## Rashi on Hosea Chapter 6

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

**לְכוּ וְנָשׁוּבָה.** יֹאמְרוּ: ״לְכוּ וְנָשׁוּבָה וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Come and let us return** They will say, “Come and let us return etc.”


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:1:2
[Rashi on Hosea 6:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:1:2)

**יַךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵׁנוּ.** יַךְ לְשׁוֹן הוֹוֶה הוּא, הוּא מַכֶּה אוֹתָנוּ וְהוּא **יַחְבְּשֵׁנוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He smites, and He will bind us up** Heb. יַךְ. It is a present tense. He smites us, and He will bind us up.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:2:1
[Rashi on Hosea 6:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:2:1)

**יְחַיֵּנוּ מִיּוֹמַיִם.** יְחַזְּקֵנוּ מִשְּׁתֵּי פֻּרְעָנוּת שֶׁעָבְרוּ עָלֵינוּ מִשְּׁתֵּי מִקְדָּשׁוֹת שֶׁחָרְבוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He will revive us from the two days** He will strengthen us from the two retributions which have passed over us from the two sanctuaries that were destroyed.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:2:2
[Rashi on Hosea 6:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:2:2)

**בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי.** בְּבִנְיַן בַּיִת הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יְקִימֵנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the third day** With the construction of the third Temple, He will set us up.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:2:3
[Rashi on Hosea 6:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:2:3)

**מִיּוֹמָיִם.** מִשְּׁתֵּי עִתִּים שֶׁעָבְרוּ עָלֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the two days** From the two times that have passed over us.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:2:4
[Rashi on Hosea 6:2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:2:4)

**בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי.** בָּעֵת הַשְּׁלִישִׁי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the third day** In the third time.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:3:1
[Rashi on Hosea 6:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:3:1)

**לָדַעַת אֶת ה׳.** בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְתָמִים נְכוֹנִים, כְּשַׁחַר זֶה אֲשֶׁר נָכוֹן מוֹצָאוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to know the Lord** truly and wholeheartedly, as sure as the dawn, whose going forth is sure.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:3:2
[Rashi on Hosea 6:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:3:2)

**וְיָבוֹא כַגֶּשֶׁם לָנוּ.** כַּגֶּשֶׁם הַבָּא לִהְיוֹת חַיִּים לָעוֹלָם, שֶׁאָז יָבֹא לְהוֹרוֹת חַיִּים שֶׁיָבֹאוּ לָנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He will come to us like rain** Like rain which comes to be life for the world, for then He will come to teach life that will come to us.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:3:3
[Rashi on Hosea 6:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:3:3)

**יוֹרֶה אָרֶץ.** יַרְוֶה אָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which satisfies the earth** Heb. יוֹרֶה אֶרֶץ.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:4:1
[Rashi on Hosea 6:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:4:1)

**מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה לְּךָ.** מִפְּנֵי מִדַּת הַדִּין, אֵיךְ אוֹצִיא מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לָאוֹר (הושע ו:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What shall I do for you** because of the Divine Standard of Justice; how can I bring out your verdicts to the light?


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:4:2
[Rashi on Hosea 6:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:4:2)

**וְחַסְדְּכֶם כְּעֲנַן בֹּקֶר.** כָּל טוֹבַתְכֶם וְצִדְקַתְכֶם אֵינָהּ כְּלוּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For your loving-kindness is like a morning cloud** All your goodness and your righteousness is naught.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:5:1
[Rashi on Hosea 6:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:5:1)

**עַל כֵּן חָצַבְתִּי בַּנְּבִיאִים.** עַל אֲשֶׁר חָצַבְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם דְּבָרַי עַל יְדֵי הַנְּבִיאִים, וְהֵם לֹא נִזְהֲרוּ בָּהֶם, לְפִיכָךְ **הֲרַגְתִּים בְּאִמְרֵי פִי** – בִּשְׁבִיל אִמְרֵי פִי. כָּךְ תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because I have hewed by the prophets** Heb. עַל-כֵּן. Because I hewed My words upon them through the prophets, but they did not take heed, therefore... **I have put them to death because of the words of My mouth** Because of the words of My mouth. So did Jonathan translate it.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:5:2
[Rashi on Hosea 6:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:5:2)

**עַל כֵּן.** כְּמוֹ ׳עַל אֲשֶׁר׳, וְכֵן ״כִּי עַל כֵּן רָאִיתִי פָנֶיךָ״ (בראשית לג:י), ״כִּי עַל כֵּן לֹא נְתַתִּיהָ לְשֵׁלָה בְנִי״ (שם לח:כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because** Heb. עַל-כֵּן. Like עַל אֲשֶׁר, because of that which. Comp. (Gen. 33:10) “Because (כִּי עַל-כֵּן) I saw your face”; (ibid. 27:36) “because (כִּי עַל-כֵּן) I did not give her to Shelah my son.”


