Commentary for Isaiah 31:1
ה֣וֹי הַיֹּרְדִ֤ים מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְעֶזְרָ֔ה עַל־סוּסִ֖ים יִשָּׁעֵ֑נוּ וַיִּבְטְח֨וּ עַל־רֶ֜כֶב כִּ֣י רָ֗ב וְעַ֤ל פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ כִּֽי־עָצְמ֣וּ מְאֹ֔ד וְלֹ֤א שָׁעוּ֙ עַל־קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶת־יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א דָרָֽשׁוּ׃
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, And trust in chariots, because they are many, And in horsemen, because they are exceeding mighty; But they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, Neither seek the LORD!
Rashi on Isaiah
Woe Concerning Hoshea and the ten tribes who went down to Egypt for aid, who sent emissaries to So, king of Egypt (II Kings 17).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
אוי ═ הוי Woe!1See c. i., Note 13.—Woe unto those that go down to Egypt, that do not see the deliverance that is coming, and go thither in order to be saved, but will in fact perish there.
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Rashi on Isaiah
on horses that come from there, for they are swift runners.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ולא שעו And they look not. Lit. They do not resign themselves to the mercy of God.2שעה means literally to turn away (See I. E. on 17:7, and note 11); it is, therefore, usually followed by מן from; but by way of ellipsis, sometimes by אל, so that שעה מן ⋯ אל ═ שעה אל. Comp. שעו מני turn away from me (22:4); to consider שענו ═ שעו is incorrect.3שעו is derived from שעה to turn; שענו from שען to lean.
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Rashi on Isaiah
rely (יִשָּׁעֵנוּ) and they did not rely on the Holy One of Israel as Hezekiah did, concerning whom it is written: (II Kings 18:5,7): “He trusted in the Lord God of Israel...and he rebelled against the king of Assyria.”
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