuses those who destroyed it, and then the voice of the Lord, recompensing His enemies.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:7:1
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**בְּטֶרֶם תָּחִיל.** צִיּוֹן חִיל הַיּוֹלֶדֶת, **יָלָדָה** אֶת בָּנֶיהָ, כְּלוֹמַר: יִתְקַבְּצוּ בָּנֶיהָ לְתוֹכָהּ, אֲשֶׁר הָיְתָה שׁוֹמֵמָה מֵהֶם וּשְׁכוּלָה, וַהֲרֵי הוּא כְּאִלּוּ יְלָדַתָּן עַכְשָׁיו בְּלֹא חֶבְלֵי יוֹלֵדָה, כִּי כָּל הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת יְבִיאוּם לְתוֹכָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When she has not yet travailed** When Zion has not yet travailed with birth pangs, she has borne her children; that is to say that her children will gather into her midst, which was desolate and bereft of them, and it is as though she bore them now without birth pangs, for all the nations will bring them into her midst.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:7:2
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**וְהִמְלִיטָה זָכָר.** כָּל יְצִיאַת דָּבָר בָּלוּעַ קָרוּי דהַמְלָטָהד, **וְהִמְלִיטָה** אישקמוציי״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**she has been delivered of a male child** Heb. וְהִמְלִיטָה. Any emerging of an embedded thing is called הַמְלָטָה. And הַמְלָטָה is esmoucer, or eschamocier in O.F., to allow to escape.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:8:1
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**הֲיוּחַל אֶרֶץ בְּיוֹם אֶחָד.** הֲיָבוֹא חִיל לְיוֹלֶדֶת לֵילֵד מְלֹא אֶרֶץ בָּנִים בְּיוֹם אֶחָד?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is a land born in one day?** Can a pain come to a woman in confinement to bear a land full of sons in one day?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:9:1
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**הַאֲנִי אַשְׁבִּיר וְלֹא אוֹלִיד.** הַאֲנִי אָבִיא אֶת הָאִשָּׁה עַל הַמַּשְׁבֵּר וְלֹא אֶפְתַּח רַחְמָהּ לְהוֹצִיא עֻבָּרָהּ? כְּלוֹמַר: שֶׁמָּא אַתְחִיל בְּדָבָר וְלֹא אוּכַל לִגְמוֹר? וַהֲלֹא **אֲנִי הַמּוֹלִיד** אֶת כָּל הַיּוֹלְדוֹת, וְעַכְשָׁיו שֶׁמָּא **עָצַרְתִּי**? בְּתְמִיהָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will I bring to the birth stool and not cause to give birth** Will I bring a woman to the birth stool and not open her womb to bring out her fetus? That is to say, Shall I commence a thing and not be able to complete it? Am I not the One Who causes every woman in confinement to give birth, and now will I shut the womb? This is a question.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:11:1
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**מִשֹּׁד.** לְשׁוֹן ׳שָׁדַיִם׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the breast** Heb. מִשֹּׁד, an expression of breasts (שָׁדַיִם).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:11:2
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**תָּמֹצּוּ.** שוציי״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you drink deeply** Heb. תָּמֹצּוּ, sucer in French, to suck.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:11:3
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**מִזִּיז כְּבוֹדָהּ.** מִכָּבוֹד גָּדוֹל הַזָּז וּמְמַשְׁמֵשׁ לָבֹא לָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from her approaching glory** Heb. מִזִּיז. From the great glory that is moving and coming nearer to her.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:11:4
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**זִיז.** אישמובימנ״ט בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
זִיז means esmoviment in O.F., movement.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:12:1
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**וּכְנַחַל שׁוֹטֵף.** אֲנִי **נֹטֶה אֵלֶיהָ כְּבוֹד גּוֹיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and like a flooding stream** I extend to her the wealth of the nations.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:12:2
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**עַל צַד.** עַל צִדֵּי אוֹמְנֵיכֶם, ״עַל גִּסְסִין״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the side** On the sides of your nurses, [in Aramaic,] גִּסְסִין.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:12:3
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**תְּשָׁעֳשָׁעוּ.** תִּהְיוּ מְשֻׁעְשָׁעִין, כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁמְּשַׁעְשְׁעִין אֶת הַתִּינוֹק, אישבניי״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you shall be dandled** You shall be dandled as they dandle an infant. Esbanier in O.F.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:14:1
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**וְנוֹדְעָה יַד ה׳.** בַּעֲשׂוֹתוֹ נִקְמוֹתָיו וְנוֹרְאוֹתָיו, יֵדְעוּ עֲבָדָיו אֶת כֹּחַ גְּבוּרַת יָדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the hand of the Lord shall be known** When He wreaks His vengeance and His awesome acts, His servants shall know the strength of the might of His hand.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:15:1
