This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.
Ibn Ezra
The waters of Noah. The flood that was in the days of Noah. This, namely, the punishment, which I decreed, and the comfort which I promised. And as I have sworn, that the waters of Noah, that is, a flood like that in the days of Noah, should no more go over the earth. Comp. Neither will I again smite any more every thing living as I have done, (Gen. 8:21). That I would not be wroth with thee, etc. This expression is used because Israel has been compared with a forsaken woman.
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.