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:5:3
[Rashi on Hosea 6:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:5:3)

**וּמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ אוֹר יֵצֵא.** בִּתְמִיהָה, וְאֵיךְ אוּכַל לָשֵׂאת לָכֶם פָּנִים מִפְּנֵי מִדַּת הַדִּין? וּמוּסָב עַל ״מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה לְךָ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**now will your verdicts come out to the light?** This is a question. Now how will I be able to show you favoritism before the Divine Standard of Justice? This is a continuation of “What shall I do for you?”


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

**וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים.** חָפַצְתִּי **מֵעוֹלוֹת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and knowledge of God** I desire more than burnt offerings.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:7:1
[Rashi on Hosea 6:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:7:1)

**כְּאָדָם.** כְּאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like Adam** Heb. כְּאַדָם, like the first man.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:7:2
[Rashi on Hosea 6:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:7:2)

**שָׁם בָּגְדוּ בוֹ.** בְּאֶרֶץ טוֹבָה שֶׁהוֹשַׁבְתִּים בָּהּ, שָׁם בָּגְדוּ בִי, כְּאָדָם שֶׁהִכְנַסְתִּיו לְגַן עֵדֶן וְעָבַר עַל מִצְוָתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there they betrayed Me** In a good land where I settled them, there they betrayed Me, like Adam, whom I brought into the Garden of Eden, and he transgressed My commandment. [from Gen. Rabbah 19:9]


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:8:1
[Rashi on Hosea 6:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:8:1)

**עֲקֻבָּה מִדָּם.** מְלֵאָה אוֹרְבֵי רְצִיחָה, כְּמוֹ ״וְאֶת עֹקְבוֹ״ (יהושע ח:יג), ״וַיַּעְקְבֵנִי״ (בראשית כז:לו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who lurk to shed blood** Heb. עֲקֻבָּה. Full of people who lurk to murder. Comp. (Jos. 8:13) “and their lyers in wait (עֲקֵבוֹ)”; (Gen. 27:36) “and he deceived me (וַיַּעְקְבֵנִי).”


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:9:1
[Rashi on Hosea 6:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:9:1)

**וּכְחַכֵּי אִישׁ גְּדוּדִים.** וְכַאֲסִיפַת אִישׁ צַיִד דָּגִים הָאוֹסְפָם בְּחַכָּה יַחַד, כֵּן חַכֵּי גְדוּדֵיהֶם חֲבוּרוֹת כֹּהֲנֵיהֶם הַמִּתְחַבְּרִים לָלֶכֶת בַּדֶּרֶךְ, יְרַצְּחוּ שָׁם כֻּלָּם ״שְׁכֶם אֶחָד״ (בראשית מח:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And as a man gathers fish, so do bands** Heb. וּכְחַכֵּי. And as a fisherman gathers fish, who gathers them with a fishhook together, so do bands gather. Companies of their priests, who gather to go on the road, will all murder there in one group.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:9:2
[Rashi on Hosea 6:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:9:2)

