## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 12

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:1:1
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**צַדִּיק אַתָּה ה׳ כִּי אָרִיב אֵלֶיךָ.** כְּשֶׁאֶתְוַכֵּחַ עִמְּךָ, יָדַעְתִּי כִּי תִצְדַּק בִּדְבָרֶיךָ, אַךְ חָפֵץ אֲנִי לְדַבֵּר **מִשְׁפָּטִים אוֹתָךְ**, לְהוֹדִיעֵנִי דַּרְכֶּךָ (שמות לג:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You are right, O Lord, when I contend with You** When I debate with You, I know that you will be right in Your words, but I wish to argue with You so that You will let me know Your way.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:1:2
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**מַדּוּעַ דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים צָלֵחָה.** שֶׁנָּתַתָּ גְּדֻלָּה לִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הָרָשָׁע וְתַצְלִיחֵהוּ לְהַחֲרִיב בֵּיתֶךָ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: עַל אַנְשֵׁי עֲנָתוֹת הָיָה צוֹעֵק וְקוֹרֵא תִּגָּר (ירמיה יא:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Why has the way of the wicked prospered?** That You have given greatness to Nebuchadnezzar the wicked, and you have made him succeed in destroying Your house? Another explanation is that he was crying and complaining about the men of Anathoth.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:1:3
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**שָׁלוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״שַׁלְוָה״ (תהלים קכב:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have peace** Heb. שלו, an expression of שלוה, peace.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:3:1
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**וְאַתָּה ה׳ יְדַעְתָּנִי.** גַּם עַל אַנְשֵׁי עֲנָתוֹת הָעוֹמְדִים עָלַי עָזְרֵנִי, כִּי אַתָּה יְדַעְתָּנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But You, O Lord, have known me** Also, concerning the men of Anathoth You have aided me, for You have known me.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:3:2
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**הַתִּיקֵם כְּצֹאן לְטִבְחָה.** נַתְּקֵם מִן הַחַיִּים לָמוּת, דִּישְׁטָאקָאלוּ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ ״עַד הַתִּיקְנוּ אוֹתָם מִן הָעִיר״ (יהושע ח:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Draw them out like sheep to the slaughter** Draw them out of life to death (detache les in French, separate them, cut them off). Comp. (Joshua 8:6) “until we have drawn (התיקנו) them from the city.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:3:3
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**וְהַקְדִּישֵׁם.** הַזְמִינֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and prepare them** Heb. הקדישם, prepare them.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:4:1
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**עַד מָתַי תֶּאֱבַל הָאָרֶץ וְעֵשֶׂב כָּל הַשָּׂדֶה יִיבָשׁ.** עַד כָּאן דִּבְרֵי הַנָּבִיא, וְרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ מְשִׁיבָתוֹ: **מֵרָעַת יֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ סָפְתָה בְהֵמוֹת וָעוֹף**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How long will the land mourn and the grass of all the field dry out?** Up to here are the prophet’s words, and the Holy Spirit replies to him, “Because of the evil of its inhabitants, beasts and fowl are ended.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:4:2
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**תֶּאֱבַל.** תֶּחֱרַב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will...mourn** Be waste.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:4:3
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**סָפְתָה.** פוֹנִיד״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

