## Rashi on Hosea Chapter 7

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

**כְּרָפְאִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.** כְּשֶׁאֲנִי חָפֵץ לְהוֹשִׁיעָם וְלִרְפּאוֹת עֲוֹנוֹתָם, נִגְלוּ לְפָנַי **כִּי פָּעֲלוּ** תָּמִיד **שֶׁקֶר וְגַנָּבִים** מֵהֶם תָּמִיד **בָּאִים** וְגוֹנְבִים מָמוֹן חֲבֵרֵיהֶם, וְאַף **פּוֹשְׁטִים גְּדוּדֵיהֶם** בְּלִסְטִיּוּת לְלַסְטֵם אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When I would heal Israel** When I wish to save them and heal them, their iniquities are revealed before Me, for they constantly commit falsehood, and thieves come constantly from them and steal their neighbors’ property, and also their bands spread out with lawlessness, to rob the people.


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

**וּבַל יֹאמְרוּ לִלְבָבָם.** אֵינָן נוֹתְנִין אֶל לִבָּם שֶׁכָּל רָעָתָם כְּתוּבָה לְזִכָּרוֹן לְפָנַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They do not say in their heart** They do not lay it up to their heart that all their evil is inscribed before Me as a remembrance.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:3:1
[Rashi on Hosea 7:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:3:1)

**יְשַׂמְּחוּ מֶלֶךְ.** מַלְכָּם חָפֵץ בָּרָעָה שֶׁהֵם עוֹשִׂים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they make the king glad** Their king desires the evil that they do.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:4:1
[Rashi on Hosea 7:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:4:1)

**בּוֹעֵרָה מֵאֹפֶה.** שֶׁהֻסְּקָה מִיַּד הַנַּחְתּוֹם, כֵּן יִצְרָם בּוֹעֵר בְּקִרְבָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like an oven heated by the baker** that was heated by the baker, so does their lust burn within them.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:4:2
[Rashi on Hosea 7:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:4:2)

**יִשְׁבּוֹת מֵעִיר.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם מַה שֶׁתִּרְגֵּם, וְאֵינִי יָכוֹל לְיַשֵּׁב בּוֹ לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא. וּלְפִי מַשְׁמָעוֹ, **יִשְׁבּוֹת** יִצְרָם הָרָע שֶׁהָיָה מֵעִירָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he rests from awakening** Heb. יִשְׁבּוֹת מֵעִיר. Jonathan translated what he translated: I cannot reconcile it with the wording of the verse, and, according to its apparent meaning, their temptation, which arouses them, rests.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:4:3
[Rashi on Hosea 7:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:4:3)

**מִלּוּשׁ בָּצֵק עַד חֻמְצָתוֹ.** מִשֶּׁחָשַׁב בְּלִבּוֹ אֶת הָרָעָה כֵּיצַד יַעֲשֶׂה אוֹתָהּ, הוּא שׁוֹבֵת וְיָשֵׁן עַד הַבֹּקֶר שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לַעֲשׂוֹתָהּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָאוֹפֶה שׁוֹבֵת מִלּוּשׁ בָּצֵק עַד שֶׁהֶחְמִיצָה שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לֶאֱפוֹת. וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (מיכה ב:א): ״הוֹי חוֹשְׁבֵי אָוֶן וּפֹעֲלֵי רָע עַל מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָם בְּאוֹר הַבֹּקֶר יַעֲשׂוּהָ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the kneading the dough until it leavens** From the time he thinks of the evil in his heart, how he will do it, he rests and sleeps until morning, when he can do it, just as the baker rests from the kneading of the dough until it leavens, when he can bake it. And so it is stated in Micah (2: 1): “Woe is to those who plan iniquity and work evil on their beds; when the morning lights up, they do it.”


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:5:1
[Rashi on Hosea 7:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:5:1)

**יוֹם מַלְכֵּנוּ.** בְּיוֹם שֶׁהָיָה מַמְלִיכִין אֶת מַלְכֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The day of our king** The day we crown our king.


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

**הֶחֱלוּ שָׂרִים.** נַעֲשׂוּ שָׂרֵינוּ חוֹלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the princes became ill** Our princes became ill.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:5:3
[Rashi on Hosea 7:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:5:3)

**חֲמַת מִיָּיִן.** מֵחוֹם הַיַּיִן הַבּוֹעֵר בָּם, וְהַמֶּלֶךְ מוֹשֵׁךְ יָדוֹ מִן הַטּוֹבִים וְהַכְּשֵׁרִים לְהִתְחַבֵּר אֶת לוֹצְצִים (ירושלמי עבודה זרה א:א:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the heat of the wine** From the heat of the wine which burns within them, and the king withdraws his hand from the good and proper people to join the scorners.


