Isaïe 35:7 Commentaire : Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרָב֙ לַאֲגַ֔ם וְצִמָּא֖וֹן לְמַבּ֣וּעֵי מָ֑יִם בִּנְוֵ֤ה תַנִּים֙ רִבְצָ֔הּ חָצִ֖יר לְקָנֶ֥ה וָגֹֽמֶא׃

Le mirage deviendra une nappe d’eau et le pays de la soif aura ses fontaines. La demeure où gîtent les bêtes sauvages sera une région couverte de roseaux et de joncs.

Rashi on Isaiah

And the dry place shall become a pool He who longs for salvation shall be saved. The prophet spoke figuratively.

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

השרב The parched ground. Comp. שרב heat (49:10) and שרבא the Chaldæan translation of חרב heat (Gen. 31:40).

Rashi on Isaiah

in the habitat of jackals, a resting place, etc. A place that was a desert wasteland, which is the habitat, the resting place of jackals, shall become moist, a place of grass, made for reeds and rushes, and it is not customary for reeds and rushes to grow except in a watery place, as the matter is stated (Job 8:11): “Can the rush shoot upwards without mire?”