## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 7

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:2:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:2:1)

**בָּא הַקֵּץ.** שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי ״וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּם בָּאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁחַתֶּם וְגוֹ׳״, ״הַעִידֹתִי בָכֶם הַיּוֹם כִּי אָבֹד תֹּאבֵדוּן״ (דברים ד:כה-כו); ״וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּם״ – בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שְׁמוֹנֶה מֵאוֹת חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם, וְהֵם נִשְׁתַּהוּ בָהּ שְׁמוֹנֶה מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים: אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְאַרְבָּעִים מִשֶּׁנִּכְנְסוּ לָהּ עַד שֶׁנִּבְנָה הַבַּיִת (מלכים א ו:א; במדבר יד:לג-לד), וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים עָמַד הַבַּיִת (יומא ט.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The end has come** Because I had said (Deut. 4:25): “and you will have grown old (וְנוֹשַּׁנְתֶּם) in the land, and you will practice corruption, etc., so that you will be lost.” [The word] וְנוֹשַּׁנְתֶּם has the numerical value of 852, but they stayed there for [only] 850 years: 440 from the time they entered it until the Temple was built, and [then] the Temple stood 410 years.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:5:1
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**רָעָה אַחַת רָעָה.** רָעָה שְׁלֵימָה וּמְיֻחֶדֶת, לְמַעְלָה מִכָּל הָרָעוֹת, וְהוּא חֻרְבַּן הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**An evil, a singular evil** Heb. רָעָה אַחַתרָעָה, a total, special evil, worse than all evils; that is the destruction of the Temple.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:5:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:5:2)

**הִנֵּה בָאָה.** טַעְמוֹ בָּאָלֶ״ף, הוּא לְשׁוֹן פּוֹעֶלֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**behold it comes** Heb. בָאָה. Its accent is on the ‘aleph.’ It is in the present tense.


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

**בָּאָה הַצְּפִירָה.** טַעְמוֹ לְמַעְלָה בַּבֵּי״ת, וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן פָּעֲלָה: כְּבָר **בָּאָה הַצְּפִירָה** – כְּמוֹ **בָּא** וְשָׁקַע מְאוֹר הַשַּׁחַר וְהַתִּפְאֶרֶת בָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The dawn has set** Heb. בָּאָה הַצְפִירָה. Its accent is at the beginning of the word, and it is in the past tense. The צְפִירָה has already set. The light of the dawn and the glory has already set.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:7:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:7:2)

**וְלֹא הֵד הָרִים.** ״וְלָא לְאִשְׁתֵּיזָבָא בְּמִצְדֵי טוּרַיָּא״, וְהֵד – לְשׁוֹן צַעֲקַת הַכְרָזָה לָקוּם לִבְרוֹחַ אֶל רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים, כְּמוֹ ״הֵידָד הִשְׁבַּתִּי״ (ישעיה טז:י), ״וְעָנוּ עָלֶיךָ הֵידָד״ (ירמיה נא:יד), הַשְׁמָעַת קוֹל נוֹשֵׂא מַשָּׂא עֲנָבִים אֶל הַגַּת וְטוֹעֲנֵי הַקּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and not the shout of the mountains** [Jonathan renders:] And not to escape into the strongholds of the mountains. [The word] הֵד means the cry of the announcement to rise and flee to the mountaintops, like (Isa. 16: 10): “the shout [of joy] (הֵידָד) have I abolished.” Also (Jer. 51:1): “and they shall raise a battle-cry (הֵידָד) against you.” The shout of those who carry the load of grapes to the winepress and those who load on the beam.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:8:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:8:1)

**מִקָּרוֹב.** בִּמְהֵרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Speedily** Heb. מקרוב, [lit. from close.] Quickly.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:10:1)

**הִנֵּה הַיּוֹם.** הִנֵּה בָּא הַיּוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold the day** Behold the day has come.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:10:2)

**הִנֵּה בָאָה.** הָרָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**behold it is coming** The evil.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:10:3)

**יָצְאָה הַצְּפִירָה.** עָלָה הַשַּׁחַר שֶׁל יוֹם הָרָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the dawn has gone forth** The dawn of the day of the evil.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:10:4)

**צָץ הַמַּטֶּה.** לְהַכּוֹת אֶתְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the staff has budded** to strike you.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:5
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:10:5)

**פָּרַח הַזָּדוֹן.** נִתְגַּלָּה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הָרָשָׁע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the willful wickedness has blossomed** The wicked Nebuchadnezzar has revealed himself.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:11:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:11:1)

