Commentary for Isaiah 41:23
הַגִּ֙ידוּ֙ הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹת לְאָח֔וֹר וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים אַתֶּ֑ם אַף־תֵּיטִ֣יבוּ וְתָרֵ֔עוּ וְנִשְׁתָּ֖עָה ונרא [וְנִרְאֶ֥ה] יַחְדָּֽו׃
Declare the things that are to come hereafter, That we may know that ye are gods; Yea, do good, or do evil, That we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Rashi on Isaiah
Tell the signs coming later Heb. הָאוֹתִיוֹתלְאָחוֹר, the wonders coming at the end.
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Rashi on Isaiah
let us talk Heb. וְנִשְׁתָּעָה. Let us tell your words. (Gen. 24:66) “And he told (וַיְּסַפֵּר),” the Targum renders וְאִשְׁתָּעֵי.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
האתיות Theat things that are to come. Comp. אתה cometh (21:12).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
לאחור hereafter it is the opposite of לפנים (Ruth 4:7). And know etc. We shall then know that you have power to do good or evil.<
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ונשתעה that we may relate. 29A.V., "That we may be dismayed." Comp. ואשתעי the Chaldean translation of ויספר "and he related" (Ex. 48:18). Some explain it "and we shall turn unto it,"30See Note 19. and compare it with אל תשתע do not turn away.
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