## Rashi on Hosea Chapter 9

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

**אַל תִּשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל** כְּשָׁאָר עוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים הַקַּדְמוֹנִים, שֶׁהֵם לֹא קִבְּלוּ תּוֹרָה וְלֹא בָּאוּ לְחֶלְקִי, וְאַתָּה זָנִיתָ מֵעָלַי וְאִבַּדְתָּ טוֹבוֹת הַרְבֵּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Rejoice not, O Israel** like the other peoples, for they did not receive a Torah, and they did not come to My lot, but you strayed from Me and lost many benefits.


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

**אָהַבְתָּ.** לִהְיוֹת כְּזוֹנָה לְקַבֵּל **אֶתְנָן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you love** to be like a harlot, to receive a harlot’s hire.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:1:3
[Rashi on Hosea 9:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:1:3)

**עַל כָּל גְּרָנוֹת.** כְּדֶרֶךְ זוֹנָה שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין לָהּ דָּגָן בַּגֹּרֶן בְּאֶתְנַנָּהּ (בראשית רבה נז:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on all threshing floors of corn** In the manner of the harlot to whom they give corn on the threshing floor for her hire. [after Gen. Rabbah 57:4]


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:3:1
[Rashi on Hosea 9:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:3:1)

**לֹא יֵשְׁבוּ בְּאֶרֶץ ה׳.** לֹא יִתְעַכְּבוּ בְּאַרְצָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They shall not stay in the land of the Lord** Heb. יֵשְׁבוּ, they shall not stay in their land.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:4:1
[Rashi on Hosea 9:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:4:1)

**לֹא יִסְּכוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ׳נֶסֶךְ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They shall not pour libations** Heb. יִסְּכוּ, an expression of נֶסֶךְ, libation.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:4:2
[Rashi on Hosea 9:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:4:2)

**לֹא יֶעֶרְבוּ לוֹ.** לֹא תְּהֵא מִנְחָתָם עֲרֵבָה עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they will not please Him** Their offering will not be pleasant to Him.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:4:3
[Rashi on Hosea 9:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:4:3)

**כְּלֶחֶם אוֹנִים.** כְּלֶחֶם גְּזֵלָה הַבָּא עַל יְדֵי כֹּחַ וְאוֹנִים (ישעיה מ:כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like bread of mourners** Heb. אוֹנִים, like bread of robbery that comes through strength and might.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:4:4
[Rashi on Hosea 9:4:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:4:4)

**כִּי לַחְמָם לְנַפְשָׁם** רָאוּי הוּא זֶה לָהֶם לְמַאֲכָל וְלֹא לָבוֹא לְבֵית ה׳. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כְּלֶחֶם אוֹנִים** כְּלֶחֶם אֲבֵלִים שֶׁהוּא טָמֵא (דברים כו:יד), וְסוֹפוֹ מוֹכִיחַ **כָּל אוֹכְלָיו יִטְמָאוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for their bread is for themselves** It is fit for them for food, but not to come into the house of the Lord. Another explanation is: אוֹנִים, like bread of mourners, which is contaminated, and the end of the verse proves it: all those who partake thereof become contaminated.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:5:1
[Rashi on Hosea 9:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:5:1)

**לְיוֹם מוֹעֵד.** לְיוֹם זְמַן קָבוּעַ לִהְיוֹת הָאוֹיֵב נוֹעָד לָבֹא עֲלֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the appointed day** For the day of the set time for the enemy to be appointed to come upon you.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:5:2
[Rashi on Hosea 9:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:5:2)

**חַג ה׳.** זֶבַח הֲרִיגָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ בָּכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Lord’s massacre** Heb. חַג, a slaughter, the killing which I have in you.


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

**כִּי הִנֵּה הָלְכוּ** מִמְּקוֹמָם מֵרֹב שׁוֹדְדִים שֶׁיָּבֹאוּ עֲלֵיהֶם עִם נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For behold, they have gone away** from their place because of the many plunderers who will come upon them with Nebuchadnezzar.


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

**מוֹף.** מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Moph shall bury them** It is of the land of Egypt.


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

**מַחְמַד לְכַסְפָּם.** בָּתֵּי חֶמְדַּת אוֹצְרוֹת כַּסְפָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the treasurehouses for their silver** The houses of the precious treasures of their silver.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:6:4
[Rashi on Hosea 9:6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:6:4)

**קִימּוֹשׁ. חוֹחַ** מִינֵי חַיּוֹת תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**thistles etc. briers** Heb. קִימוֹשׁ חוֹחַ. Jonathan renders these terms as species of beasts.


