## Rashi on Joel Chapter 4

###### Rashi on Joel 4:2:1
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**אֶל עֵמֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָט.** אֵרֵד עִמָּם בְּעֹמֶק הַדִּין, יְהוֹשָׁפָט מִשְׁפָּטִי יָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the Valley of Jehoshaphat**—I will descend with them to the depth of justice. **Jehoshaphat**—The judgments of the Lord.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:3:1
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**יַדּוּ גוֹרָל.** כְּמוֹ ״וַיַּדּוּ אֶבֶן בִּי״ (איכה ג:נג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they cast lots** Heb. יִדּוּ. Like (Lam. 3:53) “And they cast (וַיַּדּוּ) a stone upon me.”


###### Rashi on Joel 4:4:1
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**הַגְּמוּל אַתֶּם מְשַׁלְּמִים.** זֶהוּ הַגְּמוּל שֶׁנָּתַן שְׁלֹמֹה לְחִירָם מֶלֶךְ צוֹר עֶשְׂרִים עִיר (מלכים א ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Are you paying Me recompense**—Is this the recompense for what Solomon gave Hiram, the king of Tyre, twenty cities (I Kings 9:11)?


###### Rashi on Joel 4:4:2
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**קַל מְהֵרָה.** לְשׁוֹן ׳זְרִיזוּת׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**swiftly** Heb. קַל מְהֵרָה, an expression of eagerness.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:8:1
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**לַשְּׁבָאִים וְגוֹ׳.** לִבְנֵי שְׁבָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the Shebaites**—To the children of Sheba.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:8:2
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**כִּי ה׳ דִּבֵּר.** וְהֵיכָן דִּבֵּר ״עֶבֶד עֲבָדִים יִהְיֶה לְאֶחָיו״ (בראשית ט:כה) כֵּן מְפֹרָשׁ בִּמְכִילְתִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the Lord has spoken**—Now where did He speak? (Gen. 9:25) “A slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers.” So it is explained in *Mechilta* (Ex. 12:25).


###### Rashi on Joel 4:9:1
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**קַדְּשׁוּ מִלְחָמָה.** אִם תּוּכְלוּן אַתֶּם לְהִלָּחֵם כְּנֶגְדִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**prepare war**—if you can wage war against Me.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:10:1
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**אִתֵּיכֶם.** קלטר״ש בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your plowshares** Heb. אִתֵּיכֶם, *koltres* in O.F:, colters.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:10:2
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**וּמַזְמְרוֹתֵיכֶם.** שרפש״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your pruning hooks** Heb. וּמַזְמְרוֹתֵיכֶם, serpes in French.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:11:1
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**עוּשׁוּ.** כְּמוֹ ׳חוּשׁוּ׳ כָּךְ חִבְּרוֹ מְנַחֵם. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם ״יִתְכַּנְּשׁוּן״, וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן ׳עֶשֶׁת בַּרְזֶל׳ הַמְכֻנָּס יַחַד מש״א בְּלַעַ״ז וְאֵין תָּי״ו בּוֹ יְסוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Gather** Heb. עוּשׁוּ. Like חוּשוּ, hasten, so did Menahem associate it. *Jonathan*, however, renders: they shall gather, and I say that it is an expression of a block of iron (עֶשֶת), which is gathered together, masse in French, and the “tav” is not a radical.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:11:2
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**שָׁמָּה הִנְחַת ה׳ גִּבּוֹרֶיךָ.** שָׁם בִּקְבוּצַת עֵמֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָט יִשְׁבּוֹר גְּבוּרַתְכֶם כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן. וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ אִם לְשׁוֹן אֲרָמִי הוֹרָדָה אוֹ לְשׁוֹן חֲתַת וְהַנּוּ״ן בּוֹ נוֹפֵל כְּמוֹ (דניאל ב:כה) ״הַנְעֵל לְדָנִיֵּאל קֳדָם מַלְכָּא״, שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ אוֹת שֹׁרֶשׁ אֶלָּא עַל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there the Lord shall break your mighty men** Heb. הַנְחַת. There in the gathering of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, He will break your might. So did *Jonathan*render it, but I do not know whether it is an Aramaic expression of lowering (נחת) or an expression of breaking (חתת), and the “nun” is defective. Cf. (Dan. 2:25) “brought Daniel in (הנְעַל) before the king,” which has no radical but על.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:13:1
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**שִׁלְחוּ מַגָּל וְגוֹ׳.** שִׁלְחוּ חֲרָבוֹת אוֹתָם הַהוֹלְכִים בִּשְׁלִיחוּתִי לְחַבֵּל אֶת אוֹיְבֵי ה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Stretch out a sickle etc.**—Draw the swords, you who go on My mission to destroy the nations.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:13:2
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**כִּי בָשַׁל קָצִיר.** כְּלוֹמַר כִּי הִגִּיעַ עִתָּם וְדִמָּה הַדָּבָר לְקָצִיר שֶׁקּוֹצְרִים אוֹתוֹ בְּמַגָּלוֹת כְּשֶׁגָּמַר בִּשּׁוּלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the harvest is ripe**—I.e, for their time has arrived, and he compared the matter to harvest, which is harvested with sickles when it becomes completely ripe.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:13:3
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**בֹּאוּ רְדוּ כִּי מָלְאָה גַת.** מִן הָעֲנָבִים בֹּאוּ וְדִרְכוּ אוֹתָם כְּלוֹמַר נִתְמַלָּא סְאַת עֲוֹנָם. **רְדוּ** לְשׁוֹן כְּבִישָׁה וְרִדּוּי כְּמוֹ ״וּרְדוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם״ (בראשית א:כח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**come press for the winepress is full**—of grapes. Come and tread them; i.e., the measure of their iniquity is full. **press** Heb. רְדוּ, an expression of pressing [or ruling]. Cf. (Gen. 1:28) “And rule (וּרְדוּ) over the fish of the sea.”


