1)

When is "v'Atah"?

1.

Radak: In this Galus, the third. Malbim - Titus' Galus of Yisrael is worse than Egypt and Ashur.

2)

Why does Hashem say "Mah Li Fo"?

1.

Rashi: Why do I delay My children here?

2.

Radak: Why am I in this Galus 1 , which I extended so long? So He will say when the time for Ge'ulah comes.

3.

Malbim: Did I enter their borders, like I entered Egypt's borders? They brought Me there via force!


1

Megilah 29a: Wherever Yisrael were exiled, the Shechinah was with them. (PF)

3)

Why does it say "Ki Lakach Ami Chinam"?

1.

Radak: They are not delaying in Galus due to money that they owe to their captors. Rather, they were exiled due to their sin, and they already received their punishment. Radak - there is a Patach under the Kuf, for it is past tense; the subject is not mentioned.

2.

Malbim: They took them to be slaves for free, unlike Ashur, which did not do so. Ashur oppressed them for no benefit.

4)

What is the meaning of "[Moshlav] Yehelilu"?

1.

Rashi: They boast, to say 'our hand is supreme.'

2.

Radak: The Goyim who rule over them, they make them wail amidst harsh labor, and their cry comes to Me. The root is Yalal; it is Hif'il, Po'el Yotzei (it acts on others).

3.

Malbim: The ones who rule over them, they boast that they took them for free to be slaves. "They profane My Kadosh name, in saying to them 'these are Am Hashem, and they came out of His land'" (Yechezkel 36:20).

5)

What is "Mino'atz"?

1.

Rashi: It is Misna'etz (reviled). The grammatical form is like "va'Yishma Es ha'Kol Midaber Elav" (Bamidbar 7:89).

2.

Radak: The entire day, My name is reviled in Galus; the Nochrim revile it - they kill and plunder Yisrael due to unity of My name 1 . This word is a composite of Pu'al and Hispa'el.


1

I.e. because Yisrael proclaim His unity and reject any dissenting opinion, they plunder Yisrael. (PF)

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