## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 13

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:3:1
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**הַנְּבָלִים.** הַשּׁוֹטִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**mad** Heb. הַנְבָלִים, madmen.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:3:2
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**רוּחָם.** כְּמוֹ רְצוֹנָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their desire** Heb. רוּחָם [lit. their spirit,] like רְצוֹנָם, their will.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:4:1
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**כְּשׁוּעָלִים בָּחֳרָבוֹת.** כְּשֶׁיָּבֹא אָדָם עַל פֶּרֶץ הַחוּרְבָּה, בּוֹרֵחַ הַשּׁוּעָל עַל דֶּרֶךְ פֶּרֶץ אַחֶרֶת, וְאֵינוֹ עוֹמֵד בַּפֶּרֶץ לְהִלָּחֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like foxes in ruins** When a man comes upon a breach in a ruin, the fox flees through another breach, and it does not stand in the breach to fight.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:5:1
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**לֹא עֲלִיתֶם בַּפְּרָצוֹת.** לֹא עֲשִׂיתֶם מַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים, שֶׁתּוּכְלוּ לְעַכֵּב אֶת הָרָעָה מִלָּבֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have not gone up into the breaches** You did not do good deeds so that you could prevent the evil from coming.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:6:1
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**חָזוּ.** לְשׁוֹן נְבוּאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They prophesied** Heb. חָזוּ, a term for prophecy.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:6:2
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**וְיִחֲלוּ לְקַיֵּם דָּבָר.** וְאֵיךְ סְבוּרִים לְקַיֵּם דִּבְרֵיהֶם? לְשׁוֹן תּוֹחֶלֶת; וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים אִיקְוִוירִירַ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז; לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: לְשׁוֹן הַמְתָּנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and expect their words to be fulfilled** Heb. וְיִחֲלוּ . “Now how do they expect that their words will be fulfilled?” [The word is] an expression of hope (תּוֹחֶלֶת). Some say that it is ecuydiyant in Old French, and they hoped. [Other editions read: et croiront, and they believed.] Another explanation: An expression of waiting.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:10:1
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**וְהוּא בּוֹנֶה חַיִץ.** וְהִנֵּה עַמִּי כְּבוֹנִים בִּנְיַן מְחִיצָּה, וְהַנְּבִיאִים **טָחִים אוֹתוֹ תָּפֵל** – קַרְקַע הַדּוֹמֶה לְסִיד, וְאֵינוֹ מִתְקַיֵּם לִפְנֵי הַגְּשָׁמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it is building a flimsy wall** And behold My people are like builders of a partition, and the prophets are plastering with daub-earth similar to lime cement, but which does not resist the rains.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:10:2
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**תָּפֵל.** אוֹטוֹמְנָ״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז, וְיֵ״שׁ אוֹמְרִים בְּלַאשְׁטְנִיְיָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**daub** Heb. תָּפֵל, ajo[s]tamanz in Old French, coating, layer, and others say: plastre, plaster.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:11:1
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**וְאַתֵּנָה.** כְּמוֹ וְאֶתֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**then you** Heb. וְאַתֵּנָה, like וְאֶתֵּן [the second person pronoun in the feminine plural].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:11:2
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**אַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ.** אַבְנֵי בָּרָד גְּדוֹלוֹת, וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי, לְפִי שֶׁהֵם מַזְהִירוֹת כְּכָל אַבְנֵי גָבִישׁ (ברד) הוּא מְדַמֶּה אוֹתָם אֶל גָּבִישׁ, שֶׁהִיא אֶבֶן טוֹבָה, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״רָאמוֹת וְגָבִישׁ״ (איוב כח:יח). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (ברכות נד:): **אֶל גָּבִישׁ** – שֶׁעָמְדוּ בָאֲוִיר עַל גַּב אִישׁ, וְזֶהוּ מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ (במדבר יב:ג), שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וּמָטָר לֹא נִתַּךְ אָרְצָה״ (שמות ט:לג) – אוֹתָם שֶׁהִתְחִילוּ לִירֵד לֹא הִגִּיעוּ לָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**gigantic hailstones** Heb. אַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישּׁ, huge hailstones, and I say that because they shine as do all [crystal] hailstones, he likens them to crystal (גָבִישּׁ), which is a precious stone, as in the way that it is stated (Job 28:18): “Coral and crystal (וְגָבִישּׁ).” Our Sages (Ber. 54b) said: [They are called] אֶלְגָבִישּׁ because they [once] stood in the air over a man עַל גַב אִישּׁ, and this is Moses, our teacher, as it is said (Exod. 9: 33): “and rain did not reach the earth” those that started to fall did not reach the earth.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:11:3
