## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 1

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:1:1
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**דִּבְרֵי יִרְמְיָהוּ בֶּן חִלְקִיָּהוּ וְגוֹ׳.** לֵיתֵי בַּר קַלְקַלְתָּא דְּתַקְנָן עוֹבְדוֹהִי – יִרְמְיָה בָּא מֵרָחָב הַזּוֹנָה (יהושע ב:א), וְלוֹכַח בַּר מְתַקְּנְתָּא דִּמְקַלְקְלָן עוֹבְדוֹהִי – אֵלּוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁקִּלְקְלוּ מַעֲשֵׂיהֶן, שֶׁבָּאוּ מִזֶּרַע כָּשֵׁר (פסיקתא רבתי יג,ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah** Let the son of the corrupt woman, whose deeds are proper Jeremiah was descended from Rahab the harlot and let him reprove the son of the righteous woman whose deeds are corrupt these are Israel who corrupted their deeds who are descended from legitimate seed.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:2:1
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**אֲשֶׁר הָיָה דְבַר ה׳ אֵלָיו וְגוֹ׳.** אֲשֶׁר הִתְחִילָה שְׁכִינָה לִשְׁרוֹת עָלָיו בְּאוֹתוֹ הַזְּמַן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To whom the word of the Lord came** Upon whom the Shechinah commenced to rest at that time.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:3:1
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**וַיְהִי בִּימֵי יְהוֹיָקִים.** וַיְהִי נָבִיא כָּל **יְמֵי יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ** הַנּוֹתָרִים, וִימֵי יְהוֹיָקִים בְּנוֹ וִימֵי **צִדְקִיָּהוּ** בְּנוֹ, **עַד תֹּם עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה**, הִיא הַשָּׁנָה **עַד גְּלוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he was in the days of Jehoiakim** And he was a prophet all the remaining days of Josiah, the days of his son Jehoiakim, and the days of his son Zedekiah, until the end of the eleventh year that is the year until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:5:1
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**בְּטֶרֶם אֶצָּרְךָ בַבֶּטֶן וְגוֹ׳.** מִימֵי אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן; הֶרְאָהוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְאָדָם דּוֹר וְדוֹר וּנְבִיאָיו (סדר עולם רבה ל):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When I had not yet formed you in the womb, etc.** Since the days of the first man. The Holy One, blessed be He, showed Adam each generation and its prophets.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:5:2
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**אֶצָּרְךָ.** לְשׁוֹן צוּרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I...formed you** Heb. אצרך, an expression of צורה, a form.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:5:3
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**יְדַעְתִּיךָ.** קְנִיּוֹשְׁטְ״וִי בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא נוֹדַעְתִּי לָהֶם״ (שמות ו:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I knew you** connois toi in O.F. Comp. (Exodus 6:3), “I was not known (נודעתּי) to them.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:5:4
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**הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיךָ.** זִמַּנְתִּיךָ לְכָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I appointed you** I appointed you for this.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:5:5
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**נָבִיא לַגּוֹיִם.** לְיִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהָיוּ נוֹהֲגִים עַצְמָם כְּעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת, כָּךְ נִדְרַשׁ בְּסִפְרֵי: ״נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ וְגוֹ׳ יָקִים לְךָ״ (דברים יח:טו) וְלֹא לִמְכַחִישֵׁי תּוֹרָה. הָא מָה אֲנִי מְקַיֵּם **נָבִיא לַגּוֹיִם נְתַתִּיךָ**? בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהָיוּ נוֹהֲגִים כְּעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **בְּטֶרֶם תֵּצֵא מֵרֶחֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיךָ**, עָלֶיךָ אָמַרְתִּי לְמֹשֶׁה: ״נָבִיא אָקִים לָהֶם כָּמוֹךָ״ (דברים יח:יח). זֶה הוֹכִיחָם וְזֶה הוֹכִיחָם, זֶה נִתְנַבֵּא אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וְזֶה נִתְנַבֵּא אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a prophet to the nations** To Israel, who behave like the nations. In this manner it is expounded in Sifrei on the verse: “A prophet from your midst, etc.” (Deut. 18:15), will set up for you and not for those who deny the Torah. How then do I fulfill “A prophet to the nations I made you”? To the children of Israel who deport themselves with the customs of the nations. It can further be interpreted: “A prophet for the nations,” like “About the nations,” to give them to drink the cup of poison, to prophesy retribution upon them, as it is said: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand, you shall give all the nations to drink of it” (infra 25:15). Another explanation of “When you had not yet emerged from the womb I appointed you” is: Concerning you I said to Moses: “I will set up a prophet...like you” (Deut. 18:18). This one reproved them, and this one reproved them. This one prophesied for forty years and this one prophesied for forty years.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:6:1
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**אֲהָהּ.** לְשׁוֹן יְלָל, קוֹנְפְּלֵיינְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Alas** This is an expression of wailing (konpljjnt in O.F.).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:6:2