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

**כִּי קֵרְבוּ כַתַּנּוּר לִבָּם בְּאָרְבָּם.** הֵכִינוּ וְהִזְמִינוּ אֶת לִבָּם בְּמַעֲשֵׂה אוֹרֵב שֶׁלָּהֶם, כְּתַנּוּר זֶה שֶׁמְּכִינִים וּמַסִּיקִין אוֹתוֹ לֶאֱפוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For they have made ready their heart like an oven with their ambush** They prepared and readied their heart with their ambush, like an oven which they prepare and heat in order to bake.


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

**כָּל הַלַּיְלָה יָשֵׁן אוֹפֵיהֶם.** נַחְתּוֹם שֶׁלָּהֶם הַמַּסִּיק אֶת הַתַּנּוּר, לְאַחַר שֶׁהֵכִינוּ לִבָּם וְחָשְׁבוּ אֶת גְּמַר הָרָעָה אֵיךְ יַעֲשׂוּהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all night their baker sleeps** Their baker, who heats the oven after they have prepared their heart and have thought of the execution of the evil, how they would do it.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:6:3
[Rashi on Hosea 7:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:6:3)

**יָשֵׁן אוֹפֵיהֶם.** כְּלוֹמַר, עַד הַבֹּקֶר יְשֵׁנִים, וְלַבֹּקֶר בּוֹעֲרִים כָּאֵשׁ עַד שֶׁגָּמְרוּ אֶת רָעָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their baker sleeps** i.e., until morning they sleep, and in the morning they burn like fire until they consummate their evil.


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

**וְאָכְלוּ אֶת שׁוֹפְטֵיהֶם.** הָרְגוּ אֶת סַנְהֶדְרִין שֶׁלָּהֶם, לְפִי שֶׁהָיוּ מוֹחִים בְּיָדָם. וּמָה עָלְתָה לָהֶם? כָּל מַלְכֵיהֶם נָפְלוּ, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין קוֹרֵא בָּהֶם אֵלַי. וּבִירוּשַׁלְמִי בְּמַסֶּכֶת עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (א,א) דָּרְשׁוּ: בְּיוֹם שֶׁהִמְלִיכוּ אֶת יָרָבְעָם, הֵחֵלּוּ שָׂרִים חֲמַת מִיַּיִן (הושע ז:ה), כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ: אָתוֹן לְגַבֵּיהּ אָמְרִין לֵיהּ, ״קוּם עֲבֵד לָן עכום״. אָמַר לוֹן, ״הַשְׁתָּא עִתֵּי רַמְשָׁא הוּא וְכָל עַמָּא שָׁתְיִין״, כְּלוֹמַר עֵת שִׁכְרוּת הוּא, שֶׁמָּא עַכְשָׁיו שִׁכּוֹרִים אַתֶּם וּמָחָר תַּחְזְרוּ בָּכֶם. ״אִיזְלוּן וְאִיתוּ בְּצַפְרָא״. אָזְלוּ וְאָתוּ בְּצַפְרָא, הָדָא הִיא ״כִּי קֵרְבוּ כַתַּנּוּר וגו׳״ (הושע ז:ו). אָמַר לוֹן, ״אֲנָא דָחִיל מִן סַנְהֶדְרִין דִּילְכוֹן״. אָמְרוּן לֵיהּ, ״אֲנַן קָטְלִינַן לוֹן״. הָדָא הִיא **וְאָכְלוּ אֶת שׁוֹפְטֵיהֶם**.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they devour their judges** They slew their Sanhedrin because they protested against them, and what happened to them? **All their kings have fallen because** “none of them calls to me.” And in the Palestinian Talmud in tractate Avodah Zarah (1:1) it is expounded as follows: On the day they crowned Jeroboam, “the princes became ill from the heat of wine” as is explained. They came to him and said to him, “Get up! Make idols for us.” He replied, “Now is the time of evening, and all the people are drinking”; i.e., it is a time of drunkenness. Perhaps now you are drunk, and tomorrow you will recant. “Go and return in the morning.” They went and returned in the morning. That is what is written: “For they have made ready etc.” He said to them, “I fear your Sanhedrin.” They replied, “We will kill them.” I.e. what is written: “And they devour their judges.”


