## Rashi on Micah Chapter 4

###### Rashi on Micah 4:1:1
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**וְנָהֲרוּ.** וְנִקְבְּצוּ שָׁם יַחַד כַּנְּהָרוֹת הַהוֹלְכִים אֶל הַיָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall stream** Heb. וְנָהֲרוּ. And they shall gather there together like rivers flowing into the sea.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:3:1
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**וְשָׁפַט.** מִשְׁפָּט זֶה לְשׁוֹן ׳תּוֹכָחָה׳ הוּא דשרימנ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he shall judge**—This judgment is an expression of reproof, *derajjnement* in O.F. [Isa 2:4]


###### Rashi on Micah 4:4:1
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**כִּי פִי ה׳ צְבָאוֹת דִּבֵּר.** וְהֵיכָן דִּבֵּר ״וְנָתַתִּי שָׁלוֹם בָּאָרֶץ״ (ויקרא כו:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken**—Now where has He spoken? (Lev. 26:6) “And I will place peace in the land, etc.” [from *Mechilta* to Exodus 12:25]


###### Rashi on Micah 4:5:1
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**יֵלְכוּ אִישׁ בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהָיו.** יֵלְכוּ לַאֲבַדּוֹן עַל שֶׁעָבְדוּ עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For all peoples shall go, each one in the name of his god**—Shall go to destruction because they worshipped idols. So did *Jonathan* render it.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:6:1
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**אֹסְפָה הַצֹּלֵעָה.** ״אַכְנִישׁ מְטַלְטְלַיָּא״ וְכֵן תַּרְגּוּם יוֹנָתָן, וְלִי נִרְאֶה לְשׁוֹן ׳מַרְפֵּא׳ כְּמוֹ ״וַאֲסַפְתּוֹ מִצָּרַעְתּוֹ״ (מלכים ב ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will heal the limping one** Heb. אֹסְפָה. I will gather in the exiles. So did *Jonathan* render. To me, however, it appears as an expression of healing, as in (II Kings 5:6) “And you shall cure him (וְאֲסַפְתּוֹ) of his zaraath.”


###### Rashi on Micah 4:6:2
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**וַאֲשֶׁר הֲרֵעוֹתִי.** וְאוֹתָם שֶׁהֲרֵעוֹתִי לָהֶם בַּעֲוֹנָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and those whom I harmed**—And those whom I harmed because of their iniquity.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:8:1
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**וְאַתָּה מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְאַתְּ מְשִׁיחָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל דְּטָמִיר מִן קֳדָם חוֹבֵי כְּנִישְׁתָּא דְצִיּוֹן״. פֵּרוּשׁ מִגְדַּל לְשׁוֹן ׳מָעוֹז׳ וְתַרְגּוּם עֵדֶר ׳כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל׳ וְתִרְגֵּם עֹפֶל לְשׁוֹן ׳אֹפֶל׳. וְיֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְעֹפֶל לְשׁוֹן ׳מִגְדַּל עוֹז׳ וְכֵן ״עוֹפֶל וָבַחַן״ (ישעיה לב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you, tower of the flock** Heb. מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר. *Jonathan* renders: And you, anointed one of Israel, who is hidden because of the sins of the people of Zion. His explanation is: מִגְדַּל is an expression of a stronghold, and he renders עֵדֶר as the people of Israel. He renders עֹפֶל as an expression of אֹפֶל, darkness. [I.e., מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר is the stronghold of Israel, identified as the Messiah. He is hidden because of the sins of the people of Zion. The word “hidden” is derived from אֹפֶל, darkness.] But it is possible to interpret מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר as the Temple, and עֹפֶל as an expression of a mighty tower. Likewise there is (Isa. 32:14) “Rampart (עֹפֶל) and tower.”


###### Rashi on Micah 4:8:2
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**עָדֶיךָ תֵּאתֶה.** שְׁאֵרִית הַצּוֹלֵעָה וְהַנַּהֲלָאָה כֻּלָּם יִקָּבְצוּ אֵלֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to you it shall come**—The remnant of the limping ones and the scattered ones shall gather to you.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:8:3
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**וּבָאָה הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה.** תָּבֹא הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה שְׁלֵמָה כֻּלָּהּ אֶל בֵּית דָּוִד בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיְתָה בַּתְּחִלָּה עַד שֶׁלֹּא נֶחְלְקָה. וּמַה הִיא הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה הַמַּמְלָכָה לְבַת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the former kingdom shall come**—The complete kingdom, in its entirety, shall come to the house of David in Jerusalem as it was originally, before it was divided. Now what was the former kingdom? The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:9:1
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**עַתָּה.** שֶׁאַתְּ מוֹרֶדֶת בִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now** that you rebel against Me.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:9:2
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**לָמָּה תָּרִיעִי רֵעַ.** שִׁיתִי לִבֵּךְ לָמָּה אַתְּ צְרִיכָה לְבַקֵּשׁ רֵעִים וַאֲהוּבִים מַלְכֵי מִצְרַיִם וּמַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר לַעֲזֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**why do you seek friends?** Heb. תָרִיעִי רֵעַ, lit. befriend a friend. Put to your heart: why do you need to seek friends and beloved ones, the kings of Egypt and the kings of Assyria, for aid?


