Isaiah 42:11 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

יִשְׂא֤וּ מִדְבָּר֙ וְעָרָ֔יו חֲצֵרִ֖ים תֵּשֵׁ֣ב קֵדָ֑ר יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי סֶ֔לַע מֵרֹ֥אשׁ הָרִ֖ים יִצְוָֽחוּ׃

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, The villages that Kedar doth inhabit; Let the inhabitants of Sela exult, Let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Rashi on Isaiah

The desert and its cities shall raise [their voice] their voice in song.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

The plain and the cities thereof shall lift up their voice,18A. V., Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice. etc.
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Rashi on Isaiah

Kedar shall be inhabited with villages (Connected to “The desert...shall raise.” The desert of Kedar, where they now dwell in tents, shall raise their voice and sing. It is like: And the villages with which Kedar is settled.) The desert of Kedar, where they now dwell in tents, will be permanent cities and villages.
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