**הֶחָמָס קָם וְגוֹ׳.** הֶחָמָס אֲשֶׁר בְּיֶדְכֶם הוּא **קָם** עֲלֵיכֶם **לְמַטֵּה רֶשַׁע** לְשַׁחֶתְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The violence has arisen, etc.** The violence in your hands has risen upon you as a staff of wickedness to destroy you.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:11:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:11:2)

**לֹא מֵהֶם.** כָּךְ אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לַמַּשְׁחִית: אֵינְךָ זָקוּק לְהַשְׁאִיר נֶפֶשׁ מֵרִשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, כִּי אֵין טוֹבָה יוֹצֵאת **לֹא מֵהֶם<b> וְלֹא מִבְּנֵיהֶם <b>וְלֹא מֵהֲמוֹנָם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**neither from them** So said the Holy One, blessed be He, to the Destroyer: You are not required to spare a soul [from the wicked of Israel], for no good will come from them or from their children or from their multitude.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:11:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:11:3)

**וְלֹא נֹהַּ בָּהֶם.** אֵין בָּהֶם נוֹהֶה אַחֲרַי, מְגַעְגֵּעַ וְנוֹתֵן לֵב אֵלַי; כְּמוֹ ״וַיִּנָּהוּ כָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֲרֵי ה׳״ (שמואל א ז:ב), וְלָשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי הוּא: ״וְאִתְנְהִיאוּ לְפוּלְחָנָא״, לְשׁוֹן תַּאֲוָה וְגִעְגּוּעִין. וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ לְשׁוֹן יְלָלָה, וְכֵן ״וַיִּנָּהוּ כָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל״ פֵּרֵשׁ לְשׁוֹן יְלָלָה, וְאֵין בַּתֵּבָה רַק ה״א יְסוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and no one among them longs** No one among them longs or gives thought to Me, as in (I Sam. 7:2): “and all the house of Israel longed (וַיִנָהוּ) for the Lord.” This is an Aramaism: “And they longed (וְאִתְנְהִיאוּ) for My worship,” an expression of desire and longing. Menachem (p. 69) associated it with יללה, an expression of wailing, and the word retains only the ‘hey’ as a radical.


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

**וְהַמּוֹכֵר אַל יִתְאַבָּל.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ הַמּוֹכֵר שָׂדֵהוּ לִהְיוֹת עָצֵב, אַל יִתְעַצֵּב, **כִּי** סוֹפְכֶם לִגְלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**neither will the seller mourn** Although one who sells his field usually grieves, he will not grieve because you are destined to go into exile.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:13:1)

**כִּי הַמּוֹכֵר אֶל הַמִּמְכָּר לֹא יָשׁוּב.** כְּשֶׁיִּגְלֶה בַּגּוֹלָה לֹא יָשׁוּב וְיִרְאֶה עוֹד הַשָּׂדֶה שֶׁמָּכַר, וְלָמָּה יִתְאַבֵּל?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the seller will not return to that which was sold** Once he goes into exile, he will not return and will no longer see the field that he had sold; so why should he mourn?


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:13:2)

**וְעוֹד בַּחַיִּים חַיָּתָם.** כָּל יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם לֹא יָשׁוּבוּ אֶל מְקוֹמָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as long as they are alive** All the days of their lives they will not return to their place.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:13:3)

**כִּי חָזוֹן אֶל כָּל הֲמוֹנָהּ וגו׳.** ״אֲרֵי נְבִיָּיא מִתְנַבְּן עַל כָּל אַתְרְגוּשְׁתְהוֹן לְמֵיתַב בִּתְיוּבְתָּא וְלָא תַּיְיבִין״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for when the prophecy was [directed] to all her multitude, etc.** For the prophets prophesy concerning all their multitude to repent, but they do not repent.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:13:4)

**וְאִישׁ בַּעֲוֹנוֹ חַיָּתוֹ.** כָּל אֶחָד מֵהֶם חַיָּתוֹ וְנַפְשׁוֹ דְּבוּקָה בַּעֲוֹנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and each man’s soul is in his iniquity** The life and soul of every one of them is attached to his iniquity.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:5
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:13:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:13:5)

**לֹא יִתְחַזָּקוּ.** לֹא יְחַזְּקוּ לִבָּם עַל יִצְרָם הָרָע לָשׁוּב לְתוֹרָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they do not strengthen themselves** They do not strengthen their heart over their evil inclination, to return to their Torah.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:14:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:14:1)

**תָּקְעוּ בַתָּקוֹעַ.** כְּשֶׁיָּבֹא עֲלֵיהֶם הַצַּר הֵכִינוּ עַצְמָם לַמִּלְחָמָה, וְאֵין יוֹצֵא **לְהִלָּחֵם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They sound the shofar** When the enemy comes upon them, they prepare themselves for war, but no one will go out to fight.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:16:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:16:1)

