Commentaire de citation sur Isaïe 40:9

and it says My spirit says to Him, “What shall I call?” And the voice answers him, “Call this, all flesh is grass. All those who are haughty their greatness shall be turned over and become like grass. ([Manuscripts yield:] All the princes of the kingdom their greatness shall be turned over and shall wither away [lit. shall end] like grass.)

Koheles. This קֹהֶלֶת is a feminine noun, and when it is used in the masculine form, it refers to the one who gathers it, i.e., Shlomo. We find in the Midrash, Rabbi Yirmiyah the son of Elazar said, that the Holy Spirit sometimes speaks in the masculine gender and sometimes it speaks in the feminine gender. One verse states, “you are my help עֶזְרִי and my rescuer,”⁶⁴Tehillim 70:6. and another verse states, “you are my help עֶזְרָתִי and my rescuer.”⁶⁵Ibid. 40:18. [Also,] one verse states, “a herald מְבַשֵּׂר proclaiming peace,”⁶⁶Nachum 2:1. and another verse states, (the voice of)⁶⁷The text in the parenthesis is not part of the verse. “the herald מְבַשֶּׂרֶת of Tzion.”⁶⁸Yeshayahu 40:9.