Commentaire sur Isaïe 13:17
הִנְנִ֛י מֵעִ֥יר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֶת־מָדָ֑י אֲשֶׁר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לֹ֣א יַחְשֹׁ֔בוּ וְזָהָ֖ב לֹ֥א יַחְפְּצוּ־בֽוֹ׃
Voici que j’excite contre eux les Mèdes, qui n’estiment point l’argent et ne font aucun cas de l’or.
Rashi on Isaiah
Behold I stir up Media against them Darius the Mede assassinated Belshazzar. So Scripture states (Dan. 5:30): “On that very night, Belshazzar...was slain”; (ibid. 6:1) “And Darius the Mede acquired the kingdom.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
The Medes, who are the most cruel people.
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Rashi on Isaiah
and do not desire gold They do not care [for anything,] but to kill and to avenge the harm the kings of Babylon did to all the peoples.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
They shall not regard silver, as being of any value; they shall only desire to slaughter.
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