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1:3

כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה פִּשְׁעֵי דַמֶּשֶׂק וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָה לֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ עַל־דּוּשָׁם בַּחֲרֻצוֹת הַבַּרְזֶל אֶת־הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

Thus says the Lord; For three transgressions of Dammeseq, I will turn away its punishment, but for the fourth I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gil῾ad with threshing instruments of iron:

Thus says the Lord; For three transgressions of Dammeseq, I will turn away its punishment, but for the fourth I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gil῾ad with threshing instruments of iron:

Rashi

על שלשה פשעי וגו'. דכתיב הן כל אלה יפעל אל פעמים שלש עם גבר (איוב ל״ג:כ״ט) ואם יותר יותר וכאן כך הוא כבר נהגתי עמהם כמדותי לוותר להם על ג' פעמים ואם יש יותר כל שכן שיש בכלל המרובה המועט:

For three transgressions of etc.—As it is stated (Job 33:29) “Lo, all these things does God work, twice, yea, thrice, with a man.” But He does not forgive more (according to Shem Ephraim). And here, it is as follows: I have already behaved toward them according to My standard, to forgive them for three transgressions, and if there are more, surely the smaller number is included in the larger amount.

ועל ארבעה לא אשיבנו. על פשע רביעי אין עלי עוד להשיבו ריקם מלהשיב לו גמול וכל שכן שיש לו פשעים הרבה עתה את זה אפקוד עליהם אשר דשו יושבי גלעד הסמוכין להם:

yea for four I will not return them—For the fourth transgression, I need no longer return him empty- handed from taking his recompense from Me, and surely since there are many transgressions in their hands; now I will visit upon them the retribution for threshing the inhabitants of Gilead, their neighbors.

בחרוצות הברזל. ת"י במוריגא דפרזלא והוא כעין שופינ"א שקורין לימ"א שעשוי חרוצים חרוצים ורודים בהם בני אדם ביסורי' ובהם מחתכין את קשי התבואה לעשותן תבן:

with sledges of iron—Jonathan renders: morigin of iron. Now that is a sort of file called ‘lime,’ which is made with numerous grooves, and with which they chastise people with tortures, and with them they cut the stubble of the grain to make straw.

1:4

וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אֵשׁ בְּבֵית חֲזָאֵל וְאָכְלָה אַרְמְנוֹת בֶּן־הֲדָֽד׃

but I will send a fire into the house of Ḥaza᾽el, which will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

but I will send a fire into the house of Ḥaza᾽el, which will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Rashi

חזאל. ובן הדד מלכי ארם וראש ארם דמשק:

Hazael etc. Ben Hadad—The kings of Aram, and the head of Aram is Damascus.

1:5

וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי בְּרִיחַ דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְהִכְרַתִּי יוֹשֵׁב מִבִּקְעַת־אָוֶן וְתוֹמֵךְ שֵׁבֶט מִבֵּית עֶדֶן וְגָלוּ עַם־אֲרָם קִירָה אָמַר יְהֹוָֽה׃ {פ}

And I will break the bar of Dammeseq, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the sceptre from the house of ῾Eden: and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Qir, says the Lord.

And I will break the bar of Dammeseq, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the sceptre from the house of ῾Eden: and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Qir, says the Lord.

Rashi

בקעת און. מקום הוא בארם:

from Bik’ath-Aven—That is a place in Aram.

ותומך שבט. ועביד שולטן כמו לא יסור שבט (בראשית מ״ט:י׳) על שם שהמושל רודה את העם במקלות:

and one who holds the scepter—[Jonathan renders:] and one who exercises sovereignty. Cf. (Gen. 49:10) “The scepter shall not turn away from Judah,” since the ruler castigates the people with sticks.

מבית עדן. מקום:

from Beth-Eden—A place name.

קירה. מקום ושם הגלם סנחריב בימי אחז שנאמר ויעל דמשק ויתפשם ויגלה את ארם קירה (מלכים ב ט״ז:ט׳) כל הפורענות שנתנבאו נביאי ישראל לבא חרב על העכו"ם נביאים שהיו קודם סנחריב כגון ישעיה ועמוס נבאו על חרב סנחריב וירמיה ויחזקאל נבאו על חרב נבוכדנאצר:

to Kir—A place name, where Sennacherib exiled them during the time of Ahaz, as it is stated: “And he went up to Damascus and seized it, and exiled Aram to Kir.” [see II Kings 16:9, where the wording differs.] All the retribution that the prophets of Israel prophesied concerning the nations - the prophets who preceded Sennacherib, e.g. Isaiah and Amos, prophesied concerning the sword of Sennacherib, and Jeremiah and Ezekiel prophesied concerning the sword of Nebuchadnezzar.

Texts

  • Hebrew: Miqra according to the Masorah · License: CC-BY-SA
  • English: The Koren Jerusalem Bible · License: CC-BY-NC
  • Hebrew: On Your Way · License: PD
  • English: The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg · License: CC-BY

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