## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 22

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:2:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:2:1)

**וַיְהִי דְבַר ה׳ אֵלַי לֵאמֹר. הֲתִשְׁפֹּט אֶת עִיר הַדָּמִים.** יְרוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will you judge the city of bloodshed** Jerusalem.


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

**וְהוֹדַעְתָּהּ.** מֵפִיק הֵ״א וְהוֹדַעְתָּהּ, אוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and let her know** The “heh” in והודעתה is pointed, so that the meaning is, “and let her know.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:3:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:3:1)

**עִיר שׁוֹפֶכֶת דָּם בְּתוֹכָהּ לָבוֹא עִתָּהּ.** הֲרֵי זֶה מִקְרָא מְסֹרָס, וְזֶהוּ פֵּירוּשׁוֹ: **עִיר שׁוֹפֶכֶת דָּם בְּתוֹכָהּ**, אָמַר ה׳ אֱלֹהִים, **לָבוֹא עִתָּהּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O city that sheds blood in her midst, her time is approaching** This is a transposed verse, and this is its meaning: A city that sheds blood in her midst the Lord God said that its time is coming.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:3:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:3:2)

**וְעָשְׂתָה גִלּוּלִים.** כְּמוֹ וַאֲשֶׁר עָשְׂתָה גִלּוּלִים וְגוֹ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and makes idols** Like “and which makes idols, etc.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:4:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:4:1)

**עַד שְׁנוֹתָיִךְ.** גְּזֵרַת ״וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּם״ (דברים ד:כה) בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שֶׁאָמַר מֹשֶׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**up to your years** The decree of (Deut. 4:25): “and you will have grown old,” with its numerical value, which Moses said.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:4:2
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**וְקַלָּסָה.** דִּבָּה; שֶׁהַכֹּל נִדְבָּרִים בָּךְ; פַּרְלְרִי״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and [a subject of] gossip** Heb. וְקַלָסָה, gossip, that everyone will speak about you, parlediz in Old French, [subject of] gossip.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:5:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:5:1)

**יִתְקַלְּסוּ בָךְ.** וּמָה הִיא הַקַּלָּסוּת? **טְמֵאַת הַשֵּׁם**. זוֹ הִיא שֶׁטִּמֵּאת אֶת שְׁמָהּ; שֶׁהָיוּ נִקְרָאִים ״עַם קָדוֹשׁ״, ״בָּנִים״ לְיוֹצְרָם (דברים יד:א-ב), וְגָרְמוּ עַצְמָם לְהִקָּרְאוֹת ״עַם טְמֵא שְׂפָתַיִם״ (ישעיהו ו:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will gossip about you** And what is the gossip?...**whose name is so befouled** This is she who befouled her name, for they were called a holy people, sons of their Creator, and they caused themselves to be called (Isa. 6:5) “a people of unclean lips.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:6:1
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**אִישׁ לִזְרוֹעוֹ.** כָּל דְּאַלִּים גָּבַר (בבא בתרא לד:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**each one by his own arm** Whoever was stronger overpowered [the other].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:7:1
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**אָב וָאֵם הֵקַלּוּ בָךְ.** כָּל הַתּוֹעֵבוֹת שֶׁבְּפָרָשַׁת קְדֹשִׁים תִּהְיוּ (ויקרא יט-כ), שֶׁהוּזְהֲרוּ עֲלֵיהֶם, נִמְנוּ כָאן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Father and mother are held light in you** All the abominations in the section of (Lev. 19, 20) “You shall be holy,” about which they were warned, are enumerated here.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:8:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:8:1)

**קָדָשַׁי בָּזִית.** וְלֹא כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי ״לִרְצֹנְכֶם תִּזְבָּחוּ״ (ויקרא יט:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My holy things have you despised** And not as I said (Lev. 22:29): “you shall slaughter it as an expression of your good will.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:9:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:9:1)

**וְאֶל הֶהָרִים אָכְלוּ בָךְ.** ״וּבְטוּרַיָּא פְּלָחוּ בֵּיךְ לְטָעֲוָותָא״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and in you they have eaten upon the mountains** and on the mountains they have worshipped in you to pagan deities.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:9:2
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**זִמָּה עָשׂוּ.** עֵצוֹת שֶׁל רְשָׁעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have held wicked plans** Heb. זִמָה, plans of wickedness.


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

**וַתְּבַצְּעִי רֵעַיִךְ בַּעֹשֶׁק.** הֶעֱשַׁרְתְּ אֶת אוֹהֲבַיִךְ בָּעֹשֶׁק שֶׁעָשַׁקְתְּ מִן הָעֲנִיִּים. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **וַתְּבַצְּעִי** – לְשׁוֹן גֶּזֶל, כְּמוֹ ״וּבֹצֵעַ בֵּרֵךְ נִאֵץ ה׳״ (תהלים י:ג); וְכֹה פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: וַתִּגְזְלִי לְרֵעַיִךְ בְּעֹשֶׁק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and enriched your neighbors with dishonest gain** You made your friends rich with the dishonest gain that you gained dishonestly from the poor. Another explanation: וַתְּבַצְעִי is a form of a word for robbery, like (Ps. 10:3): “and the robber (וּבֹצֵעַ) blesses himself for having blasphemed the Lord.” Accordingly, its interpretation is: and you robbed your friends with affliction.


