## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 2

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

**זָכַרְתִּי לָךְ.** אִם הֱיִיתֶם שָׁבִים אֵלַי, תַּאֲוָתִי לְרַחֵם עֲלֵיכֶם, כִּי **זָכַרְתִּי חֶסֶד נְעוּרַיִךְ** וְ**אַהֲבַת** כְּלִילַת חֻפָּתֵךְ, שֶׁהִכְלַלְתִּיךְ לְחֻפָּה; וְלָשׁוֹן הַכְנָסָה הוּא. **כְּלוּלֹתָיִךְ** נוֹצִי״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז. וּמַה הוּא **חֶסֶד נְעוּרַיִךְ**? **לֶכְתֵּךְ** אַחַר שְׁלוּחַי, מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן; מֵאֶרֶץ נוֹשָׁבֶת (שמות טז:לה) יְצָאתֶם לַ**מִּדְבָּר**, וְאֵין צֵדָה לַדֶּרֶךְ, כִּי הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם בִּי (מכילתא בא פסחא יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I remember to you** Were you to return to Me, I would desire to have mercy on you for I remember the loving kindness of your youth and the love of the nuptials of your wedding canopy, when I brought you into the wedding canopy, and this (כלולתיך) is an expression of bringing in. Your nuptials (Noces in O.F.). Now what was the loving kindness of your youth? Your following My messengers, Moses and Aaron, from an inhabited land to the desert without provisions for the way since you believed in Me.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:3:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:3:1)

**קֹדֶשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל.** כִּתְרוּמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Israel is holy** like terumah.


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

**רֵאשִׁית תְּבוּאָתֹה.** כְּרֵאשִׁית קָצִיר לִפְנֵי הָעֹמֶר, שֶׁאָסוּר בַּאֲכִילָה וְהָאוֹכְלוֹ מִתְחַיֵּב, כֵּן **כָּל אֹכְלָיו יֶאְשָׁמוּ**. כֵּן תַּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the first of His grain** Like the first of the harvest before the Omer, which it is forbidden to eat, and whoever eats it is liable, so will all those who eat him be guilty. So did Jonathan render it.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:6:1)

**וְלֹא אָמְרוּ אַיֵּה ה׳.** כִּי נֵלֵךְ אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they did not say, Where is the Lord** that we should follow other gods?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:6:2)

**עֲרָבָה.** פְּלַנוּרָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**plains** Heb. ערבה (planure in O.F.), related to pianoro in Old Italian, meaning ‘a plateau.’


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:6:3)

**וְשׁוּחָה.** נְטוּיָה, אִינְפוּשִׁיאָ״ה בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and pits** Heb. ושוחה (enfosses in O.F.), pitted.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:4
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:6:4)

**צִיָּה.** דִּישְׁגַאטָ״ה בְּלַעַ״ז:

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


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:5
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:6:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:6:5)

**וְצַלְמָוֶת.** לְשׁוֹן חֹשֶׁךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and darkness** Heb. וצלמות. An expression of darkness.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:7:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:7:1)

**אֶל אֶרֶץ הַכַּרְמֶל.** ״לְאַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל דַּהֲוַת מְנַצְּבָא כְּכַרְמְלָא״ (תרגום יונתן; פסיקתא רבתי טו, א), פֵּירֵשׁ נְטוּעָה כְּיַעַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to a forest land** To the land of Israel which is planted like כרמל, meaning: planted like a forest.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:8:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:8:1)

**תּוֹפְשֵׂי הַתּוֹרָה.** סַנְהֶדְרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and those who hold onto the Torah** The Sanhedrin.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:8:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:8:2)

**וְהָרֹעִים.** הַמְּלָכִים:

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


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:8:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:8:3)

**נִבְּאוּ בַבַּעַל.** בְּשֵׁם הַבַּעַל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**prophesied by Baal** In the name of Baal.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:9:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:9:1)

