## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 12

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:3:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:3:1)

**כְּלֵי גוֹלָה.** כְּלִי לִשְׁתּוֹת, וּמְקִידָה קְטַנָּה (משנה שבת כד,ה) לָלוּשׁ בָּהּ חֲרָרָה (תנחומא בא ט), אוֹת לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁיַּעֲשׂוּ כֵן, וְלֹא יִצְטָרְכוּ לָלוּשׁ בָּצֵק בְּגוּמָא עַל גַּבֵּי קַרְקַע וְהַחֲצָצִים נִכְנָסִים בְּתוֹכוֹ; וְהֵם לֹא שָׁמְעוּ לוֹ, וְהֻצְרְכוּ לְכָךְ, וְהוּא הַכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר קִינוֹת ״וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ שִׁנִּי״ (איכה ג:טז) – בְּמִדְרַשׁ קִינוֹת (איכה רבה א:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**implements for exile** A vessel from which to drink and a small earthen bowl in which to knead a cake, as a sign for the house of Israel in Jerusalem to do likewise, so that they would not have to knead dough in a hole on the ground with the gravel going into it. But they did not heed him, and they had to do just that. This is what is written in the Book of Lamentations (3:16): “Indeed, He made my teeth grind on gravel.” In Midrash Lamentations.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:3:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:3:2)

**וְגָלֵה יוֹמָם.** מִיּוֹם אֶל יוֹם, שְׁנַיִם שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים, נְהוֹג בְּעַצְמְךָ כְּאָדָם הַמֵּכִין צְעָדָיו לְגָלוּת, שֶׁיִּרְאוּ בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה וְיִשְׁאֲלוּ: מַה מַּעֲשֶׂיךָ? וְאַתָּה תַּגִּיד לָהֶם: שֶׁסִּימָן הוּא לְצִדְקִיָּהוּ וְעַמּוֹ; וְיִשְׁלְחוּ אֵלֵיהֶם אֵלּוּ אֶת שְׁלוּחֵיהֶם, וְיוֹדִיעוּ לַאֲחֵיהֶם וּקְרוֹבֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר שָׁם כְּכָל אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְעוּ מִפִּיךָ. וְכֵן כָּל ׳יוֹמָם׳ שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא לְשׁוֹן ׳יוֹם יוֹם׳ הוּא, דָּבָר הַנּוֹהֵג יָמִים רַבִּים, כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי מִשְּׁמוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי מְנַחֵם, וֶאֱמֶת דְּבָרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and go into exile day by day** Heb. יוֹמָם, from day to day, two or three days, behave like a man preparing his steps for exile, so that the people of the exile will see and ask what you are doing, and you shall tell them that it symbolizes Zedekiah and his people [in Jerusalem], and these people will send their messengers and inform their brothers and relatives who are there, according to everything they hear from your mouth. Likewise, every [occurrence of] יוֹמָם in Scripture is an expression denoting “day by day,” something that goes on [continually] for many days. This I heard in the name of Rabbi Menachem, and his words are true.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:3:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:3:3)

**אוּלַי יִרְאוּ.** שֶׁמָּא יָבִינוּ, אֶפְּרְצְבְרוֹנְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**perhaps they will see** Perhaps they will understand, apercevront in French, they will realize.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:3:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:3:4)

**כִּי בֵית מְרִי הֵמָּה.** לְפִיכָךְ עֲדַיִן הוּא שֶׁמָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for a rebellious house are they** Therefore, it is still a “perhaps.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:4:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:4:1)

**כְּמוֹצָאֵי.** קוֹמָ״א אִישׁוּאָ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the departures of** Heb. כְּמוֹצָאֵי, come issues, essues in Old French, [comme les issues in modern French] like the departures.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:5:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:5:1)

**חֲתָר לְךָ בַקִּיר.** סִימָן לְצִדְקִיָּהוּ שֶׁיָּצָא דֶּרֶךְ מַחְתֶּרֶת מְעָרָה (יחזקאל יב:יג), כִּי יָרֵא לָצֵאת דֶּרֶךְ בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא מִפְּנֵי הַכַּשְׂדִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**dig for yourself in the wall** Symbolic of Zedekiah, who [later] went out through a tunnel [leading into] a cave, for he was afraid to go out in the open because of the Chaldeans.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:6:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:6:1)