###### Rashi on Micah 4:10:1
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**חוּלִי.** לְשׁוֹן ׳חַלְחָלָה׳ כְּמוֹ (כאן) ״כִּי הֶחֱזִיקֵךְ חִיל״, וְהַלָּשׁוֹן נוֹפֵל עַל יוֹלֶדֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Be in pain** Heb. חוּלִי, an expression of pain, as in (verse 9) “that pangs (חִיל) have seized you.” This expression is appropriate for a woman in confinement.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:10:2
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**וָגֹחִי.** כִּרְעִי וּשְׁחִי עַל גְּחוֹנֵךְ. וְכֵן בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה ״כּוֹתֶל הַגּוֹחֶה לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and kneel** Heb. וָגֹחִי, kneel and bend down on your belly (גָחוֹן). So it is in the language of the Mishnah (*Moed Katan* 7a): “A wall that bends over (הַגוֹחֶה) into a public domain.”


###### Rashi on Micah 4:10:3
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**תֵּצְאִי מִקִּרְיָה.** מִירוּשָׁלַיִם לָלֶכֶת בַּגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you shall go forth from the city**—From Jerusalem, to go into exile.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:10:4
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**וְשָׁכַנְתְּ בַּשָּׂדֶה.** תְּהִי שְׁכִינָתֵךְ חֲרוּשָׁה כַּשָּׂדֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you shall dwell in the field**—Your dwelling shall be plowed up like a field.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:11:1
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**הָאוֹמְרִים תֶּחֱנַף.** עַתָּה תִּתְחַיֵּב צִיּוֹן בְּחַטֹּאתֶיהָ וְיִפָּקֵד עָלֶיהָ עֲוֹנָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who say, “Let her be guilty”**—Let Zion be guilty of her sins, and let her iniquity be visited upon her.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:11:2
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**וְתַחַז בְּצִיּוֹן עֵינֵינוּ.** וְתִרְאֶינָה בָּהּ עֵינֵינוּ מַה שֶּׁאִוִּינוּ לִרְאוֹת בָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and our eyes shall gaze on Zion** And our eyes will see in her what we hoped to see her.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:12:1
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**כִּי קִבְּצָם כֶּעָמִיר גֹּרְנָה.** וְסוֹפוֹ לְקַבְּצָם אֶל עֵמֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָט וּסְבִיבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם לְמִלְחָמָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּקַבְּצִין עָמִיר כְּדֵי לְדוּשָׁם שָׁם, אַף הֵם חֵיל גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג לְרָעָתָם נֶאֶסְפוּ. וְיֹאמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִכְנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל קוּמִי וָדוֹשִׁי בַת צִיּוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for He gathered them as sheaves to a threshing floor**—And eventually, He will gather them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat and around Jerusalem to war, as they gather a sheaf in order to thresh it there. The heathens, too, will be gathered there for their detriment, and the Holy One, blessed be He, will say to the people of Israel: “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”


###### Rashi on Micah 4:13:1
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**וְהַחֲרַמְתִּי.** לְשׁוֹן ׳הֶקְדֵּשׁ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will devote** Heb. וְהַחֲרַמְתִּי, an expression of hallowing.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:13:2
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**בִּצְעָם.** מַה שֶּׁכִּנְּסוּ מִגְּזֵלָה וְחָמָס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their plunder**—What they gathered from robbery and violence.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:13:3
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**וְחֵילָם.** ״וְנִכְסֵיהוֹן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their wealth**—Their possessions.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:14:1
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**עַתָּה תִּתְגּוֹדְדִי בַת גְּדוּד.** עַתָּה בְּעֵת גְּזֵרָתָהּ הָרָעָה עַל הֶעָוֹן כִּי גָבַר, תִּתְגּוֹדְדִי בַּת גְּדוּד בַּת כַּשְׂדִּים, קִבְצִי גְדוּדִין כִּי עַתָּה הוּא אֲשֶׁר תִּצְלְחִי בַּגְּדוּד אֲשֶׁר שָׂם מָצוֹר עָלֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now you shall gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops**—Now, at the time of its [Israel’s] evil decree concerning the iniquity, which has increased, you shall gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; O daughter of the Chaldeans, gather troops, for now you shall succeed with the troop that laid siege upon us.


###### Rashi on Micah 4:14:2
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**בַּשֵּׁבֶט יַכּוּ עַל הַלֶּחִי.** מִי גָרַם לָךְ לְהַצְלִיחַ אֶת אֲשֶׁר יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְעִיבִים עַל נְבִיאֵיהֶם וְשׁוֹפְטֵיהֶם וּמַכִּים אוֹתָם עַל הַלֶּחִי. כָּךְ הָיוּ עוֹשִׂים, וְכֵן מָצִינוּ בִּפְסִיקְתָּא וְכֵן יְשַׁעְיָה הוּא אוֹמֵר (ישעיהו נ:ו) ״גֵּוִי נָתַתִּי לְמַכִּים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With a rod, they strike... on the cheek**—Who caused them (Babylon) to succeed? The Israelites deride their prophets and their judges and strike them on the cheek. So were they wont to do, and so we find in *Pesikta* (*d’Rav Kahana*, p. 125b), and so does Isaiah say, (Isa. 50:6) “I gave my back to smiters.”