**כִּי זִמָּה עָשׂוּ.** כִּי עֵצָה הִיא אֲשֶׁר נִתְיַעֲצוּ לִפְנֵי אֲסִיפָתָם לְאֵיזֶה מָקוֹם יֵלְכוּ לִרְצֹחַ וְלִשְׁלֹל שָׁלָל. **וּכְחַכֵּי** אימדור״ש בְּלַעַ״ז, וְאַף בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה חַכֵּי לְשׁוֹן ׳חִבּוּר׳ הוּא (בבא קמא קיט,ב), וְלֹא יַטִּיל בּוֹ יוֹתֵר מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה חַכִּין, הֵם תְּפִירוֹת שֶׁהַסּוֹרֵק מְחַבֵּר בָּהֶן שְׁנֵי רָאשִׁין מִן הַבֶּגֶד יַחַד כְּשֶׁחוֹבְטוֹ בְּמַקְלוֹת. וְלָשׁוֹן זֶה מִשֶּׁלִּי וְהָגוּן בְּעֵינַי וְכֵן פֵּרוּשׁוֹ, וּכְשֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם חִבּוּר אָדָם הַנֶּאֱסָפִים יַחַד **חֶבֶר כֹּהֲנִים** הוּא **לִרְצֹחַ**. וְהָרִאשׁוֹן מִדִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר שְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר זצ״ל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for they devised a plot** For this is a plot which they plotted prior to their gathering, to which place they would go to murder and to loot. וּכְחַכֵּי means ajjmedours in O.F, fishermen. And also in mishnaic Hebrew, חַכֵּי is an expression of joining. The Gemara states (Baba Kamma 119b): “And he shall not put into it more than three חַכִּין.” Those are the stitches with which the comber joins together both ends of the garment when he beats it with sticks. This [following] interpretation is mine, and it seems appropriate, and this is the explanation: And when there is a group of five men gathering together, it is a company of priests to murder. The first one is that of Rabbi Meir Sheliach Zibbur o.b.m.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:9:3
[Rashi on Hosea 6:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:9:3)

**שֶׁכְמָה.** לְשׁוֹן כַּת אַחַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in one group** Heb. שֶׁכְמָה, an expression of one group.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:10:1
[Rashi on Hosea 6:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:10:1)

**שַׁעֲרוּרִיָּה.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם לְשׁוֹן ׳שִׁנּוּי׳, שֶׁשִּׁינּוּ אֶת דַּרְכָּם, וְכֵן: ״שַׁמָּה וְשַׁעֲרוּרִיָּה״ (ירמיה ה:ל):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a horrible thing** Heb. שַׁעֲרוּרִיָה. Jonathan renders this as an expression of change, for they changed their way, and so: (Jer. 5:20) “an appalling and horrible thing (שֲעֲרוּרָה).”


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:11:1
[Rashi on Hosea 6:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:11:1)

**גַּם יְהוּדָה.** אַף הוּא הוֹאִיל וְקִלְקֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Judah, too** Since they sinned.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:11:2
[Rashi on Hosea 6:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:11:2)

**שָׁת.** הַמֵּשִׁית זְמַן פֻּרְעָנוּת לָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**appointed** Heb. שָׁת. The appointer appointed a time for retribution for her.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:11:3
[Rashi on Hosea 6:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:11:3)

**קָצִיר.** עֵת סִלּוּקָהּ וְגָלוּתָהּ, כְּמוֹ ״עוֹד מְעַט וּבָאָה עֵת הַקָּצִיר לָהּ״ (ירמיה נא:לג), בְּפֻרְעָנוּת בָּבֶל בְּסֵפֶר יִרְמְיָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**harvest** The time of her leaving and her exile. Comp. “A little more time and the time of harvest shall come to her,” in reference to the retribution of Babylon, in the Book of Jeremiah (51:33).


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:11:4
[Rashi on Hosea 6:11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:11:4)

**בְּשׁוּבִי שְׁבוּת עַמִּי.** בְּהוֹכִיחַ אוֹתָם לְשׁוֹבֵב מְשׁוּבוֹתָם (ירמיה ג:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when I will return the backsliding of My people** When I admonish them to return from their backsliding.


###### Rashi on Hosea 6:11:5
[Rashi on Hosea 6:11:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/6:11:5)

**שְׁבוּת עַמִּי.** לְשׁוֹן ״מְשׁוּבָה״ (ירמיה ג:ו), נַעֲרוּת וְיוֹלְדוֹת. אינווייזור״א בְּלַעַ״ז. וְכֵן ״בָּנִים שׁוֹבָבִים״ (ירמיה ג:יד), ״הַבַּת הַשּׁוֹבֵבָה״ (ירמיה לא:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the backsliding of My people** Heb. שְׁבוּת, an expression of the straying of youth and childhood, anwejjsdoure in O.F. Comp. (Jer. 3:14) “backsliding children (שוֹבָבִים)”; (ibid. 31:21) “backsliding daughter (הַבַּת הַשׁוֹבֵבָה).”