Commentary for Isaiah 9:12
וְהָעָ֥ם לֹא־שָׁ֖ב עַד־הַמַּכֵּ֑הוּ וְאֶת־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֹ֥א דָרָֽשׁוּ׃ (ס)
Yet the people turneth not unto Him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Rashi on Isaiah
to the One Who smites it To the Holy One, blessed be He, Who brings these afflictions upon them.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And the people. Namely, Israel.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Unto him that smiteth them. Unto God, because in truth it is He that smote; the word המכהו has two determinations, like האהלי (Jos. 21:7), my tent.14The two determinations are: the definite article and the possessive pronoun. Nouns with pronominal suffixes have usually no article, because they are sufficiently determined by the pronoun contained in the suffix.
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