## Rashi on Hosea Chapter 2

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

**וְהָיָה מִסְפַּר.** מָה עִנְיַן פֻּרְעָנוּת וְנֶחָמָה סְמוּכִין בְּדִבּוּר אֶחָד? וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ בִּפְסָחִים (פסחים פז,ב): הִרְגִּישׁ הוֹשֵׁעַ בְּעַצְמוֹ שֶׁחָטָא עַל שֶׁאָמַר ״הַחֲלִיפֵם״, עָמַד וּבִקֵּשׁ עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים. וּבְסִפְרֵי דְּבֵי רַב פָּרָשַׁת ״וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּשִּׁטִּים״ (במדבר כה:א) שָׁנִינוּ: רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, יֵשׁ פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת סְמוּכוֹת זוֹ לָזוֹ וּרְחוֹקוֹת זוֹ מִזּוֹ כִּרְחוֹק מִזְרָח מִמַּעֲרָב – ״כִּי אַתֶּם לֹא עַמִּי״ וְ״הָיָה מִסְפַּר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּחוֹל הַיָּם״. מָה עִנְיָן זֶה אֵצֶל זֶה? מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁכָּעַס עַל אִשְׁתּוֹ, שָׁלַח אַחַר הַסּוֹפֵר לָבוֹא וְלִכְתֹּב לָהּ גֵּט. עַד שֶׁלֹּא בָּא הַסּוֹפֵר, נִתְרַצָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאִשְׁתּוֹ. אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ: ״אֶפְשָׁר יֵצֵא סוֹפֵר זֶה מִכָּאן חָלוּק?״ כְּלוֹמַר לִבּוֹ חָלוּק וְתוֹהֶה לוֹמַר ״לָמָּה שָׁלַח אַחֲרַי?״ אָמַר לוֹ: ״בֹּא וּכְתֹב לָהּ שֶׁאֲנִי כּוֹפֵל לָהּ כְּתֻבָּתָהּ״. וּלְפִי פְשׁוּטוֹ כָּךְ הִיא סְמִיכָתוֹ: ״כִּי אַתֶּם לֹא עַמִּי וְאָנֹכִי לֹא אֶהְיֶה לָכֶם״ – אֶרְאֶה עַצְמִי כְּאִלּוּ אֵינִי לָכֶם, וְתִגְלוּ לְבֵין הָאֻמּוֹת, וְאַף שָׁם תִּרְבּוּ וְתִצְמְחוּ, וְשָׁם תָּשׁוּבוּ אֶל לְבַבְכֶם לָשׁוּב אֵלַי, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עַל יְדֵי מֹשֶׁה (דברים ל:א): ״וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ אֶל לְבָבֶךָ בְּכָל הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִדִּיחֲךָ וְגוֹ׳ וְשָׁב ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת שְׁבוּתְךָ וְגוֹ׳״ (דברים ל:ג). אַף כָּאן: ״וְנִקְבְּצוּ בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יַחְדָּיו וְגוֹ׳״ (הושע ב:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the number...shall be** What is the connection of retribution and consolation juxtaposed in one speech? Our Rabbis explained in Pesachim (87b): Hosea felt that he had sinned by saying, “Exchange them for another nation.” He stood and begged mercy for them (See above 1:2). And in Sifrei Devei Rav, in the section commencing: “And Israel abode in Shittim” (Num. 25) we learned: Rabbi says: Some sections are close to each other yet as far apart as east is far from west. “For you are not My people... And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea.” What is the connection of one to the other? This can be compared to a king who became angry with his wife. He summoned a scribe to come and write a bill of divorcement. Before the scribe arrived, the king became reconciled with his wife. Said the king, “Is it possible that this scribe should leave here divided?” I.e. his heart should be divided and bewildered, saying, “Why did the king send for me?” He said to him, “Come and write that I am doubling her kethubah.” And according to its simple meaning, this is the reason for its juxtaposition. “For you are not My people, and I will not be yours.” I will show Myself as though I am not yours, and you shall be exiled among the nations, and even there you shall multiply and grow, and there you shall lay it to your heart to return to Me, as it is said through Moses (Deut. 30:1,3): “And you shall lay it to your heart among all the nations where...has exiled you etc. And the Lord your God shall return your captivity.” Here too, “And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together.”


