## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 13

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:1:1
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**אֵזוֹר.** פּוֹרְצִינְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a girdle** (pourceint in O.F.).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:1:2
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**וּבַמַּיִם לֹא תְבִיאֵהוּ.** לְכַבְּסוֹ כְּשֶׁיְּהֵא מָלֵא זֵיעָה, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּמַהֵר לֵירָקֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and do not put it in water** to wash it when it will be soaked with sweat, in order that it hasten to decay.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:7:1
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**לֹא יִצְלַח לַכֹּל.** אֵינוֹ רָאוּי לִכְלוּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it was of no use for anything** It was not fit for anything.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:10:1
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**וִיהִי כָּאֵזוֹר הַזֶּה.** גְּאוֹנָם יִהְיֶה כָּאֵזוֹר הַזֶּה הַנִּרְקָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it shall be like this girdle** Their pride shall be like this rotten girdle.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:12:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 13:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/13:12:1)

**נֵבֶל.** כְּלִי חֶרֶס הוּא, וְעָשׂוּי לְהַכְנִיס בּוֹ **יָיִן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**bottle** Heb. נבל. This is an earthenware vessel, and it is used to hold wine.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:14:1
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**וְנִפַּצְתִּים אִישׁ אֶל אָחִיו.** אַכֶּה זֶה עַל זֶה, עַד שֶׁיִּשָּׁבְרוּ חֲתִיכוֹת דַּקּוֹת; כְּמוֹ ״כִּכְלִי יוֹצֵר תְּנַפְּצֵם״ (תהלים ב:ט); ״וְנִפֵּץ אֶת עֹלָלַיִךְ״ (תהלים קלז:ט); וְכֵן כָּל נִפּוּץ שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will dash them one against the other** I will dash one against the other until they break into small pieces. Cf (Psalms 2:9) “Like a potter’s vessel shall you shatter them (תנפצם)” (ibid. 137: 9). “And dash ונפץ your babes”; and so is every expression of נפוץ in Scripture.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:14:2
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**וְהָאָבוֹת וְהַבָּנִים.** אֲנַפֵּץ זֶה אֵצֶל זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the fathers and the sons** I will dash one against the other.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:16:1
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**יִתְנַגְּפוּ.** יִכָּשְׁלוּ, אצופי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and before your feet stumble** Heb. יתנגפו (achopper in French), to stumble.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:16:2
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**הָרֵי נָשֶׁף.** הָרֵי חֹשֶׁךְ, בְּלֶכְתָּם בַּגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the dark mountains** Heb. נשף, the dark mountains when they go into exile.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:16:3
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**וְשִׁית לַעֲרָפֶל.** כְּמוֹ וְלָשִׁית אֶת הָאוֹר לַעֲרָפֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and making it into a thick cloud** Heb. ושית, like ולשית, and to make the light into a thick cloud.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:17:1
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**מִפְּנֵי גֵוָה.** מִפְּנֵי גְדוּלָּה שֶׁלָּכֶם שֶׁתִּתְבַּטֵּל. דָּבָר אַחֵר, מִפְּנֵי גַּאֲוָתָהּ שֶׁל מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם שֶׁתִּנָּתֵן לֶאֱלִילִים שֶׁל כַּשְׂדִּים (חגיגה ה:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of your pride** Because of your greatness which will be curtailed. Another explanation: Because of the pride of the kingdom of Heaven that will be given over to the idols of Babylon.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:18:1
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**לַמֶּלֶךְ וְלַגְּבִירָה.** יְהוֹיָכִין וְאִמּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the king and to the queen mother** Jehoiachin and his mother.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:18:2
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**יָרַד מְרַאֲשׁוֹתֵיכֶם.** וּושְׁטְרִי קָאיִ״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז, עֲלִיַּתְכֶם; כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיֵּצֵא אֵלָיו יְהוֹיָכִין הוּא וְאִמּוֹ וַעֲבָדָיו״ (מלכים ב כד:יב), וְכֻלָּם הוֹלִיכָם בַּגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your greatness has come down** Heb. מראשתיכם (vostremijevec in O.F.), your ascent, as it is stated: (II Kings 24:12) “And Jehoiachin... came out to him (sic), he and his mother and his servants,” and he led all of them in exile.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:19:1
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**עָרֵי הַנֶּגֶב סֻגְּרוּ.** לִפְנֵי הַבָּאִין עֲלֵיהֶם מִן הַצָּפוֹן; עָרֵי אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל סְגוּרוֹת מֵאֵימַת נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The cities of the South are shut up** before those coming upon them from the north [i.e.,] the cities of Eretz Israel are shut up because of fear of Nebuchadnezzar.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:19:2
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**הָגְלַת שְׁלוֹמִים.** לֹא יִלָּחֵם יְהוֹיָכִין, כִּי לְשָׁלוֹם יֵצֵא וְיַגְלֵהוּ (מלכים ב כד:יב). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **שְׁלוֹמִים** גרדונאמינ״ץ בְּלַעַז, כְּלוֹמַר: תַּשְׁלוּם עֲוֹנָם; וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״אִיתְקַבְּלוּ תּוֹשְׁלַמַת חוֹבֵיהוֹן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**she was exiled peacefully** Jehoiachin will not wage war, but he will come out peacefully, and he will exile them. Another interpretation. שלומים (gueredon in O.F.), reprisal. That is to say: she was exiled as the recompense for their iniquity. And Jonathan rendered in this manner: the recompense of their sins was received.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:20:1
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**שְׂאוּ עֵינֵיכֶם וּרְאוּ.** אֶת **הַבָּאִים** עֲלֵיכֶם **מִצָּפוֹן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Lift your eyes and see** those coming upon you from the North.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:20:2
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**אַיֵּה הָעֵדֶר נִתַּן לָךְ.** אַחַר שֶׁיִּגְלוּ, יֹאמַר לִירוּשָׁלַיִם כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Where is the flock that was given you** After they are exiled, this will be said to Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:21:1
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**מַה תֹּאמְרִי כִּי יִפְקֹד.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא **עָלַיִךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What will you say when He visits** i.e., when the Holy One, blessed be He, visits upon you?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:21:2
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**לִמַּדְתְּ אוֹתָם עָלַיִךְ אַלֻּפִים לְרֹאשׁ.** שְׁלַחְתֶּם אֲלֵיהֶם מַלְאָכִים לַכַּשְׂדִּיִּים לְהָבִיא מִשָּׁם אֱלִילִים שֶׁלָּהֶם לְעָבְדָם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בִּיחֶזְקֵאל (יחזקאל כג:טז) ״וַתַּעְגְּבָה עֲלֵיהֶם לְמַרְאֵה עֵינֶיהָ וַתִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֲלֵיהֶם כַּשְׂדִּימָה״. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **לִמַּדְתְּ אוֹתָם עָלַיִךְ אַלֻּפִים** – חִזְקִיָּהוּ שֶׁהֶרְאָה לִשְׁלוּחֵי מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן אֶת כָּל בֵּית נְכָאתָה (ישעיהו לט:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when you accustomed them to be princes at your head** You sent emissaries to the Chaldees to bring their idols from there to worship them, as it is written in Ezekiel (23 16): “And she lusted for them to the sight of her eyes, and she sent emissaries to them, to the Chaldees.” Another explanation of “you accustomed them to be princes over you”: Hezekiah who showed the emissaries of Merodach-baladan his entire treasure house (Isaiah 39:2, II Kings 20:13).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:22:1
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**שׁוּלָיִךְ.** שִׁפּוּלֵי הַבְּגָדִים, טִי״שׁ אוֹרְלָ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז; כְּשֶׁמַּפְשִׁיטִין אֶת הָאִשָּׁה דֶּרֶךְ בִּזָּיוֹן, מְהַפְּכִין חֲלוּקָהּ מִלְּמַטָּה לְמַעְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your skirts** The skirts of the garments (tes ourlets in French), your hems. When a woman is stripped in a humiliating way, they turn her chemise upside down.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:22:2
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**נֶחְמְסוּ עֲקֵבָיִךְ.** נִגְזְרוּ דְּרָכַיִךְ. **נֶחְמְסוּ** כְּמוֹ ״וַיַּחְמֹס כַּגַּן שֻׂכּוֹ״ (איכה ב:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your steps cut off** Your ways are cut off. נחמסו is like (Lam. 2:6) “And He cut off (ויחמֹס) like a garden His dwelling.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:22:3
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**עֲקֵבָיִךְ.** טְרַצִי״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז; פָּסְקוּ עוֹבְרֵי דְרָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your steps** (traces in O.F.) Travelers have stopped.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:23:1
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**כּוּשִׁי.** שֵׁם אָדָם שָׁחוֹר, וְקוֹרִין מָאוֹר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a Cushite** Heb. כושי, the name of a black man, who is called Maure in French, a Moor.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:23:2
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**וְנָמֵר.** לִיאַפַּרְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or a leopard** leopard in French.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:23:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 13:23:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/13:23:3)

**חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָיו.** הַנָּמֵר מְנֻמָּר הוּא, וְהֵם הַחֲבַרְבֻּרוֹת, טָק״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז; וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיֵּהָפְכוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his spots** The leopard is spotted, and they are the spots (taches in French), and it is impossible for them to change.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:23:4
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**הָרֵעַ.** כְּמוֹ ״לְהָרֵעַ״ (תהלים לז:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to do evil** Heb. הרע, like להרע, to do evil.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:25:1
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**מְנַת מִדַּיִךְ.** חֵלֶק מִדּוֹתַיִךְ, מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the portion of your measures** The portion of your measures, a measure for a measure.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:26:1
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**חָשַׂפְתִּי שׁוּלַיִךְ.** גִּלִּיתִי שִׁפּוּלֵי בְגָדַיִךְ, לְהָפְכָם עַל פָּנָיִךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have uncovered your skirts** I have uncovered the hems of your garments upon your face.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:27:1
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**מִצְהֲלוֹתַיִךְ.** כְּצַהֲלַת סוּסִים נוֹאֲפִים (ירמיה ה:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your neighings** like the neighing of adulterous horses.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 13:27:2
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**אַחֲרֵי מָתַי.** תִּטְהֲרִי **עֹד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**After when** will you ever become purified?