Commentary for Zephaniah 3:18
נוּגֵ֧י מִמּוֹעֵ֛ד אָסַ֖פְתִּי מִמֵּ֣ךְ הָי֑וּ מַשְׂאֵ֥ת עָלֶ֖יהָ חֶרְפָּֽה׃
I will gather them that are far from the appointed season, who are of thee, That hast borne the burden of reproach.
Rashi on Zephaniah
Those who are removed from the appointed season I destroyed those removed from My appointed seasons, those who did not keep the Sabbaths and the festivals.
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Rashi on Zephaniah
I have destroyed lit., I gathered in.
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Rashi on Zephaniah
they were of you They were of your people.
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Rashi on Zephaniah
it was a burden of shame upon her That guilt was a burden of shame to you.
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Those who are removed an expression of taking out, as in (Prov. 25:4) “Take away the dross from the silver”; and (II Sam. 20:13) “When he was removed from the highway.” The only radical letter is the “gimel.”
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