פירוש על ישעיהו 33:21

But there ‘But’ refers back to ‘whose pegs shall never be moved,’ and ‘shall not be torn.’ The evil shall not be, only the good. There the Lord shall be mighty for us, and the city shall be a place of rivers and streams, in the manner it is said in Ezekiel (47:4f.): “And He measured a thousand (cubits), and He led me...a stream that I could not cross.” And so did Joel prophesy (4:18) “And a spring shall emanate from the house of the Lord,” that it shall become progressively stronger.

But there, etc. This tent shall not be removed, but God will be there unto us as a stronghold, like a place surrounded by rivers.

a galley with oars a ship that floats on the water.

נהרים יארים Rivers, streams. Asyndeton; comp. שמש ירח sun, moon (Hab. 3:11).

and a great ship (וְצִי אַדִּיר) and a great ship [from Jonathan].

ידים Space.²³רחבי ידים Wide of space, that is, spacious, or broad. A place of broad rivers.²⁴I. E. explains why the plural rivers is used here. A place surrounded on all sides by rivers, בל תלך בו וגו׳ wherein shall go no, etc.²⁵The incongruity of the singular בו with the plural יארים, to which it refers, is explained in the usual way. See c. ii., note 18. None of the rivers will be passed by any ships with oars; the people will have no cause for fear, either from the sea or from the continent. Thus this verse contrasts with the words Thine heart meditates terror (ver. 18)