Commentary for Isaiah 9:19
וַיִּגְזֹ֤ר עַל־יָמִין֙ וְרָעֵ֔ב וַיֹּ֥אכַל עַל־שְׂמֹ֖אול וְלֹ֣א שָׂבֵ֑עוּ אִ֥ישׁ בְּשַׂר־זְרֹע֖וֹ יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃
And one snatcheth on the right hand, and is hungry; and he eateth on the left hand, and is not satisfied; they eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
Rashi on Isaiah
And he snatched on the right They will pillage and plunder one another on the right or on the left and it will not suffice them.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And he shall snatch, etc. Figuratively said, referring to the civil wars which they shall wage against each other, though being brethren, and forming, as it were, one body.
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Rashi on Isaiah
each one...the flesh of his arm Jonathan renders: each one plunders the possessions of his relative.
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