## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 11

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:1:1
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**וְהִנֵּה בְּפֶתַח הַשַּׁעַר וגו׳.** הֵם הֵם שֶׁאָמַר לְמַעְלָה ״אֲחוֹרֵיהֶם אֶל הֵיכַל ה׳״ (יחזקאל ח:טז), אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא פֵּרֵשׁ שָׁם מִי הָיוּ, וְכָאן פֵּרֵשׁ אֶת שְׁמוֹת שְׁנַיִם מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and behold at the entrance of the gate [twenty-five men]** They are the very same ones that he mentioned above (ad loc.): “their backs to the Temple of the Lord” except that he did not explain there who they were, and here he delineates the names of two of them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:3:1
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**הָאוֹמְרִים לֹא בְקָרוֹב.** יָבוֹאוּ דִּבְרֵי הַנְּבִיאִים עָלֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who say, ‘It is not near’** that the words of the prophets will come upon us.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:3:2
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**בְּנוֹת בָּתִּים.** אֵין לָחוּשׁ לָהֶם, אֶלָּא **בְּנוֹת בָּתִּים** וְשֶׁבֶת בְּתוֹכָם, כִּי לֹא נִגְלֶה מִן הָעִיר הַזֹּאת עַד מוֹתֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**build houses** We need not be concerned with them; rather build houses in which to dwell, for we shall not be exiled from this city until we die.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:3:3
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**הִיא הַסִּיר וַאֲנַחְנוּ הַבָּשָׂר.** כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֵין הַבָּשָׂר יוֹצֵא מִן הַסִּיר עַד גְּמַר בִּשּׁוּלוֹ, כָּךְ לֹא נֵצֵא מִמֶּנָּה עַד שֶׁנָּמוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it is the pot, and we are the meat** Just as the meat is not taken out of the pot until it has been completely cooked, neither shall we leave it until we die.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:5:1
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**כֵּן אֲמַרְתֶּם.** יָדַעְתִּי כִּי זֹאת אֲמַרְתֶּם, שֶׁיְּרוּשָׁלַיִם הַסִּיר וְאַתֶּם הַבָּשָׂר (יחזקאל יא:ג); וַאֲנִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם, כִּי לַחֲלָלִים שֶׁנְּתַתֶּם בָּהּ הִיא לְסִיר (יחזקאל יא:ז), שֶׁהֵם נִגְמְרוּ בָהּ, אֲבָל לָכֶם לֹא תִהְיֶה לְסִיר, לִקְלוֹט אֶתְכֶם עַד יוֹם מִיתָה, כִּי אֶתְכֶם אוֹצִיא מִתּוֹכָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So have you said** I know that you have said this, that Jerusalem is the pot and you are the meat, but I say to you that for the slain whom you have laid in it, it becomes a pot, for they are finished in it; but for you, it will not become a pot to retain you until the day of death, for you I shall take out of it.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:5:2
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**וּמַעֲלוֹת רוּחֲכֶם.** הָעוֹלֶה עַל דַּעְתְּכֶם, בּוֹטְרָ״א טָלַנְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and what enters your mind** [lit. what goes up in your spirit.] What goes up on your thoughts, votre talant in Old French, your mind [intentions].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:7:1
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**הוֹצִיא.** כְּמוֹ לְהוֹצִיא; וְלַשָּׁוְא בְּנִיתֶם הַבָּתִּים (יחזקאל יא:ג), כִּי בַּגָּלוּת תֵּלְכוּ, הָאָבוֹת וְהַבָּנִים, וְאֵין יוֹרֵשׁ אֶת הַבָּתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**take out** Heb. הוֹצִיא, like לְהוֹצִיא to take out. In vain have you built the houses, for you will go into exile, both the fathers and the sons, and no one will inherit the houses.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:8:1
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**חֶרֶב יְרֵאתֶם.** כְּשֶׁפְּנִיתֶם לְעֶזְרָה לְמֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּצִדְקִיָּהוּ ״וַיִּמְרֹד בּוֹ לִשְׁלֹחַ מַלְאָכָיו מִצְרַיִם״ (יחזקאל יז:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You feared the sword** when you turned for aid to the king of Egypt, as it is said regarding Zedekiah (17:15): “And he rebelled against him (the king of Babylon) by sending his emissaries to Egypt.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:10:1
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**עַל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל.** בְּסוֹף הַגְּבוּל; וְהִיא רִבְלָה אֶרֶץ חֲמָת (ירמיה לט:ה), הִיא אַנְטוֹכְיָא (ויקרא רבה ה:ב); שָׁם נִשְׁפַּט צִדְקִיָּהוּ בְּיַד נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּסֵפֶר מְלָכִים (מלכים ב כה:ו-ז), שָׁם שָׁחַט אֶת בָּנָיו, שָׁם נִקֵּר אֶת עֵינָיו; וְהִיא סוֹף הַגְּבוּל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בַּמְרַגְּלִים וּבְכַמָּה מְקוֹמוֹת: ״עַד לְבֹא חֲמָת״ (במדבר יג:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by the border of Israel** At the end of the boundary; that is Riblah, the land of Hamath, which is Antioch. There Zedekiah was judged by Nebuchadnezzar, as is stated in the Book of (II) Kings (25: 6f.). There he slaughtered his sons, there he put out his eyes. And it is the end of the boundary, as is said concerning the spies and in many places (Num. 13:21): “until... coming to Hamath.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:11:1
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**לֹא תִהְיֶה לָכֶם לְסִיר.** הַמְשַׁמֶּרֶת נְתָחֶיהָ עַד גְּמַר בִּשּׁוּלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**It will not become a pot for you** [A pot,] which retains its pieces until they are completely cooked.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:11:2
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**וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ בְתוֹכָהּ לְבָשָׂר.** שֶׁתִּנָּתְכוּ בְתוֹכָהּ וְתִשָּׁבְרוּ בְתוֹכָהּ כְּבָשָׂר בְּסִיר וּבְתוֹךְ קַלַּחַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but you will become in its midst as meat** for you will be melted in its midst, and you will be broken in its midst as meat in a pot and in a cauldron.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:11:3
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**אֶל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶשְׁפֹּט אֶתְכֶם.** וְלֹא בְתוֹכָהּ תָּמוּתוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by the border of Israel I will judge you** and not in its midst will you die.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:15:1
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**אַחֶיךָ אַחֶיךָ.** גָּלוּת שׁוֹמְרוֹן (מלכים ב יז) וְגָלוּת יְכָנְיָה (מלכים ב כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your brethren, your brethren** The exile of Samaria and the exile of Jeconiah.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:15:2
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**וְכָל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל.** שֶׁהָלְכוּ בַּגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the entire house of Israel** who have gone into exile.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:15:3
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**אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ לָהֶם.** אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ עֲלֵיהֶם יוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁלֹּא גָלוּ עִם יְכָנְיָה, שֶׁהִמְלִיךְ עֲלֵיהֶם נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר אֶת צִדְקִיָּהוּ (מלכים ב כד:יז), וְעַתָּה גַּם הֵם מְשַׂחֲקִים עַל אֲחֵיהֶם שֶׁגָּלוּ, וְאוֹמְרִים עֲלֵיהֶם: **רַחֲקוּ מֵעַל ה׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to whom...said** About whom theythe dwellers of Jerusalem who have not been exiled with Jeconiah, over whom Nebuchadnezzar enthroned Zedekiahsaid. Now they ridicule their brethren who have been exiled, and say about them, “They have distanced themselves from the Lord.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:16:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 11:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/11:16:1)