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

**רֹאשׁ אֶחָד.** דָּוִד מַלְכָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one head** David their king.


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

**כִּי גָדוֹל יוֹם.** קִבּוּץ זְרִיעָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for great is the day of Jezreel** The gathering of their sowing.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:3:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:3:1)

**אִמְרוּ לַאֲחֵיכֶם עַמִּי.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״תּוּבוּ לְאוֹרַיְתִי וְעַל כְּנִישְׁתְכוֹן אֲרַחֵם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Say to your brethren, “Ammi”** To be explained according to the Targum: Return to My Torah, and I will grant clemency to your nation.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:4:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:4:1)

**רִיבוּ בְאִמְּכֶם.** בִּכְנֵסִיָּה שֶׁלָּכֶם שֶׁל עַכְשָׁיו שֶׁהִיא אֵם לַדּוֹרוֹת הַבָּאִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Strive with your mother, strive** With your nation of today, which is the mother of future generations.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:4:2
[Rashi on Hosea 2:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:4:2)

**מִבֵּין שָׁדֶיהָ.** דֶּרֶךְ הַנּוֹאֲפוֹת שֶׁמְּמַעֲכִין לָהֶם בֵּין דַּדֵּיהֶם, וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״וּפוּלְחַן טָעוּתָהָא מִבֵּין קִירוֹהָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and her adulteries from between her breasts** It is customary among the adulteresses that they [i.e., their lovers] squeeze them between their breasts. Jonathan renders: And the worship of idols from among her cities.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:5:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:5:1)

**כְּיוֹם הִוָּלְדָהּ.** כְּיוֹם שֶׁמְּצָאתִיהָ בְּמִצְרַיִם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בִּיחֶזְקֵאל (יחזקאל טז:ד-ה): ״וּמוֹלַדְתֵּךְ בְּיוֹם הוּלֶּדֶת אוֹתָךְ לֹא כָרַת שָׁרֵּךְ ... וַתֻּשְׁלְכִי אֶל פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְּגֹעַל נַפְשֵׁךְ לֹא חָסָה עָלַיִךְ עָיִן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as [on] the day she was born** Like the day that I found her in Egypt, as is delineated in Ezekiel (16: 4, 5): “And as for your birth, on the day you were born your navel was not cut etc. No eye took pity on you etc. with a loathing of your body.”


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

**כַּמִּדְבָּר.** גְּזֵרוֹת שֶׁגָּזַרְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר, שָׁם ״יִתַּמּוּ וְשָׁם יָמֻתוּ״ (במדבר יד:לה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a desert** This alludes to the decrees that I decreed upon you (Parshandatha: them) in the desert, viz. that there they should perish and there they would die (Num. 14:35).


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:5:3
[Rashi on Hosea 2:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:5:3)

**וַהֲמִיתִיהָ.** ״וְאֶקְטְלִינַּהּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and [I will] cause her to die** Jonathan renders: And I will kill her.


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

**אִמָּם.** כְּנֵסִיָּה שֶׁלָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their mother** Their nation.


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

**הוֹבִישָׁה הוֹרָתָם.** בְּהִיתוּ מַלְפֵיהוֹן (תרגום יונתן) הַחֲכָמִים הַמּוֹרִים לָהֶם הוֹרָאוֹת, בּוֹשִׁים מִפְּנֵי עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ. אוֹמְרִים לָהֶם: **לֹא תִגְנֹבוּ** (ויקרא יט:יא), וְהֵם גּוֹנְבִים. לֹא תַלְווּ בְרִבִּית (ויקרא כה:לז), וְהֵם מַלְוִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**she who conceived them behaved shamefully** Jonathan, who renders: Their teachers are ashamed. The wise men who teach them with instructions are ashamed before the ignorant populace. They tell them, “You shall not steal,” but they steal. “You shall not lend for interest,” but they lend.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:7:3
[Rashi on Hosea 2:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:7:3)

**אַחֲרֵי מְאַהֲבַי**. בְּדַרְכֵי הָעַכּוּ"ם (שמות רבה מו:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**after my lovers** In the ways of the nations.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:8:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:8:1)

**הִנְנִי שָׂךְ.** לְשׁוֹן ׳סְגִירָה׳, כְּמוֹ ״הָסֵר מְשׂוּכָּתוֹ״ (ישעיהו ה:ה), ״כִּמְשׂוּכַת חָדֶק״ (משלי טו:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**behold I will close off** Heb. שָׂךְ an expression of closing. Comp. (Isaiah 5:5) “remove its hedge (מְשׂוּכָּתוֹ)”; (Proverbs 15:19) “as though hedged (כִּמְשֻּׂכַת) by thorns.”


