Tanach
Hoshea 9:1-9 הושע ט׳:א׳-ט׳
Part of: Chapter 9
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אַל־תִּשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל ׀ אֶל־גִּיל כָּעַמִּים כִּי זָנִיתָ מֵעַל אֱלֹהֶיךָ אָהַבְתָּ אֶתְנָן עַל כׇּל־גׇּרְנוֹת דָּגָֽן׃
Rejoice not, O Yisra᾽el, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone lewdly astray from thy God, thou hast loved a harlot’s pay upon every cornfloor.
Rejoice not, O Yisra᾽el, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone lewdly astray from thy God, thou hast loved a harlot’s pay upon every cornfloor.
Rashi
אהבת. להיות כזונה לקבל אתנן:
you love to be like a harlot, to receive a harlot’s hire.
על כל גרנות. כדרך זונה שנותנין לה דגן בגורן באתננה:
on all threshing floors of corn In the manner of the harlot to whom they give corn on the threshing floor for her hire. [after Gen. Rabbah 57:4]
גֹּרֶן וָיֶקֶב לֹא יִרְעֵם וְתִירוֹשׁ יְכַחֶשׁ בָּֽהּ׃
The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.
The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.
לֹא יֵשְׁבוּ בְּאֶרֶץ יְהֹוָה וְשָׁב אֶפְרַיִם מִצְרַיִם וּבְאַשּׁוּר טָמֵא יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃
They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Efrayim shall return to Miżrayim, and they shall eat unclean food in Ashshur.
They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Efrayim shall return to Miżrayim, and they shall eat unclean food in Ashshur.
Rashi
לא ישבו בארץ ה'. לא יתעכבו בארצם:
They shall not stay in the land of the Lord Heb. יֵשְׁבוּ, they shall not stay in their land.
לֹא־יִסְּכוּ לַיהֹוָה ׀ יַיִן וְלֹא יֶעֶרְבוּ־לוֹ זִבְחֵיהֶם כְּלֶחֶם אוֹנִים לָהֶם כׇּל־אֹכְלָיו יִטַּמָּאוּ כִּֽי־לַחְמָם לְנַפְשָׁם לֹא יָבוֹא בֵּית יְהֹוָֽה׃
They shall not pour out wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing to him: their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread shall be for their hunger only; it shall not come into the house of the Lord.
They shall not pour out wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing to him: their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread shall be for their hunger only; it shall not come into the house of the Lord.
Rashi
לא יסכו. לשון נסך:
They shall not pour libations Heb. יִסְּכוּ, an expression of נֶסֶךְ, libation.
לא יערבו לו. לא תהא מנחתם עריבה עליו:
they will not please Him Their offering will not be pleasant to Him.
כלחם אונים. כלחם גזילה הבא ע"י כח ואונים:
like bread of mourners Heb. אוֹנִים, like bread of robbery that comes through strength and might.
כי לחמם לנפשם. ראוי הוא זה להם למאכל ולא לבוא לבית ה' ד"א כלחם אוני' כלחם אבלים שהוא טמא וסופו מוכיח כל אוכליו יטמאו:
for their bread is for themselves It is fit for them for food, but not to come into the house of the Lord. Another explanation is: אוֹנִים, like bread of mourners, which is contaminated, and the end of the verse proves it: all those who partake thereof become contaminated.
מַֽה־תַּעֲשׂוּ לְיוֹם מוֹעֵד וּלְיוֹם חַג־יְהֹוָֽה׃
What will you do on the solemn day, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
What will you do on the solemn day, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
Rashi
ליום מועד. ליום זמן קבוע להיות האויב נועד לבא עליכ':
for the appointed day For the day of the set time for the enemy to be appointed to come upon you.
חג ה'. זבח הריגה שיש לו בכם:
the Lord’s massacre Heb. חַג, a slaughter, the killing which I have in you.
כִּֽי־הִנֵּה הָֽלְכוּ מִשֹּׁד מִצְרַיִם תְּקַבְּצֵם מֹף תְּקַבְּרֵם מַחְמַד לְכַסְפָּם קִמּוֹשׂ יִֽירָשֵׁם חוֹחַ בְּאׇהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃
For, lo, they are gone from destruction: Miżrayim shall gather them up, Mof shall bury them: the treasuries for their silver, nettles, shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tents.
