Commentary for Isaiah 26:17
כְּמ֤וֹ הָרָה֙ תַּקְרִ֣יב לָלֶ֔דֶת תָּחִ֥יל תִּזְעַ֖ק בַּחֲבָלֶ֑יהָ כֵּ֛ן הָיִ֥ינוּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ יְהוָֽה׃
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, Is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; So have we been at Thy presence, O LORD.
Rashi on Isaiah
As a pregnant woman comes near to give birth, etc. So were we because of You; we see troubles being renewed, and we think that they are sorts of indications of salvation and redemption, for we are promised to be redeemed out of straits, as a woman giving birth.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Like as a woman, etc. This verse describes the chastening mentioned in the preceding verse.
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Rashi on Isaiah
because of You Because of Your decrees.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
תקריב That draweth near Lit. that bringeth near, namely, herself.15תקריב is Hiphil, and therefore transitive; the object herself must be supplied.
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