If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found: to speak a word:
Ibn Ezra
If thou turn away, etc. The Lord will lead thee continually (ver. 11), if thou keep back thy foot from the sabbath; or, thou shalt be called the restorer, etc. (ver. 12), if thou turn, etc., both explanations are equally admissible. משבת From walking on sabbath. From doing thy pleasure. Repetition of the same idea. And thou wilt call the sabbath a delight, that thou wilt do no work on it, and thy soul will rejoice in reading the words of the Law. The holy of the Lord. The sabbath. Honourable. The words which follow explain its meaning. And thou shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, which thou art accustomed to do in week days; the same idea is contained in the words from finding thine own pleasure. ודבר דבר Nor speaking a word, concerning any future act, or concerning worldly affairs; thou shalt only speak of the words of the Law. As a general rule observe, that we require tradition for understanding this.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.