## Rashi on Micah Chapter 7

###### Rashi on Micah 7:1:1
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**אַלְלַי לִי.** הַנָּבִיא מְקוֹנֵן עַל עַצְמוֹ אוֹי לִי שֶׁהָעֳמַדְתִּי לְנָבִיא בָּעֵת הַזֹּאת שֶׁאֵין בְּנֵי אָדָם צַדִּיקִים בַּדּוֹר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Woe is to me**—The prophet laments over himself, “Woe is to me that I was appointed a prophet at this time, when there are no righteous people in the generation.”


###### Rashi on Micah 7:1:2
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**כְּאָסְפֵּי קַיִץ.** נָקוּד חֲטַף קָמַץ שֶׁאֵינוֹ לְשׁוֹן פּוֹעֵל כְּמוֹ ׳יוֹשֵׁב׳ אוֹמֵר אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן מִפְעָל כְּמוֹ (ישעיהו ל״ג:ד) ״אֹסֶף הֶחָסִיל״ כַּאֲסִיפַת קַיִץ וְהֵם סוֹפֵי תְאֵנִים שֶׁהֵן רָעוֹת, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״כְּסִיּוּפֵי קַיְטָא״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as the last of the figs** Heb. כְּאָסְפֵּי. This is vowelized with a “chataf kamatz” because it is not a verb in the present tense, like:, יוֹשֵב, sits, and אוֹמֵר, says; rather, it is a gerund, as in (Isa. 33:4): “The gathering of (אֹסֶף) the locusts”; like the gathering of קַיִץ. These are the last figs, which are inferior. And so did *Jonathan* render: as the late figs of the summer.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:1:3
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**כְּעוֹלְלוֹת בָּצִיר.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״כְּעוֹלְלָן בָּתַר קְטוּף״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as the gleanings of the vintage**—As the gleanings after the vintage. [from *Jonathan*]


###### Rashi on Micah 7:1:4
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**אֵין אֶשְׁכּוֹל לֶאֱכוֹל.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ ״לֵית גְּבַר דְּבֵיהּ עוֹבָדִין טָבִין״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there is no cluster to eat**—As the *Targum* renders: There is no man who has good deeds.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:1:5
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**בִּכּוּרָה.** תְּאֵנָה טוֹבָה הַמִּתְבַּשֶּׁלֶת בְּעִתָּהּ, כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ ״לְטָבְיָא חֲמֵדַת נַפְשִׁי״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a first ripe fig my soul desires**—A good fig, which ripens in its time, as the *Targum* renders: My soul desired the good ones.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:2:1
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**וְיָשָׁר בָּאָדָם אָיִן.** אָדָם יָשָׁר בִּבְנֵי אָדָם אָיִן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there is no upright among men**—There is no upright man among men.


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

**יָצוּדוּ חֵרֶם.** יָצוּדוּ בְּחֶרְמָם וּבִמְצוּדָתָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**each one hunts his brother with a net**—They hunt with their net and with their trap.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:3:1
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**עַל הָרַע כַּפַּיִם לְהֵיטִיב.** עַל שְׂכַר הָרָעַת כַּפֵּיכֶם אַתֶּם מְקַוִּים שֶׁיֵּיטִיב לָכֶם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[in return] for the evil of their hands, do they expect that He will benefit them?**—Do you expect that He will benefit you as the reward for the evil of your hands?


###### Rashi on Micah 7:3:2
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**הַשַּׂר שׁוֹאֵל.** שֹׁחַד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the prince asks**—for a bribe.


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

**וְהַשּׁוֹפֵט.** הַדָּן אֶת הַדִּין גַּם הוּא בְּשִׁלּוּם אוֹמֵר לְשׁוֹפֵט חֲבֵרוֹ כְּשֶׁהוּא גַּזְלָן וּמְחֻיָּב בַּדִּין, שַׁלֵּם לִי גְּמוּלִי בָּזֶה וַאֲנִי אֲזַכֶּה אוֹתְךָ בְּדִין אַחֵר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the judge**—who judges the case is also in the payment. When he is a robber and is liable according to law, he says to his fellow judge, “Do me a favor in this case, and I will vindicate you in another case.”


