Tanach
Nachum 1:12-14 נחום א׳:י״ב-י״ד
Part of: Chapter 1
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כֹּה ׀ אָמַר יְהֹוָה אִם־שְׁלֵמִים וְכֵן רַבִּים וְכֵן נָגוֹזּוּ וְעָבָר וְעִנִּתִךְ לֹא אֲעַנֵּךְ עֽוֹד׃
Thus says the Lord; Though they are at peace, and likewise many, even so they shall be cut down, and it shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
Thus says the Lord; Though they are at peace, and likewise many, even so they shall be cut down, and it shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
Rashi
וְעִנִּיתִךְ לֹא אֲעַנֵּךְ עוֹד. אֲעַנֶּה אוֹתְךָ בַּפַּעַם הַזֹּאת כָּלָה וְנֶחֱרָצָה וְלֹא אֶזְקַק לְךָ עוֹד. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דָּרְשׁוּ לְעִנְיַן מַעֲשֵׂה הַצְּדָקָה בְּמַסֶּכֶת גִּטִּין, אַךְ אֵינוֹ עַל סֵדֶר שְׁאָר הַנְּבוּאָה.
and I will no longer afflict you—I will afflict you this time with destruction and annihilation, and I will no longer be involved with you. Our Sages expounded upon this concerning the practice of charity in Tractate Gittin (7a), but it does not fit in with the context.
וְעַתָּה אֶשְׁבֹּר מֹטֵהוּ מֵעָלָיִךְ וּמוֹסְרֹתַיִךְ אֲנַתֵּֽק׃
For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds asunder.
For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds asunder.
Rashi
וְעַתָּה אֶשְׁבֹּר מֹטֵהוּ מֵעָלָיִךְ. שְׁכִינָה אוֹמֶרֶת כֵּן לַנָּבִיא שֶׁהוּא יִשְׂרְאֵלִי: אֶשְׁבֹּר מֹטֵהוּ שֶׁל אַשּׁוּר מֵעָלֶיךָ וּמֵעַמִּי.
And now I will break off his yoke from you—The Shechinah says this to the prophet, who is of Israel: I will break off the yoke of Assyria from you and from My people.
וְצִוָּה עָלֶיךָ יְהֹוָה לֹא־יִזָּרַע מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֹד מִבֵּית אֱלֹהֶיךָ אַכְרִית פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה אָשִׂים קִבְרֶךָ כִּי קַלּֽוֹתָ׃ {פ}
And the Lord has given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the carved idol and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
And the Lord has given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the carved idol and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Rashi
וְצִוָּה עָלֶיךָ ה׳. עַתָּה מוּסָב הַדִּבּוּר אֶל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר.
And the Lord shall command concerning you—Now the king of Assyria is being addressed.
לֹא יִזָּרַע מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֹד. לֹא יַעֲמֹד מִמְּךָ מֶלֶךְ.
No more [offspring] Of your name shall be sown—No king shall arise from you.
מִבֵּית אֱלֹהֶיךָ אַכְרִית פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה. וְאָשִׂים אֶת בֵּית אֱלֹהֶיךָ קִבְרֶךָ. שָׁם תִּבְרַח לְהִמָּלֵט וְשָׁם תֵּהָרֵג, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב שֶׁנֶּהֱרַג אָבִיךָ בֵּית נִסְרוֹךְ אֱלֹהָיו.
I will make your grave—I will make the house of your god your grave, for you shall flee there to escape, and there you shall be slain, as your father was slain in the temple of Nisroch, his god.
כִּי קַלּוֹתָ. בְּעֵינַי.
for you have become worthless—in My eyes.
אִם שְׁלֵמִים וְכֵן רַבִּים. יָפֶה תַּרְגּוּם שֶׁל יוֹנָתָן מְיֻשָּׁב עַל הַמִּקְרָא: ״אִם יְהוֹן שְׁלֵמִים בְּעֵצָה״ שֶׁיְּהוּ כֻּלָּם שָׁוִים בְּהַסְכָּמָה אַחַת, וְכֵן אִם יִהְיוּ רַבִּים מְאֹד אַנְשֵׁי נִינְוֵה אוֹיְבֶיךָ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, וְכֵן אַף אִם גָּזּוּ חִדְּקַל וְעָבְרוּ אֶת פְּרָת לָצוּר עָלֶיהָ לֹא יַצְלִיחוּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי ״עִנִּיתִיךְ וְלֹא אֲעַנֵּךְ עוֹד״. וְעוֹד שָׁמַעְתִּי: ״אִם שְׁלֵמִים״ – אַנְשֵׁי נִינְוֵה בִּגְדֻלָּתָם, ״וְכֵן״ – אִם יְהוּ עוֹד רַבִּים וְנִכְבָּדִים יוֹתֵר, ״וְכֵן נָגוֹזּוּ וְעָבָר״ – וְכֵן אֲגִיזֵם וְאַעֲבִירֵם. הֲרֵי זֶה כְּמוֹ (שמות א:יב) ״וְכַאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֹ כֵּן יִרְבֶּה״.
Though they be at peace and likewise many Jonathan’s Targum is very appropriate to the verse: If they [the people of Nineveh] are at peace in their counsel, that they will all be of one accord; and likewise, if the people of Nineveh, your enemies, are many, O Jerusalem; and likewise, even if they have crossed the Tigris and passed over the Euphrates to besiege it, they will not succeed, for I have afflicted you; I will no longer afflict you. I have heard further (this rendering): If they are perfect—the people of Nineveh, in their greatness. and likewise—if they will be still greater and more honored. and so they shall be cut down and pass away—And so I will cut them down and take them away. This is like (Exod 1:12) “And the more they would afflict them, the more they would multiply.”