Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) in the Bible

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Yeshayahu - Chapter 21 

with commentary of Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki)
(1040-1105 C.E.)

1. The harsh prophecy of the western desert; like tempests in an arid land, to pass, coming from the desert, from an awesome land. 
The harsh prophecy of the western desert This prophecy refers to Babylonia, as is delineated therein. If you ask, Did he not already prophesy about it (supra 13): "On a tranquil mountain raise a banner," and the entire chapter? sometimes the prophecy comes into his mouth today in one manner, and later in another manner. 
The harsh prophecy of the western desert Jonathan paraphrases: A harsh prophecy concerning the armies that come from the desert, as numerous as the waters of the sea. 
like tempests in arid land, to pass Like a tempest that whirls in an arid land, that raises much dust. 
to pass So will many camps pass to come upon Babylon. 
from the desert they shall come to them (lit.. to her). 
from an awesome land Jonathan renders: From a land where mighty deeds have been performed. It is also possible to explain that it is a place of snakes and scorpions, as it is said (Deut. 8:15): "The great and awesome desert." 

2. A harsh prophecy was told to me; The traitor shall be betrayed and the plunderer shall be plundered; march, O Elam, Besiege, O Media! All sighs have I brought to an end. 
A harsh prophecy The prophet says, "This harsh prophecy concerning Babylon was told to me." 
the traitor shall be betrayed Jonathan renders: The robbers are robbed and the plunderers are plundered. The Hebrew wording, according to the Targum, is to be explained thus: The traitor another will come and betray him; and the plunderer another will come and plunder him. These are Persia and Media, who rob and plunder Babylon, who, until now plundered and robbed all the countries. 
march, Elam and come upon them (lit., her). 
besiege, O Media (������). I.e., besiege Babylon with a siege. Comp. (II Sam. 22:3) "God is my rock (������)." The accent is on the latter syllable, on the "resh," whereas, in this case, the accent is on the first syllable, like "rise (������)", "return (�������)." 
all sighs have I brought to an end (���������). (This is) not (spelled with a) "Mappiq heh," (which would mean "her sigh") for this is like "all sighs in the world," and it is an expression denoting a great sigh of many people (sospiradic in O.F.). All sighs have I brought to an end, for the world was sighing because of the yoke of the kingdom of Babylon; now I have brought it to an end. 

3. Therefore, my loins are filled with trembling; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman in labor; I have become confused from hearing; I have become frightened from hearing. 
my loins are filled with trembling The prophet is merciful and sighs over the retribution meted out to the nations. This is the Midrash Aggadah (Tan., beginning of Balak). According to its simple meaning, however, the prophet is reciting the lamentation and the mourning as though this were Babylonia lamenting. 
pangs (�������), an expression denoting trembling and pains. And our Rabbis said: A woman has doors and hinges (�������) on her womb just as the doors of a house have hinges (Bechoroth 45a). 
I became confused This is a malady known as ������, convulsions, in the language of the Sages. 

4. My heart has strayed; fright has terrified me; the evening of my desire He has made for me into trembling. 
fright (����������). fright. 
the evening of my desire The night that I longed for, for rejoicing and for a banquet. In the Book of Josipon we find that he was happy since his troops had defeated the army of Persia. (Book 1, ch. 5) That night He made for me into trembling, as it is said (Dan. 5:1): "King Belshazzar made a great feast� They drank wine�(verse 4). On that very night, King Belshazzar was slain�(verse 30)." (6:1) "And Darius the Mede received the kingdom." 

5. Setting the table, setting up the lamp, eating, drinking; "Arise, princes, anoint a shield!" 
setting up the lamp (���������), Set up the lamp. In Gen. Rabbah (63:14) we learn that people call a lamp ��������. 
eating, drinking And in the midst of the eating and the drinking, they cried, "Arise, princes!" 
anoint a shield They were shields of boiled leather, and they would anoint them with oil so that the weapons would glide off. The same is mentioned concerning Saul (II Sam. 1:21): "For there the shield of the mighty was rejected." It rejected its anointing and did not absorb it, and Saul�s shield became as though it was not anointed with oil. 

6. For so has the Lord said to me, "Go, set up the lookout; what he sees he will tell. 
Go set up the lookout One of your disciples is destined to complain about My attribute, concerning the long prosperity of Babylon, and that was Habakkuk who made a circle and stood inside it, and said (Habakkuk 2:1), "On my watch will I stand, and I will look out to see what He will speak within me." Said the Holy One, blessed be He, "Put up that lookout and promise him in My Name that he will stand on his watch and what he sees in the downfall of Babylon he will tell." 

