Komentarz do Izajasza 28:1

the drunkards of Ephraim who would become intoxicated with the wine of the state of Prugitha, as (the Rabbis) stated (Shabbath 147b): The water of Damascus and the wine of Prugitha robbed away the ten tribes.

The drunkards of Ephraim. The princes¹According to I. E. שכרי אפרים the drunkards of Ephraim, is in apposition to עטרת נאות the crown of pride, which he explains to signify the royal crown, and by metonymy, the kings or princes. indulged in wine.

and the young fruit of an inferior fig is the position of his glory And the position of the planting of his glory - the young fruit of his blossom shall be inferior figs (נֹבֵל) They are the spoiled figs, as we learned in Berachoth (40b): For noveloth. And our Sages explained: Burned by the heat. young fruit (צִיץ) synonymous with נֵץ, as the Targum renders: (Num. 27:13) וַיָּצֵץצִיץ, “and it produced young fruit,” as וְאָנֵץ נֵץ.

צבי Beauty. Comp. 4:2.

which is planted at the head of a valley of fatness That is Kinnereth, whose fruits are sweet, and there they crush themselves with wine.

Crown. The royal crown, the king.

crushed with wine הֲלוּמֵי יַיִן. This may also be interpreted as follows: צבי תפארתו אשר על ראש וכו', (his glorious beauty, which is, etc.): His glorious beauty, which is on the head of the ten tribes, anointed with pride with the best oils, as it is said (Amos 6:6): “With the best oils they anoint themselves.” גֵּיא is an expression of pride, as (supra 16:6): “Moab, they have become very proud.” (And that blossom will be like a wilting blossom) crushed by wine. So he calls them because of their drunkenness, and it is said concerning them (Amos 6:6): “Those who drink with basins of wine.”

ראש The best.²A. V., The head of the fat valleys.²A. V., The head of the fat valleys. Comp. ראשי בשמים the chief spices (Song 4:14). ניא שמנים Valley of oil. There was so much of it, that it was like a valley full of oil. Comp. בגיא in the valley (Deut. 3:29). Others compare נֵּיא with נֵּא proud (16:6), and say that the radical ה is omitted.³Root גאה.—The difference in spelling, גֵּיא (with י) and נֵּא (without י) is entirely overlooked.

הלומי Overcome. Comp. הלמוני they have smitten me (Prov. 23:35)