Komentarz do Izajasza 8:22

And he shall look to the land perhaps he will find aid. [This refers to the incident] that Hoshea son of Elah sent messengers to So the king of Egypt (II Kings 17:4).

מעוף Dimness. Comp. עיפתה darkness (Job 10:22).

and behold distress For they will not aid him, and also Shebna defected to Sennacherib, to his detriment.

מנדח Scattered.³⁴A. V.: And they shall be driven. Comp. והנדחים And they that are scattered (27:13); the construction of the sentence is perhaps אפלה מנדח ומעוף Dimness of darkness is scattered about; by this construction the masculine form of פנודח is explained.³⁵מנדח masc., agrees with מעוף, but not with the fem., אפלה.

weariness of oppression Heb. מְעוּף צוּקָה, weariness of oppression.

and to the darkness he is lost And through the darkness he is lost, for the expression of נִדּוּחַ [applies to darkness], as (Jer. 23:12): “Therefore, their way shall be to them like slippery land in the darkness; they shall be lost and fall upon it.” And to the darkness they shall be lost.