Commentary for Isaiah 45:20
הִקָּבְצ֥וּ וָבֹ֛אוּ הִֽתְנַגְּשׁ֥וּ יַחְדָּ֖ו פְּלִיטֵ֣י הַגּוֹיִ֑ם לֹ֣א יָדְע֗וּ הַנֹּֽשְׂאִים֙ אֶת־עֵ֣ץ פִּסְלָ֔ם וּמִתְפַּלְלִ֔ים אֶל־אֵ֖ל לֹ֥א יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃
Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, Ye that are escaped of the nations; They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, And pray unto a god that cannot save.
Rashi on Isaiah
approach Heb. הִתְנַגְּשׁוּ, an expression of approaching (הַגָּשָׁה) and the ‘nun’ is attached to it, as one says “they were struck (הִתְנַגְּפוּ)”; “they will be struck (יִתְנַגְּפוּ).”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
הקבצו ובאו התנגשו Assemble yourselves and come, draw near. These are imperatives.
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Rashi on Isaiah
you survivors of the nations who survived the sword of Nebuchadnezzar.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Ye, that are escaped, etc. The Babylonians are addressed.—I called thus long ago, but they have, no knowledge that set up, etc.
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Rashi on Isaiah
who carry their graven wooden image...do not know to understand knowledge.
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