**בָּעֲלָטָה תוֹצִיא.** לִכְשֶׁתֶּחְשַׁךְ תּוֹצִיא אֶת כֵּלֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the dark you shall bring [them] out** When it becomes dark, you shall bring out your implements.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:7:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:7:1)

**כֵּלַי הוֹצֵאתִי כִּכְלֵי גוֹלָה יוֹמָם.** יוֹם יוֹם הָיִיתִי מַרְאֶה לָהֶם שֶׁאֲנִי מְתַקֵּן לְעַצְמִי כְּלֵי גוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I brought out my implements as implements for exile, from day to day** Every day, I would show them that I was preparing for myself implements for exile.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:10:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:10:1)

**הַנָּשִׂיא הַמַּשָּׂא הַזֶּה.** עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ צִדְקִיָּהוּ אֲנִי מַרְאֶה **הַמַּשָּׂא הַזֶּה**; לְשׁוֹן נְבוּאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[Concerning] the prince is this burden** Concerning King Zedekiah, I am showing this מַשָּׂא, burden, an expression denoting prophecy.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:12:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:12:1)

**פָּנָיו יְכַסֶּה.** מֵחֲמַת כְּלִימָה, שֶׁהוּא בּוֹרֵחַ מִן הָעִיר לַיְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He will cover his face** because of shame, that he is fleeing from the city at night.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:13:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:13:1)

**וּפָרַשְׂתִּי אֶת רִשְׁתִּי עָלָיו.** מְעָרָה הָיְתָה לוֹ מִבֵּיתוֹ עַד עַרְבוֹת יְרִיחוֹ, וְיָצָא דֶּרֶךְ הַמְּעָרָה (פסיקתא רבתי כו); מָה עָשָׂה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא? הֵבִיא צְבִי אֶחָד לִפְנֵי חֵיל כַּשְׂדִּים, וְהָלַךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם עַל גַּג הַמְּעָרָה וְהֵם רוֹדְפִים אוֹתוֹ, וּכְשֶׁיָּצָא צִדְקִיָּהוּ מִן הַמְּעָרָה בְּעַרְבוֹת יְרִיחוֹ רָאוּהוּ יוֹצֵא וּתְפָשׂוּהוּ (ראה רש״י מלכים ב כה:ד; ירמיה לט:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I shall spread my net over him** There was a cave [extending] from his house to the plains of Jericho, and he went out through the cave. What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do? He brought before the army of the Chaldeans a deer which was walking before them on the roof of the cave, and they [began] chasing it. And when Zedekiah emerged from the cave in the plains of Jericho, they saw him emerging and caught him.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:13:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:13:2)

**וְאוֹתָהּ לֹא יִרְאֶה.** כִּי בְרִבְלָה בְּאֶרֶץ חֲמָת דִּבֵּר אִתּוֹ מִשְׁפָּטִים וְעִוֵּר אֶת עֵינָיו, וְאַחַר כָּךְ הֱבִיאוֹ לְבָבֶל, כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּסֵפֶר מְלָכִים (מלכים ב כה:ה-ז) וּבְיִרְמְיָה (לט:ה-ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he will not see it** because in Riblah in the land of Hamath, he [Nebuchadnezzar] called him to account and blinded his eyes. Afterwards, they brought him to Babylon, as is stated in the Book of (II) Kings (25:7 and in Jer. 39:7).


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:14:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:14:1)

**וְכָל אֲגַפָּיו.** שָׂרָיו. וּמְנַחֵם פָּתַר בּוֹ לְשׁוֹן כְּנָפַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all his officers** Heb. אֲגַפָּיו, his officers, and Menachem (p. 15) interpreted it as an expression of wings (גף).