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**כִּי נַעַר אָנֹכִי.** אֵינִי כְדַאי לְהוֹכִיחָן. מֹשֶׁה הוֹכִיחָן סָמוּךְ לְמִיתָתוֹ (דברים א), כְּבָר נֶחְשַׁב בְּעֵינֵיהֶם בְּכַמָּה נִסִּים שֶׁעָשָׂה לָהֶם: הוֹצִיאָם מִמִּצְרַיִם (שמות יב:לא-מג), וְקָרַע לָהֶם אֶת הַיָּם (שמות יד:טו-לא), הוֹרִיד אֶת הַמָּן, הֵגִיז אֶת הַשְּׂלָיו (במדבר יא), נָתַן לָהֶם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה (שמות לד), הֶעֱלָה אֶת הַבְּאֵר (במדבר כא:טז-יח); אֲנִי, בִּתְחִלַּת שְׁלִיחוּתִי אֲנִי בָּא לְהוֹכִיחָם?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for I am a youth** I am not worthy to reprove them. Moses reproved them shortly before his death, when he was already esteemed in their eyes through the many miracles that he had performed for them. He had taken them out of Egypt, split the Reed Sea for them, brought down the manna, caused the quails to fly, given them the Torah, brought up the well. I come to reprove them at the beginning of my mission.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:7:1
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**עַל כָּל אֲשֶׁר אֶשְׁלָחֲךָ.** אֶל הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wherever I send you** to the heathens.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:7:2
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**וְאֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוְּךָ.** לְיִשְׂרָאֵל **תְּדַבֵּר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and whatever I command you** to Israel, you shall speak.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:9:1
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**וַיִּשְׁלַח ה׳ אֶת יָדוֹ.** כָּל שְׁלִיחוּת שֶׁהוּא אֵצֶל יָד – לְשׁוֹן הוֹשָׁטָה. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: כַּתַּרְגּוּם: ״וְשָׁלַח ה׳ יָת פִּתְגָמֵי נְבִיאוּתֵיהּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the Lord stretched forth His hand** Every sending mentioned concerning a hand is an expression of stretching forth. Another explanation is like the Targum: And the Lord sent the words of His prophecy.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:10:1
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**הִפְקַדְתִּיךָ.** מִנִּיתִיךָ **עַל הַגּוֹיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have appointed you** I have appointed you over the heathens.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:10:2
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**לנתוש ולנתוץ.** דיספציר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to uproot and to crush** (depayser in French, to uproot) and over Israel to build and to plant if they heed. So did Jonathan paraphrase it.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:11:1
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**מַקֵּל שָׁקֵד.** מַנְדוֹלִי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז, וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם **מַקֵּל שָׁקֵד** ״מֶלֶךְ דְּמוֹחִי לְאַבְאָשָׁא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a rod of an almond tree** (amendleer in O.F.) Jonathan, however, renders: A King who hastens to do evil.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:12:1
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**הֵיטַבְתָּ לִרְאוֹת.** הַשָּׁקֵד הַזֶּה הוּא מְמַהֵר לְהוֹצִיא פֶרַח קֹדֶם לְכָל הָאִילָנוֹת, אַף אֲנִי מְמַהֵר לַעֲשׂוֹת **דְּבָרִי**. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (ירושלמי תענית ד, ה): הַשָּׁקֵד הַזֶּה הוּא מִשְּׁעַת חֲנִיטָתוֹ עַד גְּמַר בִּשּׁוּלוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד יוֹם, כְּמִנְיַן יָמִים שֶׁבֵּין שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז שֶׁבּוֹ הָבְקְעָה הָעִיר, לְתִשְׁעָה בְּאָב שֶׁבּוֹ נִשְׂרַף הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have seen well** This almond tree hastens to blossom before all other trees. I, too, hasten to perform My word. And the Midrash Aggadah (Ecc. Rabbah 12:8) explains: An almond tree takes twenty-one days from its blossoming until it is completely ripe, as the number of days between the seventeenth of Tammuz, when the city was broken into, until the ninth of Ab, when the Temple was burnt.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:13:1
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**סִיר נָפוּחַ.** רוֹתֵחַ בּוֹיִילְנְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a bubbling pot** [lit. blown up,] seething (boillant in French).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:13:2
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**וּפָנָיו.** רְתִיחוֹתָיו, אֵשִׁישׁאוֹנְדִי״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whose foam** [lit. and its face,] its seething (et ses ondes in O.F.) [and its waves].


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:14:1
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**מִצָּפוֹן תִּפָּתַח הָרָעָה.** בָּבֶל לִצְפוֹנָהּ שֶׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל הִיא (גיטין ו.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From the north the misfortune will break forth** Babylon is on the north of Eretz Israel.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:16:1
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**וְדִבַּרְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטַי אוֹתָם.** אֶתְוַכַּח עִמָּם, עִם יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will utter My judgments against them** I will debate with them, with Judah and Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:17:1
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**תְּאַזֹּר מָתְנֶיךָ.** לְשׁוֹן זֵרוּז, כְּאִישׁ חַיִל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you shall gird your loins** This is an expression of quickening like a man of valor.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:18:1
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**לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה.** כְּנֶגֶד מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**against the Kings of Judah** lit. to the Kings of Judah.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 1:19:1
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**וְנִלְחֲמוּ אֵלֶיךָ.** ״וִיהוֹן דָּיְנִין וּמְגִיחִין לְקָבְלָךְ לְמִסְתַּר יָת פִּתְגָמֵי נְבוּאָתָךְ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they shall fight against you** They shall quarrel and fight against you to refute the words of your prophecy.