## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 3

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

**וָאֹכְלָה וַתְּהִי בְפִי וְגוֹ׳.** ״וְקַבִּילְתַּהּ וַהֲווֹ פִּתְגָּמָהּא בְּפוּמִי כִּדְבַשׁ חֲלִי״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so I ate, and in my mouth, etc.** I accepted it, and its words were in my mouth as sweet honey.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:5:1
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**עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה.** שֶׁיְּהֵא לָהֶם לָשׁוֹן עָמוֹק, שֶׁאֵינְךָ מַכִּיר בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of an unfathomable language** Who have a deep language, which you do not understand.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:5:2
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**אֶל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל.** כִּי **אֶל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל** אֲנִי שׁוֹלְחֶךָ, אֲשֶׁר לְשׁוֹנָם כִּלְשׁוֹנְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the house of Israel** But to the house of Israel I send you, whose language is like your language.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:6:1
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**אִם לֹא אֲלֵיהֶם שְׁלַחְתִּיךָ וְגוֹ׳.** לָשׁוֹן שְׁבוּעָה הִיא: אִם אֲלֵיהֶם שְׁלַחְתִּיךָ, חַי אֲנִי **אִם לֹא הֵמָּה יִשְׁמְעוּ אֵלֶיךָ**, וּמִקְרָא מְסֹרָס הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**had I sent you to them, etc.** [lit. had I not sent you to them, they would hearken to you.] This is an expression of an oath: Had I sent you to themas I live, if they would not hearken to you! [i.e.,] this is a transposed verse.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:9:1
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**כְּשָׁמִיר.** מִין תּוֹלַעַת הוּא, שֶׁמַּרְאִין אוֹתוֹ עַל הָאֶבֶן וְהִיא נִבְקַעַת כְּנֶגְדּוֹ (ירושלמי סוטה ט:יג). (הגה: לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר **שָׁמִיר** לְשׁוֹן סֶלַע חָזָק, וּבְתַרְגּוּם יְרוּשַׁלְמִי הוּא תַּרְגּוּם שֶׁל צוּר, וְכֵן תַּרְגּוּם ״מִצּוּר הַחַלָּמִישׁ״ (דברים ח:טו) ״שָׁמִיר טְנָרָא״. וְיֵשׁ מַשְׁמָע שָׁמִיר הַבַּרְזֶל הֶחָזָק, כִּי כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּקְרָא הַצּוּר הֶחָזָק שָׁמִיר, כְּמוֹ כֵן נִקְרָא הַבַּרְזֶל שָׁמִיר בִּשְׁבִיל חָזְקוֹ סא״א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As shamir** It is a kind of worm, to which they show a stone, and it [the stone] splits in front of it. [Gloss: Another explanation: Shumir is a term for a strong rock, and in Targum Yerushalmi it is used as the translation of צוּר, rock, and so too is the Targum of מִצוּר הָחֲלָמִישּׂ as מִשְּׂמִיר טִנָרָא “out of the flinty rock” (Deut. 8:15). Shamir also means the strongest iron. For just as the strongest rock is called shamir, so is the [element] iron called shamir because of its strength. [This does not appear in all editions.]


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:11:1
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**כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהִים.** הַנְּבוּאָה הַזֹּאת לְאָמְרָהּ אֲלֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So said the Lord God** this prophecy, to say it to you.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:11:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 3:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/3:11:2)

**אִם יִשְׁמְעוּ.** אוֹ יִשְׁמְעוּ אוֹ **יֶחְדָּלוּ**, אַתָּה אֱמוֹר אוֹתָהּ **אֲלֵיהֶם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whether they will listen or they will forbear** you say it to them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:12:1
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**וַתִּשָּׂאֵנִי רוּחַ.** לְאַחַר שֶׁגָּמַר דְּבָרָיו, צִוָּה אֶל הָרוּחַ לְשֵׂאתוֹ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And a wind lifted me up** After He finished His words, He commanded the wind to carry me to the place where the people of the exile were.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:13:1
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**מַשִּׁיקוֹת.** לְשׁוֹן נְשִׁיקָה, מַקִּישׁוֹת זוֹ אֶל זוֹ, וְשִׁיר נִשְׁמָע בְּהַקָּשָׁתָן, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאוֹמֵר לְמַעְלָה ״וָאֶשְׁמַע אֶת קוֹל כַּנְפֵיהֶם״ (יחזקאל א:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**touching** Heb. מַשִּׁיקוֹת, an expression of kissing (נְשִּׁיקָה). They would knock one against the other, and a song was heard with their knocking, as he said above (1:24): “And I heard the sound of their wings.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:14:1
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**וָאֵלֵךְ מַר.** שֶׁהָיָה קָשֶׁה בְּעֵינַי לְקַנְתֵּר אֶת בְּנֵי עַמִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I went, embittered** because it was distasteful to me to chide the children of my people.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:14:2
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**וְיַד ה׳ עָלַי חֲזָקָה.** אָכְפּוֹ וְכֹחוֹ, לְהוֹלִיכֵנִי עַל כָּרְחִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the hand of the Lord became strong upon me** His coercion and His strength to lead me against my will.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:15:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 3:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/3:15:1)

**תֵּל אָבִיב.** לְתֵל אָבִיב, שֵׁם מָקוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Tel Aviv** To Tel Aviv, a place name.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:15:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 3:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/3:15:2)