**לְמִקְדָּשׁ מְעַט.** ״לְבָתֵּי כְנִישְׁתָּא דְּאִינוּן יָתְבִין תַּנְיָין לְבֵית מִקְדָּשָׁא״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a minor sanctuary** Synagogues, which are in a position second to the Temple.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:19:1
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**לֵב בָּשָׂר.** לֵב רַךְ וְנוֹחַ לְהִכָּנַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a heart of flesh** A heart that is soft and easily submissive.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:21:1
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**וְאֶל לֵב שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם וְגוֹ׳.** וְאוֹתָם אֲשֶׁר אֶל לֵב שִׁקּוּץ וְתוֹעֵבָה **לִבָּם הוֹלֵךְ**, שֶׁנִּשְׁאֲרוּ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, שֶׁלֹּא גָלוּ, וְטוֹעִים בַּעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וְשִׁקּוּצִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But to the heart of their detestations, etc.** And as for those whose hearts go to every detestation and abomination, who remained in Jerusalem, who were not exiled, and who go astray after idolatry and detestations.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:21:2
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**דַּרְכָּם בְּרֹאשָׁם נָתַתִּי.** שֶׁאוֹצִיא עֲלֵיהֶם חֶרֶב וּשְׁבִי וְיֵלְכוּ בַגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have placed their way upon their heads** for I will draw the sword upon them, and [place them in] captivity, and they will go into exile.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:22:1
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**וַיִּשְׂאוּ הַכְּרוּבִים.** לְאַחַר שֶׁגָּמַר דְּבָרוֹ אֵלַי, נִסְתַּלֵּק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then the cherubim lifted** After He finished His words to me, He left.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:23:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 11:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/11:23:1)

**עַל הָהָר אֲשֶׁר מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר.** הוּא הַר הַזֵּיתִים, שֶׁהוּא בְּמִזְרָחוֹ שֶׁל הָעִיר, וְזֶה מַסָּע שְׁלִישִׁית (ראה רש״י יחזקאל ט:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the mountain that was on the east of the city** That is the Mount of Olives, which is east of the city, and this is the third stage [of the Shechinah’s departure].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 11:24:1
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**בַּמַּרְאֶה בְּרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים.** נִדְמֶה לִי כְּאִלּוּ עַכְשָׁיו הוּא מַחֲזִירֵנִי מִירוּשָׁלַיִם לְבָבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the vision, with the spirit of God** It seemed to me as though He now was taking me back from Jerusalem to Babylon.