Tanach
Chavakuk 2:19-20 חבקוק ב׳:י״ט-כ׳
Part of: Chapter 2
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הוֹי אֹמֵר לָעֵץ הָקִיצָה עוּרִי לְאֶבֶן דּוּמָם הוּא יוֹרֶה הִנֵּה־הוּא תָּפוּשׂ זָהָב וָכֶסֶף וְכׇל־רוּחַ אֵין בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃
Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, Can it teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.
Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, Can it teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.
Rashi
וַיהֹוָה בְּהֵיכַל קׇדְשׁוֹ הַס מִפָּנָיו כׇּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ {ס}
But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Rashi
וַה׳ בְּהֵיכַל קָדְשׁוֹ. מוּכָן לִפָּרַע.
But the Lord is in His Holy Temple ready to exact retribution.
הַס מִפָּנָיו כָּל הָאָרֶץ. הַס לְשׁוֹן שִׁתּוּק וּדְמִימַת חֻרְבָּן.
Silence the whole earth before Him הַס is an expression of silencing and the silence of destruction.
הוּא יוֹרֶה. בִּתְמִיהָּ.
Shall it teach? This is a question.