Isaiah 16:3 Commentary: Rashi, Rambam, Ibn Ezra & More

הביאו [הָבִ֤יאִי] עֵצָה֙ עֲשׂ֣וּ פְלִילָ֔ה שִׁ֧יתִי כַלַּ֛יִל צִלֵּ֖ךְ בְּת֣וֹךְ צָהֳרָ֑יִם סַתְּרִי֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים נֹדֵ֖ד אַל־תְּגַלִּֽי׃

’Give counsel, execute justice; Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; Hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.

Rashi on Isaiah

deliberate judgment This is an expression of a debate of judgment, to choose for yourself what is good. Comp. (Job 34:4) “Let us choose for ourselves what is just.” [derajjsnement in O.F., discernment.]
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Take counsel, etc. The prophet says to Moab, Before this misfortune befalls thee, take counsel for thyself.
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Rashi on Isaiah

make like the night your shadow Make yourself a shadow at noon that will darken your shadow like night, to hide therein from before your enemies.
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