Isaiah 23:12 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

to Kittim to the land of Kittim, arise and cross; even there you shall have no rest. Why do I say, “Arise and cross over?” ([According to our reading, that of the printed editions, we find no answer to this question. According to some manuscripts, however, the reading is as follows:] to Kittim to the land of Kittim, arise and cross, even there you shall have no rest. Why? Behold the land of the Chaldees They shall exile you from there.

And He said. And God said.

המעשקה O robbed city.¹³A. V., Oppressed. The wealth of her merchants in Tyre¹⁴When Tyre was taken, the merchants of Zidon lost their property which they had in Tyre. will be taken away.