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

**מָשַׁךְ יָדוֹ וְגוֹ׳.** כַּד הֲוָה חָמֵי בַּר נָשׁ כָּשֵׁר, הֲוָה מוֹתִיב גַּבֵּיהּ תְּרֵין לֵיצָנִין, וְאִינוּן אָמְרִין לוֹ: ״אֵיזֶה דּוֹר חָבִיב מִכָּל הַדּוֹרוֹת?״ וְהוּא אָמַר לוֹן: ״דּוֹר הַמִּדְבָּר״. וְאִינוּן אָמְרִין לוֹ: ״וְלֹא עָבְדִין עכום?״ וְהוּא אָמַר לוֹן: ״אַגַּב דְּהֲווֹ חֲבִיבִין לָא אִיתְעַנְשׁוּן״. וְאִינוּן אָמְרִין לוֹ: ״חַשׁ, דְּמַלְכָּא בָּעֵי לְמֶעְבַּד כֵּן״ – דּוֹם שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ רוֹצֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
“He draws his hand etc.” When he saw a righteous man, he would seat two scorners next to him, and they would say to him, “Which generation was the most beloved of all generations?” And he would reply, “The generation of the desert.” And they would say to him, “Did they not worship idols?” And he would reply, “Since they were beloved, they were not punished.” And they would say to him, “Quiet! The king wants to do that.”


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

**יִתְבּוֹלָל.** יְבֻלְבַּל בַּגּוֹלָה בֵּין הָאֻמּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**mingles** He will mingle in exile with the nations.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:8:2
[Rashi on Hosea 7:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:8:2)

**עֻגָה בְּלִי הֲפוּכָה.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״כְּחַרְרָה דְּעַד דְּלָא אִיתְהַפְּכַת אִיתְאַכְלַת״. עֻגָה חַרָרָה שֶׁאוֹפִין עַל הַגֶּחָלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as a cake which was not turned over** Jonathan renders: as a cake which, before being turned over, was consumed. עֻגָה is a cake which they bake on the coals.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:9:1
[Rashi on Hosea 7:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:9:1)

**וְהוּא לֹא יָדַע.** לֹא שָׂם אֶל לִבּוֹ שֶׁאֲכָלוּהוּ מַלְכֵי אֲרָם בִּימֵי יְהוֹאָחָז, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מלכים ב יג:ז): ״כִּי לֹא הִשְׁאִיר לִיהוֹאָחָז וגומר וַיְשִׂימֵם כֶּעָפָר לָדוּשׁ״, וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן לֹא חָזַר יָרָבְעָם בְּנוֹ מִדַּעַת (מֵרָעַת ספרים אחרים) אָבִיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he did not know** He did not lay it up to his heart that the kings of Aram consumed him in the days of Jehoahaz, as it is said: (II Kings 13:7) “For he had not left to Jehoahaz etc. and made them like dust to trample.” Nonetheless, Jeroboam his son did not repent of his father’s evil.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:9:2
[Rashi on Hosea 7:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:9:2)

**גַּם שֵׂיבָה זָרְקָה** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״אַף חֲלִישׁוּתָא מְטַתִּינוֹן וְאִינוּן לָא מִסְתַּכְּלִין״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**also weakness was cast** Heb. שֵׂיבָה, lit. ripe old age. Jonathan rendered. Also weakness reached them, but they did not contemplate it.


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

**וְעָנָה גְאוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּפָנָיו.** ״וּמְאַךְ יְקָרָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאִינוּן חֲזָן״, לְשׁוֹן ׳עֹנִי׳. וְאֵין וְעָנָה זֶה לְשׁוֹן עָתִיד אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן עָבָר, כְּמוֹ ״וְקָרָא זֶה אֶל זֶה״ (ישעיה ו:ג) שֶׁמָּעְתִּי שֶׁקָּרָא זֶה אֶל זֶה, וּכְמוֹ ״וְעָשָׂה לוֹ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים״ (בראשית לז:ג). וְאַף זֶה לְשׁוֹן עָבָר: כְּבָר נִמְעֲטוּ וְנִשְׁפְּלוּ, וּבְכָל זֹאת לֹא שָׁבוּ אֶל ה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the pride of Israel was humbled before Him** Heb. וְעָנָה. And the glory of Israel was humbled and they saw; an expression of humility, and this is not a future tense but a past tense. Comp. (Isa. 6: 3) “And one called (וְקָרָא) to the other.” I heard that one called to the other. Also (Gen. 37:3) “and he made (וְעָשָׂה) for him a woolen shirt.” This too is a past tense. They have already been diminished and humbled, and, despite this, they did not return to the Lord.


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

**אֵין לֵב.** לְהַבְחִין מַה טוֹב לָהֶם וּמַה רַע לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**without a heart** to discern between what was good for them and what was bad for them.


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

**מִצְרַיִם קָרָאוּ.** לְאוֹתָם שֶׁהֵרֵעוּ לָהֶם מֵעוֹלָם, הֵם קוֹרְאִים לְעֶזְרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they called upon Egypt** To those who have always harmed them, they call for aid.