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**תִּפֹּלְנָה.** עַל הַקִּיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will fall** on the wall.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:12:1
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**אַיֵּה הַטִּיחַ.** כָּךְ כְּשֶׁתָּבֹא הָרָעָה, יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם: **אַיֵּה** הַשָּׁלוֹם שֶׁהִבְטַחְתֶּם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Where is the plaster** When the calamity comes, such will be said to you: “Where is the peace that you promised?”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:14:1
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**הַקִּיר.** הִיא יְרוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the wall** That is Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:18:1
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**הוֹי לִמְתַפְּרוֹת כְּסָתוֹת.** קוֹטְרָ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז. כְּמִין כְּסָתוֹת קְטַנּוֹת הָיוּ תּוֹפְרוֹת וְתוֹלוֹת לַנִּשְׁאָלִים אֲלֵיהֶם עַל **אֲצִילֵי יְדֵיהֶם**, וְקוֹסְמוֹת לָהֶם בְּאוֹתָן כְּסָתוֹת קֶסֶם שְׁקָרִים, וּלְמִי שֶׁהֵם חֲפֵצוֹת אוֹמְרוֹת קֶסֶם טוֹב, וּלְמִי שֶׁרוֹצוֹת אוֹמְרוֹת קֶסֶם רָע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Woe to those who sew cushions** Heb. לִמְתַפְּרוֹת, coseres(es) in Old French, needle-women; coudre, to sew. They would sew something like small cushions and hang them on the armpits of those consulting them, and they would divine with those cushions with a false divination; and to those whom they wished, they would tell a favorable divination, and to whom they wished, they would tell an unfavorable divination.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:18:2
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**אֲצִילֵי.** אֵיישִׁיל״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**armpits** Heb. אַצִילֵי, aisselles in French.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:18:3
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**אַצִּילֵי יָדַי.** כְּמוֹ ׳אַצִּילֵי יָדַיִם׳, כְּמוֹ ״תַּלְמֵי שָׂדָי״ (הושע י:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**armpits** Heb. אַצִילֵי יָדַי, like אַצִילֵי יָדַיִם, as in (Hosea 12:12): “the furrows of the fields (שָׂדָי).”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:18:4
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**וְעוֹשׂוֹת הַמִּסְפָּחוֹת.** עַל רָאשֵׁי הָאֲנָשִׁים, אַף הֵם לִקְסֹם בָּהֶם; וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מַה הֵם, וּמִתּוֹךְ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר **וְקָרַעְתִּי אֹתָם** אוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁהֵן שֶׁל בֶּגֶד; וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגְּמוֹ: ״פַּת כּוּמְרִים״, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם ״בָּמוֹת טְלֻאוֹת״ (יחזקאל טז:טז): ״מְחַפְיָין פַּת כּוּמְרִים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and who make the veils** on the heads of people. They, too, are made to divine with, but I do not know what they are. Since it says (verse 21), “And I shall tear them,” I say that they are of cloth, and Jonathan renders: פַּת כּוּמָרִין, embroidered cloths over the heads of idolatrous statues, and so he renders (16:16): “mounds of striped clothing” בָּמוֹת טְלֻאוֹת covered with פַּת כּוּמָרִין “cloths of idolatrous statues.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:18:5
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**הַמִּסְפָּחוֹת.** כְּמוֹ ״סְפָחֵנִי נָא״ (שמואל א ב:לו), לִישָׁאגְמַנְ״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז, וְיֵשׁ לוֹעֲזִים פְּלַטְרַאיִי״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the veils** Heb. הָמִּסְפָּחוֹת, like (I Sam. 2: 36): “Allow me to join (סָפְחֵנִי).” Faltres in Old French, veils, wraps, coverings.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:18:6