###### Rashi on Joel 4:13:4
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**הֵשִׁיקוּ הַיְקָבִים.** קוֹל קִלּוּחַ הַיְקָבִים הַיּוֹרֵד תּוֹךְ הַבּוֹר שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַגִּתּוֹת נִשְׁמָע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the vats shall roar**—The sound of the stream of the wine going down in the vats before the winepresses is heard.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:14:1
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**בְּעֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ.** שֶׁשָּׁם חָרוּץ שֶׁהַמִּשְׁפָּט אֱמֶת וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״מֵישַׁר פִּלּוּג דִּינָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the valley of decision**—For there it is decided that the judgment is true. And so did *Jonathan*render: the valley of judgment.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:15:1
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**אָסְפוּ נָגְהָם.** הִכְנִיסוּ אוֹרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have withdrawn their shining**—Have taken in their shining.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:16:1
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**מִצִּיּוֹן יִשְׁאָג.** מִמַּה שֶּׁעָשׂוּ לְצִיּוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall roar from Zion**—Because of what they did to Zion.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:16:2
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**וְרָעֲשׁוּ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ.** יִפָּרַע מִשָּׂרִים שֶׁל מַעְלָה (שָׂרֵי הַכַּשְׂדִּים) וְאַחַר כָּךְ מִן (הַכַּשְׂדִּים):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the heavens and earth shall quake**—He will deal retribution upon the heavenly princes and then upon the nations.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:16:3
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**מַחֲסֶה.** לְשׁוֹן ׳כִּסּוּי׳, וּבְלַעַ״ז אבריאיי״ל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a shelter** Heb. מַחֲסֶה, an expression of a cover, *abrier* in O.F., abri in modern French, a shelter.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:18:1
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**אֲפִיקֵי.** מְקוֹם מוֹצָא מַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**springs** Heb. אֲפִיקֵי, a place of the source of water.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:18:2
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**וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת נַחַל הַשִּׁטִּים.** כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ ״וּמַשְׁקֵי יָת מֵישַׁר שִׁטִּים״. וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ יְכַפֵּר עַל עֲוֹן פְּעוֹר (עיין זכריה יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and water the valley of Shittim**—According to its apparent meaning, and it will water the valley of Shittim (*Targum*), and, according to its Midrashic meaning, He will atone for the iniquity of Peor.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:19:1
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**מִצְרַיִם וְגוֹ׳.** סְמָכָן זֶה לָזֶה לְפֻרְעָנִיּוֹת אַתָּה מוֹצֵא שֶׁאִלּוּלֵי מִצְרַיִם לֹא הָיְתָה אֱדוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מלכים א יא:טז) ״כִּי שֵׁשֶׁת חֳדָשִׁים יָשַׁב יוֹאָב עַד הַכְרִית כָּל זָכָר בֶּאֱדוֹם״ וּכְתִיב (שם יז-כא) ״וַיִּבְרַח אֲדַד הוּא וַאֲנָשִׁים אֲדוֹמִיִּים וַיִּמְצָא הֲדַד חֵן בְּעֵינֵי פַרְעֹה וְגוֹמֵר וַהֲדַד שָׁמַע כִּי שָׁכַב דָּוִד עִם אֲבוֹתָיו וְגוֹמֵר״ וּבָאַחֲרוֹנָה ״וַיְהִי לְשָׂטָן לִשְׁלֹמֹה״ אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֲנִי אֲכַלֶּה זוֹ וָזוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Egypt etc. and Edom**—He juxtaposed them as regards their retribution. You find that, were it not for Egypt, Edom would not exist, as it is stated: (I Kings 11:16 21) “For Joab and all Israel remained [stationed] there for six months etc. every male in Edom.” And it is stated there: (verse 17) “Adad fled, he and some Edomite men etc. And Hadad pleased Pharaoh very much etc. And Hadad etc. that David slept with his fathers etc.” And, at the end, (verse 25) “And he was an adversary to Solomon (sic).” Said the Holy One, blessed be He: I will destroy both of them.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:19:2
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**מֵחֲמַס בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה.** בִּשְׁבִיל חָמָס שֶׁעָשׂוּ עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת לִבְנֵי יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר שָׁפְכוּ אֶת דָּמָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of the violence done to the children of Judah**—Because of the violence they did to the children of Judah, viz., that they shed their blood.


###### Rashi on Joel 4:21:1
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**וְנִקֵּיתִי דָּמָם לֹא נִקֵּיתִי.** וְאַף אִם אֲנַקֶּה אוֹתָם מִשְּׁאָר עֲבֵירוֹת שֶׁבְּיָדָם וּמֵרָעוֹת שֶׁעָשׂוּ לִי, דָּמָם שֶׁל בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה לֹא אֲנַקֶּה מֵהֶם. אֵימָתַי תִּהְיֶה זֹאת, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שׁוֹכֵן בְּצִיּוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now should I cleanse, their blood I will not cleanse**—Even if I cleanse them of other sins in their hands, and of the evils they have done to Me, I will not cleanse them of the blood of the children of Judah. When will this come to pass? At the time the Holy One, blessed be He, dwells in Zion.