Commentary for Isaiah 3:5
וְנִגַּ֣שׂ הָעָ֔ם אִ֥ישׁ בְּאִ֖ישׁ וְאִ֣ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֑הוּ יִרְהֲב֗וּ הַנַּ֙עַר֙ בַּזָּקֵ֔ן וְהַנִּקְלֶ֖ה בַּנִּכְבָּֽד׃
And the people shall oppress one another, Every man his fellow, and every man his neighbour; The child shall behave insolently against the aged, And the base against the honourable,
Rashi on Isaiah
And the people shall be oppressed They shall be pressed and oppressing each other with competition and strife.
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
וְנִנַּשׂ And shall be oppressed. Niphal; like נִצָּב (3:13), he is standing up. According to some, and shall oppress; the נ being radical, and נִנַּשׁ piel.
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy
Rashi on Isaiah
they shall behave haughtily, the youth against the elder The youth will raise himself over the elder.
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ירהבו They will have power or dominion ;6A.V., Shall behave himself proudly. comp. רהב power (51:9)
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy
Rashi on Isaiah
and the base against the honorable [This is to be interpreted] according to its simple meaning. The exegetical meaning is as follows: Let one to whom grave interdicts seem light come and raise himself over one to whom light interdicts seem grave.
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy