## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 10

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:2:1
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**אֶל דֶּרֶךְ הַגּוֹיִם אַל תִּלְמָדוּ.** וְאָז **מֵאוֹתוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם אַל תֵּחָתּוּ** – מֵחַמָּה לוֹקָה וּמִמְּאוֹרוֹת לוֹקִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Of the way of the nations you shall not learn** Of the way of the nations you shall not learnand then, from the signs of the heavens you will not be dismayed, from the eclipse of the sun or the eclipse of the luminaries.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:3:1
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**חָרָשׁ.** אֻמָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a carpenter** Heb. חרש, a craftsman.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:3:2
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**מַעֲצָד.** דּוֹלְדוֹיִירָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a small axe** Dolodojjre in O.F.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:4:1
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**מַסְמְרוֹת.** קְלוֹיִ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with nails** clous in French.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:4:2
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**וּמַקָּבוֹת.** קוֹרְנָס, מַרְטִי״ל בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with sledge hammers** A hammer, marteau in French.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:4:3
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**יָפִיק.** יִכְרַע בִּרְכָּיו, לְשׁוֹן ״פּוּקָה״ (שמואל א כה:לא) ״וּפִיק בִּרְכַּיִם״ (נחום ב:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it does not bend** Heb. יפיק, it does not kneel with its knees. Comp. (I Sam. 25:31) “a stumbling block (פוקה)”; (Nahum 2:11) “and tottering (ופיק) of the knees.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:5:1
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**כְּתֹמֶר מִקְשָׁה.** מַקִּישׁ אוֹתוֹ בְּקוּרְנָס עַד שֶׁזּוֹקֵף לוֹ קוֹמָה כְּדֶקֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like a palm tree they are beaten** He hammers them with a hammer until it has an upright stature like a palm tree.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:5:2
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**אַל תִּירְאוּ מֵהֶם.** אִם תִּפְרְשׁוּ מֵהֶם, **כִּי לֹא יָרֵעוּ** לָכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fear them not** if you separate from them for they will not harm you.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:5:3
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**וְגַם הֵיטִיב אֵין אוֹתָם.** אִם תַּעַבְדוּם. **הֵיטִיב** כְּמוֹ ״לְהֵיטִיב״ (ירמיה לב:מא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**neither is it in them to do good** If you worship them. היטיב is like להיטיב to do good.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:7:1
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**לְךָ יָאָתָה.** לְךָ נָאֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for it befits You** It is proper for you.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:8:1
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**וּבְאַחַת יִבְעֲרוּ.** הַגּוֹיִים. וּמָה הִיא הָאַחַת **מוּסַר הֲבָלִים** שֶׁל **עֵץ** שֶׁלָּהֶם וְיִתְיַסְּרוּ עָלָיו. **יִבְעֲרוּ** לְשׁוֹן שְׁטוּת, וְכֵן **וְיִכְסָלוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But with one thing they are brutish** i.e., the heathens, and what is that one thing? Their vanities of wood for which they will be punished, and they will be punished for it. יבערו is an expression of foolishness, so is ויכסלו.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:9:1
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**מְרֻקָּע.** מְרֻדָּד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Silver beaten into plates** Heb. מרקע.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:10:1
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**וַה׳ אֱלֹהִים אֱמֶת.** לָמָּה? כִּי **הוּא אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים וּמֶלֶךְ עוֹלָם**, לְכָךְ יָכוֹל לְאַמֵּת דְּבָרָיו. אֲבָל בָּשָׂר וָדָם – אוֹמֵר לַעֲשׂוֹת, וּמֵת אוֹ תָּשַׁשׁ כֹּחוֹ אוֹ יוֹרֵד מִנְּכָסָיו, וְאֵין בְּיָדוֹ לְקַיֵּם (פסיקתא רבתי יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But the Lord God is true** Why? Because He is a living God and the King of the world. Therefore, He can make His words come true. A mortal person, however, plans to do something and dies or becomes weak or loses his property, and has no ability to execute his plans.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:11:1
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**כִּדְנָה תֵאמְרוּן.** אִגֶּרֶת הִיא שֶׁשָּׁלַח יִרְמְיָה לִיכָנְיָה וְגָלוּתוֹ בַּגּוֹלָה, לְהָשִׁיב לַכַּשְׂדִּים אֲרָמִית תְּשׁוּבָה, אִם אוֹמְרִין לָהֶם לַעֲבוֹד לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (תנחומא, שופטים יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So shall you say to them** This is a letter that Jeremiah sent to Jeconiah and those exiled with him in exile, to reply to the Chaldees in Aramaic, a reply if they tell them to worship idols.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:12:1
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**נָטָה.** טינדי״ש בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He stretched out** Tendre in French.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:13:1
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**לְקוֹל תִּתּוֹ.** בְּעֵת בֹּא קוֹל שֶׁהוּא נוֹתֵן **הֲמוֹן מַיִם בַּשָּׁמַיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**At the sound of His giving** At the time the sound comes that He is giving a multitude of water in the heavens.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:13:2
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**נְשִׂיאִים.** עֲנָנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**clouds** Heb. נשאים, clouds.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:13:3
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**בְּרָקִים.** פְלַנְדוֹרִי״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lightning** plaindres in old French.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:14:1
