Tanach
Zecharyah 7 זכריה ז׳
Part of: Petuchah, Zechariah 7:1Petuchah, Zechariah 7:8Setumah, Zechariah 7:4
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וַֽיְהִי בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהֹוָה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה בְּאַרְבָּעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁעִי בְּכִסְלֵֽו׃
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Daryavesh, that the word of the Lord came to Zekharya on the fourth day of the ninth month, in Kislev;
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Daryavesh, that the word of the Lord came to Zekharya on the fourth day of the ninth month, in Kislev;
וַיִּשְׁלַח בֵּֽית־אֵל שַׂרְאֶצֶר וְרֶגֶם מֶלֶךְ וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו לְחַלּוֹת אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהֹוָֽה׃
when Bet-el, Shar᾽eżer, and Regem-melekh, and his men had sent to entreat the favour of the Lord,
when Bet-el, Shar᾽eżer, and Regem-melekh, and his men had sent to entreat the favour of the Lord,
Rashi
לֵאמֹר אֶל־הַכֹּֽהֲנִים אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית־יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת וְאֶל־הַנְּבִיאִים לֵאמֹר הַֽאֶבְכֶּה בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַחֲמִשִׁי הִנָּזֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי זֶה כַּמֶּה שָׁנִֽים׃ {ס}
and to speak to the priests who were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
and to speak to the priests who were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
Rashi
הנזר. לפרוש מן התענוג כאשר עשיתי זה שבעים שנה אין נזירה בכל מקום אלא פרישות:
abstaining To abstain from pleasure, as I have done these seventy years. The word נְזִירָה always means separation.
וַיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת אֵלַי לֵאמֹֽר׃
Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
אֱמֹר אֶל־כׇּל־עַם הָאָרֶץ וְאֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים לֵאמֹר כִּֽי־צַמְתֶּם וְסָפוֹד בַּחֲמִישִׁי וּבַשְּׁבִיעִי וְזֶה שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה הֲצוֹם צַמְתֻּנִי אָֽנִי׃
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you really fasted?
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you really fasted?
Rashi
ובשביעי. הוא צום גדליה:
and in the seventh [month] That is the fast of Gedaliah.
הצום צמתוני אני. ה"א נקודה חטף פתח לפי שהיא משמשת ל' תמיהא שמא לכבודי צמתם שתהיו צריכים לצום גם עתה:
did you fast for Me, even for Me The ‘he’ is vowelized with a ‘hataf pattah’ because it is used as the interrogative: Did you fast in My honor that you should be required to fast now, too?
וְכִי תֹאכְלוּ וְכִי תִשְׁתּוּ הֲלוֹא אַתֶּם הָאֹכְלִים וְאַתֶּם הַשֹּׁתִֽים׃
And when you did eat, and when you did drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
And when you did eat, and when you did drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Rashi
וכי תאכלו וכי תשתו. ואם לא תצומו מה לי גם בזו הלא אתם להנאתכם הוא המאכל והמשתה:
And when you eat and when you drink And, if you do not fast, that, too, means nothing to Me. Are not the food and the drink for your own pleasure?
הֲלוֹא אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר קָרָא יְהֹוָה בְּיַד הַנְּבִיאִים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִים בִּהְיוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם יֹשֶׁבֶת וּשְׁלֵוָה וְעָרֶיהָ סְבִיבֹתֶיהָ וְהַנֶּגֶב וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה יֹשֵֽׁב׃ {פ}
Should you not hear the words which the Lord has proclaimed by the former prophets, when Yerushalayim was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities round about her, when the Negev and the coastal plain were inhabited?
Should you not hear the words which the Lord has proclaimed by the former prophets, when Yerushalayim was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities round about her, when the Negev and the coastal plain were inhabited?
Rashi
הלא את הדברים. מי גרם לכם הצום והמספד הלא דברי תוכחות אשר קרא ה' וגו' הם החריבו אתכם ועל כן צמתם ואלה הדברים אשר קרא משפט אמת שפטו:
Was it not the words Who caused you the fast and the mourning? Was it not the words of reproof that the Lord proclaimed, etc.? They brought about your destruction, and therefore you fasted. And these are the words that He proclaimed: Execute true judgment.
וַֽיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהֹוָה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה לֵאמֹֽר׃
And the word of the Lord came to Zekharya, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to Zekharya, saying,
כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת לֵאמֹר מִשְׁפַּט אֱמֶת שְׁפֹטוּ וְחֶסֶד וְרַֽחֲמִים עֲשׂוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִֽיו׃
Thus spoke the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show loyal love and mercy every man to his brother:
Thus spoke the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show loyal love and mercy every man to his brother:
וְאַלְמָנָה וְיָתוֹם גֵּר וְעָנִי אַֽל־תַּעֲשֹׁקוּ וְרָעַת אִישׁ אָחִיו אַֽל־תַּחְשְׁבוּ בִּלְבַבְכֶֽם׃
and do not oppress the widow, or the fatherless, the stranger, or the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
and do not oppress the widow, or the fatherless, the stranger, or the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
וַיְמָאֲנוּ לְהַקְשִׁיב וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרָרֶת וְאׇזְנֵיהֶם הִכְבִּידוּ מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ׃
But they refused to hearken, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear:
But they refused to hearken, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear:
וְלִבָּם שָׂמוּ שָׁמִיר מִשְּׁמוֹעַ אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה וְאֶת־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת בְּרוּחוֹ בְּיַד הַנְּבִיאִים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִים וַֽיְהִי קֶצֶף גָּדוֹל מֵאֵת יְהֹוָה צְבָאֽוֹת׃
and they made their hearts an adamant stone, lest they should hear the Tora, and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore a great anger came from the Lord of hosts.
and they made their hearts an adamant stone, lest they should hear the Tora, and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore a great anger came from the Lord of hosts.
Rashi
שמו שמיר. תולעת חזק מצור מראין אותו על האבן והיא מתבקעת:
shamir A worm stronger than flint. They would show it to the stone, which would split.
וַיְהִי כַאֲשֶׁר־קָרָא וְלֹא שָׁמֵעוּ כֵּן יִקְרְאוּ וְלֹא אֶשְׁמָע אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאֽוֹת׃
And so, when he cried, and they would not hear, the Lord of hosts said: So shall they cry, and I will not hear;
And so, when he cried, and they would not hear, the Lord of hosts said: So shall they cry, and I will not hear;
Rashi
ויהי כאשר קרא ולא שמעו. אמר ה' צבאו' עליהן באותן הימים כן יקראו ולא אשמע:
And it came about; as He called and they did not hearken the Lord said concerning them in those days: So shall they call and I will not hearken.
וְאֵסָעֲרֵם עַל כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יְדָעוּם וְהָאָרֶץ נָשַׁמָּה אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם מֵֽעֹבֵר וּמִשָּׁב וַיָּשִׂימוּ אֶֽרֶץ־חֶמְדָּה לְשַׁמָּֽה׃ {פ}
but I will scatter them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they know not; and the land shall be desolate after them, so that no man shall pass by or return. Thus they made the pleasant land a desolation.
but I will scatter them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they know not; and the land shall be desolate after them, so that no man shall pass by or return. Thus they made the pleasant land a desolation.
Rashi
ואסערם. בגלות וכן עשיתי:
I will scatter them in exile. And so I did.
וישימו. בעוונם:
they made with their iniquity.
ארץ חמדה לשמה. והוא גרם להם הצום והמספד אבל עתה קנאתי לציון בשביל ציון אקנא את הכשדים:
desolation And that brought about the fast (and the mourning), but now [I am jealous for Zion, etc.]
וישלח בית אל שראצר ורגם מלך ואנשיו. אנשים צדיקים היו ושלחו מבבל לקרוביהם שבבית אל לבא לחלות את פני ה' בירושלים בעדם ולשאול מאת הכהנים להודיעם אם יבכו בחדש אב אחרי אשר חזר הבית להבנות:
And Sharezer and Regem Melech and his men sent to Bethel They were righteous men, and they sent [word] to their kinsmen in Bethel to come to pray before the Lord in Jerusalem for them, and to ask the priests to let them know if they should [still] weep in the month of Av, since the Temple had been rebuilt.