Isaiah 49:26 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וְהַאֲכַלְתִּ֤י אֶת־מוֹנַ֙יִךְ֙ אֶת־בְּשָׂרָ֔ם וְכֶעָסִ֖יס דָּמָ֣ם יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן וְיָדְע֣וּ כָל־בָּשָׂ֗ר כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ מֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֔ךְ וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ אֲבִ֥יר יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ס)

And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; And they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine; And all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour, And thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Rashi on Isaiah

And those who taunt you I will feed their flesh to the beasts of the field. The word מוֹנַיִךְ is an expression akin to (Lev. 25:14) “You shall not taunt (אַל תּוֹנוּ).” This denotes taunting with words, those who anger you with their revilings.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

מוניך That oppress thee. Comp. ולא תגו ye shall not oppress (Lev. 25:17). Others say that it means: thy numberers, comparing it with מונה that telleth (Jer. 33:13), because Israel is compared to a flock of sheep.31It is true that Israel is often compared by the prophets and poets to a flock of sheep; but in this chapter this is not the case, and the verb מוניך, if taken in this figurative sense, would here be too isolated, and out of place.
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Rashi on Isaiah

and as with sweet wine Heb. וְכֶעָסִיס. The sweetness of wine.
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