Tanach
Chavakuk 2:15-18 חבקוק ב׳:ט״ו-י״ח
Part of: Chapter 2
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הוֹי מַשְׁקֵה רֵעֵהוּ מְסַפֵּחַ חֲמָתְךָ וְאַף שַׁכֵּר לְמַעַן הַבִּיט עַל־מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם׃
Woe to him that gives his neighbour drink, adding thy venom to it, and making him drunken also, that thou mayst look on their nakedness!
Woe to him that gives his neighbour drink, adding thy venom to it, and making him drunken also, that thou mayst look on their nakedness!
Rashi
עַל מְעוֹרֵיהֶם. לְהִגָּלוֹת קְלוֹנָם וְרָאוּ שׂוֹנְאֵיהֶם בְּנִוּוּלָם.
upon their nakedness So that their disgrace be revealed, and their enemies see their disgrace.
שָׂבַעְתָּ קָלוֹן מִכָּבוֹד שְׁתֵה גַם־אַתָּה וְהֵעָרֵל תִּסּוֹב עָלֶיךָ כּוֹס יְמִין יְהֹוָה וְקִיקָלוֹן עַל־כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃
Thou art filled with shame instead of glory: drink thou also, and stagger: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned to thee, and shameful disgrace shall be on thy glory.
Thou art filled with shame instead of glory: drink thou also, and stagger: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned to thee, and shameful disgrace shall be on thy glory.
Rashi
וְהֵעָרֵל. הֵ״א מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת בְּתֵבָה זוֹ בִּלְשׁוֹן ׳הִתְפַּעֵל׳, כְּמוֹ (דברים לב:נ) ״הֵאָסֵף אֶל עַמֶּךָ״. אַף כָּאן ״הֵעָרֵל״, הֵאָטֵם בְּשִׁמָּמוֹן וּבְתִמָּהוֹן לֵב. כָּל עָרְלָה לְשׁוֹן ׳אֹטֶם׳ הוּא, כְּמוֹ ״עֲרֵלָה אָזְנָם״ (ירמיהו ו:י), ״עַרְלֵי לֵב וְעַרְלֵי בָשָׂר״ (יחזקאל מד:ז). וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״וְאִתְעַרְטַל״ – לְשׁוֹן ״עֵרֹם וְעֶרְיָה״ (שם).
and become clogged up The “he” serves in this word as an expression of the reflexive, as in (Deut. 32:50) “And you shall be gathered to your people.” Here, too, הֵעָרֵל - you shall become clogged up with bewilderment and with astonishment of heart. Every expression of עָרְלָה is an expression of clogging, like (Jer. 6:10) “Their ear is clogged” and (Ezek 44:7) “Of clogged heart and of uncircumcised flesh.” Jonathan rendered: And become naked, an expression of (ibid. 16:7) “Naked and bare.”
כִּי חֲמַס לְבָנוֹן יְכַסֶּךָּ וְשֹׁד בְּהֵמוֹת יְחִיתַן מִדְּמֵי אָדָם וַחֲמַס־אֶרֶץ קִרְיָה וְכׇל־יֹשְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃
For the violence done to Levanon covers thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city, and to all that dwell therein.
For the violence done to Levanon covers thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city, and to all that dwell therein.
Rashi
חֲמַס לְבָנוֹן. בֵּית מַקְדְּשָׁא.
the violence of the Lebanon the Temple.
וְשֹׁד בְּהֵמוֹת יְחִיתַּן. שׁוֹד בְּהֵמוֹתֶיךָ וְאוּכְלוֹסֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר שָׁדְדוּ אֶת עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל, הוּא יִשְׁבְּרֵם.
and the plunder of cattle The plunder of your cattle, and your hordes that plundered My people Israel, shall break you.
מִדְּמֵי אָדָם. מֵחֲמַס דְּמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.
because of the blood of man Because of the violence done to the blood of Israel.
וַחֲמַס אֶרֶץ. אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל.
and the violence of the land The land of Israel.
קִרְיָה. יְרוּשָׁלַיִם.
a city Jerusalem.
מָה־הוֹעִיל פֶּסֶל כִּי פְסָלוֹ יֹֽצְרוֹ מַסֵּכָה וּמוֹרֶה שָּׁקֶר כִּי בָטַח יֹצֵר יִצְרוֹ עָלָיו לַעֲשׂוֹת אֱלִילִים אִלְּמִֽים׃ {ס}
What use is there in a carved idol, that its carver has fashioned, a molten image, and a teacher of lies? that the maker should trust in his own manufacture, when he makes dumb idols?
What use is there in a carved idol, that its carver has fashioned, a molten image, and a teacher of lies? that the maker should trust in his own manufacture, when he makes dumb idols?
Rashi
מַה הוֹעִיל. לְבָבֶל פֶּסֶל.
What did a graven image avail Babylon?
כִּי בָטַח. הָאָדָם הַיּוֹצֵר וְיוֹצְרוֹ שֶׁל אֱלוֹהוֹ זֶה.
that the maker of his work trusted The man who formed it, who is the maker of this god of his.
עָלָיו. עַל יְצִירָתוֹ זֹאת הוּא בּוֹטֵחַ שֶׁיַּעֲזֹר לוֹ, אֲשֶׁר בָּא לַעֲשׂוֹת אֱלִילִים אִלְּמִים.
in it He trusts in this creation of his, that it assists him, so he comes to make dumb idols.
מַשְׁקֵה רֵעֵהוּ. יַיִן, וּבְאוֹתָהּ הַשְׁקָאָה הוּא מְסַפֵּחַ וְאוֹסֵף אֶת חֲמָתוֹ עָלָיו, וְאַף מְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ בַּחֲמָתוֹ. וְכָל זֶה הוּא עוֹשֶׂה לְמַעַן הַבִּיט עַל מְעוֹרֵיהֶם, עַל גִּלּוּיָם וְלִרְאוֹת אֶת עֶרְוָתָם. זֶה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר שֶׁהָיָה מַשְׁקֶה אֶת הַמְּלָכִים יַיִן וּמְשַׁכְּרָם, וְשׁוֹכֵב עִמָּם מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה, כִּדְאַמְרִינָן בְּמַסֶּכֶת שַׁבָּת. דָּבָר אַחֵר: הוֹי מַשְׁקֵה רֵעֵהוּ – בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם דּוֹרְשׁוֹ כְּלַפֵּי בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר, שֶׁהִשְׁקָה אֶת הַשָּׂרִים בִּכְלֵי בֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, וּבָהֶם נִסְפְּחוּ וְנִשְׁתַּכְּרוּ בַּחֲמָתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וּבוֹ בַּלַּיְלָה נֶהֱרַג.
Woe to him who gives his friend to drink wine; and into that drink he adds and gathers his venom upon him, and also makes him [his friend] drunk with his venom. All this he does... in order to gaze upon their nakedness Upon their exposure, to see their nakedness. This is the wicked Nebuchadnezzar, who would give the kings wine to drink, intoxicate them, and practice pederasty upon them, as we state in Tractate Shabbath (149b). Another explanation. Woe to him who gives his friend to drink In Seder Olam, it [this verse] is expounded regarding Belshazzar, who gave the princes to drink with the vessels of the Temple, because of which they were smitten with zaraath and intoxicated by the wrath of the Holy One, blessed be He. On that night he [Belshazzar] was slain.