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**נִבְעַר.** לְשׁוֹן ״אִישׁ בַּעַר״ (תהילים צב:ז), וְכֵן **נִבְעֲרוּ הָרוֹעִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**brutish** Heb. נבער. Comp. (Psalms 92:7) “a brutish (בער) man”; also here (infra 10:21), “the shepherds have become brutish (נבערו).”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:14:2
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**נִסְכּוֹ.** לְשׁוֹן ״מַסֵּכָה״ (שמות לב:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his molten images** Heb. נסכו. An expression of מסכה, a molten image.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:15:1
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**בְּעֵת פְּקֻדָּתָם.** כְּשֶׁאֶפְקֹד עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the time of their visitation** When I will visit retribution upon them.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:17:1
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**אִסְפִּי מֵאֶרֶץ כִּנְעָתֵךְ.** הַחְבִּיאוּ, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״כְּנוֹשִׁי מֵאַרְעָא סְחוֹרְתִּיךְ״, כְּמוֹ ״כְּנַעַן בְּיָדוֹ מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה״ (הושע יב:ח); וּמְנַחֵם פֵּרֵשׁ **כִּנְעָתֵךְ** – לְשׁוֹן הַכְנָעָה וְשִׁפְלוּת, וְ**אִסְפִּי** – לְשׁוֹן שְׁחִיָּה: שְׁחִי וְהַשְׁפִּילִי יוֹתֵר מִשִּׁפְלוּת אֶרֶץ אֶת הַכְנָעָתֵךְ, אַתְּ, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, הַ**יּוֹשֶׁבֶת** עַתָּה **בַּמָּצוֹר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Gather in from the land your merchandise** Heb. כנעתך. Hide, gather in from the land your merchandise. Comp. (Hos. 12:8) “The trafficker (כּנען) in his hand are deceitful scales.” Menahem explains כנעתך as an expression of humility (הכנעה) and lowliness. And אספי is an expression of bending down. Bend down and humble yourself more than the lowliness of the earth, you Jerusalem, that dwells now in a fortified city (Machbereth p. 107).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:18:1
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**קוֹלֵעַ.** כְּזֶה שֶׁהוּא זוֹרֵק אֶבֶן בַּקֶּלַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sling** as one slings a stone with a slingshot.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:18:2
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**לְמַעַן.** אֲשֶׁר יִמְצְאוּ שְׂכַר פְּעֻלָּתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that** they may find their just deserts.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:19:1
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**נַחְלָה.** לְשׁוֹן חוֹלִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**grievous** Heb. נחלה, an expression of sickness (חלי).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:19:2
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**וְאֶשָּׂאֶנּוּ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וַאֲסוֹבְרַנִיהּ״; אֲשׁוֹפְרִיר״לוֹי בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will bear it** Heb. ואשאנו. Jonathan renders. And I will bear it ([a]souffrir lui in O.F.).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:20:1
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**יְצָאוּנִי.** יָצְאוּ מִמֶּנִּי; יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אוֹמֶרֶת כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have left me** Heb. יצאוני, have left me, Jerusalem says this.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:21:1
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**הָרֹעִים.** הַמְּלָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the shepherds** The kings.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:21:2
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**לֹא הִשְׂכִּילוּ.** לֹא הִצְלִיחוּ בְּמַלְכוּתָם; כְּמוֹ ״בְּכָל אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה יַשְׂכִּיל״ (משלי יז:ח, שמואל א יד:מז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have not prospered** They have not prospered in their kingdom. Comp. (Prov. 17:8) “To all that he turns, he will prosper (ישכיל).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:21:3
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**מַרְעִיתָם.** צֹאן מַרְעִיתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their flocks** Heb. מרעיתם, lit. their pasture, the flocks of their pasture.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:23:1
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**לֹא לָאָדָם דַּרְכּוֹ.** כִּי יֵצֶר הָרַע שֶׁבָּרָאתָ בּוֹ מַטֵּהוּ מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **יָדַעְתִּי ה׳ כִּי לֹא לָאָדָם דַּרְכּוֹ**, אֵין בְּיַד כָּל אָדָם כֹּחַ לְהַצְלִיחַ דַּרְכּוֹ, וְאִם לֹא עַל פִּיךָ, אֵין כֹּחַ בְּיַד אוֹיֵב לְהַחֲרִיב בֵּיתֶךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**man’s way is not his** For the evil inclination that You created in him leads him astray from the way. Another explanation is: I know, O Lord, that man’s way is not his; not every man has the power to make his way prosper, and if it were not for Your command, the enemy would have no power to destroy Your Temple.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:24:1
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**אַךְ בְּמִשְׁפָּט.** בְּיִסּוּרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but with justice** With chastisements.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:24:2
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**בְּמִשְׁפָּט.** יוּשְׁטִיצָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with justice** (justice in French).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:24:3
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**אַךְ בְּמִשְׁפָּט.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״בְּרַם בְּדִין חֲשׁוּךְ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but with justice** Jonathan renders: but with mild judgment.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:24:4
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**אַל בְּאַפְּךָ.** פֶּן תְּהֵא כְלָיָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**not with Your wrath** lest there be complete destruction.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 10:25:1
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**אָכְלוּ.** דְוֹורִירוֹ״נְט בְּלַעַ״ז, וְכֵן **וַאֲכָלֻהוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have devoured** (devorerent in French). The same applies to “and consumed him” (ואכלהוּ).