Isaïe 23:13 Commentaire : Rashi & Ibn Ezra

הֵ֣ן ׀ אֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֗ים זֶ֤ה הָעָם֙ לֹ֣א הָיָ֔ה אַשּׁ֖וּר יְסָדָ֣הּ לְצִיִּ֑ים הֵקִ֣ימוּ בחיניו [בַחוּנָ֗יו] עֹרְרוּ֙ אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ שָׂמָ֖הּ לְמַפֵּלָֽה׃

Voyez ce pays des Chaldéens, ce peuple qui n’était pas jadis, ces nomades du désert qu’Achour a solidement établis: ils ont érigé des tours [contre Tyr], ils en ont démoli les palais et fait d’elle une ruine!

Rashi on Isaiah

Behold the land of the Chaldees, this people has never been It was not to be a people, for they are called, (Habakkuk 1:6) “bitter, impetuous nation.” They are a foolish nation, of the creatures that the Holy One, blessed be He, (so to speak,) regrets (creating) them. [Tractate Sukkah (52b)].

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

The land. The inhabitants of the land.

Rashi on Isaiah

Assyria established it to station his fleets therein, his ships, huge battle ships, as (infra 33:21): “A mighty fleet (צִי).”