Isaiah 13:6 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

הֵילִ֕ילוּ כִּ֥י קָר֖וֹב י֣וֹם יְהוָ֑ה כְּשֹׁ֖ד מִשַּׁדַּ֥י יָבֽוֹא׃

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; As destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Rashi on Isaiah

like a raid Like a day of plunder, from the Holy One, blessed be He, it shall come.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

משדי From the Almighty. This destruction shall come from the Almighty, and who shall be able to prevent it? According to others: From a destroying hero (שודד ═ שדי), but the former explanation is the right one.8The second explanation is rejected, probably because there is no instance of שדי being used in that sense.
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