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

**אַשּׁוּר הָלָכוּ.** אֶל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר הָלָכוּ שֶׁיַּעֲזֹר לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they went to Assyria** They went to the king of Assyria that he should aid them.


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

**כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵלְכוּ.** לְמִצְרָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When they go** to Egypt.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:12:2
[Rashi on Hosea 7:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:12:2)

**אֶפְרֹשׂ עֲלֵיהֶם רִשְׁתִּי כְּעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם.** שֶׁהַנֶּשֶׁר וְהַנֵּץ עוֹלִין לְמַעְלָה מִמֶּנּוּ וּמוֹרִידִין אוֹתוֹ לָאָרֶץ, כֵּן אוֹרִידֵם בְּמִצְרַיִם עַל יְדֵי נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will spread My net over them; like the fowl of the heaven** For the eagle and the hawk ascend higher than he and they bring them down to the earth, so will I bring them down in Egypt through Nebuchadnezzar. Another explanation: like the fowl of the heaven that is caught in a net hung on poles, and after they are in the net, they bring down the net.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:12:3
[Rashi on Hosea 7:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:12:3)

**אֲיַסְּרֵם כְּשֵׁמַע לַעֲדָתָם.** אָבִיא עֲלֵיהֶם יִסּוּרִים כְּכָל אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי מַשְׁמִיעַ לַעֲדָתָם בְּיַד יִרְמְיָה הַנָּבִיא, שֶׁעֲתִידִין הֵם לוֹמַר לוֹ: ״הִתְפַּלֵּל נָא בַּעֲדֵנוּ וְגוֹ׳״ (ירמיהו מב:ג), ״וְיַגֶּד לָנוּ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְגוֹמֵר אִם טוֹב וְאִם רָע וְגוֹ׳״ וְאָמַר לָהֶם: ״אִם שׂוֹם תָּשִׂימוּ נַפְשְׁכֶם לָשׁוּב מִצְרַיִם וְהָיְתָה הַחֶרֶב אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם יְרֵאִים מִמֶּנָּה שָׁם תַּשִּׂיג אֶתְכֶם״ (ירמיהו מב:טו-טז), וְכָל הָעִנְיָן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will chastise them as I let their congregation hear** I will bring chastisements upon them according to all that I let them hear through Jeremiah the prophet, that they are destined to say to him (42:2-6) “And pray in our behalf etc. And let the Lord your God tell etc. Whether good or bad etc.” And he said to them (verse 15f.), “If you direct your faces to come to Egypt etc. the sword that you fear will overtake you there,” and the entire section.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:12:4
[Rashi on Hosea 7:12:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:12:4)

**אִיסִירֵם.** לְשׁוֹן ׳יִסּוּרִין׳. וּמְנַחֵם פֵּרֵשׁ: לְשׁוֹן ׳קֶשֶׁר׳ וּ״מוֹסְרוֹתֶיךָ אֲנַתֵּק״ (ירמיהו ל:ח). אֲבָל דּוֹנַשׁ פָּתַר: לְשׁוֹן ׳יִסּוּרִין׳, כְּמוֹ (ויקרא כו:כח) ״לְיַסֵּר אֶתְכֶם״. וְנוֹסַף הַיּוֹ״ד הַשֵּׁנִי בְּ״אִיסִירֵם״, כַּאֲשֶׁר נוֹסַף בְּ״יַיְשִׁירוּ״ – ״וְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁירוּ נֶגְדֶּךָ״ (משלי ד:כה). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **כְּעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם** הַנִּלְכָּד בָּרֶשֶׁת הַתְּלוּיָה עַל כְּלוֹנְסוֹת, וּלְאַחַר שֶׁהֵם בָּרֶשֶׁת, מוֹרִידִין הָרֶשֶׁת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will chastise them** Heb. אַיְסִירֵם, an expression of chastisements (יִסּוּרִין) and Menahem (Machbereth Menahem pp. 128f.) explained [it as] an expression of binding. Comp. (Jer. 30:8) “and I will break your thongs (מוֹסְרוֹתֶיךָ),” but Dunash (Teshuvoth Dunash p. 34) interpreted [it as] an expression of chastisements (יִסּוּרִין). Comp. (Lev. 26:18) “to chastise you (לְיַסְרָה).” And the second “yud” in אַיְסִירֵם is added, as it is added in (יַיְשִׁירוּ) (Prov. 4:25) “and your eyelids look straight (יַיְשִירוּ) ahead of you.”