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:8:2
[Rashi on Hosea 2:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:8:2)

**אֶת דַּרְכֵּךְ.** דְּרָכִים וּשְׁבִילִים שֶׁאַתְּ הוֹלֶכֶת בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your way** The ways and paths in which you go.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:9:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:9:1)

**וְרִדְּפָה.** מִמִּשְׁקְלוֹת לָשׁוֹן כָּבֵד הוּא זֶה, כְּמוֹ (משלי יב:יא) ״וּמְרַדֵּף רֵקִים״, פורקציי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּלוֹמַר תַּחֲזוֹר אַחֲרֵיהֶם וְלֹא תַשִּׂיגֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And she shall pursue** Heb. וְרִדְּפָה This is one of the intensive conjugations. Comp. (Proverbs 12:11) “and he who pursues empty ones” (porcacier in O.F:, poursuivra in modern French), to pursue. I.e. she will follow them and not overtake them.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:9:2
[Rashi on Hosea 2:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:9:2)

**אֶת מְאַהֲבֶיהָ** מִצְרַיִם וְאַשּׁוּר, וְלֹא תוּכְלִי לְבַקֵּשׁ מֵהֶם עֶזְרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**her lovers** Egypt and Assyria, and you will not be able to seek aid from them.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:9:3
[Rashi on Hosea 2:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:9:3)

**וּבִקְשָׁתַם.** וּבִקְשָׁה אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and she shall seek them** Heb. וּבִקְשָׁתַם, a combination of וּבִקְשָׁה אוֹתָם.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:10:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:10:1)

**לֹא יָדְעָה.** לֹא שָׂמָה אֶל לִבָּהּ, וְהֶרְאֵת עַצְמָהּ כְּלֹא יוֹדַעַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But she did not know** She did not lay it to her heart, but showed herself as unknowing.


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

**וְכֶסֶף הִרְבֵּיתִי לָהּ וְזָהָב.** וְהֵם עֲשָׂאוּהוּ לַבָּעַל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I gave her much silver and gold** but they made it for Baal.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:11:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:11:1)

**בְּעִתּוֹ.** בְּעֵת גְּמַר בִּשּׁוּל הַפֵּרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in its time** At the time the produce completes its ripening.


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

**וְהִצַּלְתִּי.** מִמֶּנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will separate** [Heb. וְהִצַּלְתִּי] from her.


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

**צַמְרִי וּפִשְׁתִּי** אֲשֶׁר הָיָה לְכַסּוֹת אֶת עֶרְוָתָהּ, כָּל ׳הַצָּלָה׳ שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא לְשׁוֹן תְּרוּמָה וְהַפְרָשָׁה הוּא, וּמוֹכִיחַ עָלָיו ״וַיַּצֵּל אֱלֹהִים אֶת מִקְנֵה אֲבִיכֶם״ (בראשית לא:ט), ״כִּי כָל הָעֹשֶׁר אֲשֶׁר הִצִּיל״ (שם):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My wool and My flax.** which was to cover her nakedness. Every expression of הָצָלָה in Scripture is an expression of separation and setting apart. Proof of this we find in (Gen. 31:9) “And God separated (וַיַצֵּל) your father’s cattle,” (ibid.:16) “For all the wealth that... separated (הִצִיל).”


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:12:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:12:1)

**וְאִישׁ לֹא יַצִּילֶנָּה מִיָּדִי.** אַף זְכוּת אֲבוֹתָם תַּמָּה (שבת נה,א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and no man shall save her from My hand** Even the merits of the Patriarchs have been depleted. [from Shabbath 55a]


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:14:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:14:1)

**וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִי.** לְשׁוֹן ׳שְׁמָמָה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will lay waste** Heb. וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִי, an expression of desolation (שְּׁמָמָה).


