## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 34

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:2:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:2:1)

**עַל רוֹעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.** עַל פַּרְנָסֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**concerning the shepherds of Israel** concerning the leaders of Israel.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:2:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:2:2)

**אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ רֹעִים אוֹתָם.** אֶת עַצְמָם הָיוּ מְעַנְּגִין, מִמָּמוֹן חֲבֵרֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר תַּחְתֵּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who were shepherding themselves** [Heb. אוֹתָם,] them. They enjoyed themselves with the money of their fellows who were under them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:2:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:2:3)

**הֲלֹא הַצֹּאן יִרְעוּ הָרֹעִים.** הֲלֹא מִשְׁפַּט הָרוֹעִים לִרְעוֹת אֶת הַצֹּאן, וְלֹא לִרְעוֹת אֶת עַצְמָן!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not the shepherds shepherd the flocks** It is not the custom of shepherds to shepherd the flocks and not to shepherd themselves?


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:4:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:4:1)

**אֶת הַנַּחְלוֹת.** אֶת הַכְּחוּשׁוֹת מֵאֵין כֹּחַ; דוֹלְרוֹשִׁי״אָשׁ בְּלַעַ״ז; שֶׁצְּרִיכוֹת חִזּוּק, לִתְמֹךְ בָּהֶן בַּיָּד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The frail** [Heb. הַנַחְלוֹת,] those emaciated without strength, maigre in French, lean, which need strengthening, to support them with the hand.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:4:2
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**לֹא חֲבַשְׁתֶּם.** לִקְשֹׁר שִׁבְרֵי הָעֶצֶם זֶה עִם זֶה, כְּמִשְׁפַּט הָרוֹפְאִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you did not bind** to bind the fragments of the bone, one with the other, as is the practice of the physicians.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:4:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:4:3)

**וְאֶת הַנִּדַּחַת.** שֶׁנִּדְּחֵית מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדֶר אֶל הַחוּץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those astray** who strayed from the midst of the flock, to the outside.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:4:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:4:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:4:4)

**רְדִיתֶם.** יִסַּרְתֶּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you chastised** [Heb. רְדִיתֶם,] chastised.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:6:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:6:1)

**יִשְׁגּוּ צֹאנִי.** הוֹלְכוֹת טוֹעוֹת עַל פְּנֵי **כָּל הֶהָרִים**; כְּלוֹמַר: נַעֲשׂוּ הֶפְקֵר לַעֲשׂוֹת אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ, וְלֹא הוֹכַחְתֶּם אוֹתָם וְלֹא שְׁפַטְתֶּם בֵּין אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My flock strayed** They wander astray over the face of all the mountains; i.e., they are going free for anyone to do to them as he wishes, and you did not reprove them and did not judge between a man and his fellow.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:8:1
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**וַיִּרְעוּ הָרֹעִים אוֹתָם.** אֶת עַצְמָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the shepherds shepherded themselves** [Heb. אוֹתָם, lit. them.]


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:10:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:10:1)

**וְלֹא יִרְעוּ עוֹד הָרוֹעִים אוֹתָם.** אֶת עַצְמָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the shepherds will no longer shepherd themselves** [Heb. אוֹתָם,] themselves.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:11:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:11:1)

**וּבִקַּרְתִּים.** לְשׁוֹן בִּקּוּר חוֹלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I shall seek them out** [Heb. וּבִקַרְתִּים,] in the sense of visiting (בִּיקוּר) the sick.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:12:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:12:1)

**נִפְרָשׁוֹת.** כְּשֶׁהֵן נְפוּצוֹת, וְהוּא הוֹלֵךְ בֵּינֵיהֶם וּמְאַסְּפָן יַחַד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**separated** when they are scattered, and he walks among them and gathers them back together.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:12:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:12:2)

**בְּיוֹם עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל.** כִּי כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ הַצֹּאן לְהִתְפַּזֵּר בְּיוֹם הַמְעֻנָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on a cloudy and dark day** for it is usual for the flocks to scatter on a cloudy day.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:16:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:16:1)

**וְאֶת הַשְּׁמֵנָה וְאֶת הַחֲזָקָה.** הַהוֹדֶפֶת וְדוֹחֶפֶת אֶת חַבְרוֹתֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the fat and the strong I will destroy** who pushes and presses her fellows.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:17:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:17:1)

**בֵּין שֶׂה לָשֶׂה.** בֵּין בַּעֲלֵי אֶגְרוֹפִין (סנהדרין כא.) לַחֲלָשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**between one lamb and another** between the strong, violent men and the weak ones.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:18:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:18:1)

