Isaiah 15:3 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יו חָ֣גְרוּ שָׂ֑ק עַ֣ל גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָ וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָ כֻּלֹּ֥ה יְיֵלִ֖יל יֹרֵ֥ד בַּבֶּֽכִי׃

In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; On their housetops, and in their broad places, Every one howleth, weeping profusely.

Rashi on Isaiah

sighing Heb. יֹרֵד, sighing and roaring with weeping. Comp. (Judges 11:37) “And I will cry, (וְיָרַדְתִּי) on the mountains,” and (Lam. 3:19) “Remember my affliction and my cry (וּמְרוּדִי).”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

In their streets. In the streets of the Moabites.12The masculine suffix is referred to the inhabitants, the feminine to the country; in the former case יושב inhabitant or עם people, in the latter ארץ (f.) land is supplied.12The masculine suffix is referred to the inhabitants, the feminine to the country; in the former case יושב inhabitant or עם people, in the latter ארץ (f.) land is supplied.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

גגותיה Her roofs. The roofs of the country.
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