Commentary for Isaiah 22:8
וַיְגַ֕ל אֵ֖ת מָסַ֣ךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַתַּבֵּט֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא אֶל־נֶ֖שֶׁק בֵּ֥ית הַיָּֽעַר׃
And the covering of Judah was laid bare, that thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest.
Rashi on Isaiah
And he bared (וַיְגַל), an expression of uncovering.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And he discovered, etc. The veil was already taken away from the eyes of Judah, when the enemy was approaching; they saw immediately that they had no strength to resist. The third person ויגל, And he discovered might also be referred to God.10According to the first explanation, the enemy is the subject; the enemy, by his approach, opened the eyes of Judah, and made them discover their weakness.
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Rashi on Isaiah
the covert of Judah That is the Temple, which shielded, protected, and covered them.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And thou didst look. Judah is addressed.
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Rashi on Isaiah
and you looked on that day for means of waging war.
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to the weapons of the house of the forest They are the three hundred shields and two hundred body shields that Solomon made, and the king placed them in the house of the forest of Lebanon (I Kings 10:16).
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