Commentary for Isaiah 33:11
תַּהֲר֥וּ חֲשַׁ֖שׁ תֵּ֣לְדוּ קַ֑שׁ רוּחֲכֶ֕ם אֵ֖שׁ תֹּאכַלְכֶֽם׃
Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; Your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
Rashi on Isaiah
chaff (חֲשַׁשׁ) a kind of chaff, something that is easily ignited.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Ye shall conceive. Assyria is addressed.
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Rashi on Isaiah
your breath is fire From your body shall emanate breath of fire and will consume the chaff and the stubble.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
חשש Chaff. The word has the same meaning in Arabic.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
רוחכם אש תאכלכם According to some: Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. It is more correctly considered as the continuation of the preceding figure of the chaff and stubble: Your wind, will not lift you up,14The wind, which will blow for you, will not raise you, as it raises chaff and stubble. but, like fire, utterly destroy you.
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