7. And he shall see a chariot with a pair of riders; one riding a horse and one riding a camel, and he shall listen attentively. 
And he shall see a chariot and I will show him there a sort of chariot with a pair of riders, one riding a donkey and one riding a camel, and that is a sign of Persia and Media. 
and he shall listen attentively And there he shall hear in his prophecy a representation of the mighty rumbling and stirring of armies. 

8. And the lion called, "On the watchtower, O Lord, I always stand by day, and on my watch I stand all the nights. 
And the lion called That is Habakkuk. ������� (lion) has the same numerical value as Habakkuk. Isaiah prophesied that Habakkuk was destined to pray for this and say the following. 
on the watchtower, O Lord O Lord, my God, I always stand on the watchtower to inform me about this. 

9. And behold this is coming, a chariot of men, a pair of riders." And he called out and said, "Babylon has fallen, yea, it has fallen, and all its graven idols he has dashed to the earth." 
And behold this is coming When he prays concerning this, he will see sort of a chariot of men, etc. 
Babylon has fallen, yea, it has fallen Jonathan renders: Has fallen and is also destined to fall. This denotes two downfalls in two consecutive years, first through Media and Persia, and in the second year, through Heaven, as it is stated (supra 13:19): "And Babylon, the beauty of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldees, shall be like God�s overturning of Sodom�" And so we find in Seder Olam (ch. 28): And in that year the news came concerning Darius, and after him, in the year, the news, "And Babylon, the beauty of the kingdoms� shall be like the overturning, etc." (supra 13:19). 

10. My threshed grain and the product of my threshing floor. What I heard from the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, I have related to you. 
My threshed grain and the product of my threshing floor My hallowed grain, the stack of wheat which I was commanded by the Holy Spirit to rectify you and lead you on the straight path, like a man who threshes and winnows his grain on the threshing floor. 
What I heard from Him I have related to you. 

11. The harsh prophecy of Dumah: To me one calls from Seir, "Watchman, what will be of the night? Watchman, what will be of the night?" 
The harsh prophecy of Dumah That is Edom, and so does Scripture say (Ezekiel 27:32): "Who is like Tyre, like Dumah in the midst of the sea?" 
To Me one calls from Seir Said the Holy One, blessed be He: "To Me the prophet or the angel calls from the yoke of the kingdom of Seir." 
Watchman, what will be of the night? Watcher of Israel, what will be of this night and this darkness? 

12. Said the watchman, "Morning has come, and also night. If you will request, request. Return and come." 
Said the watchman The Holy One, blessed be He. 
Morning has come I have the ability to make the morning shine for you. 
and also night is prepared for the wicked at the time of the end. 
if you will request, request If you make your request to hasten the end of the exile. 
return and come in repentance. 

13. The harsh prophecy concerning Arabia: In the forest in Arabia did you lodge, on the roads of your cousins. 
The harsh prophecy concerning Arabia About the Arabs. 
In the forest in Arabia did you lodge I saw what you did when Assyria exiled my people, and they begged their captors to lead them through your land, since you are the descendants of their uncles, perhaps you would have mercy on them, and you were going out and lodging in the forest, the road where the caravans pass. 
the roads of your cousins the children of your uncle. 

14. Toward the thirsty they bring water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema with his bread they came before the wanderer. 
Toward the thirsty it is customary to bring water, but you, the inhabitants of the land of Tema, did not do so, but with his bread they came before the wanderer; they brought them sorts of salty foods and blown up flasks full of air, and he would eat and ask to drink, and he would put the opening of the flask into his mouth, and the air would go into his innards, and he would die. Another explanation of "Toward the thirsty they bring water," is as follows: I did not do so to your forefather, Ishmael; when he was thirsty, I revealed to him a well of water. 
Since because of the swords they wandered (I.e.,) my people (wandered). 
the outstretched sword (���������) , spread over the surface of the earth, as (I Sam. 30:16) "And behold, they were scattered (����������) over the entire landscape," (II Sam. 5:18) "And spread out (��������������) in the Valley of Rephaim." Another explanation is that ��������� is like ���������, sharp. All letters whose sources are close to being from one place, (i.e., from one speech organ,) are interchangeable with one another, the �nun� with the �lamed,� as in the case stated (in Nehemiah 13:7): "To make him a chamber (���������)," like ���������. 

15. For, because of the swords they wandered; because of the outstretched sword, because of the bent bow, and because of the pressure of war. 
16. For so has the Lord said to me: "In another year, like the days of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall terminate. 
like the year of a hireling I will be exact with them to limit the time like a hireling, hired by years, who is exact with the time of the completion of his year. 

17. And the rest of the number of the bows of the heroes of the children of Kedar shall decrease, for the Lord, the God of Israel has spoken." 
And the rest the remnant. 
the bows of the heroes of the children of Kedar Archers, for they are like their forefather, (Ishmael,) about whom it is stated (Gen. 21: 2): "And he was an archer." 