ציטירנדיקער פּירוש אויף ישעיהו 63:17

1. "In the Holy Tongue, its taste travels from place to place and did not know to where it went. Behold, he was wandering in a field and this is not wandering in the heart. Write also why you were tortured by God.

And my opinion inclines towards the words of the ancients [the first view mentioned]: that this entire book was said with the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh). And why were they [the second group] astonished by the word "song" (shir)? Behold, the Song of Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 32) proves [that prophecy can be called a song]. Also "A Prayer of Habakkuk" (Habakkuk 3:1) – he also prophesied in the language/style of the righteous, [asking] "How long, O Lord, shall I cry..." (Habakkuk 1:2). And in the book of Isaiah [we find prayerful language within prophecy]: "Why, O Lord, do You make us stray from Your ways?" (Isaiah 63:17).

Who would grant! Scripture does not say, “who would grant me ”, but rather, “who would grant them ” (the word them is displaced in the sentence, and appears after that they had such a will). Know that the Divine decree underlies all actions and all phenomena, in the sense that the nature and potentiality of everything in the universe, including living creatures, is determined by the action of the constellations on the four elements. A creature’s behavior at every moment is governed by its nature and its potential. However, as the author of the Sefer Yeṣira has explained, a certain amount of deviation can exist. Individuals derive their nature from the species, and they can change their nature within the boundaries of their species’s potential. This is the meaning of “God hardened the heart of Pharaoh” [Exodus 9: 12], although elsewhere Scripture asserts, “he hardened his heart; he and his officials” [Exodus 9: 34]. Both statements are true. Accordingly the prophets have said, “I know, God , that the way of a man is not in himself” [Jeremiah 10: 23] and “Why have you made us stray, God , from Your ways?” [Isaiah 63: 17]. Nevertheless, Moshe said, “choose life” [30: 19]. God does not prevent anyone from achieving good. Indeed, He wishes to bestow good; and Scripture says so anthropomorphically by using the expression, Who would grant.