**הַמְעַט מִכֶּם.** אֶת אֲשֶׁר הַחֲזָקוֹת שֶׁבָּכֶם רוֹעוֹת **הַמִּרְעֶה הַטּוֹב**? וְהַלְוַאי לֹא **תִּרְמְסוּ** הַמּוֹתָר **בְּרַגְלֵיכֶם**, וְתֹאכַלְנָה אוֹתוֹ שְׁאָר צֹאנִי; אֶלָּא שֶׁאַף מוֹתַר **מִרְעֵיכֶם תִּרְמְסוּ בְּרַגְלֵיכֶם**. וְלֹא דַּי לָכֶם אֲשֶׁר מַשְׁקֵה **מַיִם תִּשְׁתּוּ**, אֶלָּא שֶׁ**הַנּוֹתָרִים בְּרַגְלֵיכֶם תִּרְפֹּשׂוּן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is it little for you** that the strongest among you graze on the good pasture? If only you would not [also] tread the residues with your feet, and would let the rest of My flock eat them! But even the residue of your pasture you tread with your feet! And is it not enough for you that you drink the clear water, that you must tread the remainder with your feet?


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:18:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:18:2)

**וּמִשְׁקַע מַיִם.** הַמַּיִם הַצְּלוּלִים, שֶׁשָּׁקַע הַטִּיט, וְלֹא נֶעֶכְרוּ בְרַגְלַיִם. וְהַדּוּגְמָא כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״הַזְּעִיר לְכוֹן דְּפַרְנוֹס טָב אַתּוּן מִתְפַּרְנְסִין, וּמוֹתַר פַּרְנוֹסְכוֹן דָּיְשִׁין בְּרַגְלֵיכוֹן, וּמִשְׁתֵּי מְתַקֵּן אַתּוּן שָׁתָן, וְיָת מוֹתְרָא בְּרַגְלֵיכוֹן אַתּוּן דָּיְשִׁין״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the clear water** [Heb. וּמִשְּׁקַע מַיִם,] lit. sunken water, the clear water, whose mud sank. It was not made murky with [the movement of] the feet. The symbolic meaning is as stated by the Targum: Is it little for you that [you] feed yourself the best food, and your attendants must eat the residue of your food? And [that] you drink the best, and your attendants must drink the residue?


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:19:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:19:1)

**וְצֹאנִי מִרְמַס רַגְלֵיכֶם וְגוֹ׳.** ״וְעַמִּי מוֹתַר מֵיכַל שַׁמָּשֵׁיכוֹן אָכְלִין וּמוֹתַר מִשְׁתֵּי שַׁמָּשֵׁיכוֹן שָׁתָן״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And my flocks, etc.** And My people eat the residue of the food of your attendants and drink the residue of the drink of your attendants.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:20:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:20:1)

**שֶׂה בְרִיָה.** חֲזָקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a strong lamb** [Heb. בְרִיָה,] strong.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:20:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:20:2)

**רָזָה.** מֵיִיגְרָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lean** [Heb. רָזָה,] maigre in French.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:23:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:23:1)

**עַבְדִּי דָוִד.** מֶלֶךְ מִזַּרְעוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My servant David** A king [who will come] from his descendants.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:25:1
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**וַיִּשְׁנוּ בַּיְּעָרִים.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְיִתְעַתְּקוּן בְּחוּרְשָׁא״, וְיֵשׁ לְפוֹתְרוֹ בִּלְשׁוֹן שִׁינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and grow old in the forests** [Heb. וְיָשְּׁנוּ.] Jonathan renders: and they will age [from יָשָׁן] in the forest. It may also be interpreted as an expression of sleep (שִּׁינָה).


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:26:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:26:1)

**וְנָתַתִּי אוֹתָם וּסְבִיבוֹת גִּבְעָתִי.** תְּהֵא נְתִינָתָהּ בִּבְרָכָה; **וְנָתַתִּי** כְּמוֹ ״וְהִשְׁכַּנְתִּי״ (יחזקאל לב:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I shall make them dwell around My hill** [Heb. וְנָתַתִּי.] Their dwelling shall be blissful. וְנָתַתִּי, and I shall place, is like וְהִשְּׁכַּנְתִי and I shall cause to dwell.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:29:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:29:1)

**מַטָּע לְשֵׁם.** קִיּוּם שֶׁיְּהֵא לְשֵׁם עוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a plantation for renown** an existence that will obtain everlasting fame.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:29:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:29:2)

**אֲסֻפֵי רָעָב.** טְמוּנֵי רָעָב, מֵחֲמַת בּוֹשֶׁת רְעָבוֹן וְעוֹנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**hidden because of hunger** hidden because of hunger, because of the disgrace of hunger and poverty.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 34:31:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 34:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/34:31:1)

**אָדָם אַתֶּם.** אֵינְכֶם כַּבְּהֵמוֹת בְּעֵינַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you are man** You are not like animals in My eyes.