Tanach
Zecharyah 2 זכריה ב׳
Part of: Petuchah, Zechariah 2:1Petuchah, Zechariah 2:3Petuchah, Zechariah 2:10Petuchah, Zechariah 2:12Setumah, Zechariah 2:5Setumah, Zechariah 2:14
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וָאֶשָּׂא אֶת־עֵינַי וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה אַרְבַּע קְרָנֽוֹת׃
Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
וָאֹמַר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי מָה־אֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי אֵלֶּה הַקְּרָנוֹת אֲשֶׁר זֵרוּ אֶת־יְהוּדָה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ {פ}
And I said to the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Yehuda, Yisra᾽el, and Yerushalayim.
And I said to the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Yehuda, Yisra᾽el, and Yerushalayim.
Rashi
וַיַּרְאֵנִי יְהֹוָה אַרְבָּעָה חָרָשִֽׁים׃
And the Lord showed me four craftsmen.
And the Lord showed me four craftsmen.
Rashi
ארבעה חרשים. נגרים היודעים לנסר את הקרנות ורבותינו פירשו במסכת סוכה מי הם:
four craftsmen Carpenters who know how to saw the horns. And our Rabbis explained in tractate Sukkah (52b) who they are.
וָאֹמַר מָה אֵלֶּה בָאִים לַֽעֲשׂוֹת וַיֹּאמֶר לֵאמֹר אֵלֶּה הַקְּרָנוֹת אֲשֶׁר־זֵרוּ אֶת־יְהוּדָה כְּפִי־אִישׁ לֹא־נָשָׂא רֹאשׁוֹ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵלֶּה לְהַחֲרִיד אֹתָם לְיַדּוֹת אֶת־קַרְנוֹת הַגּוֹיִם הַנֹּשְׂאִים קֶרֶן אֶל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה לְזָרוֹתָֽהּ׃ {ס}
Then said I, What are they coming to do? And he spoke, saying, Those were the horns which scattered Yehuda, so that no man could lift up his head: but these are come to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn over the land of Yehuda to scatter it.
Then said I, What are they coming to do? And he spoke, saying, Those were the horns which scattered Yehuda, so that no man could lift up his head: but these are come to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn over the land of Yehuda to scatter it.
Rashi
ואומר מה אלה הקרנות אשר ראיתי בראשונה:
And he said, saying, “These are the horns” that you first saw.
אשר זרו את יהודה והשפילום עד כפי איש לא נשא ראשו ולא נתנו לאחד מבני עמי להרים ראש:
that scattered Judah and humbled them to the extent that no man lifted his head, and they did not allow anyone of My people to raise his head.
ויבאו אלה. החרשים להחריד אותן הקרנות ולידות אותן:
And these came These craftsmen came to cause those horns to quake and to cast them away.
לידות. להשליך:
to cast away לְיַדּוֹת
וָאֶשָּׂא עֵינַי וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ וּבְיָדוֹ חֶבֶל מִדָּֽה׃
I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Rashi
חבל מדה. חוט המדה למדוד את ירושלים כמה יהיה ארכה ורחבה:
a measuring line A measuring line to measure Jerusalem, how much its length and its breadth shall be.
וָאֹמַר אָנָה אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי לָמֹד אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם לִרְאוֹת כַּמָּֽה־רׇחְבָּהּ וְכַמָּה אׇרְכָּֽהּ׃
Then I said, Where dost thou go? And he said to me, To measure Yerushalayim, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.
Then I said, Where dost thou go? And he said to me, To measure Yerushalayim, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.
וְהִנֵּה הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי יֹצֵא וּמַלְאָךְ אַחֵר יֹצֵא לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,
Rashi
והנה המלאך הדובר בי יוצא. הוא אשר בידו חבל המדה:
And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was coming forth He is the one with the measuring line in his hand.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָו רֻץ דַּבֵּר אֶל־הַנַּעַר הַלָּז לֵאמֹר פְּרָזוֹת תֵּשֵׁב יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם מֵרֹב אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃
and he said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Yerushalayim shall be inhabited like unwalled towns because of the multitude of men and cattle that shall be in it:
and he said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Yerushalayim shall be inhabited like unwalled towns because of the multitude of men and cattle that shall be in it:
Rashi
רוץ דבר אל הנער. אל תצא עוד למוד כי נמלך הקב"ה בפמליא שלו שלא יהא לה קצב ושיעור ועתה רוץ דבר אל זכריה לאמר פרזות תשב. מאין חומה כדי שיתישבו בה כל הבא ותגדל מיום אל יום:
Run, speak to this young man You shall no longer go forth to measure, for the Holy One, blessed be He, has taken counsel with His heavenly household [and decreed] that [Jerusalem] will not have a limit or a measure. And now, run and speak to Zechariah: It shall be inhabited like unwalled towns, without a wall, so that all who come there shall settle therein, and it shall grow from day to day.
