## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 14

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:1:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:1:1)

**דִּבְרֵי הַבַּצָּרוֹת.** שֶׁיָּבִיא עֲלֵיהֶם רָעָב. וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ לְשׁוֹן מִבְצָר, כְּמוֹ ״וּמִבְצַר מִשְׂגַּב חוֹמוֹתֶיךָ״ (ישעיהו כה:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**concerning the droughts** that He would bring famine upon them, and Menahem (Machbereth p. 47) classified it as an expression of fortification (מִבְצָר) like (Isaiah 25:12) “And the fortress of (וּמִבְצַר) the strength of your walls.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:2:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:2:1)

**וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ.** עָרֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and her cities** Heb. וּשְעָרֶיהָ, lit., her gates.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:2:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:2:2)

**וְצִוְחַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם.** צַעֲקַת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, כְּמוֹ ״מֵרֹאשׁ הָרִים יִצְוָחוּ״ (ישעיה מב:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the cry of Jerusalem** Heb. צִוְחַת, the cry of Jerusalem. Comp. (Isaiah 42:11) “from the mountain peaks they shall shout (יִִִִִצְוָחוּ).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:3:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:3:1)

**עַל גֵּבִים.** בּוֹרוֹת שֶׁהַמַּיִם מִתְכַּנְּסִים בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**upon pits** Pits in which the water is usually gathered.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:3:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:3:2)

**שָׁבוּ כְלֵיהֶם רֵיקָם.** שֶׁלֹּא יָרַד מָטָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their vessels have returned empty** for no rain has fallen.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:3:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:3:3)

**וְחָפוּ.** לְשׁוֹן כִּסּוּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and have covered** an expression of covering.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:4:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:4:1)

**אִכָּרִים.** בּוֹבִיֵּיר״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**farmers** bubirs [?] in O.F.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:5:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:5:1)

**יָלְדָה וְעָזוֹב.** אֶת וְלָדָהּ, לְבַקֵּשׁ לָהּ מִרְעֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has borne and abandoned** her offspring, to hunt for pastureland for herself.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:6:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:6:1)

**עַל שְׁפָיִים.** יִבְלֵי מַיִם, רִיבֵיירְ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by the rivulets** rivulets of water (riveyres in O. F.).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:7:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:7:1)

**עָנוּ בָנוּ.** הֵעִידוּ בָּנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have testified against us** Heb. עָנוּ.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:7:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:7:2)

**עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ.** עֲשֵׂה מַה שֶּׁתַּעֲשֶׂה עִמָּנוּ לְמַעַן שֵׁם גָּדוֹל שֶׁיֵּצֵא לְךָ, שֶׁאַתָּה מוֹשֵׁל בַּכֹּל, וַאֲנַחְנוּ עַמְּךָ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתֶךָ (תהלים עט:יג), וְלֹא נָאֶה שֶׁתִּתֵּן שֵׁם נִצְחוֹנְךָ לָאֱלִילִים. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה יֵשׁ (ירושלמי תענית ב:ו סה,ד): **לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ** וְכוּ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do for Your name’s sake** Do what You will do with us for the sake of the great name that has spread about You that You rule over all and that we are Your people and the flock of Your pasture, and it is not fitting that You give Your victorious name to the idols. And the Midrash Aggadah explains: for the sake of Your name that is inherent in our name.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:8:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:8:1)

**מִקְוֵה.** תּוֹחֶלֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**hope** מִקְוֵה


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:9:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:9:1)

**נִדְהָם.** רַקְרוּ״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז, מוֹשֵׁךְ יָדוֹ מִן הַמִּלְחָמָה; וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: רַקְרִיאַנְ״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**overcome** (d’cru in O.F.) diminished, waned, who withdraws his hand from the battle, and some say (recroyant in O.F.), tiring out, resigned.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:9:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:9:2)

**וְשִׁמְךָ עָלֵינוּ נִקְרָא.** לְפִיכָךְ אֵין כְּבוֹדְךָ בְּכָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Your name is called upon us** Therefore, by doing this, it is no longer honor for you.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:9:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:9:3)

