## Rashi on Zechariah Chapter 2

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

**אֵלֶּה הַקְּרָנוֹת.** אֵלֶּה הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת אֲשֶׁר בְּאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם, אֲשֶׁר נָגְחוּ בְּקַרְנֵיהֶם אֶת יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִַם, עַד אֲשֶׁר זֵרוּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**These are the horns** These are the nations in the four corners of the heavens that gored Judah and Jerusalem with their horns until they scattered them.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:3:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:3:1)

**אַרְבָּעָה חָרָשִׁים.** נַגָּרִים הַיּוֹדְעִים לְנַסֵּר אֶת הַקְּרָנוֹת. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת סֻכָּה (סוכה נב:) מִי הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**four craftsmen** Carpenters who know how to saw the horns. And our Rabbis explained in tractate *Sukkah* (52b) who they are.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:4:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:4:1)

**וָאֹמַר מָה.** אֵלֶּה הַקְּרָנוֹת אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he said, saying, “These are the horns”** that you first saw.


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

**אֲשֶׁר זֵרוּ אֶת יְהוּדָה.** וְהִשְׁפִּילוּם, עַד כְּפִי אִישׁ לֹא נָשָׂא רֹאשׁוֹ. וְלֹא נָתְנוּ לְאֶחָד מִבְּנֵי עַמִּי לְהָרִים רֹאשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that scattered Judah** and humbled them to the extent that no man lifted his head, and they did not allow anyone of My people to raise his head.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:4:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:4:3)

**וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵלֶּה.** הֶחָרָשִׁים לְהַחֲרִיד אוֹתָן **הַקְּרָנוֹת** וּלְיַדּוֹת אוֹתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And these came** These craftsmen came to cause those horns to quake and to cast them away.


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

**לְיַדּוֹת.** לְהַשְׁלִיךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to cast away** לְיַדּוֹת


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:5:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:5:1)

**חֶבֶל מִדָּה.** חוּט הַמִּדָּה לִמְדֹּד אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם כַּמָּה יִהְיֶה אָרְכָּהּ וְרָחְבָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a measuring line** A measuring line to measure Jerusalem, how much its length and its breadth shall be.


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

**וְהִנֵּה הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי יוֹצֵא.** הוּא אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ חֶבֶל הַמִּדָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was coming forth** He is the one with the measuring line in his hand.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:8:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:8:1)

**רוּץ דַּבֵּר אֶל הַנַּעַר.** אַל תֵּצֵא עוֹד לָמֹד, כִּי נִמְלַךְ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּפַמַלְיָא שֶׁלּוֹ, שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא לָהּ קֶצֶב וְשִׁעוּר (בבא בתרא עה:). וְעַתָּה **רוּץ דַּבֵּר** אֶל זְכַרְיָה **לֵאמֹר פְּרָזוֹת תֵּשֵׁב** – מֵאֵין חוֹמָה, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּתְיַשְּׁבוּ בָהּ כָּל הַבָּא, וְתִגְדַּל מִיּוֹם אֶל יוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Run, speak to this young man** You shall no longer go forth to measure, for the Holy One, blessed be He, has taken counsel with His heavenly household [and decreed] that [Jerusalem] will not have a limit or a measure. **And now, run and speak to Zechariah: It shall be inhabited like unwalled towns**, without a wall, so that all who come there shall settle therein, and it shall grow from day to day.


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

**וַאֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לָּהּ.** לְמָגֵן כְּאִלּוּ חוֹמַת אֵשׁ סָבִיב לָהּ, וְגַם בְּתוֹכָהּ תִּשְׁכֹּן שְׁכִינָתִי לִכְבוֹדְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But I will be for it** as a shield, as though a wall of fire surrounds it. Also, My Shechinah shall dwell in its midst for your glory.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:10:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:10:1)

**הוֹי הוֹי.** אֵין הוֹי אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן הַכְרָזָה וְהַזְעָקַת קִבּוּץ, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״אַכְלוּ לְמַבְדְּרַיָּא״ – הַכְרִיזוּ, כְּמוֹ **יַרְעֵם מִן שָׁמַיִם** (שמואל ב כב:יד) – ״אַכְלוּ מִן שְׁמַיָּא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Ho, Ho!** “Ho” is only an expression of proclamation and an announcement of assembly. And so did *Jonathan* render it: Announce to the scattered ones. אַכְלוּ means announce, as in (II Sam. 22: 14): “The Lord thundered from heaven,” which *Jonathan* renders: אַכְלוּ מִן שְׁמַיַּא


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

**וְנֻסוּ מֵאֶרֶץ.** צְאוּ גָּלֻיּוֹת עַמִּי מִתּוֹךְ בָּבֶל וְאַשּׁוּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Flee from the land of the north** The exiles of My people, [flee] from within Babylon and Assyria.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:11:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:11:1)

**הוֹי צִיּוֹן הִמָּלְטִי.** אַף זֶה לְשׁוֹן הַכְרָזָה: הֵאָסְפוּ עַם גָּלוּת צִיּוֹן וְהִמָּלְטוּ מִתּוֹךְ **בָּבֶל.**

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Ho, Zion! Flee** This too is an expression of announcement: Assemble, O exile of Zion, and flee from the midst of Babylon.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:12:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:12:1)

**אַחַר כָּבוֹד.** אַחַר כְּבוֹדְכֶם אֲנִי שָׁלוּחַ לְהַגְדִּיל לָכֶם כָּבוֹד. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (תנחומא בובר, דברים ד): אַחַר כָּבוֹד – אַחַר שֶׁאֲשַׁלֵּם לְעֵשָׂו כָּבוֹד שֶׁכִּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**After glory** After your glory I am sent, to magnify your glory. And the Midrash Aggadah (Addendum to *Tan.* Buber, *Devarim* 4) states: After the honor - After I pay Esau for the honor that he bestowed upon his father.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:13:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:13:1)

**וְהָיוּ שָׁלָל לְעַבְדֵיהֶם.** לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהֵם עַתָּה עֲבָדִים לָהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall be prey, etc.,** to Israel, who are now slaves to them.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:15:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:15:1)

**וְנִלְווּ.** וְנִתְחַבְּרוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And many nations shall join** shall join.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:16:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:16:1)

**וְנָחַל ה׳ אֶת יְהוּדָה.** לְנַחֲלָתוֹ וּלְחֶלְקוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the Lord shall inherit Judah** as His inheritance and His share.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:17:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:17:1)

**הַס כָּל בָּשָׂר.** כָּל שְׁאָר הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Silence all flesh** All the rest of the nations.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 2:17:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 2:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/2:17:2)

**כִּי נֵעוֹר.** לְשׁוֹן הֶעָרָה וְהַקָּצָה (תהלים לה:כג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for He is aroused** An expression [denoting] arousal and awakening.