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:14:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:14:2)

**אֱזָרֶה לְכָל רוּחַ.** אֶפַּנְדְרִ״י בְּלַעַ״ז, הֵם יוֹחָנָן בֶּן קָרֵחַ וְשָׂרֵי הַחַיָּלִים שֶׁגָּלוּ לְמִצְרַיִם, וְשָׁם הִשִּׂיגָתָם חַרְבּוֹ שֶׁל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר כְּשֶׁהֶחֱרִיב אֶת מִצְרַיִם (ירמיה מג:ז-יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will scatter to every direction** Heb. אֱזָרֶה, epandre in Old French, to disperse, and they are Johanan the son of Kareah and the officers of the armies, who were exiled to Egypt, where the sword of Nebuchadnezzar overtook them when he destroyed Egypt.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:16:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:16:1)

**לְמַעַן יְסַפְּרוּ אֶת כָּל תּוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶם.** וְיֹאמְרוּ: בַּעֲוֹנֵינוּ לָקִינוּ, כִּי כָזֹאת וְכָזֹאת עָשִׂינוּ; וְאוֹדִיעַ כִּי לֹא עַל חִנָּם כִּלִּיתִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so that they will tell of all their abominations** and they will say, “Because of our sins, we have suffered, since such-and-such things we did,” and I shall make known that I had not annihilated you for nothing.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:19:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:19:1)

**מִמְּלוֹאָהּ.** מֵעָשְׁרָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of its fullness** Of its wealth.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:19:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:19:2)

**מֵחֲמַס כָּל הַיּוֹשְׁבִים בָּהּ.** בַּעֲוֹן חֲמַס יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of the violence of all who dwell therein** Because of the iniquity of the violence of its dwellers.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:20:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:20:1)

**הַנּוֹשָׁבוֹת.** לִי״שׁ אַשֵׁיּיאַ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the inhabited** Heb. הַנוֹשָבוֹת, les assiyes, inhabited.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:22:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:22:1)

**מָה הַמָּשָׁל הַזֶּה.** לָמָּה אַתֶּם מוֹשְׁלִים כֵּן תָּמִיד בְּפִיכֶם, לִמְשׁוֹל דָּבָר זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**what is this proverb** Why do you constantly use this proverb with your mouth, to make a proverb of this matter?


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:22:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:22:2)

**יַאַרְכוּ הַיָּמִים.** וְלֹא תָבֹא הַפּוּרְעָנוּת, וּבְתוֹךְ כָּךְ יֹאבַד הַחָזוֹן הָרָע שֶׁהַנְּבִיאִים נִבָּאִים לָנוּ, וְיִשְׁתַּכַּח וְיִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The days will draw on** and the retribution will not come, and meanwhile, the evil prophecy that the prophets are prophesying about us will be lost, and it will be forgotten and disappear.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:23:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:23:1)

**יִמְשְׁלוּ.** לְשׁוֹן מָשָׁל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**use it as a proverb** Heb. יִמְשְּׁלוּ, from the word מָשָּׁל, a proverb.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:24:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:24:1)

**כִּי לֹא יִהְיֶה עוֹד כָּל חֲזוֹן שָׁוְא.** לֹא יוּכְלוּ עוֹד נְבִיאֵי הַשֶּׁקֶר לְהַבְטִיחַ אֶתְכֶם שָׁלוֹם עַל שֶׁקֶר, כִּי מְהֵרָה אַקְדִּים אֶת דִּבְרֵי נְבִיאֵי הָאֱמֶת לָבוֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For there will never again be any false prophecy** The false prophets will no longer be able to promise you peace with falsehood, for speedily I will bring near the [realization of the] words of the true prophets.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:24:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:24:2)

**מִקְסַם חָלָק.** דִּבְנַיְּלָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז, קֶסֶם שֶׁל חֲלַקְלַקּוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**glib divination** Heb. מִקְסַם חָלָק, devinaylle in Old French, soothsaying, divination. Divination of smoothness.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:25:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:25:1)

**תִּמָּשֵׁךְ.** שר״א אֲלוֹנְגִי״אָ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will be drawn out** Heb. תִּמָשֵּׁך, sera allongee in French, will be deferred, delayed.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 12:27:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 12:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/12:27:1)

**לְיָמִים רַבִּים.** הַנְּבוּאָה לֹא תִתְקַיֵּים אֶלָּא לִזְמַן מְרֻבֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for many days** The prophecy will not be fulfilled except after a long time.