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

**וַאֲנֹכִי אֶפְדֵּם.** אֲנִי הָיִיתִי חָפֵץ לִפְדוֹתָם מֵרָעָה אֲשֶׁר הֵם בָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I would redeem them** I wanted to redeem them from the evil in which they are [found].


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

**וְהֵם דִּבְּרוּ עָלַי כְּזָבִים.** אָמְרוּ אֶל יִרְמְיָה: ״שֶׁקֶר אַתָּה מְדַבֵּר לֹא שְׁלָחֲךָ ה׳ לֵאמֹר אַל תָּבוֹאוּ מִצְרַיִם״ (ירמיה מג:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but they spoke lies about Me** They said to Jeremiah, (Jer. 43:2) “You speak falsely; the Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘You shall not come to Egypt.’”


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

**כִּי יְיֵלִילוּ עַל מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָם.** כִּי עַל כֵּן תָּבֹא לָהֶם יְלָלָה, כָּךְ תַּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**therefore, they will wail on their beds** Because, therefore, a wail will come to them. So did Jonathan render it.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:14:2
[Rashi on Hosea 7:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:14:2)

**יִתְגּוֹרָרוּ.** יֵשׁ לָהֶם מְגוּרוֹת שֶׁל דָּגָן, לְפִיכָךְ יָסוּרוּ וְיִמְרְדוּ בִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they store up** They have many granaries of corn; therefore, they turn away and rebel against Me.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:15:1
[Rashi on Hosea 7:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:15:1)

**וַאֲנִי יִסַּרְתִּי חִזַּקְתִּי זְרוֹעֹתָם.** בְּיִרְאָתִי, עַל יְדֵי נְבִיאַי, לִשְׁמֹעַ אֲלֵיהֶם בְּמַה שֶׁהֵם מְיַסְּרִים אוֹתָם, וְיִתְחַזְּקוּ זְרוֹעוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But I chastised them, I strengthened their arms** with My fear, through My prophets, to hearken to them with what they were chastising them, and their arms would be strengthened.


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

**יָשׁוּבוּ לֹא עָל** שָׁבוּ לְמִצְרַיִם וְלֹא לְהוֹעִיל לָהֶם, לְכָךְ נָקוּד עָל בְּקָמַץ, כְּמוֹ (שמואל ב כג:א) ״נְאֻם הַגֶּבֶר הוּקַם עָל״, שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן ׳עִלּוּי׳ וְאֵינוֹ דָבוּק לַתֵּבָה שֶׁלְּאַחֲרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They will return, but to no avail** Heb. עָל. They returned to Egypt, but it did not avail them. Therefore, עָל is vowelized with a “kamatz.” Comp. (II Sam. 23:1) “The word of the man raised up high (עָל),” which is an expression of raising up and is not attached to the following word.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:16:2
[Rashi on Hosea 7:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:16:2)

**הָיוּ כְּקֶשֶׁת רְמִיָּה.** כְּשֶׁרוֹצֶה לִירוֹת בּוֹ חֵץ לַצָּפוֹן הוּא יוֹרֶה לַדָּרוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they were like a deceitful bow** which, when one wishes to shoot with it toward the north, shoots toward the south.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:16:3
[Rashi on Hosea 7:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:16:3)

**יִפְּלוּ בַחֶרֶב שָׂרֵיהֶם.** יוֹחָנָן בֶּן קָרֵחַ (ירמיהו מג:ד) וְכָל הַחַיָּלִים שֶׁשָּׁבוּ לְמִצְרַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their princes shall fall by the sword** Jonathan son of Kareah and all the officers of the armies who returned to Egypt.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:16:4
[Rashi on Hosea 7:16:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:16:4)

**מִזַּעַם לְשׁוֹנָם.** לָשׁוֹן קָשָׁה שֶׁהֵשִׁיבוּ לְיִרְמְיָה (ירמיה מד:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the fury of their tongue** The harsh language with which they replied to Jeremiah.


###### Rashi on Hosea 7:16:5
[Rashi on Hosea 7:16:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/7:16:5)

**זוֹ לַעְגָּם.** אֲשֶׁר יַלְעִיגוּ לָהֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, לָמָּה שַׁבְתֶּם אֶצְלֵנוּ כְּדֵי לְהָבִיא עָלֵינוּ פֻּרְעָנִיּוֹת, וַהֲלֹא כָּתוּב לָכֶם ״לֹא תוֹסִיפוּ לִרְאוֹתָם עוֹד״ (שמות יד:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**This is their derision** which they will deride them in the land of Egypt. Why have you returned to us to bring retribution upon us? Is it not written concerning you,” (Ex. 14:13) “You shall no longer continue to see them”?