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**בָּאֵשׁ יָבוֹא.** בְּחֵמַת אֵשׁ יָבוֹא עַל הָרְשָׁעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall come with fire** With the fury of fire He shall come upon the wicked.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:15:2
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**לְהָשִׁיב.** לְצָרָיו בְּ**חֵמָה** אֶת **אַפּוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to render** Heb. לְהָשִׁיב, [lit. to return] to His adversaries with fury His anger.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:16:1
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**כִּי בָאֵשׁ** שֶׁל גֵּיהִנֹּם **ה׳ נִשְׁפָּט** עִם צָרָיו, וּלְפִי שֶׁהוּא בַּעַל דִּין וְדַיָּן, נוֹפֵל בּוֹ לְשׁוֹן ׳**נִשְׁפָּט**׳, שֶׁאַף הוּא טוֹעֵן טַעֲנוֹתָיו לִמְצוֹא עֲוֹנָם וּפִשְׁעָם, וְכֵן ״וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי אִתּוֹ״ (יחזקאל לח:כב), ״הִנְנִי נִשְׁפָּט אוֹתָךְ״ (ירמיהו ב:לה), לְשׁוֹן ׳וִכּוּחַ׳ הוּא, דרישניי״ר בלע״ז, וּפְשׁוּטוֹ **כִּי בָאֵשׁ ה׳** וְחַרְבּוֹ **נִשְׁפָּט כָּל בָּשָׂר** וְכֵן רַבִּים מְסֹרָסִים בַּמִּקְרָאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For with fire** of Gehinnom will the Lord contend with His adversaries, and since He is the plaintiff and the judge, the expression of contending is appropriate for Him, for He, too, presents His claim to find their iniquity and their transgression. Comp. (Ezekiel 38:22) “And I will contend with him (וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי)”; (Jer. 2:35) “Behold, I contend with you.” It is an expression of debate. Derajjsner in O.F. [And its simple meaning is: For with the fire of the Lord and with His sword, all flesh shall be judged. Similarly, there are many inverted verses in Scriptures.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:17:1
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**הַמִּתְקַדְּשִׁים.** הַמִּזְדַּמְּנִים, ״אֲנִי וְאַתָּה נֵלֵךְ לְיוֹם פְּלוֹנִי לַעֲבוֹד לְעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה פְּלוֹנִית״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Those who prepare themselves** Heb. הַמִּתְקַדְּשִׁים. Those who prepare themselves, “Let you and me go on such-and-such a day to worship such-and-such an idol.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:17:2
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**אֶל הַגַּנּוֹת.** שֶׁזּוֹרְעִין שָׁם יָרָק, וְשָׁם הָיוּ מַעֲמִידִין עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the gardens** where they plant vegetables, and there they would erect idols.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:17:3
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**אַחַר אַחַת.** כְּמָה שֶׁתִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״סִיעָה בָּתַר סִיעָה״; מִתְקַדְּשִׁים וּמִטַּהֲרִים לַעֲבוֹד, סִיעָה אַחַר שֶׁגָּמְרָה חֲבֶרְתָּהּ אֶת עֲבוֹדָתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[one] after one** As Jonathan renders: a company after a company. They prepare themselves and purify themselves to worship, one company after its fellow has completed its worship.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:17:4
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**בַּתָּוֶךְ.** בְּאֶמְצַע הַגִּנָּה, כֵּן הָיָה דַּרְכָּם לְהַעֲמִידָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the middle** In the middle of the garden. Such was their custom to erect it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:18:1
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**וְאָנֹכִי מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶם בָּאָה וגו׳.** וְאָנֹכִי מָה לִי לַעֲשׂוֹת? מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם וּמַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיהֶם בָּאָה אֵלַי, וְהִיא תַּזְקִיקֵנִי **לְקַבֵּץ אֶת כָּל הַגּוֹיִם** וּלְהוֹדִיעַ שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂיהֶם הֶבֶל, וּמַחְשְׁבוֹתָם שֶׁהֵם חוֹשְׁבִין ״לְמַעַן שְׁמִי יִכְבַּד ה׳״ (ישעיהו סו:ה), יָבִינוּ שֶׁהוּא שֶׁקֶר. וְהֵיכָן הוּא אוֹתוֹ קִבּוּץ? הוּא הָאָסִיף שֶׁנִּבָּא זְכַרְיָה ״וְאָסַפְתִּי אֶת כָּל הַגּוֹיִם אֶל יְרוּשָׁלִָם״ (זכריה יד:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I - their deeds and their thoughts have come etc.** And I What am I to do? Their deeds and their thoughts have come to Me. And that forces Me to gather all the heathens (nations [Mss. and K’li Paz]), and to let them know that their deeds are vanity and the thoughts they are thinking, “For the sake of my name, the Lord shall be glorified,” let them understand that it is false. And where is the gathering? It is the gathering that Zechariah prophesied (14:2): “And I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:18:2
