Commentaire sur Isaïe 40:22
הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ עַל־ח֣וּג הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים הַנּוֹטֶ֤ה כַדֹּק֙ שָׁמַ֔יִם וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם כָּאֹ֖הֶל לָשָֽׁבֶת׃
C’est Lui qui siège au-dessus du globe de la terre, dont les habitants sont pour lui comme des sauterelles; c’est Lui qui déroule les cieux comme une tenture, qui les déploie comme un pavillon, pour sa résidence.
Rashi on Isaiah
the circle Heb. חוּג, an expression similar to (infra 44:13) “And with a compass (וּבַמְּחוּגָה),” a circle (compas in O.F.).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
חוג Circle. Comp. מחוגה compass (44:13), the instrument, which is used to describe a circle.—Here it is stated that the earth is round and not square, though no verse is required for the support of this statement; for it is known by convincing proofs.50This remark is probably made, to shew that the expression from the four corners of the earth used by Isaiah (11:12), and Ezekiel (7:2), is not to be taken literally. He who sitteth upon the circle of the earth. He whose glory fills the whole earth.
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Rashi on Isaiah
and whose inhabitants are to Him [lit. before Him] like grasshoppers.
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