Isaiah 32:13 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

עַ֚ל אַדְמַ֣ת עַמִּ֔י ק֥וֹץ שָׁמִ֖יר תַּֽעֲלֶ֑ה כִּ֚י עַל־כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י מָשׂ֔וֹשׂ קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָֽה׃

For the land of my people Whereon thorns and briers come up; Yea, for all the houses of joy And the joyous city.

Rashi on Isaiah

Thorns and briers The Targum renders: הוּבֵאִי וּבוּר various types of thorns, for all this destruction shall be on all houses of joy, and on the joyful city Jerusalem, which is “the joy of all the land” (Lamentations 2:15).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

My people. The people of Samaria.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

קוץ שמיר Thorns, briers. Asyndeton. Comp. אדם שת אנוש (1 Chr. 1:1).
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