1)

What is "Eretz ha'Karmel"?

1.

Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: It is Eretz Yisrael, which is planted like a Karmel (forest).

2.

Radak: Karmel is a land farmed with fields, vineyards and good trees. Because Eretz Yisrael was so - "Eretz Chitah u'Se'orah v'Gefen u'Se'enah v'Rimon Eretz Zeis Shemen u'Devash" (Devarim 8:8), it is called Eretz ha'Karmel.

2)

Why does it say "Le'echol Pityah v'Tuvah"?

1.

Malbim: Even though they sinned, He brought them to a land to be satiated from physical good, and the true good (the land is proper for spirituality).

3)

Why does it say "Artzi v'Nachalasi"?

1.

Radak: It is the land proper for Me to rest My Shechinah. It was chosen over all lands for a reason known to the wise.

2.

Malbim: Evil deeds blocked physical success (Artzi). After they entered Nachalasi (My Hashgachah), they made it To'evah.

4)

What is "l'So'evah"?

1.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: It is for mistaken service [of idolatry], which is an abomination to Hashem.

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