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

**הִכֵּיתִי כַפִּי.** צָעַקְתִּי וַוי וְקִינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I clapped My hands together** I cried out, “Woe!” and lamentation.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:13:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:13:2)

**אֶל בִּצְעֵיךְ.** כָּאן לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁהַגָּזֵל קָשֶׁה מִן הַכֹּל, שֶׁעָלָיו נִתְחַתֵּם גְּזַר דִּין (קהלת רבה ג:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over your dishonest gain** Here we learn that robbery is more severe than all of them, for their verdict was sealed because of it.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:14:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:14:1)

**אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי עוֹשֶׂה אוֹתָךְ.** פּוֹעֵל לָךְ כְּפָעֳלֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that I will deal with you** That I will deal with you according to your deeds.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:15:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:15:1)

**וְהַתִּמּוֹתִי.** וְכִלִּיתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will make...completely disappear** And I will end.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:16:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:16:1)

**וְנִחַלְתְּ בָּךְ.** תִּתְחַלְחֲלִי בְּעַצְמֵךְ עַל מַה שֶּׁעָשִׂית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you shall be profaned within yourself** Heb. וְנִחַלְתָּ בָּךְ, you shall be profaned within yourself for what you have done.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:18:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:18:1)

**לְסִיג.** תַּעֲרֹבֶת פְּסֹלֶת הַמְּעֹרָב בְּכֶסֶף וְזָהָב, וְצָרִיךְ לְהַתִּיכוֹ בָּאֵשׁ לְצָרְפוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**dross** A mixture of dross mixed in silver and gold, and it is necessary to smelt it in fire to refine it.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:18:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:18:2)

**כּוּר.** שֶׁצּוֹרְפִין בּוֹ זָהָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a furnace** in which gold is refined.


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

**קְבֻצַת כֶּסֶף.** כַּאֲשֶׁר יְקַבֵּץ הַצּוֹרֵף אֶת כָּל הַסִּיגִים **אֶל תּוֹךְ כּוּר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As they gather silver** As the silversmith gathers all the dross into the furnace.


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

**לָפַחַת.** לְנַפֵּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to blow** Heb. לָפַחַת, to blow (לְנַפֵּחַ).


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:20:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:20:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:20:3)

**לְהַנְתִּיךְ.** ״וְיָצַקְתָּ״ (שמות כה:יב) מְתַרְגֵּם: ״וְתַתִּיךְ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to melt** Heb. לְהַנְתִּיךְ. (Exod. 25:12) “and cast (וְיָצַקְתָּ)” is translated into Aramaic as וְתַתִּיךְ.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:24:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:24:1)

**לֹא גֻשְׁמָהּ בְּיוֹם זָעַם.** לֹא נִתַּן גֶּשֶׁם הָרָאוּי לָהּ לְטַהֵר **בְּיוֹם זָעַם**; וּפֵירוּשׁ הַדָּבָר כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״לָא אִיתְעֲבִידוּ בָהּ עוֹבְדִין טָבִין דְּיִגְנוּן עֲלָהּ בְּיוֹם לְוָוט״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it was not rained upon on the day of fury** The rain fit to cleanse it on the day of fury was not given it, and the explanation of the matter is as the Targum paraphrases: Good deeds were not performed in her which would protect her on the day of curse.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:25:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:25:1)

**קֶשֶׁר נְבִיאֶיהָ.** נִקְשָׁרִים יַחַד בְּעֵצָה רָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There is a conspiracy of her prophets** Heb. קֶשֶׁר [lit. a knot]. They are joined together in an evil counsel.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:25:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:25:2)

**נֶפֶשׁ אָכָלוּ.** שֶׁהָיוּ נוֹטְלִין שֹׁחַד וּמַחֲזִיקִין יְדֵי מְרֵעִים, לַהֲרֹג וְלִשְׁלֹל וְלָבֹז, וְנִבָּאִין לָהֶם שָׁלוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they devoured souls** For they would take bribes and strengthen the hands of evildoers to kill and plunder and rob, and then they would prophesy peace for them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:25:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:25:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:25:3)

**חֹסֶן.** מָמוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**riches** Heb. חֹסֶן, money.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:26:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:26:1)

**חָמְסוּ תוֹרָתִי.** עֲלֵיהֶם הָיָה לְהוֹכִיחַ וּלְהוֹרוֹת וּלְהוֹדִיעַ חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט, וְלֹא עָשׂוּ, הֲרֵי זֶה **חָמָס**, שֶׁחֲמָסוּהָ מִן הַצְּרִיכִין לִלְמֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**robbed My Torah** It was incumbent upon them to reprove, to instruct, and to make known statutes and ordinances, but they did not do so. This is robbery, for they robbed it from those who needed to learn.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:26:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:26:2)

**וָאֵחַל.** וְנִתְחַלַּלְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I was profaned in their midst** Heb. וָאֵחַל, and I was profaned.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:27:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:27:1)

**לְמַעַן בְּצֹעַ בָּצַע.** לַחֲטֹף מָמוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the sake of dishonest gain** To seize money.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 22:28:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 22:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/22:28:1)

**טָחוּ לָהֶם תָּפֵל.** דּוֹמִין לְטָחֵי בִּנְיָן בְּטִיט שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְעֻבָּד כָּל צָרְכּוֹ, שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ תֶּבֶן, וְהוּא נִפְשָׁר מֵאֵלָיו בְּבֹא עָלָיו גְּשָׁמִים; וְלָשׁוֹן **תָּפֵל** – כָּל דָּבָר הַמְחֻסָּר תִּקּוּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**plastered for them with daub** They are like those who plaster a building with plaster that is not completely processed, which has no straw; it dissolves by itself when rain falls on it. The expression תָּפֵל means anything that is lacking preparation.