Commentary for Isaiah 55:1
ה֤וֹי כָּל־צָמֵא֙ לְכ֣וּ לַמַּ֔יִם וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־ל֖וֹ כָּ֑סֶף לְכ֤וּ שִׁבְרוּ֙ וֶֽאֱכֹ֔לוּ וּלְכ֣וּ שִׁבְר֗וּ בְּלוֹא־כֶ֛סֶף וּבְל֥וֹא מְחִ֖יר יַ֥יִן וְחָלָֽב׃
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye for water, And he that hath no money; Come ye, buy, and eat; Yea, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price.
Rashi on Isaiah
Ho! All who thirst Heb. הוֹי. This word הוֹי is an expression of calling, inviting, and gathering, and there are many in Scripture, [e.g.,] (Zech. 2:10) “Ho! Ho! and flee from the north land.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
הוי Ho ! It is the sign of the vocative. Ho, every one that thirsteth, etc. With these words the Lord will address those who will then be desirous to accept the Law.
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Rashi on Isaiah
go to water to Torah.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And he that hath no money to buy, that is, that has not the means required for study.
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Rashi on Isaiah
buy Heb. שִׁבְרוּ. Comp. (Gen. 42:3) “To buy (לִשְׁבֹּר) corn,” buy.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Buy and eat the wisdom. Comp.1As to the verb to eat being used in a figurative sense, signifying to learn, to perceive. Eat this roll, (Ez. 3:1). Wisdom is demanded by the soul as the food is demanded by the body.
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Rashi on Isaiah
wine and milk Teaching better than wine and milk.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Come ye unto me,
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Buy for nothing, And eat without paying. Wine and milk. Each serves both for food and drink, as medical authorities assert.2The function of the drink is to dissolve the food and to accelerate its digestion; most beverages, according to I. E., are believed to contain no elements of nourishment, but in wine and milk both properties are found, they nourish and accelerate the digestion. Wine and milk are mentioned because the Law is compared with them.3Comp. Midrash Yalkut ad locum, and I. E. on Solomon’s Song 2:4.—No other passage of the Bible, however, can be adduced, in which the Law is compared with wine and milk.
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