For, lo, they are gone from destruction: Miżrayim shall gather them up, Mof shall bury them: the treasuries for their silver, nettles, shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tents.
Rashi
כי הנה הלכו. ממקומם מרוב שודדים שיבאו עליהם עם נבוכדנצר:
For behold, they have gone away from their place because of the many plunderers who will come upon them with Nebuchadnezzar.
מוף. מארץ מצרים היא:
Moph shall bury them It is of the land of Egypt.
מחמד לכספם. בתי חמדת אוצרות כספם:
the treasurehouses for their silver The houses of the precious treasures of their silver.
קימוש. חוח מיני חיות תרגם יונתן:
thistles etc. briers Heb. קִימוֹשׁ חוֹחַ. Jonathan renders these terms as species of beasts.
בָּאוּ ׀ יְמֵי הַפְּקֻדָּה בָּאוּ יְמֵי הַשִּׁלֻּם יֵדְעוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֱוִיל הַנָּבִיא מְשֻׁגָּע אִישׁ הָרוּחַ עַל רֹב עֲוֺנְךָ וְרַבָּה מַשְׂטֵמָֽה׃
The days of punishment are come, the days of recompense are come; Yisra᾽el shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man of spirit is mad; because of the multitude of thy iniquity, great is the hatred.
The days of punishment are come, the days of recompense are come; Yisra᾽el shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man of spirit is mad; because of the multitude of thy iniquity, great is the hatred.
Rashi
הפקודה. שיפקדו עונותיכם:
the visitation When your sins will be visited.
השלום. תושלמת חובין:
recompense the payment of sins.
אויל הנביא. אף מנביאי אמת שלהם יהיו אוילים כגון חנניה בן עזור שתחלתו נביא אמת היה:
the prophet shall be a fool Even some of their true prophets will be fools, e.g. Hananiah son of Azzur, who was originally a true prophet.
ורבה משטמה. שהקב"ה שונא מעשיכ':
and the hatred is great which the Holy One, blessed be He, hates your deeds.
צֹפֶה אֶפְרַיִם עִם־אֱלֹהָי נָבִיא פַּח יָקוֹשׁ עַל־כׇּל־דְּרָכָיו מַשְׂטֵמָה בְּבֵית אֱלֹהָֽיו׃
The watchman of Efrayim with my God, the prophet; a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.
The watchman of Efrayim with my God, the prophet; a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.
Rashi
צופה אפרים עם אלהי. הם מעמידין להם נביאיהם הממשיכין אותן לצד עכו"ם שלהם:
Ephraim is a prophet with my God They set up for themselves their prophets, who attract them toward their idolatry.
נביא פח יקוש על כל דרכיו. ולנביאי האמת הם טומנין פחים ללכדם:
[for the] prophet [they lay] a fowler’s snare on all his ways And for the true prophet they conceal snares to trap them.
משטמה בבית אלהיו. בבית המקדש הרגו את זכריה ויבקשו להרוג את ירמיה כענין שנא' (ירמיהו כ״ו:י״א) משפט מות לאיש הזה וגו':
[causing] hatred in the house of his God In the Temple they assassinated Zechariah (II Chron. 24:21), and they sought to assassinate Jeremiah, according to the matter that is stated: (Jer. 26: 11) “This man is liable to death etc.”
הֶעְמִיקוּ שִׁחֵתוּ כִּימֵי הַגִּבְעָה יִזְכּוֹר עֲוֺנָם יִפְקוֹד חַטֹּאותָֽם׃ {ס}
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Giv῾a: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will punish their sins.
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Giv῾a: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will punish their sins.
Rashi
כימי הגבעה. יש אומרים זה גבעת בנימין בפלגש (שופטים יט) ויש אומרים זה גבעת שאול (שמואל א יא) ששאלו להם מלך ומרדו בדברי הנביא:
as in the days of Gibeah Some say that this is Gibeah of Benjamin in the case of the concubine (Jud. 19), and some say that this is Gibeah of Saul, where they asked for a king and rebelled against the words of the prophet (I Sam. 15).
אל תשמח ישראל. כשאר עכו"ם הקדמונים שהם לא קבלו תורה ולא באו לחלקי ואתה זנית מעלי ואבדת טובות הרבה:
Rejoice not, O Israel like the other peoples, for they did not receive a Torah, and they did not come to My lot, but you strayed from Me and lost many benefits.