Isaiah 10:19 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וּשְׁאָ֥ר עֵ֛ץ יַעְר֖וֹ מִסְפָּ֣ר יִֽהְי֑וּ וְנַ֖עַר יִכְתְּבֵֽם׃ (פ)

And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, That a child may write them down.

Rashi on Isaiah

And the remaining trees of his forest The survivors of his armies.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

And the rest of the trees, etc. There will escape but a few, whose number even a boy that has not yet had practice in counting, will be able to calculate and write down.
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Rashi on Isaiah

shall be few [lit. a number, i. e.,] easy to count, for they will be few, and a lad will be able to write them, and our Rabbis said that ten remained of them, for there is no small child who cannot write a small ‘yud.’
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