Commentary for Isaiah 35:6
אָ֣ז יְדַלֵּ֤ג כָּֽאַיָּל֙ פִּסֵּ֔חַ וְתָרֹ֖ן לְשׁ֣וֹן אִלֵּ֑ם כִּֽי־נִבְקְע֤וּ בַמִּדְבָּר֙ מַ֔יִם וּנְחָלִ֖ים בָּעֲרָבָֽה׃
Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, And the tongue of the dumb shall sing; For in the wilderness shall waters break out, And streams in the desert.
Rashi on Isaiah
Then the lame shall skip like a hart, etc. Israel, who are now lame and weak. We find that he calls the weak with an expression of ‘lame,’ as the matter is stated (above 33:23): “The lame take the prey.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Then shall the lame man leap, in his return to Jerusalem.
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Rashi on Isaiah
shall sing in My salvation.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And the tongue of the dumb shall sing. A figurative expression for they will find water everywhere; it is the reverse of the tongue of the suckling cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst (Lam. 4:4)
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Rashi on Isaiah
the tongue of the mute The tongue of Israel, who are among the nations as mutes, for they hear their scorn and do not respond.
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Rashi on Isaiah
for water has broken out in the desert For My salvation shall cheer them up, and they shall blossom like a desert wasteland, which thirsts for water, and springs break out into it; i.e., for salvation shall sprout for the crushed ones.
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