Isaiah 28:19 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

מִדֵּ֤י עָבְרוֹ֙ יִקַּ֣ח אֶתְכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־בַבֹּ֧קֶר בַּבֹּ֛קֶר יַעֲבֹ֖ר בַּיּ֣וֹם וּבַלָּ֑יְלָה וְהָיָ֥ה רַק־זְוָעָ֖ה הָבִ֥ין שְׁמוּעָֽה׃

As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; For morning by morning shall it pass through, By day and by night; And it shall be sheer terror to understand the message.

Rashi on Isaiah

every morning I.e., I will always bring decrees upon you.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

That it goeth forth. That the overflowing river27The overflowing scourge of the preceding verse. goeth forth.
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Rashi on Isaiah

and it shall be sheer terror to understand the message Terror for all those who hear, to understand the messages of the harsh retributions that I will bring upon you. All who hear shall quake.
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