**עוֹד אָרִיב.** טֶרֶם אָבִיא עֲלֵיכֶם רָעָה, אֶתְוַכַּח עִמָּכֶם עוֹד עַל יְדֵי נְבִיאַי, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁרַבְתִּי עִמָּכֶם כְּבָר יָמִים רַבִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Therefore, I will still contend** Before I bring misfortune upon you, I will still contend with you through My prophets, although I have already contended with you many days.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:10:1)

**אִיֵּי כִתִּיִּים.** לְאִיֵּי כִתִּיִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the isles of the Kittites** To the isles of the Kittites.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:10:2)

**אִיֵּי.** אִישְׁלַ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

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


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:10:3)

**וְקֵדָר שִׁלְחוּ.** וְלִקְדָר שִׁלְחוּ לִרְאוֹת מִנְהָגָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and send to Kedar** And send to Kedar to see their custom.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:4
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:10:4)

**וְהִתְבּוֹנְנוּ מְאֹד.** וְשִׂימוּ לֵב לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בַּדָּבָר יָפֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and consider diligently** And put your heart to it to consider the matter diligently.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:5
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:10:5)

**הֵן.** כְּמוֹ אִם, אִם **הֵמִיר גּוֹי** מֵהֶם אֶת אֱלֹהָיו וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁ**הֵמָּה לֹא אֱלֹהִים, וְעַמִּי הֵמִיר** אֶת **כְּבוֹדוֹ** אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ הָיָה נִכְבָּד. וְ**כִתִּיִּים** וְקֵדָרִיִּים יוֹשְׁבֵי אֹהָלִים וְרוֹעֵי מִקְנֶה, וְנוֹסְעִים וְהוֹלְכִים וּמִטַּלְטְלִין מִמִּרְעֶה לְמִרְעֶה וּמִמִּדְבָּר לְמִדְבָּר, וְנוֹשְׂאִים אֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם עִמָּהֶם לְמָקוֹם שֶׁחוֹנִים שָׁם, וַאֲנִי נָשָׂאתִי אֶתְכֶם עַד אֲשֶׁר קָבַעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם, וְהִנַּחְתֶּם אוֹתִי, כָּךְ תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (תענית ה:): כִּתִּיִּים עוֹבְדִים לַמַּיִם, וְקֵדָרִיִּים עוֹבְדִים לָאֵשׁ, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיּוֹדְעִים שֶׁהַמַּיִם מְכַבִּין אֶת הָאֵשׁ, לֹא הִנִּיחוּ אֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whether** Heb. הן, like אם, if. Whether either of those nations exchanged its god although they are no gods, yet My nation exchanged their glory, with which they were honored. The Kittites and the Kedarites were tent dwellers and cattle herders, who would travel, go, and wander from pasture to pasture and from desert to desert, and they carry their gods with them to the place where they encamp. But I carried you until I established you, yet you forsook Me. This is how Jonathan paraphrased it. Our Sages said however: The Kittites worshipped water and the Kedarites worshipped fire. And although they know that water quenches fire, they did not forsake their god.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:11:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:11:1)

**בְּלֹא יוֹעִיל.** בַּעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁאֵין בָּהּ תּוֹעֶלֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for what does not avail** For an idol that does not avail.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:12:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:12:1)

**שֹׁמּוּ שָׁמַיִם.** לְשׁוֹן תִּמָּהוֹן, כְּמוֹ הִשְׁתּוֹמְמוּ; וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן צִוּוּי, כְּמוֹ ״אִם כֹּה יֹאמְרוּ אֵלֵינוּ דֹּמּוּ״ (שמואל א יד:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O heavens, be astonished** Heb. שמו, an expression of astonishment, like השתוממוּ. It is the imperative form, with the same vowel points as (I Sam. 14:9): “If they say thus to us, “Wait (דּמּוּ) .”


