Isaïe 51:3 Commentaire : Rashi & Ibn Ezra

כִּֽי־נִחַ֨ם יְהוָ֜ה צִיּ֗וֹן נִחַם֙ כָּל־חָרְבֹתֶ֔יהָ וַיָּ֤שֶׂם מִדְבָּרָהּ֙ כְּעֵ֔דֶן וְעַרְבָתָ֖הּ כְּגַן־יְהוָ֑ה שָׂשׂ֤וֹן וְשִׂמְחָה֙ יִמָּ֣צֵא בָ֔הּ תּוֹדָ֖ה וְק֥וֹל זִמְרָֽה׃ (ס)

Ainsi l’Éternel a consolé Sion, a consolé toutes ses ruines; il a transformé son désert en Eden, sa solitude en jardin divin. Dans son sein régneront la joie et l’allégresse, les actions de grâces et la voix des cantiques.

Rashi on Isaiah

and its wasteland Heb. וְעַרְבָתָהּ. This too is an expression of a desert. Comp. (Jer. 2:6) “In a wasteland (עֲרָבָה) and a land of pits,” but the wasteland once had a settlement and it was destroyed.

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

The Lord shall comfort Zion, etc. Thus the connection of this verse with the preceding one is explained. He hath comforted all her waste places, by the multitude of her children, of her inhabitants.

Rashi on Isaiah

thanksgiving A voice of thanks.