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

**הַפְּקֻדָּה.** שֶׁיִּפָּקְדוּ עֲוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the visitation** When your sins will be visited.


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

**הַשִּׁלּוּם.** ״תּוֹשְׁלָמַת חוֹבִין״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**recompense** the payment of sins.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:7:3
[Rashi on Hosea 9:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:7:3)

**אֱוִיל הַנָּבִיא.** אַף מִנְּבִיאֵי אֱמֶת שֶׁלָּהֶם יִהְיוּ אֱוִילִים, כְּגוֹן חֲנַנְיָה בֶּן עַזּוּר (ירמיה כח:א) שֶׁתְּחִלָּתוֹ נְבִיא אֱמֶת הָיָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the prophet shall be a fool** Even some of their true prophets will be fools, e.g. Hananiah son of Azzur, who was originally a true prophet.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:7:4
[Rashi on Hosea 9:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:7:4)

**וְרַבָּה מַשְׂטֵמָה.** שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שׂוֹנֵא מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the hatred is great** which the Holy One, blessed be He, hates your deeds.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:8:1
[Rashi on Hosea 9:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:8:1)

**צוֹפֶה אֶפְרַיִם עִם אֱלֹהָי.** הֵם מַעֲמִידִין לָהֶם נְבִיאֵיהֶם, הַמַּמְשִׁיכִין אוֹתָן לְצַד עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁלָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Ephraim is a prophet with my God** They set up for themselves their prophets, who attract them toward their idolatry.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:8:2
[Rashi on Hosea 9:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:8:2)

**נָבִיא פַּח יָקוּשׁ עַל כָּל דְּרָכָיו.** וְלִנְבִיאֵי הָאֱמֶת הֵם טוֹמְנִין פַּחִים לְלָכְדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[for the] prophet [they lay] a fowler’s snare on all his ways** And for the true prophet they conceal snares to trap them.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:8:3
[Rashi on Hosea 9:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:8:3)

**מַשְׂטֵמָה בְּבֵית אֱלֹהָיו.** בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הָרְגוּ אֶת זְכַרְיָה (דברי הימים ב כד:כא), וַיְבַקְּשׁוּ לַהֲרֹג אֶת יִרְמְיָה, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיהו כו:יא): ״מִשְׁפַּט מָוֶת לָאִישׁ הַזֶּה וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[causing] hatred in the house of his God** In the Temple they assassinated Zechariah (II Chron. 24:21), and they sought to assassinate Jeremiah, according to the matter that is stated: (Jer. 26: 11) “This man is liable to death etc.”


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

**כִּימֵי הַגִּבְעָה.** יֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים זֶה גִּבְעַת בִּנְיָמִין בְּפִלֶּגֶשׁ (שופטים יט), וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים זֶה גִּבְעַת שָׁאוּל (שמואל א יא:ד), שֶׁשָּׁאֲלוּ לָהֶם מֶלֶךְ וּמָרְדוּ בְּדִבְרֵי הַנָּבִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as in the days of Gibeah** Some say that this is Gibeah of Benjamin in the case of the concubine (Jud. 19), and some say that this is Gibeah of Saul, where they asked for a king and rebelled against the words of the prophet (I Sam. 15).


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:10:1
[Rashi on Hosea 9:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:10:1)

**כַּעֲנָבִים בַּמִּדְבָּר.** כַּעֲנָבִים שֶׁהֵם חֲבִיבִים בַּמִּדְבָּר, כָּךְ חִבַּבְתִּי אֶת **יִשְׂרָאֵל**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like grapes in the desert** Like grapes, which are precious in the desert, so did I love Israel.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:10:2
[Rashi on Hosea 9:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:10:2)

**כְּבִכּוּרָה בִתְאֵנָה.** כִּתְאֵנָה מְבֻשֶּׁלֶת בְּעֵץ הַתְּאֵנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a ripe fig** Heb. כְּבִכּוּרָה, like a ripe fig. **on a fig tree** Heb. בִתְאֵנָהּ.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:10:3
[Rashi on Hosea 9:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:10:3)

**בְּרֵאשִׁיתָהּ.** בִּתְחִלַּת בִּשּׁוּל הַתְּאֵנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in its beginning** In the beginning of the ripening of the figs.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:10:4
[Rashi on Hosea 9:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:10:4)

**רָאִיתִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם.** כֵּן נִרְאוּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם בְּעֵינַי לְחַבְּבָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I saw your forefathers** So did your forefathers appear in My eyes to love them.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:10:5
[Rashi on Hosea 9:10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:10:5)

**וַיִּנָּזְרוּ.** אֵין ׳נְזִירָה׳ בְּכָל מָקוֹם אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן ׳פְּרִישָׁה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they separated themselves** Heb. וַיִנָּזְרוּ. Nowhere is נְזִירָה anything but an expression of separation.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:10:6
[Rashi on Hosea 9:10:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:10:6)

**לַבֹּשֶׁת.** לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁהִיא בָּשְׁתָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to a shameful thing** To the deity, Baal-peor, which is their shame.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:10:7
[Rashi on Hosea 9:10:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:10:7)

**וַיִּהְיוּ שִׁקּוּצִים** לְפָנַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they became detestable** before Me.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:10:8
[Rashi on Hosea 9:10:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:10:8)

**כְּאָהֳבָם.** אֶת בְּנוֹת מוֹאָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when they loved** the daughters of Moab.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:11:1
[Rashi on Hosea 9:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:11:1)

**אֶפְרַיִם כָּעוֹף יִתְעוֹפֵף וְגוֹ׳.** אָמַר הַנָּבִיא הַלְוַאי וְיִהְיוּ כָּעוֹף הַזֶּה הַנּוֹדֵד מִקִּנּוֹ וְחָדֵל מִפְּרִיָּה וּרְבִיָּה, כָּךְ יִשְׁכְּלוּ אֶת זַרְעָם אוֹ בִּשְׁעַת **לֵדָה**, אוֹ יִתְעַכֵּל **בַּבֶּטֶן** וְיַפִּילוּ, אוֹ בִּשְׁעַת **הֵרָיוֹן** לֹא יִקְלְטוּ, כִּי מַה בֶּצַע בְּגַדְּלָם אֶת בְּנֵיהֶם שֶׁהֵם יְגַדְּלוּ וְשִׁכַּלְתִּים מֵאָדָם (הושע ט:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As for Ephraim their honor shall fly away like a bird etc.** Said the prophet: If only they would be like a bird that wanders from its nest and ceases to multiply, so should they be bereft of their seed, either at the time of birth, or that it should disintegrate and they should miscarry, or at the time of conception that they should not conceive, for what use is it that they raise their children, since, if they raise them, I will bereave them before they become men.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:12:1
[Rashi on Hosea 9:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:12:1)

**כִּי גַם.** לָאָבוֹת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for woe... also** Woe to the fathers.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:12:2
[Rashi on Hosea 9:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/9:12:2)

