Targum Jonathan on the Prophets Ezekiel · chapter 35

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1. 1

   וַהֲוָה פִּתְגַם נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ עִמִי לְמֵימָר:

   Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2. 2

   בַּר אָדָם קַבֵּיל נְבוּאָה עַל טוּרָא דְשֵׂעִיר וְתִתְנַבֵּי עֲלוֹהִי:

   “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

3. 3

   וְתֵימַר לֵיהּ כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים הָא אֲנָא שְׁלַח רוּגְזִי עֲלָךְ טוּרָא דְשֵׂעִיר וַאֲרִים מְחַת גְבוּרְתִּי עֲלָךְ וְאֶתְּנִינָךְ לְצָדוּ וְאִשְׁתְּמָמוּ:

   and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

4. 4

   קִרְוָךְ חוּרְבָא אַשְׁוֵי וְאַתְּ לְצָדוּ תְהֵי וְתֵידַע אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ:

   I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

5. 5

   חֲלַף דַהֲוַת לָךְ דְבָבוּת עֲלָם וְתַבֵּיבְתָּא יַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל יְדֵי קָטוֹלֵי חַרְבָּא בְּעִדַן תְּבִירְהוֹן בְּעִדַן תּוּשְׁלְמַת חוֹבֵיהוֹן:

   Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,

6. 6

   בְּכֵן קַיָם אֲנָא אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים אֲרֵי לִקְטוֹל אַעְבְּדִינָךְ וּדְקַטְלִין בְּחַרְבָּא יִרְדְפוּנָךְ אִם לָא דְמָא יִרְדְפוּנָךְ:

   therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

7. 7

   וְאֶתֵּן יַת טוּרָא דְשֵׂעִיר לְצָדוּ וּלְאִשְׁתְּמָמוּ וֶאֱשֵׁיצֵי מִנֵיהּ דְעָדֵי וּדְתָאֵיב:

   I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.

8. 8

   וַאֲמַלֵי יַת טוּרוֹהִי קְטִילוֹהִי רָמָתֹהִי וְחֵילוֹהִי וְכָל פַּצִידוֹהִי קְטִילֵי חַרְבָּא יִתְרְמוּן בְּהוֹן:

   I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

9. 9

   צְדוּ עֲלַם אֶתְּנִינַךְ וְקִרְוָךְ לָא יִתְיַתְבָן וְתֵידְעוּן אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ:

   I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

10. 10

    חֲלַף דַאֲמַרְתְּ יַת תְּרֵין עַמְמִין וְיַת מְדִינָן דִילִי אִינוּן וְאֵירְתִינּוּן וְקָדָם יְיָ גַלְיָן מַחְשְׁבַת לִבָּא:

    Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

11. 11

    בְּכֵן קַיָם אֲנָא אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים וְאַעְבֵּד כְּרוּגְזָךְ וּכְחֵמְיתָךְ וַעֲבַדְתָּא מִדְסְנֵיתָא לְהוֹן וְאִתְגְלֵי לְאֵיטָבָא לְהוֹן כַּד אִתְפְּרַע מִנָךְ:

    therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

12. 12

    וְתֵידַע אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ שָׁמֵיעַ יַת כָּל אַרְגָזוּתָךְ דַאֲמַרְתְּ עַל טוּרֵי אַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵימָר צַדִיאַת לָנָא אִתְמְסִירוּ לְאִשְׁתֵּיצָאָה:

    Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’

13. 13

    וְאִתְרַבְרַבְתּוּן עֲלַי בְּמִלֵי פּוּמְכוֹן וְאַסְגֵיתוּן עֲלַי פִּתְגָמֵיכוֹן קֳדָמַי שְׁמִיעַ:

    You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!

14. 14

    כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים כְּמֶחְדֵי כָּל אַרְעָא צָדוּ אַעְבֵיד לָךְ:

    This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

15. 15

    כְּמָא דַחֲדֵיתָא עַל אַחֲסָנַת בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל דִצְדִיאַת אַרְעֲהוֹן כֵּן אַעְבֵיד לָךְ צָדוּ תְהֵי טוּרָא דְשֵׂעִיר וְכָל אֱדוֹם כּוּלָהּ וְיֵדְעוּן אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ:

    As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.[’’]