**תַּנִּחֵנוּ.** פֵּירוּשׁוֹ כְּמוֹ ״תַּעַזְבֵנוּ״ (איכה ה:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**forsake us** Its explanation is like תַעַזְבֵנוּ, forsake us.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:10:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:10:1)

**כֵּן אָהֲבוּ לָנוּעַ.** כֵּן, כְּמָה שֶׁגָּזַרְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם גּוֹלָה בְּמִצְרַיִם וּבָבֶל, אָהֲבוּ שָׁם לִהְיוֹת גּוֹלִים, לַעֲבֹד אֱלִילֵיהֶם הָרְחוֹקוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So have they loved to wander** So, just as I have decreed upon them exile (to Egypt and Babylon - Warsaw edition), they loved it there to go into exile to worship distant idols.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:14:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:14:1)

**וֶאֱלִיל.** לְשׁוֹן אַל, דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a thing of naught** an expression of אַל, not, a thing which is not.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:17:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:17:1)

**נַחְלָה מְאֹד.** לְשׁוֹן ״חֳלִי״ (ירמיה ו:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**very grievous** an expression of illness (חֹלִי).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:18:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:18:1)

**סָחֲרוּ.** סָבְבוּ לְבַקֵּשׁ הַצָּלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have gone around** They have gone around to seek rescue.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:18:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:18:2)

**אֶל אֶרֶץ וְלֹא יָדָעוּ.** אֶל אֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת, וְלֹא הָיוּ יוֹדְעִין בָּהּ עַד הֵנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to a land [which] they had not known** To another land about which they did not know until then.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:19:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:19:1)

**אִם בְּצִיּוֹן גָּעֲלָה נַפְשֶׁךָ.** עַל מְנָת שֶׁלֹּא לָשׁוּב עָלֶיהָ? כִּי אִם דַּעְתְּךָ לָשׁוּב, **מַדּוּעַ** הִכִּיתָ בְּ**אֵין מַרְפֵּא**? (פסיקתא רבתי לא)

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or has Your soul despised Zion** with the intention of never returning, for, if You have in mind to return, why have You smitten us without a cure?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:21:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:21:1)

**לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ.** שֶׁנִּקְרֵאתָ ״רַחוּם״ (שמות לד:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for Your name’s sake** that you are called merciful.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:21:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:21:2)

**כִּסֵּא כְבוֹדֶךָ.** בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ (פסחים ה.), וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (תנחומא, במדבר כב): יִשְׂרָאֵל הַחֲקוּקִים בְּכִסֵּא כְבוֹדֶךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the throne of Your glory** The Temple. And according to Midrash Aggadah, Israel who is engraved on the throne of Your glory.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 14:22:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 14:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/14:22:1)

**וְאִם הַשָּׁמַיִם יִתְּנוּ רְבִיבִים.** מֵאֲלֵיהֶם, אִם לֹא עַל פִּיךָ? בִּתְמִיהָּ. כָּל תְּמִיהָה הַכְּפוּלָה, הָרִאשׁוֹנָה בְּה״א וְהַשְּׁנִיָּה בְּאִם, כְּגוֹן: ״הַבְּמַחֲנִים אִם בְּמִבְצָרִים״ (במדבר יג:יט); ״הֲטוֹבָה הִיא אִם רָעָה״ (במדבר יג:יט); ״הֲמָאוֹס מָאַסְתָּ אִם בְּצִיּוֹן גָּעֲלָה נַפְשֶׁךָ״ (ירמיהו יד:יט). אַף כָּאן: **הֲיֵשׁ בְּהַבְלֵי הַגּוֹיִם... וְאִם הַשָּׁמַיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Does the heaven give raindrops?** by itself, except by Your command? This is the interrogative form. In every double question, the first question is preceded by a ‘heh’ and the second one with אִם, like (Num. 13:19) “Are they in open cities (הַבְּמַחֲנִים) or in fortresses (אִם בְּמִבְצָרִים)?”(Ibid. 13:19) “It is good (הֲטוֹבָה) or bad (אִם רָעָה)?” (verse 19) “Have You indeed rejected (הֲמָאֹס) Judah, or has Your soul despised (אִם...גָּעֲלָה) Zion?” Here, too, “are there among the vanities of the nations those who give rain? Does the heaven...?”