חבקוק ב׳:ט׳-י״א

הוֹי בֹּצֵעַ בֶּצַע רָע לְבֵיתוֹ. אוֹנֵס מָמוֹן שֶׁהוּא רַע לוֹ וּלְבֵיתוֹ לִבְנוֹת לוֹ בַּיִת.

Woe to him who gains evil gains Who robs money which is harmful to him. for his house To build a house for himself

לָשׂוּם בַּמָּרוֹם קִנּוֹ. כְּדִכְתִיב בְּסֵפֶר דָּנִיֵּאל (דניאל ד:כז) ״הֲלָא דָא הִיא בָּבֶל רַבְּתָא דַּאֲנָא בְּנֵיתַהּ לְבֵית מַלְכוּ בְּתְקוֹף חִסְנִי וְגוֹמֵר״. וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁיָּצָא דָּבָר זֶה מִפִּיו, נִטְרַד מִן הַבְּרִיּוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שם) ״עוֹד מִלְּתָא בְּפֻם מַלְכָּא״ בְּעִנְיָן זֶה.

to place his nest on high As it is written in the Book of Daniel (4:27): “Is this not the great Babylon, which I built up as a royal residence with the might of my power, etc.?” At the time this statement emanated from his mouth, [Nebuchadnezzar] was driven away from men, as it is said (ibid. 28): “When this word was still in the king’s mouth, etc.”

יָעַצְתָּ בֹּשֶׁת לְבֵיתֶךָ. אֲשֶׁר יָעַצְתָּ לִקְצוֹת עַמִּים רַבִּים וְהִפְסַדְתָּ עַצְמְךָ.

With this matter, you advised shame for your house For you advised to cut off many peoples, and you caused a loss for yourself.

קְצוֹת. לְשׁוֹן שְׁלִיפָה וְקִלּוּף, כְּמוֹ ״הִקְצוֹת אֶת הַבַּיִת״ (ויקרא יד:מג).

to cut off an expression of stripping and peeling, as in (Lev. 14: 43) “Scraping the house.”

וְחוֹטֵא נַפְשֶׁךָ. כְּמוֹ (משלי כ׳:ב׳) ״מִתְעַבֵּר וְחוֹטֵא נַפְשׁוֹ״, חוֹטֵא לְאַבֵּד נַפְשׁוֹ, פורפיי״ט שארמ״א בְּלַעַ״ז.

and you have sinned against your life As in (Prov. 20:2) “He who provokes him sins against his life.” He sins to lose his life; forsfait sa arme in O.F. he forfeits his soul.

כִּי וְגוֹ׳. כִּי הָאֲבָנִים אֲשֶׁר גָּזַלְתָּ תִּזְעַקְנָה מִן הַקִּיר.

For a stone For the stones that you stole shall cry from the wall.

וְכָפִיס מֵעֵץ יַעֲנֶנָּה. אֶל הָאֶבֶן בְּקוֹל לְנֶגְדָּהּ, שְׁנֵיהֶם צוֹעֲקִים.

and a chip of the wood shall answer it [the stone]. It shall answer aloud the stone that is opposite it; hence both of them cry.

וְכָפִיס מֵעֵץ יַעֲנֶנָּה. תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְשִׁיפָא מִגּוֹ מָרֵישָׁא״. שִׁיפָא לְשׁוֹן ׳קֵיסָם׳, שְׁפָאִין בִּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים, דלדור״ש בְּלַעַ״ז. מָרֵישׁ הוּא הַקּוֹרָה.

and a chip shall answer it from a beam Jonathan renders: וְשִׁפָּא מִגּוֹ מָרֵישָׁא. שִׁפָּא is an expression of a chip; שְׁפָאִים in the language of the Sages; dokldours in O.F. - chips. מָרֵישׁ is a beam.