###### Rashi on Micah 7:3:4
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**וְהַגָּדוֹל דֹּבֵר הַוַּת נַפְשׁוֹ.** הַמֶּלֶךְ אוֹ הַנָּשִׂיא אוֹמֵר בַּדִּין רְצוֹן נַפְשׁוֹ, הַוַּת נַפְשׁוֹ דְּבַר הַהֹוֶה לִרְצוֹנוֹ. **וּלְנַפְשׁוֹ** כְּמוֹ (ירמיהו ט״ו:א) ״אֵין נַפְשִׁי אֶל הָעָם הַזֶּה״ וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״תַּחְמוּדֵי נַפְשֵׁיהּ״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the great man speaks what is in his heart**—The king or the prince states in the case what his heart desires. **what is in his heart** Heb. הַוַּת נַפְשׁוֹ. He speaks what is (הוֶֹה) to his will and to his desire. Cf.(Jer. 15:1) “I have no desire for this people.” And so did *Jonathan* render: The desires of his heart.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:3:5
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**וַיְעַבְּתוּהָ.** עֲשָׂאוּהָ קְלִיעָה שֶׁל חֵטְא בֵּין שְׁלָשְׁתָּן כַּעֲבוֹתוֹת הָעֲגָלָה חֲטָאָה, שֶׁהָעֲבוֹת מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת הִיא, כָּךְ מָצָאתִי בְּתַרְגּוּם יְרוּשַׁלְמִי ״עֲבַדְנוּהָ כִּקְלִיעָה דְחוֹבִין״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they weave the web**—They made it into a rope of sin amongst the three of them. As the cart ropes, so is the sin, for a rope is braided of three strands. So have I found in the Jerusalem Talmud (*Taanith* 2:1): We made it like a web of sins.


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

**טוֹבָם כְּחֵדֶק.** ״טָבָא דְאִית בְּהוֹן קָשֶׁה לְמֵיפַּק מִן יְדֵיהּ כַּד מִן חֲדָקָא״ קָשֶׁה לָצֵאת מִיָּדוֹ כְּמוֹ הַקּוֹצִים הַנִּסְבָּכִין בַּצֶּמֶר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The best of them is like a brier**—The best among them - it is as hard to extricate oneself from his hand as from a brier (*Targum Jonathan*). It is as hard to extricate oneself from their hand as [it is to extricate] the briers that are entangled in wool.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:4:2
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**יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה.** יָשָׁר שֶׁבָּהֶם רַע מִמְּסוּכַת קוֹצִים וּ**מְסוּכָה** כְּמוֹ (ישעיהו ה:ה) ״הָסֵר מְשׂוּכָּתוֹ״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the most upright, [worse] than a thorn hedge**—The most upright among them is worse than a thorn hedge. **than a thorn hedge** Heb. מִמְּסוּכָה. Cf. (Isa. 5: 5) “Remove its hedge (מְשׂוּכָּתוֹ).”


###### Rashi on Micah 7:4:3
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**יוֹם מְצַפֶּיךָ.** יוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מְצַפֶּה בּוֹ לְטוֹבָה תָּבֹא פְּקֻדָּתְךָ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the day to which you look forward**—On the day to which you look forward for good, your visitation shall come.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:4:4
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**מְבוּכָתָם.** עִרְבּוּלֵיהוֹן כְּמוֹ (שמות י״ד:ג) ״נְבֻכִים הֵם״ מְהוּמָתָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their perplexity** Heb. מְבוּכָתָם. [*Jonathan* renders:] עֲרָבוּלָהוֹן. Cf. (Ex. 14:3) “They are entangled (נְבֻכִים).” Their confusion.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:5:1
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**אַל תַּאֲמִינוּ בְרֵעַ.** כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה אַל תֶּחֱטָאוּ וְתֹאמְרוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אוֹהֲבֵנוּ וְהוּא יִמְחוֹל לָנוּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Believe not a friend** [This is to be understood] according to its apparent meaning. But our Sages explained it as referring to the Most High. Do not sin and say that the Holy One, blessed be He, is our Friend, and He will forgive us. [from *Hagiga* 16a]


###### Rashi on Micah 7:5:2
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**מִשּׁוֹכֶבֶת חֵיקֶךָ.** נִשְׁמָתְךָ הִיא תָּעִיד בְּךָ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from her who lies in your bosom**—Your soul will testify against you.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:5:3
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**פִּתְחֵי פִיךָ.** דִּבְרֵי פִיךָ פְּתִיחוֹת פִּיךָ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the openings of your mouth** Heb. פִּתְחֵי. The words of your mouth, the openings of your mouth.


