Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 62
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לְמַעַן צִיּוֹן. אֶעֱשֶׂה וְלֹא אֶחֱשֶׁה עַל מַה שֶּׁעָשׂוּ לָהּ:
For the sake of Zion I will do, and I will not be silent concerning what they did to her.
לֹא אֶשְׁקוֹט. לֹא יְהֵא שָׁלוֹם לְפָנַי, עַד יֵצֵא כַנֹּגַהּ צִדְקָהּ:
I will not rest There will be no peace before Me until her righteousness comes out like brilliance.
יִקֳּבֶנּוּ. יְפָרְשֶׁנּוּ:
shall pronounce Heb. יִקֳּבֶנּוּ, shall pronounce.
בְּעוּלָה. מְיֻשֶּׁבֶת:
“inhabited” Heb. בְּעוּלָה, [lit. possessed,] inhabited.
כִּי יִבְעַל וְגוֹ׳. ״אֲרֵי כְּמָה דְמִתְיַתֵּב עוּלֵם עִם בְּתוּלְתָא, כֵּן יִתְיַיתְבִין בְּגַוֵּיכִי בְּנַיְיכִי״ (תרגום יונתן):
As a young man lives with a virgin, etc. As a young man lives with a virgin, so shall your children live in you [after Jonathan].
עַל חוֹמֹתַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם. רַבּוֹתֵינוּ דְּרָשׁוּהוּ כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ: מַלְאָכִים הַמַּזְכִּירִים אֶת ה׳ עַל חֻרְבָּנָהּ לִבְנוֹתָהּ. מַאי אָמְרִי? ״אַתָּה תָקוּם תְּרַחֵם צִיּוֹן״ (תהלים קב:יד), ״כִּי בָחַר ה׳ בְּצִיּוֹן״ (תהלים קלב:יג), כִּדְאִיתָא בִּמְסֶכֶת מְנָחוֹת (מנחות פז א). וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם חוֹמוֹתַיִךְ: אָבוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, הַמְּגִינִים עָלֵינוּ כַּחוֹמָה:
On your walls, O Jerusalem Our Rabbis expounded it according to its apparent meaning as referring to the angels who remind the Lord concerning its destruction, to build it. What do they say? (Ps. 102:14) “You shall rise, You shall have mercy on Zion”; (ibid. 132:13) “For the Lord has chosen Zion.” As is found in the Tractate Menahoth (87a, Rashi ad loc.). Jonathan, [however,] renders “your walls,” the early forefathers, who protect us like a wall.
הִפְקַדְתִּי שֹׁמְרִים. לִכְתּוֹב סֵפֶר זִכְרוֹנוֹת שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁתַּכַּח זְכוּתָם מִלְּפָנַי:
I have appointed watchmen to inscribe a book of remembrances, that their merit be not forgotten from before Me.
לֹא יֶחֱשׁוּ. מִלְּהַזְכִּיר זְכוּתָם לְפָנַי:
they shall never be silent not to mention their merit before Me.
הַמַּזְכִּירִים אֶת ה׳. אֶת זְכוּת הָאָבוֹת:
those who remind the Lord of the merit of the forefathers.
אַל דֳּמִי לָכֶם. אַל תַּחֲרִישׁוּ:
be not silent Heb. אַל-דֳּמִי לָכֶם, [lit. let there be no silence to you,] be not silent.
יֹאכְלֻהוּ. מוּסָב עַל דְּגָנֵךְ (ישעיה סב:ח):
shall eat it This refers back to “your grain.”
יִשְׁתֻּהוּ. מוּסָב עַל תִּירוֹשֵׁךְ (ישעיהו סב:ח):
shall drink it This refers back to “your wine.”
עִבְרוּ עִבְרוּ בַּשְּׁעָרִים. ״אָמַר נְבִיָּיא: עִבְרוּ וְתוּבוּ בְּתַרְעַיָּא, אַפְנוּ לִבָּא דְעַמָּא לְאוֹרַח תַּקְנָא״ (תרגום יונתן):
Pass, pass through the portals Said the prophet, “Pass and return in the portals; turn the heart of the people to the proper path” [after Jonathan].
סֹלּוּ סֹלּוּ הַמְסִלָּה. כִּבְשׁוּ הַדֶּרֶךְ בטי״ץ לוקמי״ן בלע״ז. סֹלּוּ לְשׁוֹן ׳מְסִלָּה׳ הוּא:
pave, pave the highway Heb. סֹלּוּ. Pave the road, batec lokemin in O.F., beat down the road. סֹלּוּ is the same root as מְסִלָּה.
סַקְּלוּ מֵאֶבֶן. סַקְּלוּ הַמְּסִלָּה וְהַשְׁלִיכוּ אַבְנֵי מִכְשׁוֹל לַצְּדָדִין, סַקְּלוּ. אישפירייר״ן בלע״ז:
clear it of stones Clear the highway of stones and cast the stumbling blocks to the sides. clear it of stones Heb. סַקְּלוּ, espedrec in O.F., to rid of stones.
מֵאֶבֶן. מִהְיוֹת שָׁם אֶבֶן, וּכְנֶגֶד יֵצֶר הָרָע הוּא אוֹמֵר (תנחומא בהעלתך י), וְיֵשׁ עוֹד לְפוֹתְרוֹ עַל תִּקּוּן הַדְּרָכִים לְקִבּוּץ הַגָּלִיּוֹת:
of stones of there being there a stone, and he is alluding to the evil inclination. It may also be interpreted as referring to the repairs of the road for the ingathering of the exiles.
הָרִימוּ נֵס. כְּלוֹנָס, פורק״א בלע״ז. אוֹת הוּא שֶׁיִּקָּבְצוּ אֵלַי, וְיָבִיאוּ לִי אֶת הַגּוֹלִים אֶצְלָם:
lift up a banner A staff, perche in French. That is a sign, that they gather to Me and bring Me those exiled beside them [i.e., those exiled in their land].
הִנֵּה שְׂכָרוֹ. שֶׁמּוּכָן לָתֵת לַעֲבָדָיו מוּכָן אִתּוֹ:
Behold his reward [that is prepared] to give to His servants is prepared with Him.
וּפְעֻלָּתוֹ. שְׂכַר הַפְּעֻלָּה שֶׁפָּעֲלוּ עִמּוֹ לְפָנָיו, הוּא מוּכָן לָתֵת:
and His wage [Lit. His deed.] The reward for the deed they did with Him, is before Him, prepared to give.