Isaiah 65:4 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ בַּקְּבָרִ֔ים וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖ים יָלִ֑ינוּ הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ בְּשַׂ֣ר הַחֲזִ֔יר ופרק [וּמְרַ֥ק] פִּגֻּלִ֖ים כְּלֵיהֶֽם׃

That sit among the graves, and lodge in the vaults; that eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

Rashi on Isaiah

They sit among the graves so that a spirit of defilement of demons should rest upon them.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

That sit among the graves, to inquire of the dead, and to listen to the spirits.
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Rashi on Isaiah

and with corpses Heb. וּבַנְּצוּרִים. They are the bodies of the dead, who are as placed in a siege (מָצוֹר), unable to get out.
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