Isaiah 47:2 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

קְחִ֥י רֵחַ֖יִם וְטַ֣חֲנִי קָ֑מַח גַּלִּ֨י צַמָּתֵ֧ךְ חֶשְׂפִּי־שֹׁ֛בֶל גַּלִּי־שׁ֖וֹק עִבְרִ֥י נְהָרֽוֹת׃

Take the millstones, and grind meal; Remove thy veil, Strip off the train, uncover the leg, Pass through the rivers.

Rashi on Isaiah

Take millstones This is hard labor, i.e., subordinate yourself from now on, to the kings of Persia and Media. Alternatively: And grind flour for supplies on the road of your exile.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Take the millstones, etc., as handmaids do; for thou wilt go into captivity.
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Rashi on Isaiah

bare your covered parts Your arms and your legs, parts veiled, tied, and covered.
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