Targum Jonathan on the Prophets Ezekiel · chapter 6

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1. 1

   וַהֲוָה פִּתְגַם נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ עִמִי לְמֵימָר:

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

2. 2

   בַּר אָדָם קַבֵּל נְבוּאָה עַל טוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאִתְנַבֵּי עֲלֵיהוֹן:

   “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

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   וְתֵימַר טוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קַבִּילוּ פִתְגָמָא דַייָ אֱלֹהִים כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים לְטוּרַיָא וּלְרָמָתָא וּלְפַצִידַיָא וּלְחֵילַיָא הָא אֲנָא מַיְתֵי עֲלֵיכוֹן דְקַטְלִין בְּחַרְבָּא וְאוֹבִיד בָּמָתֵיכוֹן:

   You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

4. 4

   וְיִצְדוּן אֱגוֹרֵיכוֹן וְיִתְבְּרוּן חֲנִיסְנְסֵיכוֹן וְאַרְמִי קְטִילֵיכוֹן קֳדָם פִּגוּר טַעֲוַתְכוֹן:

   Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.

5. 5

   וְאֶתֵּן יַת פִּגְרֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קֳדָם פִּגּוּר טַעֲוַתְהוֹן וַאֲבַדֵר יַת גַרְמֵיכוֹן סִחְרָנוּת אֱגוֹרֵיכוֹן:

   I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

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   בְּכֵל מוֹתְבָנֵיכוֹן קִרְוַיָא יֶחֱרְבָן וּבְמָתָא יִצְדְיָן בְּדִיל דְיֶחֱרְבוּן וְיִצְדוּן אֱגוֹרֵיכוֹן וְיִתְבְּרָן וְיִבְטְלָן טַעֲוַתְכוֹן וְיִתְקַטְפוּן חֲנִסְנְסֵיכוֹן וְיִתְמְחוּן עוֹבָדֵיכוֹן:

   Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.

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   וְיִתְרְמוּן קְטִילִין בֵּינֵיכוֹן וְתֵדְעוּן אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ:

   The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

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   וְאַשְׁאַר בְּמֶהֱוֵי לְכוֹן מְשֵׁזְבֵי חַרְבָּא בֵּינֵי עַמְמַיָא בְּאִתְבַּדָרוּתֵיכוֹן בִּמְדִינָתָא:

   Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.

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   וְיִדְכְּרוּן מְשֵׁיזְבֵיכוֹן דְחַלְתִּי בֵּינֵי עַמְמַיָא דְאִשְׁתְּבִיאוּ לְתַמָן דִתְבַרֵית יַת לִבְּהוֹן טִפְּשָׁא דִסְטָא מִבָּתַר פּוּלְחָנִי וְיַת חֵיזוּ עֵינֵיהוֹן דִטְעָא בָּתַר טַעֲוַתְהוֹן וְיִדַנְקוּן וִיהוֹן חָזַן עַל בִּישְׁתָּא דַעֲבַדוּ לְכָל תּוֹעֲבַתְהוֹן:

   Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me — how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

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    וְיֵדְעוּן אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ לָא לְמַגָן גְזֵרֵית בְּמֵימְרִי לְמֶעְבַּד לְהוֹן בִּישְׁתָּא הָדָא:

    And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.

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    כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים טְפַּח בִּידָךְ וּרְפוֹס בְּרַגְלָךְ וַאֲמַר וַי עַל כָּל תּוֹעֲבָתָא בִּישְׁתָא בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל דִי בְּחַרְבָּא בְּכַפְנָא וּבְמוֹתָא יִתְרְמוּן:

    This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.

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    דְרָחִיק בְּמוֹתָא יְמוּת וּדְקָרִיב בְּחַרְבָּא יִתְקְטֵיל וּדְיִשְׁתְּאַר וּדְיֵעוֹל לִכְרַכֵּי צַיְרָא בְּכַפְנָא יְמוּת וְיָחוּל רוּגְזִי בְּהוֹן:

    He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.

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    וְתִדְעוּן אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ בְּמֶהֱוֵי קְטִילֵיהוֹן בְּגוֹ פִּגוּר טַעֲוַתְהוֹן סַחֲרָנוּת אִגוֹרֵיהוֹן עַל כָּל רָמָא מְנַטְלָא בְּכָל רֵישֵׁי טוּרַיָא תְּחוֹת כָּל אִילָן עַבּוּף וּתְחוֹת כָּל בּוּטְמָא מְעַפְיָא אֲתַר דִיהַבוּ תַמָן קוּרְבָּנִין לְפוּלְחַן לְכָל טַעֲוַתְהוֹן:

    Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak— the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

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    וְאָרִים יַת מְחַת גְבוּרְתִּי עֲלֵיהוֹן וְאֶתֵּן יַת אַרְעָא לְצָדוּ וְאִשְׁתְּמָמוּ מִמִדְבַּר דִבְלָת בְּכָל מוֹתְבָנֵיהוֹן וְיֵדְעוּן אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ:

    I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”