Isaiah 13:17 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

הִנְנִ֛י מֵעִ֥יר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֶת־מָדָ֑י אֲשֶׁר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לֹ֣א יַחְשֹׁ֔בוּ וְזָהָ֖ב לֹ֥א יַחְפְּצוּ־בֽוֹ׃

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, Who shall not regard silver, And as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

Rashi on Isaiah

Behold I stir up Media against them Darius the Mede assassinated Belshazzar. So Scripture states (Dan. 5:30): “On that very night, Belshazzar...was slain”; (ibid. 6:1) “And Darius the Mede acquired the kingdom.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

The Medes, who are the most cruel people.
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Rashi on Isaiah

and do not desire gold They do not care [for anything,] but to kill and to avenge the harm the kings of Babylon did to all the peoples.
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