**מַשְׁמִים.** מִשְׁתּוֹמֵם, אָדָם מְשֻׁתָּק מִלְּדַבֵּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**bewildered** Heb. מַשְּׁמִים, bewildered, a man silenced and unable to speak.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:17:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 3:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/3:17:1)

**צוֹפֶה נְתַתִּיךָ.** לָמָּה אַתָּה שׁוֹתֵק? הֲלֹא כַּצּוֹפֶה, שֶׁמַּעֲמִידִים עַל הַמִּגְדָּלִים לִרְאוֹת אִם יָבוֹאוּ גְּיָסוֹת לָעִיר, יִתְקַע בַּשּׁוֹפָר לְהַזְהִיר אֶת הָעָם שֶׁיִּתְכַּנְּסוּ וְיִתְחַזְּקוּ, כֵּן נְתַתִּיךָ לְהַזְהִירָם, לְהִשָּׁמֵר מִן הַפֻּרְעָנוּת שֶׁלֹּא אֲבִיאֶנּוּ עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have made you a lookout** Why are you silent? Is it not as a lookoutone who is appointed over the towers to see to it that if armies come to the city, the shofar shall be sounded to warn the people to gather and strengthen themselves—that I have appointed you; to warn them to beware of retribution, so that I need not bring it upon them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:20:1
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**וְנָתַתִּי מִכְשׁוֹל לְפָנָיו.** כְּשֶׁהוּא עוֹשֶׂה דְּבָרָיו בְּהַצְנֵעַ וּמַרְאֶה עַצְמוֹ כְּצַדִּיק, אֲנִי נוֹתֵן עֲבֵירָה מְפֻרְסֶמֶת לְפָנָיו כְּדֵי לְגַלּוֹת מַעֲשָׂיו, וּכְשֶׁאָבִיא רָעָה עָלָיו לֹא יְהַרְהֲרוּ אַחֲרַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I shall place a stumbling block before him** When he does his deeds in secret and displays himself as a righteous man, I place an overt sin before him in order to reveal his deeds, and when I bring evil upon him, they will not question Me.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:20:2
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**וְלֹא תִזָּכַרְןָ צִדְקוֹתָו.** פֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (קדושין מ:) בְּתוֹהֵא עַל הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת, שֶׁמִּתְחָרֵט עַל הַצְּדָקוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת שֶׁעָשָׂה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his righteous deeds...will not be remembered** Our Rabbis explained this as referring to one who regrets his first oneshe regrets the first righteous deeds that he performed.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:23:1
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**וְהִנֵּה שָׁם כְּבוֹד ה׳ עוֹמֵד.** הִקְדִּים עַל יָדוֹ לֵילֵךְ שָׁם, מִדַּת עֲנָוָה יְתֵרָה, מַה שֶּׁאֵין דֶּרֶךְ בָּשָׂר וָדָם לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן: הַתַּלְמִיד מַמְתִּין לָרַב, וְכָאן הָרַב מַמְתִּין לַתַּלְמִיד (תנחומא, בראשית ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and behold, there the glory of the Lord we standing** He went there before me, [thereby demonstrating] a trait of extreme humility, such as is not conventional for a flesh and blood person to practice: [As a rule,] the disciple awaits the Master, whereas here, the Master awaits the disciple.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:24:1
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**הִסָּגֵר בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתֶךָ.** לְהַרְאוֹתָם שֶׁאֵינָם רְאוּיִין לְתוֹכָחָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**confine yourself within your house** to show them that they are not worthy of reproof.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:25:1
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**הִנֵּה נָתְנוּ עָלֶיךָ עֲבוֹתִים.** הֱוֵי אָסוּר בְּבֵיתֶךָ כְּאִלּוּ נֶאֱסַרְתָּ בַּעֲבוֹתִים, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״הָא גְזֵירַת פִּתְגָמִי עֲלָךְ כְּאִיסוּר גִּילְדִּין וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**behold they have placed ropes upon you** Be imprisoned in your house as if you were bound with ropes. This is also how Jonathan paraphrases it: Behold the decree of My words upon you is like the binding of ropes, etc.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:27:1
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**וּבְדַבְּרִי אוֹתְךָ.** כְּשֶׁאֶחְפֹּץ לְדַבֵּר אִתְּךָ, אֶשְׁלָחֲךָ אֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And when I speak with you** When I shall wish to speak with you, I shall send you to them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:27:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 3:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/3:27:2)

**וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהִים.** אֶת כָּל דִּבְרֵי שְׁלִיחוּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you shall say to them, “So said the Lord God”** all the words of My message.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 3:27:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 3:27:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/3:27:3)

**הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ יִשְׁמָע.** אֵין זֶה מִן הַשְּׁלִיחוּת, אֶלָּא הָרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ אָמַר לַנָּבִיא: אַתָּה אֱמוֹר אֲלֵיהֶם שְׁלִיחוּתִי, וְהֵם – **הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ יִשְׁמָע וְהֶחָדֵל יֶחְדָּל**, כִּי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא כֻלָּם יִשְׁמְעוּ, **כִּי בֵּית מְרִי הֵמָּה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who listens will listen** This is not part of the mission. Rather, the holy spirit told the prophet, “You tell them My message, and as for them, he who listens will listen, and he who forbears will forbear, for I know that not all of them will listen, for they are a rebellious house.”