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


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:4:4
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**כִּי אָמְרוּ.** יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for they said** i.e., the inhabitants of this land have said.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:4:5
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**לֹא יִרְאֶה אֶת אַחֲרִיתֵנוּ.** אֵין גָּלוּי לְפָנָיו מַה יִהְיֶה בְּסוֹפֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“He will not see our end.”** It is not revealed to Him what will be at our end.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:5:1
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**כִּי אֶת רַגְלִים רַצְתָּה וַיַּלְאוּךָ.** קְרוֹבֶיךָ, הַכֹּהֲנִים כְּמוֹתְךָ, וְאַנְשֵׁי עִירְךָ בָּאִים לְהָרְגֶךָ. **אֶת רַגְלִים.** עִם רַגְלִים, פִּיאוֹנִיד״ש בְּלַעַז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For if you have run with foot men and they wearied you** Your kin, the priests like you and the men of your city come to kill you. **with footmen** Heb. רגלים (pieton in O.F), pedestrian.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:5:2
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**וְאֵיךְ תִּתְחָרֶה אֶת הַסּוּסִים.** לָרוּץ אֶת הַסּוּסִים; כְּלוֹמַר: וּמָה קְרוֹבֶיךָ הַכֹּהֲנִים בָּאִים לְהָרְגְךָ, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן שֶׁיָּקוּמוּ לְהוֹרְגְךָ שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה; וְזֶהוּ קִצְפִּי עֲלֵיהֶם, וְזוֹ הִיא הַצְלָחַת הָאוֹיֵב. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״דְּנָא תְּיוּבְתָּא וְגוֹ׳״. וּמִדְרַשׁ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (סנהדרין צו.): אִם עַל שְׂכַר שָׁלֹשׁ פְּסִיעוֹת שֶׁרָץ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר לִכְבוֹדִי בִּימֵי מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן אַתָּה תָּמֵהַּ, שֶׁהִרְבֵּיתִי גְדֻלָּתוֹ כָּל כָּךְ, מָה תִּתְמַהּ עוֹד כְּשֶׁתִּרְאֶה שִׁלּוּם שָׂכָר שֶׁאֲשַׁלֵּם לַצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁרָצוּ לְפָנַי כַּסּוּסִים!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**how will you compete with horses** To run with the horses. That is to say, If even your brethren the priests come to kill you, surely the princes of Judah will rise up against you to kill you. This is the reason for My anger against them, and this is the reason for the success of the enemy. And so did Jonathan render: This is the reply, etc. And, according to the Midrash of our Rabbis (Sanhedrin 96a): If you are amazed about the reward for the three steps that Nebuchadnezzar ran in My honor in the days of Merodach-baladan, why I gave him so much greatness, how much more will you be amazed when you see the payment of reward that I will pay the righteous who ran before Me like horses!


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:5:3
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**תִּתְחָרֶה.** אַאֲטִיר״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will you compete** (aastir in O.F.).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:5:4
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**וּבְאֶרֶץ שָׁלוֹם.** אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בּוֹטֵחַ שָׁם הִלְאוּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and in the peaceful land that you trust** there they wearied you.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:5:5
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**וְאֵיךְ תַּעֲשֶׂה בִּגְאוֹן.** שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה. וּגְאוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן מָשָׁל הוּא, לְפִי שֶׁהוּא מְקוֹם אֲרָיוֹת וּנְמֵרִים, וְכֵן לִמְּדָנוּ יוֹנָתָן בְּהַרְבֵּה מְקוֹמוֹת; וְכָאן תִּרְגֵּם: ״וְאַכְדֵּין אַתְּ מְדַמֵּי לְקָבֵל חֵיוַת בָּרָא דִּי בְּרוּם יַרְדְּנָא״, וְהִנֵּה ״כְּאַרְיֵה יַעֲלֶה מִגְּאוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן״ (ירמיה מט:יט; נ:מד) תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן בִּשְׁתֵּי מְקוֹמוֹת: ״כְּאַרְיֵה דְּסָלִיק מֵרוּם יַרְדְּנָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**how will you do in the heights** The princes of Judah. The pride of the Jordan is symbolic since it is a place of lions and tigers, and Jonathan taught us this in many places. And here he paraphrased. And how do you expect to do against the wild beasts that are on the height of the Jordan? “And behold, as a lion ascends from the height of the Jordan,” Jonathan renders in two places (infra 49:19, 50:44): like a lion that ascends from the height of the Jordan.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:6:1
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**קָרְאוּ אַחֲרֶיךָ מָלֵא.** קְבוּצַת אֲנָשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have called a gang after you** Heb. מלא, a group of men.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:7:1
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**יְדִידוּת נַפְשִׁי.** עַם סְגֻלָּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My soul’s beloved** My treasured people.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:8:1
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**נָתְנָה עָלַי בְּקוֹלָהּ.** עָלְתָה לְפָנַי צַעֲקַת חֲמָסֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**she raised her voice against Me** The cry of her violent deeds has ascended before Me.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:9:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 12:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/12:9:1)

**הָעַיִט צָבוּעַ.** הַה״א תָּמוּהַּ, לְכָךְ הוּא נָקוּד פַּתָּ״ח: הֲכִי הֵם עוֹף צָבוּעַ, מְגֹאָל בְּדָם, שֶׁשְּׁאָר הָעוֹפוֹת נֶאֱסָפִים עָלָיו? דָּבָר אַחֵר: **הָעַיִט צָבוּעַ** עוֹף אֶחָד שֶׁהוּא צָבוּעַ וְכָל הָעוֹפוֹת נֶאֱסָפִים עָלָיו לְאוֹכְלוֹ שֶׁשּׂוֹנְאִים אוֹתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is...a speckled bird of prey?** The ‘heh’ is that of the interrogative. Therefore, it is vowelized with a ‘pattah.’ Are they like a speckled bird of prey, stained with blood, around which other birds gather? Another explanation:


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:9:2
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**הָעַיִט סָבִיב עָלֶיהָ.** שֶׁמָּא עוֹף שָׁמַיִם הֵם אֵלּוּ הַחַיָּלוֹת, הַגְּדוּדִים הַקַּלִּים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֶיהָ?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is...a speckled bird of prey** One bird is speckled, and all the birds gather around it to eat it because they hate it.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:9:3
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**הֵתָיוּ.** בֹּאוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Are there birds of prey around her?** Are these armies fowl of the heavens, the swift troops that are around her?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:10:1
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**רוֹעִים רַבִּים.** רָאשֵׁי גְיָסוֹת שֶׁל חֵיל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְמַעְלָה ״אֵלֶיהָ יָבֹאוּ רוֹעִים וְעֶדְרֵיהֶם״ (ירמיה ו:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Many shepherds** The commanders of the troops of Nebuchadnezzar’s army, as it is stated above (6:3): “Shepherds and their flocks shall come to her.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:10:2
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**בֹּסְסוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״מִרְמָס״ (ישעיה י:ו); וְכֵן ״וְהָיוּ כַגִּבּוֹרִים בּוֹסִים בְּטִיט חוּצוֹת״ (זכריה י:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have trampled** Heb. בססו, an expression of trampling. Cf. (Zech. 10:5) “And they shall be like mighty men trampling (בוסים) the mire of the streets.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:10:3
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**חֶלְקַת.** קַנְפַנְיָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My field** Heb. חלקתי, (campagne in French), countryside.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:11:1
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**אָבְלָה עָלַי.** לְפָנַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the wasted one mourns before Me** Heb. עלי, lit. on Me.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:13:1
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**זָרְעוּ חִטִּים וְקֹצִים קָצָרוּ.** הִתְפַּלְלוּ וְלֹא נִתְקַבְּלָה תְּפִלָּתָם. לָמָּה? לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא נָרוּ לָהֶם נִיר תְּשׁוּבָה וּמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים, לְכָךְ זָרְעוּ אֶל קוֹצִים (ירמיה ד:ג). סֵפֶר שֶׁנָּקוּד בּוֹ זִרְעוּ, בְּחִירִ״ק הַזַּיִ״ן, שִׁבּוּשׁ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They sowed wheat, but they reaped thorns** They prayed, but their prayer was not accepted. Why? Because they did not plow for themselves a furrow of repentance and good deeds. Therefore, they sowed seeds resulting in thorns. A book in which זרעו is vowelized with a ‘chirik’ under the ‘zayin,’ is erroneous.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:13:2
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**נֶחְלוּ.** לְשׁוֹן חוֹלִי, נֶחְלוּ בְּמַכְאוֹבָם וְצָעֲקָתָם לְפָנַי, וְ**לֹא יוֹעִלוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have become ill** Heb. נחלו, an expression of illness. They have become ill with their pain and their cry before Me, but they did not avail.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:13:3
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**מִתְּבוּאֹתֵיכֶם.** מִמַּעֲשֵׂיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of your increase** Of your deeds.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:14:1
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**שְׁכֵנַי הָרָעִים.** מִצְרַיִם, עַמּוֹן וּמוֹאָב וְצוֹר וְצִידוֹן, שֶׁהָיוּ שְׁכֵנֵי אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמַזִּיקִין אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My wicked neighbors** Egypt, Ammon and Moab, Tyre and Sidon, who were neighbors of Eretz Israel and were inflicting harm upon them.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:15:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 12:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/12:15:1)

**אָשׁוּב וְרִחַמְתִּים.** כֻּלָּן לָקוּ סָמוּךְ לְחֻרְבַּן הַבַּיִת, וּבְכֻלָּם נֶאֱמַר ״וְשַׁבְתִּי אֶת שְׁבוּת״ בְּסֵפֶר זֶה (ירמיה כט:יד; ל:ג, יח; לא:כב; לג:ז, יא, כו; מח:מז; מט:ו, לט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will return and have pity on them** They all suffered close to the destruction of the Temple, and concerning each one it is stated in this Book, “I will return the exile of...”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:16:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 12:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/12:16:1)

**אִם לָמוֹד יִלְמְדוּ.** אִם יַאֲמִינוּ בַּה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if they learn** If they proselytize.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 12:16:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 12:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/12:16:2)

**וְנִבְנוּ.** לְשׁוֹן בִּנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shall be built up** an expression of building.