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**וְרָאוּ אֶת כְּבוֹדִי.** בְּהִלָּחֲמִי בָּהֶם בְּמַכַּת ״הָמֵק בְּשָׂרוֹ וְעֵינָיו וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ״ (זכריה יד:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall see My glory** When I wage war with them with the plague of the following description (ibid. 14:12): “Their flesh shall disintegrate...and their eyes...and their tongue.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:19:1
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**וְשַׂמְתִּי בָהֶם אוֹת וְגוֹ׳. פְּלֵיטִים** יִנָּצְלוּ מִן הַמִּלְחָמָה וַאֲנִי אַשְׁאִירֵם, כְּדֵי לֵילֵךְ לְבַשֵּׂר לָ**אִיִּים הָרְחוֹקִים אֶת כְּבוֹדִי אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ** בַּמִּלְחָמָה, וְאַף בְּאוֹתָם **פְּלֵיטִים** אָשִׂים אַחַת מִן הָאוֹתוֹת שֶׁנִּדּוֹנוּ חֲבֵירֵיהֶם בָּהֶם, כְּדֵי לְהוֹדִיעַ לָרְחוֹקִים: בְּמַגֵּפָה זוֹ נִגְּפוּ הַצּוֹבְאִים עַל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will place a sign upon them etc.** Refugees will survive the war, and I will allow them to remain in order to go to report to the distant islands My glory that they saw in the war, and also upon those refugees I will place one of the signs with which their colleagues were punished, in order to let the distant ones know that with this plague, those who gathered about Jerusalem were smitten.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:20:1
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**וּבַצַּבִּים.** הֵם עֲגָלוֹת מְטֻקָּסוֹת בִּמְחִיצוֹת וְאֹהֶל, וְדוֹמֶה לוֹ ״שֵׁשׁ עֶגְלֹת צָב״ (במדבר ז:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with covered wagons** Heb. וּבַצַּבִּים. These are wagons equipped with partitions and a tent. Comp. (Num. 7:3) “Six covered wagons (עֶגְלוֹתצָב).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:20:2
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**וּבַכִּרְכָּרוֹת.** בְּשִׁיר מְשַׂחֲקִים וּמְכַרְכְּרִים, כְּמוֹ ״וְדָוִד מְכַרְכֵּר״ (שמואל ב ו:יד). טריפי״ר בלע״ז. וּמְנַחֵם פֵּרְשׁוֹ לְשׁוֹן ׳כֶּבֶשׂ׳, כְּמוֹ ״שִׁלְחוּ כַר מֹשֵׁל אֶרֶץ״ (ישעיהו טז:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with joyous songs** Heb. וּבַכִּרְכָּרוֹת. With a song of players and dancers. Comp. (II Sam. 6:14) “And David danced (מְכַרְכֵּר),” treper in O.F. [Menahem (p. 109) explains it as an expression meaning a lamb. Comp. (supra 16:1) “Send lambs (כַּר) of the ruler of the land.”]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:20:3
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**כַּאֲשֶׁר יָבִיאוּ. מִנְחָה בִּכְלִי טָהוֹר** לְרָצוֹן, כֵּן יָבִיאוּ אֶת אֲחֵיכֶם לְמִנְחַת רָצוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as...bring** an offering in a pure vessel for acceptance, so will they bring your brethren as an acceptable offering.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:21:1
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**וְגַם מֵהֶם אֶקַּח לַכֹּהֲנִים לַלְוִיִּם.** מִן הָעַמִּים הַמְּבִיאִים אוֹתָם, וּמִן הַמּוּבָאִים אֶקַּח כֹּהֲנִים וּלְוִיִּם, וּלְפָנַי גְּלוּיִים הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם שֶׁבָּהֶם, וְאָבְרוֹר אוֹתָן מִתּוֹכָן, וְיִהְיוּ מְשַׁמְּשִׁין לְפָנַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And from them too** From the peoples bringing them and from those brought, I will take priests and Levites, for they are now assimilated among the heathens (nations [Mss. and K’li Paz]) under coercion, and before Me the priests and the Levites among them are revealed, and I will select them from among them, and they shall minister before Me,


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:21:2
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**אָמַר ה׳.** וְהֵיכָן אָמַר? ״הַנִּסְתָּרוֹת לַה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ״ (דברים כט:כח). כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּאַגָּדַת תְּהִלִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
said the Lord. Now where did He say it? (Deut. 29:28) “The hidden things are for the Lord our God.” In this manner it is explained in the Aggadah of Psalms (87:6).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:24:1
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**תּוֹלַעְתָּם.** רִמָּה הָאוֹכֶלֶת אֶת בְּשָׂרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their worm** The worm that consumes their flesh.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:24:2
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**וְאִשָּׁם** בַּגֵּיהִנֹּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their fire** in Gehinnom.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 66:24:3
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**דֵרָאוֹן.** לְשׁוֹן ׳בִּזָּיוֹן׳, וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם כְּמִין שְׁתֵּי תֵיבוֹת: דֵּי רְאִיָּה, ״עַד דְּיֵימְרוּן עֲלֵיהוֹן צַדִּיקַיָּא מִיסַת חֲזִינָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and abhorring** Heb. דֵרָאוֹן, an expression of contempt. Jonathan, however, renders it as two words: enough (דֵּי) seeing (רְאִיָה), until the righteous say about them, We have seen enough.