Commentary for Isaiah 6:11
וָאֹמַ֕ר עַד־מָתַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑י וַיֹּ֡אמֶר עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁר֩ אִם־שָׁא֨וּ עָרִ֜ים מֵאֵ֣ין יוֹשֵׁ֗ב וּבָתִּים֙ מֵאֵ֣ין אָדָ֔ם וְהָאֲדָמָ֖ה תִּשָּׁאֶ֥ה שְׁמָמָֽה׃
Then said I: ‘Lord, how long?’ And He answered: ‘Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, And the land become utterly waste,
Rashi on Isaiah
Until when will they make their heart heavy and not listen?
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
How long. The prophet wants to know how long this misfortune shall last, that the people shall not understand nor repent. The answer is, Till the land be desolate.
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Rashi on Isaiah
And He said I know that they will not repent until retribution comes upon them and they go into exile, and the cities will be desolate without inhabitants.
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Rashi on Isaiah
lies waste and desolate an expression of solitude, without an inhabitant.
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