**אוֹי לָהֶם בְּשׂוּרִי מֵהֶם.** כְּמוֹ בְּסוּרִי מֵהֶן, וְהוּא מִן מָסוֹרוֹת כָּתְבִין שִׁי״ן וְקָרִיין סָמֶ״ךְ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כְּעוֹף יִתְעוֹפֵף כְּבוֹדָם וְגוֹ׳,** כְּעוֹף זֶה שֶׁפּוֹרֵחַ וְאֵינֶנּוּ, כֵּן יָעוּף וְיִבְרַח כָּל כְּבוֹדָם. כָּל מַה שֶׁנִּצְטַעֲרוּ בִּבְנֵיהֶם בְּלֵידָה וּבְהֵרָיוֹן: מִלֵּידָה – זֶה צַעַר לֵידָה, וּמִבֶּטֶן – אֵלּוּ יְמֵי הָעִבּוּר, וּמֵהֵרָיוֹן – בִּשְׁעַת תַּשְׁמִישׁ. כָּל טָרְחָם זֶה יִכְלֶה. כֵּיצַד? שֶׁהֲרֵי כְּשֶׁיַגְדְּלוּ אֶת בְּנֵיהֶם וְשִׁכַּלְתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when I turn away from them** Heb. בְּשוּרִי, like בְּסוּרִי, when I turn away from them. This is one of the words listed in the Masorah, which are spelled with a “sin” but read with a “sammech.” Another explanation: **their honor shall fly away like a bird etc.** Like this bird which flies away and is no more, so will their honor fly away and flee, all that they toiled with their children in birth, [in the womb,] and in conception. **From birth** This refers to the birth pangs. **and from the womb** This refers to the days of pregnancy. **and from conception** At the time of coitus. All this toil of theirs will end. How so? For, when they raise their children, I will bereave them.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:13:1
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**אֶפְרַיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי לְצוֹר** בְּשַׁלְוָתָהּ מַעֲטִירָה (ישעיה כג:ח) וַעֲשִׁירָה עַל כָּל הַמְּדִינוֹת, כֵּן רָאִיתִי לְאֶפְרַיִם שְׁתוּלָה בְּנָוֶה. וְאֶפְרַיִם מַה גְּמוּל שִׁלֵּם לִי? נִתְעַסֵּק לְהוֹצִיא אֶל הוֹרֵג בָּנָיו לְזָבְחָם לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁל מֹלֶךְ. כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Ephraim, as I saw Tyre** in its tranquility, enjoying royalty and wealth more than all the provinces, so did I see Ephraim, planted in a dwelling place. But Ephraim what recompense did he recompense Me? He occupied himself with taking his children out to the slayer, to slaughter them in worship of the idols. So did Jonathan translate.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:14:1
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**תֵּן לָהֶם ה׳ מַה תִּתֵּן.** הַנָּבִיא מִתְפַּלֵּל שֶׁיָּמוּתוּ קְטַנִּים, שֶׁאֵינוֹ דוֹמֶה אֶבְלוֹ שֶׁל קָטָן לְאֶבְלוֹ שֶׁל גָּדוֹל (פסיקתא רבתי מד). לְפִיכָךְ אִם אִי אֶפְשָׁר מִלֵּדָה וּמִבֶּטֶן וּמֵהֵרָיוֹן, שֶׁכְּבָר נִגְזַר מִבְּרִיאַת עוֹלָם (בראשית ג:טז) ״וְאֶל אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ״, תֵּן לָהֶם מְהֵרָה בְּקַטְנוּתָם מַה שֶׁאַתָּה אוֹמֵר לִתֵּן לָהֶם לְאַחַר זְמַן, שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ ״כִּי אִם יְגַדְּלוּ אֶת בְּנֵיהֶם וְשִׁכַּלְתִּים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Give them, O Lord, what You will give** The prophet prays that they should die when young, for the mourning for a child is not as bad as the mourning for an adult. Therefore, if it is impossible that they die from birth, from the womb, or from conception, for it was already decreed from the Creation of the world, (Gen. 3: l6) “And to your husband shall be your longing,” give them quickly in their childhood what you say to give to them after a time, for You said, “For, if they raise their children. I will bereave them.” [from Pesikta Rabbathi 45:3]


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:14:2
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**תֵּן לָהֶם רֶחֶם מַשְׁכִּיל.** בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁיּוֹצְאִין לַאֲוִיר עוֹלָם יָמוּתוּ, אוֹ יִצְטַמְּקוּ שְׁדֵי אִמָּן שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא לָהֶם חָלָב לְהָנִיק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**give them a bereaving womb** When they emerge into the world (lit. the air of the world), let them die or let their mother’s breasts dry up so that they will have no milk to nurse them.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:15:1
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**כָּל רָעָתָם בַּגִּלְגָּל.** שָׁם הִרְבּוּ לַעֲבֹד עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה בַּבָּמוֹת. לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה שָׁם הַמִּשְׁכָּן בַּתְּחִלָּה (יהושע ד:יט), הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים לָהֶם נְבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל שֶׁהוּא מָקוֹם נִבְחָר, וְהוּא הָיָה לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All their evil is in Gilgal** There they worshipped idols to a great extent (on high places absent in mss.). Since the mishkan was there first, the prophets of Baal would tell them that was a choice site, and it belonged to the kings of Israel.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:15:2
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**לֹא אוֹסִף אַהֲבָתָם.** לֶאֱהוֹב אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will not continue to love them** Heb. לֹא אוֹסֵף אַהֲבָתָם, lit. I will not continue their love.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:16:1
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**פְּרִי בַל יַעֲשׂוּן.** לֹא טוֹב לָהֶם לִפְרוֹת וְלִרְבּוֹת, שֶׁהֲרֵי **גַּם כִּי יֵלְדוּ וְהֵמַתִּי מַחֲמַדֵּי בִטְנָם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shall not produce fruit** It is not good for them to multiply, for, even if they bear children, I will slay the precious ones of their womb.


###### Rashi on Hosea 9:17:1
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**יִמְאָסֵם אֱלֹהַי.** אֵינֶנּוּ קְלָלָה אֶלָּא בְּשׂוֹרָה, עָתִיד הוּא לְמָאֳסָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My God shall reject them** This is not a curse but a report. He is destined to reject them.