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Commentary for Isaiah 30:5

כֹּ֣ל הבאיש [הֹבִ֔ישׁ] עַל־עַ֖ם לֹא־יוֹעִ֣ילוּ לָ֑מוֹ לֹ֤א לְעֵ֙זֶר֙ וְלֹ֣א לְהוֹעִ֔יל כִּ֥י לְבֹ֖שֶׁת וְגַם־לְחֶרְפָּֽה׃ (ס)

They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

Rashi on Isaiah

They all disgraced themselves They all disgraced themselves to acquire a master for nothing, and the people of the land will not avail them.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

כל הוביש═כל הבאיש. The א is superfluous; הבאיש is transitive, Every one blamed6A. V., They were all ashamed. those that had gone to Egypt; for they went to a people that would not profit them.
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Rashi on Isaiah

because of a people (Lit., on a people.) Because of a people that will not avail them.
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Rashi on Isaiah

for disgrace For insult, distraber in O.F., to insult.
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