וַאֲנִי אֶֽהְיֶה־לָּהּ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה חוֹמַת אֵשׁ סָבִיב וּלְכָבוֹד אֶהְיֶה בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ {פ}
for I, says the Lord, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
for I, says the Lord, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Rashi
ואני אהיה לה. למגן כאילו חומת אש סביב לה וגם בתוכה תשכון שכינתי לכבודכם:
But I will be for it as a shield, as though a wall of fire surrounds it. Also, My Shechinah shall dwell in its midst for your glory.
הוֹי הוֹי וְנֻסוּ מֵאֶרֶץ צָפוֹן נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה כִּי כְּאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם פֵּרַשְׂתִּי אֶתְכֶם נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃
Ho, ho, flee then from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, says the Lord.
Ho, ho, flee then from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, says the Lord.
Rashi
הוי הוי. אין הוי אלא לשון הכרזה והזעקת קיבוץ וכן ת"י אכלו למבדריא הכריזו כמו (שמואל ב כ״ב:י״ד) ירעם מן שמים, אכלו מן שמיא:
Ho, Ho! “Ho” is only an expression of proclamation and an announcement of assembly. And so did Jonathan render it: Announce to the scattered ones. אַכְלוּ means announce, as in (II Sam. 22: 14): “The Lord thundered from heaven,” which Jonathan renders: אַכְלוּ מִן שְׁמַיַּא
ונוסו מארץ. צאו גליות עמי מתוך בבל ואשור:
Flee from the land of the north The exiles of My people, [flee] from within Babylon and Assyria.
הוֹי צִיּוֹן הִמָּלְטִי יוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּת־בָּבֶֽל׃ {פ}
Escape, O Żiyyon, that dwellest with the daughter of Bavel.
Escape, O Żiyyon, that dwellest with the daughter of Bavel.
Rashi
הוי ציון המלטי. אף זה ל' הכרזה האספו עם גלות ציון והמלטו מתוך בבל:
Ho, Zion! Flee This too is an expression of announcement: Assemble, O exile of Zion, and flee from the midst of Babylon.
כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת אַחַר כָּבוֹד שְׁלָחַנִי אֶל־הַגּוֹיִם הַשֹּׁלְלִים אֶתְכֶם כִּי הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּכֶם נֹגֵעַ בְּבָבַת עֵינֽוֹ׃
For thus says the Lord of hosts – (because of his honour he sent me to the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye) –
For thus says the Lord of hosts – (because of his honour he sent me to the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye) –
Rashi
אחר כבוד. אחר כבודכם אני שלוח להגדיל לכם כבוד ומדרש אגדה אחר כבוד אחר שאשלם לעשו כבוד שכיבד את אביו:
After glory After your glory I am sent, to magnify your glory. And the Midrash Aggadah (Addendum to Tan. Buber, Devarim 4) states: After the honor - After I pay Esau for the honor that he bestowed upon his father.
כִּי הִנְנִי מֵנִיף אֶת־יָדִי עֲלֵיהֶם וְהָיוּ שָׁלָל לְעַבְדֵיהֶם וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּֽי־יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃ {ס}
For behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those who served them. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
For behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those who served them. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
Rashi
והיו שלל לעבדיהם. לישראל שהם עתה עבדים להן:
and they shall be prey, etc., to Israel, who are now slaves to them.
רׇנִּי וְשִׂמְחִי בַּת־צִיּוֹן כִּי הִנְנִי־בָא וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְתוֹכֵךְ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Żiyyon: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, says the Lord.
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Żiyyon: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, says the Lord.
וְנִלְווּ גוֹיִם רַבִּים אֶל־יְהֹוָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וְהָיוּ לִי לְעָם וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְתוֹכֵךְ וְיָדַעַתְּ כִּי־יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁלָחַנִי אֵלָֽיִךְ׃
And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to thee.
And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to thee.
Rashi
ונלוו. ונתחברו:
And many nations shall join shall join.
וְנָחַל יְהֹוָה אֶת־יְהוּדָה חֶלְקוֹ עַל אַדְמַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ וּבָחַר עוֹד בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
And the Lord shall inherit Yehuda as his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Yerushalayim again.
And the Lord shall inherit Yehuda as his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Yerushalayim again.
Rashi
ונחל ה' את יהודה. לנחלתו ולחלקו:
And the Lord shall inherit Judah as His inheritance and His share.
הַס כׇּל־בָּשָׂר מִפְּנֵי יְהֹוָה כִּי נֵעוֹר מִמְּעוֹן קׇדְשֽׁוֹ׃ {פ}
Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord: for he has roused himself out of his holy habitation.
Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord: for he has roused himself out of his holy habitation.
Rashi
הס כל בשר. כל שאר העכו"ם:
Silence all flesh All the rest of the nations.
כי נעור. ל' הערה והקצה:
for He is aroused An expression [denoting] arousal and awakening.
אלה הקרנות. אלה העכו"ם אשר בארבע רוחות השמים אשר נגחו בקרניהם את יהודה וירושלים עד אשר זירום:
These are the horns These are the nations in the four corners of the heavens that gored Judah and Jerusalem with their horns until they scattered them.