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:14:2
[Rashi on Hosea 2:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:14:2)

**אֶתְנָה.** כְּמוֹ ׳אֶתְנָן׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**hire** אֶתְנָה, like אֶתְנָן.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:14:3
[Rashi on Hosea 2:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:14:3)

**וְשַׂמְתִּים לְיַעַר.** שֶׁהַחַיּוֹת מְהַלְּכוֹת שָׁם וְאוֹכְלוֹת הַפֵּרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will make them a forest** where the beasts walk and eat the fruit.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:15:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:15:1)

**וּפָקַדְתִּי עָלֶיהָ.** שְׂכַר פֻּרְעָנוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will visit upon her** the retribution of...


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

**יְמֵי הַבְּעָלִים אֲשֶׁר תַּקְטִיר:** תָּמִיד לָהֶם, וְלָשׁוֹן הוֹוֶה הוּא.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the days of the baalim to whom she burnt incense** constantly to them, and this is a present tense.


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

**וַתַּעַד נִזְמָהּ וְחֶלְיָתָהּ.** לְשׁוֹן ׳עֲדִי׳, כְּזוֹנָה הַמִּתְקַשֶּׁטֶת לִקְרַאת נוֹאֲפִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and she adorned herself with her earrings and her jewelry** Heb. וַתַּעַד, an expression of jewelry (עֲדִי). Like a harlot who adorns herself to greet her paramours.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:15:4
[Rashi on Hosea 2:15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:15:4)

**וְחֶלְיָתָהּ.** בִּלְשׁוֹן עַרְבִי הוּא קִשּׁוּט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
And חֶלְיָתָה is an Arabic term meaning jewelry.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:16:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:16:1)

**לָכֵן הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מְפַתֶּיהָ.** מְשַׁדְּלָה לְהִמָּשֵׁךְ אַחֲרִי, לוזאניי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז. וּמַהוּ הַפִּתּוּי? **וְהוֹלַכְתִּיהָ הַמִּדְבָּר** – בַּגּוֹלָה שֶׁהוּא לָהּ כְּמִדְבָּר וְצִיָּה, וְשָׁם תָּשִׁיב אֶל לִבָּהּ כִּי טוֹב לָהּ כְּשֶׁעָשְׂתָה רְצוֹנִי מִכְּשֶׁמָּרְדָה בִּי (הושע ב:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Therefore, behold I will allure her** I will persuade her to be drawn after Me (losanjier in O.F., to flatter or cajole). Other editions read: atrayray in O.F. (attirerai). I will lure, attract. And what is the allurement? **and lead her into the desert** In exile, which is to her like a desert and a wasteland. And there she will lay up to her heart that it was better for her when she performed My will than when she rebelled against Me.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:17:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:17:1)

**אֶת כְּרָמֶיהָ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן לְשׁוֹן פַּרְנָסִים וּמַנְהִיגִים, וְכֵן ״לֹא יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים״ (איוב כד:יח), וְכֵן ״כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי לֹא נָטָרְתִּי״ (שיר השירים א:ו). דָּבָר אַחֵר: **וְהוֹלַכְתִּיהָ הַמִּדְבָּר** – לְמִדְבַּר סִיחוֹן וְעוֹג, וּבְסִגְנוֹן זֶה נִתְנַבֵּא (יחזקאל כ:לה) שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם אֶל מִדְבַּר הָעַמִּים וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי אִתְּכֶם שָׁם כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁפַּטְתִּי אֶת אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם בְּמָסֹרֶת הַבְּרִית וּבָרוֹתִי מִכֶּם הַמּוֹרְדִים וְגוֹ׳״ (פסיקתא דרב כהנא ה,ח; רות רבה ה,ו), וְהַכְּשֵׁרִים אֲקַיֵּם, וְזֶהוּ אֶת כְּרָמֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**her vineyards** Jonathan rendered this as an expression of managers and leaders. Comp. (Job 24: 18) “he will not face the way of the vineyards,” meaning that the people of the generation of the flood had made up their mind not to follow the righteous leaders, such as Noah and Methusalah. And so, (Song 1:6) “my vineyard I did not guard.” The allusion is to the worship of idols instead of worshipping God, the Leader. Another explanation: **and lead her into the desert** To the desert of Sihon and Og, and with the same expression Ezekiel prophesied (20:35, 38), “And I will bring you there to the desert of the peoples, and I will contend with you there, etc. As I continued with your forefathers etc., and I will bring them into the tradition of the covenant. And I will purge you of those who rebel...” but the righteous I will keep alive. That is the intention of “her vineyards.” [from Ruth Rabbah 5:6, Pesikta d’Rav Kahana 49b].


