Tanach
Michah 3:1-4 מיכה ג׳:א׳-ד׳
Part of: Chapter 3
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וָאֹמַר שִׁמְעוּ־נָא רָאשֵׁי יַעֲקֹב וּקְצִינֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲלוֹא לָכֶם לָדַעַת אֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Ya῾aqov, and you rulers of the house of Yisra᾽el; Is it not for you to know justice?
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Ya῾aqov, and you rulers of the house of Yisra᾽el; Is it not for you to know justice?
שֹׂנְאֵי טוֹב וְאֹהֲבֵי (רעה) [רָע] גֹּזְלֵי עוֹרָם מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם וּשְׁאֵרָם מֵעַל עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Rashi
וַאֲשֶׁר אָכְלוּ שְׁאֵר עַמִּי וְעוֹרָם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם הִפְשִׁיטוּ וְאֶת־עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶם פִּצֵּחוּ וּפָֽרְשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּסִּיר וּכְבָשָׂר בְּתוֹךְ קַלָּֽחַת׃
who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and like meat within the cauldron.
who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and like meat within the cauldron.
Rashi
שְׁאֵר עַמִּי. בְּשַׂר עַמִּי:
the flesh of My people Heb. שְׁאֵר עַמִּי.
וְאֶת עַצְמוֹתֵיהֶם פִּצֵּחוּ. פָּתְחוּ לְהוֹצִיא הַמֹּחַ, כְּמוֹ (שם יד) ״פִּצְחוּ רִנָּה״ פִּתְחוּ פֶּה בְּרִנָּה:
and opened their bones Heb. פִצֵּחוּ. They opened [them] to take out the marrow. Cf. (Isa.14:7) “They opened (פָצְחוּ) in song” -they opened their mouth in song.
וּפָרְשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּסִּיר. וּמְשַׁבְּרִים הָאֵבָרִים כַּאֲשֶׁר יִשְׁבְּרוּ הַנְּתָחִים הַנִּתָּנִים בַּסִּיר לְבַשֵּׁל. וּפָרְשׂוּ לְשׁוֹן ׳שֶׁבֶר׳ כְּמוֹ ״פָּרֹס לָרָעֵב״ (ישעיה נח) ״וְלֹא יִפְרְסוּ לָהֶם״ (ירמיה טז) ״פֵּרְשָׂה צִיּוֹן״ (איכה א):
and broke [them] as in a pot Heb. וּפָרְשׁוּ. They break the limbs as they break the cuts [of meat] in a pot to cook [them]. and broke Heb. וּפָרְשׁוּ, an expression of breaking. Cf. (Isa. 58:7) “To share (פָרֹס) with the hungry”; (Jer. 16:7) “And they shall not break [bread] (יִפְרְסוּ) for them”; (Lam. 1:17) “Zion broke (פֵּרְשָה).”
קַלָּחַת. קלדיי״רא בְּלַעַ״ז:
a cauldron Heb. קַלַחַת, kaldere in O.F.
אָז יִזְעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהֹוָה וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָם וְיַסְתֵּר פָּנָיו מֵהֶם בָּעֵת הַהִיא כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵרֵעוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ {פ}
Then shall they cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Then shall they cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Rashi
אָז יִזְעֲקוּ אֶל ה׳. אָז בְּבֹא אוֹתוֹ הָעֵת הָאָמוּר לְמַעְלָה אָסֹף אֶאֱסֹף יַעֲקֹב יִזְעֲקוּ אֶל ה׳ לְהֵיטִיב לָהֶם בִּרְצוֹן עַמּוֹ וְשִׂמְחַת גּוֹיוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָם:
Then they shall cry out to the Lord Then, when that time mentioned above, [that] “I will surely assemble Jacob,” comes, they shall cry out to the Lord to do good for them with the will of His people and with the joy of His nation, but He shall not respond to them.
גֹּזְלֵי עוֹרָם. שֶׁל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהֵם רָאשִׁים וּקְצִינִים עֲלֵיהֶם כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר רָאשֵׁי בֵּית יַעֲקֹב וּקְצִינֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל:
who rob their skin—[I.e., the skin] of the house of Israel, over whom they are heads and officers, as the prophet says: The heads of the house of Jacob and the officers of the house of Israel.