**כְּיוֹנֵי הַגֵּאָיוֹת.** דֶּרֶךְ הַיּוֹנִים לְהִקָּבֵץ בַּגֵּאָיוֹת וְהוֹמוֹת שָׁם; וְהָיוּ הוֹמִים אֶל הֶהָרִים אֲשֶׁר יָנוּסוּ שָׁם **אִישׁ בַּעֲוֹנוֹ**, **כְּיוֹנֵי הַגֵּאָיוֹת** אֲשֶׁר **כֻּלָּם הֹמוֹת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the doves of the valleys** It is customary for doves to congregate in the valleys and moan there. They [the survivors] will moan on the mountains, where they will flee, each one for his iniquity, like the doves of the valleys, which all moan.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:17:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:17:1)

**תֵּלַכְנָה מָּיִם.** מִזִּיעַת אֵימָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will go [like] water** from the sweat of fright.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:19:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:19:1)

**לְנִדָּה יִהְיֶה.** לְשִׁקּוּץ יִהְיֶה לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will be repugnant** It will be disgusting for them.


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

**וְצְבִי עֶדְיוֹ.** שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֲשֶׁר **לְגָאוֹן שָׂמָהוּ** לָהֶם, הוּא בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁנִּקְרָא גְּאוֹן עֻזָּם, כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״הִנְנִי מְחַלֵּל אֶת מִקְדָּשִׁי גְּאוֹן עֻזְּכֶם״ (יחזקאל כד:כא), הֵם **גִּלּוּלֵי תוֹעֲבוֹת עָשׂוּ בוֹ עַל כֵּן וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the beauty of His adornment** of the Holy One, blessed be He, that He made for their pride. This is the Temple, called the pride of their might, as it is said (24:21): “Behold I profane My sanctuary, the pride of Your might.” They made in it the images of their abominations, therefore, etc.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:22:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:22:1)

**אֶת צְפוּנִי.** אֶת הַמָּקוֹם שֶׁהָיִיתִי צָפוּן שָׁם בֵּינֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My secret place** The place where I was hidden among them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:23:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:23:1)

**עֲשֵׂה הָרַתּוֹק.** שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת, אוֹת הוּא שֶׁיֵּלְכוּ בַּגּוֹלָה אֲסוּרִים בְּזִיקִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Make the chain** Heb. הָרַתּוֹק, the chain. It is a symbolic sign that they will go into exile bound in fetters.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:23:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 7:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/7:23:2)

**מִשְׁפַּט דָּמִים.** ״חַיָּבֵי קְטוֹל״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**crimes of bloodshed** [lit. judgment of blood. Targum renders:] Crimes deserving of death.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:24:1
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**רָעֵי גוֹיִם.** רָעִים שֶׁבְּעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת וְאַכְזָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the most wicked of the nations** Heb. רָעֵי גוֹיִם. The most wicked and cruel of the nations.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:24:2
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**וְנִחֲלוּ.** וְיִתְנַחֲלוּ לַאֲחֵרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they will deliver as an inheritance** Heb. וְנִחֲלוּ, they will give over to others as an inheritance.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:24:3
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**מְקַדְּשֵׁיהֶם.** בָּתֵּי הֵיכַל הַבָּמוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ נוֹעָדִים שָׁם, לְשׁוֹן בֵּית זִמּוּנָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their meeting places** Heb. מְקַדְשֵׁיהֶם. The temples of the high places, where they would gather at appointed times; an expression of a house of their appointment.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:25:1
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**קְפָדָה בָּא.** כְּמוֹ ״קִפַּדְתִּי כָאֹרֵג חַיַּי״ (ישעיהו לח:יב), לְשׁוֹן כְּרִיתָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A cutting off comes** Heb. קְפָדָה like (Isa. 38:12): “I severed (קִפַּדְתִּי) like a weaver, my life”; a term denoting cutting off.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:26:1
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**הוֹוָה עַל הוֹוָה.** מְאוֹרָע עַל מְאוֹרָע, הֲוָיָה אַחַר הֲוָיָה. וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ לְשׁוֹן שֶׁבֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Happening upon happening** Heb. הוָֹה עַל-הוָֹה, happening upon happening, being after being. Menachem (p. 70) associated it to a term for a breach.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 7:26:2
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**וְתוֹרָה תֹּאבַד מִכֹּהֵן.** הָרְגִילִים בְּהוֹרָאָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְתוֹרָה יְבַקְשׁוּ מִפִּיהוּ״ (מלאכי ב:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and instruction will be lost from a priest** who usually gave instruction, as is said (Mal. 2:7): “and teaching should be sought from his mouth.”