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:17:2
[Rashi on Hosea 2:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:17:2)

**וְאֶת עֵמֶק עָכוֹר** עֹמֶק הַצָּרוֹת שֶׁהֵן עֲכוּרִים שָׁם אֶתֵּן לָהּ **לְפֶתַח תִּקְוָה**, שֶׁמִּתּוֹךְ אוֹתָן צָרוֹת תִּתֵּן לֵב לָשׁוּב אֵלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the depth of trouble** Heb. עֶמֶק עָכוּר. The depth of the exile where they were troubled I will give her for a door of hope (an expectation of hope), for, out of those troubles, she will take heart to return to Me.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:17:3
[Rashi on Hosea 2:17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:17:3)

**וְעָנְתָה שָׁמָּה.** לְשׁוֹן ׳דִּירָה׳, כְּמוֹ ״מְעוֹן אֲרָיוֹת״ (נחום ב:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and she shall dwell there** Heb. וְעָנְתָה, an expression of dwelling. Comp. (Nahum 2:12) “a den (מְעוֹן) of lions.” [from Machbereth Menachem p. 135]


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:17:4
[Rashi on Hosea 2:17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:17:4)

**כִּימֵי נְעוּרֶיהָ.** שֶׁיָּשְׁבָה בְּמִצְרַיִם יָמִים רַבִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as in the days of her youth** when she dwelt in Egypt a long time.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:17:5
[Rashi on Hosea 2:17:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:17:5)

**וּכְיוֹם עֲלוֹתָהּ וְגוֹ׳:** שֶׁצָּעֲקָה אֵלַי מִמִּצְרַיִם מִתּוֹךְ שִׁעְבּוּד וּגְאַלְתִּיהָ, כֵּן גַּם עַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and as the day of her ascent, etc.** as Israel cried out to me in Egypt because of the subjugation and I redeemed her, so also now.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:18:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:18:1)

**תִּקְרְאִי אִישִׁי** וְגוֹ׳. תַּעַבְדוּנִי מֵאַהֲבָה וְלֹא מִיִּרְאָה, **אִישִׁי** לְשׁוֹן אִישׁוּת וְחִבַּת נְעוּרִים (ירמיה ב:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you shall call [Me] Ishi, etc** You shall worship Me out of love and not out of fear. Ishi is an expression of marriage and the love of one’s youth.


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

**בַּעְלִי.** לְשׁוֹן אַדְנוּת וּמוֹרָא, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ (פסחים פז,א; כתובות עא,ב): כְּכַלָּה בְּבֵית חָמִיהָ, וְלֹא כְּכַלָּה בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Baali** An expression of mastership and fear. And our Rabbis (Pesachim 87a, Kethuboth 71b) explained: Like a bride in her father-in-law’s house, and not like a bride in her father’s house.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:19:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:19:1)

**וְלֹא יִזָּכְרוּ עוֹד** יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּשְׁמָם שֶׁל בְּעָלִים, אוֹ לֹא יִזָּכְרוּ הַבְּעָלִים בִּשְׁמָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל לוֹמַר שֶׁהֵם אֱלָהוּת לָהֶם, אוֹ לֹא יִזָּכֵר שֵׁם הַבְּעָלִים עוֹד, כְּמַה דְּאָמַר (ישעיהו ב:יח) ״וְהָאֱלִילִים כָּלִיל יַחֲלֹף״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall no longer be mentioned** I.e. Israel shall no longer be mentioned by the name of the baalim. Or, the baalim shall no longer be mentioned by the name of Israel, saying that they are their gods. Or, the name of the baalim shall no longer be mentioned, as it is stated. (Isa. 2:18) “And the idols shall completely pass away.”


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

**עִם חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה** שֶׁאַשְׁבִּית מַזִּיקִין מִן הָעוֹלָם, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (ישעיה יא:ט): ״לֹא יָרֵעוּ וְלֹא יַשְׁחִיתוּ וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with the beasts of the field** for I will destroy harmful creatures from the world. And so Scripture states (Isa. 11:9): “They shall neither harm nor destroy etc.”


