Tanach
Amos 7:7-9 עמוס ז׳:ז׳-ט׳
Part of: Chapter 7
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כֹּה הִרְאַנִי וְהִנֵּה אֲדֹנָי נִצָּב עַל־חוֹמַת אֲנָךְ וּבְיָדוֹ אֲנָֽךְ׃
Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Rashi
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֵלַי מָֽה־אַתָּה רֹאֶה עָמוֹס וָאֹמַר אֲנָךְ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲדֹנָי הִנְנִי שָׂם אֲנָךְ בְּקֶרֶב עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־אוֹסִיף עוֹד עֲבוֹר לֽוֹ׃
And the Lord said to me, ῾Amos, what dost thou see? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Yisra᾽el: I will not again pardon him any more:
And the Lord said to me, ῾Amos, what dost thou see? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Yisra᾽el: I will not again pardon him any more:
Rashi
הנני שם אנך. הנני שופט אותם בקו שורת הדין:
Behold I place a plumbline—Behold I judge them with the line of strict justice.
עבור לו. להמתין להם על פשעיהם:
pardon them—to wait for them for their transgressions.
וְנָשַׁמּוּ בָּמוֹת יִשְׂחָק וּמִקְדְּשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל יֶחֱרָבוּ וְקַמְתִּי עַל־בֵּית יָרׇבְעָם בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ {ס}
and the high places of Yisĥaq shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Yisra᾽el shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Yorov῾am with the sword.
and the high places of Yisĥaq shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Yisra᾽el shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Yorov῾am with the sword.
Rashi
ומקדשי ישראל. הוא בית אל שנאמר כי מקדש מלך הוא:
and the sanctuaries of Israel—That is Bethel, as it is said: (verse 13) “For it is the sanctuary of a king.”
על בית ירבעם. בן יואש:
upon the house of Jeroboam—son of Joash.
על חומת אנך. על שורא דדינא וכן פתר דונש, אנך ל' ערבי חוט קו המשקולת העופרת אשר בה יביט בונה החומה ליישר הדימוס אף כאן הוא לשון קו משקולת משפט:
on a wall made by a plumbline—On the wall of justice, and so did Dunash interpret it: אֲנָךְ is an Arabic expression for the plumbline. The lead by which the builder of the walls looks to straighten the row of stones. Here, too, it is an expression of the plumbline of justice. [from Teshuvoth Dunash, p.12]