Commentary for Isaiah 52:5
וְעַתָּ֤ה מי־לי־[מַה־] [לִּי־] פֹה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־לֻקַּ֥ח עַמִּ֖י חִנָּ֑ם משלו [מֹשְׁלָ֤יו] יְהֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְתָמִ֥יד כָּל־הַיּ֖וֹם שְׁמִ֥י מִנֹּאָֽץ׃
Now therefore, what do I here, saith the LORD, Seeing that My people is taken away for nought? They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, And My name continually all the day is blasphemed.
Rashi on Isaiah
And now, what have I here Why do I stay and detain My children here?
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
מה לי פה What have I here, any more.5After the people has been carried away into captivity. It is an anthropomorphism. It might also mean, what reason have I to be silent,
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy
Rashi on Isaiah
boast Heb. יְהֵילִילוּ, Boast saying, “Our hand was powerful.”
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy