Commentaire sur Isaïe 3:12

עַמִּי֙ נֹגְשָׂ֣יו מְעוֹלֵ֔ל וְנָשִׁ֖ים מָ֣שְׁלוּ ב֑וֹ עַמִּי֙ מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣יךָ מַתְעִ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ אֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖יךָ בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ (ס)

Mon peuple, des enfants le pressurent, et des femmes le tyrannisent; ô mon peuple, ce sont tes guides qui t’égarent et qui détruisent la trace de tes routes.

Rashi on Isaiah

their rulers are mockers Heb. נֹגְשָׂיו מְעוֹלֵל, they are mockers.

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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

נגשיו מעולל Every one of his rulers is playful.¹⁷A.V., Children are their oppressors. Compare 2:11. The מ in מעולל is not essential; מעולל is an adjective, and not a participle.¹⁸מְעוֹלֵל is the regular form of the participle Polel of עלל, to do, to mock; according to I. E. it is an adjective, and has the same meaning as עוֹלֵל young, playful.

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Rashi on Isaiah

and women govern them Heb. נָשִׁים. Adulterous women govern them, as he states below (verse 16): “Since the daughters of Zion were haughty,” and they turned their hearts to evil; therefore, all weaklings governed them. Jonathan renders it as an expression of creditors (נוֹשִׁים) [rendering: and as creditors they govern them].

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