פירוש על ישעיהו 7:4

Feel secure Heb. הִשָּׁמֵר. Sit tranquilly like wine on its lees (שְׁמָרָיו).

חִשָּׁמֵ֨ר Accent on the last syllable. This word is to be compared with שמרים dregs, lees (25:6.), שמריו ושקם הוא על He has settled on his lees (Jerem. 48:11), and explained, Remain on thy lees (that is remain quiet), for הִשָּֽׁמֶר Take heed has the accent on the last syllable but one; and besides, the following Fear not proves the correctness of this explanation.⁴השמר is parallel to אל הירא as השקט to לבבך אל ירך, and all these verbs appear to have a similar meaning, while Take heed, and Fear not are just the reverse in meaning the one of the other. השמר means therefore, according to I. E., remain quiet.

smoking stubs of firebrands Consider them as stubs of firebrands whose flame has been extinguished. אוּדִים is tisons [embers] in French.