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

**וַאֲנִי בַּה׳ אֲצַפֶּה.** הַנָּבִיא אוֹמֵר כֵּן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But I will hope in the Lord**—The prophet is saying so.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:8:1
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**אַל תִּשְׂמְחִי אוֹיַבְתִּי.** בָּבֶל וְעִיר הַחַיֶּבֶת רוֹמִי (ספרים אחרים: בָּבֶל וּפָרַס הַחַיֶּבֶת).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Rejoice not... my enemy**—Babylon and the wicked city of Rome.


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

**יוֹם לִבְנוֹת גְּדֵרָיִךְ.** מוּסָב עַל הָאֹמְרָה אֵלַי וְעוֹד הִיא אוֹמֶרֶת אֵלַי יוֹם לִבְנוֹת גְּדֵרָיִךְ שֶׁאַתְּ מְצַפָּה לוֹ אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם **יִרְחַק חֹק** זְמַנּוֹ יַאֲרִיךְ וְלֹא יָבֹא לְעוֹלָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“The day to build your walls”**—This refers back to “who says to me”: And she further says to me, “The day to build your walls, which you anticipate - that day...” **“its time is way off”** Heb. יִרְחַק-חֹק. Its time will be extended, and it will never come.


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

**יוֹם הוּא וְעָדֶיךָ יָבֹא.** הַנָּבִיא אוֹמֵר אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם שֶׁאַתֶּם מַלְעִיגִים עָלָיו לֵאמֹר בָּטֵל וְהָלַךְ לוֹ, יוֹם הַהוּא שָׁמוּר וְנָצוּר וְלֹא בָּטֵל עָדֶיךָ יָבֹא בָּבֶל לְהַחֲרִיבֵךְ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**It is a day, and he shall come up to you**—The prophet says: That day that you deride, saying that it has been nullified and gone away - that day is guarded and preserved, and has not become nullified. The enemy shall come up to you to destroy you.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:12:2
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**לְמִנִּי אַשּׁוּר.** אֲשֶׁר הוּא רֹאשׁ לִמְרֵעֵינוּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from Assyria**—which is the first of those who harmed us.


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

**וְעָרֵי מָצוֹר.** כְּלוֹמַר וְעַד עָרֵי מָצוֹר, וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם ״וּדְמִן חוּרְמִינֵי רַבְּתָא״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the fortified cities**—I.e., and until the fortified cities. And *Jonathan* renders (as follows): the great dark mountains.


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

**וְיָם מִיָּם.** וְהַיּוֹשְׁבִים עַל יָם הָאַחֲרוֹן אֲשֶׁר הוּא בַּמַּעֲרָב.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the sea from the west**—And those dwelling near the Mediterranean Sea, which is in the west.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:12:5
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**וְהַר הָהָר.** כְּמוֹ וְיוֹשְׁבֵי הָהָר וְיוֹנָתָן לֹא כֵן תִּרְגֵּם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the dwellers of the mountain** Heb. וְהַר הָהָר, like יושְׁבֵי הָהָר. But *Jonathan* did not translate in that manner.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:12:6
[Rashi on Micah 7:12:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Micah/r/7:12:6)

**יוֹם לִבְנוֹת גְּדֵרָיִךְ.** הַנָּבִיא מְבַשְּׂרוֹ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁיֵּשׁ יוֹם כָּמוּס וּמוּכָן לִבְנוֹת גִּדְרוֹת חָרְבוֹתֵיהֶן, יוֹם הַהוּא יִרְחַק וִיבַטֵּל מֵעֲלֵיכֶם חֹק גְּזֵרוֹת הַבַּבְלִיִּים וּפַרְסִיִּים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[11] The day to build your walls**—The prophet informs Israel that there is a day preserved and prepared [for them] to build the walls of their ruins. **on that day the decree shall distance itself**—And the statute of the decrees of the nations shall be nullified from upon you.


