1)
What good did Yisrael abandon?
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Radak: Hashem ? there is no good other than Him that has no shortcoming.
2)
How is this verse connected to the previous verse?
1.
Rashi (2): I will not hear them, because Yisrael abandoned good.
3)
How are the two halves of the verse connected?
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Rashi: Yisrael abandoned good ? therefore, the enemy will chase [Yisrael 1 ]. Malbim ? This is part of what Yisrael screams. We know that this is a punishment, and not chance!
1
Radak: The Vov at the end of Yirdefo is a pronoun (him, i.e. Yisrael). This is like "v'Zeh Shmo Asher Yikre'o" (Yirmeyah 23:6).