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**לְצוֹדֵד נְפָשׁוֹת.** בָּהֶן הֵן צָדוֹת הַנְּפָשׁוֹת לְגֵיהִנֹּם, שֶׁמַּחֲזִיקוֹת יְדֵי הָרְשָׁעִים (יחזקאל יג:כב) לִקְסֹם לָהֶם שָׁלוֹם, וּמְרַפּוֹת יְדֵי צַדִּיקִים לִקְסֹם לָהֶם רָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to ensnare souls** With them they ensnare souls for Gehinnom, for they encourage the wicked by divining favorably for them, and they discourage the righteous by divining unfavorably for them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:18:7
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**הַנְּפָשׁוֹת תְּצוֹדֵדְנָה וגו׳.** תְּמִיהָּ הִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will you ensnare the souls, etc.** This is a rhetorical question.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:18:8
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**וּנְפָשׁוֹת לָכֶנָה תְחַיֶּינָה.** לָכֶנָה – כְּמוֹ ׳לָכֶן׳, שֶׁאַתֶּנָה נוֹטְלוֹת שָׂכָר עַל כָּךְ וּמִתְפַּרְנְסוֹת בְּכָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and sustain your own souls** Heb. לָכֶנָה, like לָכֶן, for you take reward for this and thereby earn a livelihood.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:19:1
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**בְּשַׁעֲלֵי שְׂעוֹרִים.** כְּמוֹ ״מִי מָדַד בְּשָׁעֳלוֹ מַיִם״ (ישעיהו מ:יב), אוֹנְגְיָאלוֹנִיאָ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: לְשׁוֹן מִדָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for fistfuls of barley** Heb. בְּשֳּׁעֲלֵי, like (Isa. 40:12): “Who measured water with his fist (בְּשָּׁעֳלוֹ)?” Jaloynes in Old French, double-handfuls. Another explanation: an expression of a measure.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:19:2
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**וּבִפְתוֹתֵי לֶחֶם.** אִיאַנְפִּיצָ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, שֶׁאַתֶּן נוֹטְלוֹת בִּשְׂכַרְכֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for morsels of bread** E an piyezes in Old French, and with morsels, that you take as your fee.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:19:3
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**לְהָמִית נְפָשׁוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא תְמוּתֶנָה.** כְּלוֹמַר, לֵאמֹר עַל נְפָשׁוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא תְמוּתֶנָה: אֵלּוּ יָמוּתוּ, וְלֵאמַר עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא תִחְיֶינָה: יִחְיוּ; כִּי קְסָמֵיכֶם שֶׁקֶר, וְעַמִּי מְקַבְּלִים אֶת קִסְמֵי כָזָב שֶׁלָּכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to slay souls that will not die** i.e., to say about souls that will not die, “These will die,” and to say about souls that will not live, “These will live,” for your divinations are false, and My people accept your false divinations.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:20:1
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**לְפֹרְחוֹת.** לִהְיוֹת פּוֹרְחוֹת עַל יְדֵיכֶן לְגֵיהִנֹּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to fly away** To fly to Gehinnom because of you.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:20:2
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**וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אֶת הַנְּפָשׁוֹת.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״וַאֲשֵׁזִיב יָת נַפְשָׁתָא דְּאַתּוּן מְחַרְשָׁן יָת נַפְשֵׁיהֶן לַאֲבָדוּתָהּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I shall free the people whose souls** As the Targum renders: and I shall save the people upon whose souls you cast a spell to destroy them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:20:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 13:20:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/13:20:3)

**אֶת נְפָשִׁים.** אֶת אֲנָשִׁים, לִהְיוֹת הַנְּפָשׁוֹת פּוֹרְחוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whose souls** The people [whose souls you ensure] to fly away.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 13:22:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 13:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/13:22:1)

**יַעַן הַכְאוֹת לֵב צַדִּיק שֶׁקֶר.** כְּשֶׁאַתֶּן קוֹסְמוֹת לוֹ רָעָה, הוּא מִצְטַעֵר וְלִבּוֹ נִכְאֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because you break the heart of the righteous one with falsehood** When you divine unfavorably for him, and he is anguished, and his heart is broken.