פירוש על ישעיהו 30:25

rivulets of water (יִבְלֵי מָיִם), rivers of water. Comp. (Jer. 17:8) “And upon the river (יוּבַל) he sends forth his roots.”

יבלי Rivers. Comp. יובל river (Jer. 17:8). And there shall be upon every high mountain, etc. The rain will come in such quantity, that the water will remain upon the mountains.³⁶The hills and mountains are deprived of the water which they receive from the rain in a very short time; the water partly evaporating, partly flowing down to the plains. They retain of course the more of the water, the greater its supply is.

on the day of the great slaying when there will be a great slaughter (in the land of Assyria), and Jonathan renders: On the day of the great slaying, when the great ones will fall.

In the day of great slaughter, etc. When people will die through the fall of³⁷The rain will come in such quantity that the houses and towers will fall and bury under their ruins many people. towers. It is a kind of consolation to learn, that when ten die, myriads are kept alive: for although the wall might fall upon the widow through the rain, the Lord will not keep it back from coming down and giving life to many; the rain has no knowledge that it should come down upon one place and not at the same time upon the neighbouring ones.