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

**יוֹם הוּא וְעָדֶיךָ יָבֹא.** ״בְּעִדָּנָא הַהִיא יִתְכַּנְּשׁוּן גָּלְוָותָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל דְּמִן אַתּוּר וְגוֹ׳״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[12] It is a day, and shall come up to you**—At that time, the exiles of Israel shall be gathered in from Assyria.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:13:1
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**וְהָיְתָה הָאָרֶץ.** אֶרֶץ הַבַּבְלִיִּים וּפַרְסִיִּים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the land shall become**—The land of the nations.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:14:1
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**שֹׁכְנִי לְבָדָד.** שֶׁיְּהֵא שׁוֹכֵן בֶּטַח בָּדָד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who dwell alone**—That they should dwell alone, in security.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:14:2
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**יַעַר בְּתוֹךְ כַּרְמֶל.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״דַּהֲווֹ צָדִין בְּחוּרְשָׁא יִתְיַתְבוּן כְּכַרְמְלָא״, אוֹתָן שֶׁהָיוּ שׁוֹמְמִים כִּיעָרִוֹת יִשְׁכְּנוּ לְבָדָד בְּתוֹךְ כַּרְמֶל שֶׁהוּא מָקוֹם מְיֻשָּׁב. וְיֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ **שֹׁכְנִי לְבָדָד** בַּיְּעָרִים לֹא יִרְאוּ מֵחַיּוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה כִּבְתוֹךְ כַּרְמֶל.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a forest in the midst of a fruitful field**—*Jonathan* renders: Those who were desolate in a forest shall settle in the “karmel”; those who were desolate in the forests shall dwell alone in the midst of the “karmel,” which is a settled place. It is also possible to explain: **who dwell alone**—In the forests will not fear the wild beasts as [they would not] in the midst of a fruitful field.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:17:1
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**כְּזוֹחֲלֵי אָרֶץ.** הֵם נְחָשִׁים הַזּוֹחֲלִים עַל גְּחוֹנָם בַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as those who crawl on the earth**—They are snakes, which crawl on their bellies on the dust of the earth.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:17:2
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**יִרְגְּזוּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתֵיהֶם.** יֶחֶרְדוּ מֵרֹב דֹּחַק אִסּוּרֵיהֶם וּמַסְגֵּר כִּלְאָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They shall quake from their imprisonment**—They shall quake because of the extreme narrowness of their imprisonment and the confinement of their captivity.


###### Rashi on Micah 7:20:1
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**תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״תִּתְיְהַב קוּשְׁטֵיהּ דְּיַעֲקֹב לִבְנוֹהִי כְּמָה דְקַיָּמְתָּא לֵיהּ בְּבֵית אֵל טָבוּת אַבְרָהָם לְזַרְעֵיהּ בַּתְרוֹהִי כְּמָה דְקַיָּמְתָּא לֵיהּ בֵּין בִּתְרַיָּא תִּדְכַּר לָנָא עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק״, תִּתֵּן לָנוּ בֶּאֱמֶת אֲשֶׁר הִבְטַחְתָּ לְיַעֲקֹב הָאֱמֶת לָנוּ דְּבָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר הִבְטַחְתָּ לְיַעֲקֹב ״כִּי לֹא אֶעֱזָבְךָ״ (בראשית כ״ט).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall give the truth of Jacob**—*Jonathan* paraphrases: You shall give the truth of Jacob to his sons, as You swore to him in Bethel; the loving-kindness of Abraham to his seed after him, as you swore to him ‘between the parts.’ You shall remember for us the binding of Isaac, etc. Give us the truth that You promised Jacob. Cause to come true Your word that You promised Jacob (Gen. 28: 15): “For I will not forsake you.”


###### Rashi on Micah 7:20:2
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**חֶסֶד לְאַבְרָהָם.** שְׂכַר חֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר לְאַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה לְבָנָיו ״לִשְׁמֹר דֶּרֶךְ ה׳ לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט״, וּלְכָךְ לֹא נֶאֱמַר וְחֶסֶד אֶלָּא חֶסֶד הָאֱמֶת שֶׁתְּאַמֵּת לָנוּ אֶת הַבְטָחַת יַעֲקֹב הִיא תִּהְיֶה תַשְׁלוּם גְּמוּל חַסְדּוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the loving-kindness of Abraham** The reward for the loving- kindness of Abraham, [out of] which he commanded his sons to keep the way of the Lord: to perform righteousness and justice. Therefore, it does not say, “And the loving-kindness,” but “the loving- kindness.” The truth - that you will make come true the promise to Jacob - that will be the payment of the reward for Abraham’s loving-kindness.


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

**אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ.** בַּעֲקֵדָתוֹ שֶׁל יִצְחָק ״בִּי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי נְאֻם ה׳ יַעַן אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ וְגוֹמֵר״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which you swore**—at the binding of Isaac, (Gen 22:16) “I swore by Myself, says the Lord, that because you did this thing, etc.”