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:21:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:21:1)

**בְּצֶדֶק וּבְמִשְׁפָּט.** שֶׁתִּתְנַהֲגוּ בָּהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with righteousness and with justice** which you practice.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:21:2
[Rashi on Hosea 2:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:21:2)

**וּבְחֶסֶד וּבְרַחֲמִים.** שֶׁיָּבֹא לְךָ מֵאִתִּי עַל יְדֵיהֶם. בְּאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ כְּתִיב (בראשית יח:יט): ״כִּי יְדַעְתִּיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר יְצַוֶּה וְגוֹ׳ לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט״, וּכְנֶגְדָּן נָתַן לְבָנָיו חֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים מֵאֵת הַקָּבָּ״ה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג:יח): ״וְנָתַן לְךָ רַחֲמִים״, ״וְשָׁמַר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְךָ אֶת הַבְּרִית וְאֶת הַחֶסֶד״ (שם יז). פָּסְקוּ מִן הַצְּדָקָה וְהַמִּשְׁפָּט, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (עמוס ה:ז): ״הַהוֹפְכִים לַלַּעֲנָה מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה לָאָרֶץ הִנִּיחוּ״, אַף הַקָּבָּ״ה אָסַף מֵהֶם הַחֶסֶד וְהָרַחֲמִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיהו טו:א): ״כִּי אָסַפְתִּי אֶת שְׁלוֹמִי מֵאֵת הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶת הַחֶסֶד וְאֶת הָרַחֲמִים״. וּכְשֶׁיַּחְזְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו א:כז): ״צִיּוֹן בְּמִשְׁפָּט תִּפָּדֶה וְגוֹ׳״, הַקָּבָּ״ה מוֹסִיף עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים וָחֶסֶד, וְעוֹשֶׂה אוֹתָן עֲטָרָה לְאַרְבַּעְתָּן וּמוֹשִׁיבָן בְּרֹאשָׁן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with loving-kindness and with mercy** which will come to you from Me because of them. Concerning our father Abraham, it is written (Gen 18:19): “For I love him since he commands etc. to perform righteousness and justice.” And, corresponding to them, He bestowed upon his children loving-kindness and mercy, as it is said (Deut. 13:18): “And He shall grant you mercy”; (ibid. 7:12) “And the Lord your God shall keep for you the covenant and the loving-kindness.” When they ceased to perform righteousness and justice, as it is said (Amos 5:7): “Those who turn justice into wormwood, and righteousness they leave on the ground,” also the Holy One, blessed be He, took away from them the loving-kindness and the mercy, as it is said (Jer. 16:5): “for I have gathered in My peace from this people, says the Lord, the loving- kindness and the mercies.” And when they will return to perform righteousness and justice, they shall be redeemed immediately, as it is said (Isa. 1:27): “Zion shall be redeemed through justice, and her penitent through righteousness.” And the Holy One, blessed be He, will add mercy and loving- kindness to them and make a crown of all four of them and place it on their head.


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

**וְאֵרַשְׂתִּיךְ לִי בֶּאֱמוּנָה.** בִּשְׂכַר הָאֱמוּנָה שֶׁהֶאֱמַנְתְּ בַּגּוֹלָה לַהַבְטָחוֹת שֶׁעַל יְדֵי נְבִיאַי (מכילתא בשלח ויהי ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will betroth you to Me with faith** For the reward of the faith, for, while in exile, you believed in the promises through My prophets. [from Mechilta 14:31 with variations]


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:23:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:23:1)

**אֶעֱנֶה אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם.** לִצוֹק אֶל הַשְּׁחָקִים מִפֶּלֶג הַטּוֹב הַתְּלוּיִים בְּמַאֲמָר, וְהֵם יַעֲנוּ לִצוֹק מַיִם עַל הָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will answer the heavens** to pour upon the clouds from the rivulet of good that depends on My word. They will, in turn, answer to pour water upon the earth.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:24:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:24:1)

**אֶת יִזְרְעֶאל.** אֶת בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה שֶׁנִּזְרְעוּ וְנִקְבְּצוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Jezreel** The people of the exile who were scattered and then in gathered.


###### Rashi on Hosea 2:25:1
[Rashi on Hosea 2:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/2:25:1)

**וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ לִי** כְּזוֹרֵעַ סְאָה לְהַכְנִיס כַּמָּה כּוֹרִין, כֵּן יִתְוַסְּפוּ עֲלֵיהֶן בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּמָּה גֵּרִים (פסחים פז,ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will sow her for Me in the land** As one who sows a se’ah in order to gather many korim, so will many proselytes be added to them. [from Pesachim 87b]