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

**וְשַׂעֲרוּ.** לְשׁוֹן סַעַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and storm** Heb. ושערו, an expression of סער, a storm.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:12:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:12:3)

**חָרְבוּ מְאֹד.** כְּאִלּוּ אַתֶּם נֶחֱרָבִים עַל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁעָתִיד לֵיחָרֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**become very desolate** As though you are becoming desolate because of the Temple that is destined to be destroyed.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:13:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:13:1)

**שְׁתַּיִם רָעוֹת.** אִם הֵמִירוּ יִרְאָתָם בְּכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהּ, יֵשׁ כָּאן רָעָה אַחַת; וְעַכְשָׁיו שֶׁ**אוֹתִי עָזְבוּ**, שֶׁאֲנִי **מְקוֹר מַיִם חַיִּים**, לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֵי הָעֲבוֹדָה הַזָּרָה, שֶׁהֵם כְּ**בֹארוֹת** שֶׁל מַיִם מְכֻנָּסִין וְנִשְׁבָּרִין וְנִסְדָּקִין, וּמֵימֵיהֶם נִבְלָעִים בִּסְדָקֵיהֶם, הֲרֵי **שְׁתַּיִם רָעוֹת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**two evils** Had they exchanged their Deity [lit. their fear] for one His equal, it would be one evil, and now that they have forsaken Me, that I am a spring of living waters, to follow idols, which are like cisterns of stored up water, and they are broken and cracked, and their water is absorbed in their cracks, these are two evils.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:13:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:13:2)

**לַחְצֹב.** לַחְפֹּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to dig** Heb. לחצב, lit. to hew.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:13:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:13:3)

**אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָכִלוּ.** טִינְדְרוֹנְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז אֶת מֵימֵיהֶם; שֶׁהַמַּיִם מְטַשְׁטְשִׁין אֶת שְׂפָתָם וְכוֹתְלֵיהֶם וְהֵם נוֹפְלִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that do not hold** (Tendront in O.F.) their water, for the water will make their edge and their walls muddy, and they cave in.


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

**יְלִיד בַּיִת.** בֶּן הָאָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is he a home born slave?** The son of a maidservant.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:15:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:15:1)

**יִשְׁאֲגוּ.** שׁוֹאֲגִים, לְשׁוֹן הֹוֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**roar** roar, a present tense.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:15:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:15:2)

**כְּפִירִים.** מְלָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**young lions** Symbolic of kings.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:15:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:15:3)

**נִצְּתוּ.** נִצְּתוּ בָּאֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were burnt** were burnt with fire.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:16:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:16:1)

**גַּם בְּנֵי נֹף וְתַחְפַּנְחֵס.** הֵם מִצְרַיִם שֶׁאַתֶּם בּוֹטְחִים עֲלֵיהֶם לְעֶזְרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Also the children of Noph and Tahpanhes** They are the Egyptians upon whom you trust for aid.


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

**יִרְעוּךְ קָדְקֹד.** לְשׁוֹן רְצִיצָה, כְּדִמְתַרְגְּמִינָן ״וְרָצוּץ״ (דברים כח:לג): ״וּרְעִיעַ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will break your crown** They will break your skull. ירעוּך is an expression of breaking (רציצה), as we translate ורצוץ, “and crushed” (Deut. 28:33), וּרעיע.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:17:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:17:1)

**הֲלֹא זֹאת תַּעֲשֶׂה לָּךְ.** הֲלֹא אֶת הָרָעָה וְאֶת הַפּוּרְעָנוּת הַזֹּאת תִּגְרֹם לָךְ הָאַשְׁמָה וְהֶעָוֹן אֲשֶׁר עָזַבְתְּ **אֶת ה׳ אֱלֹהַיִךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is not this caused to you** Is not this misfortune and this retribution caused to you by the guilt and the iniquity that you have forsaken the Lord your God?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:17:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:17:2)

**בְּעֵת מוֹלִיכֵךְ בַּדָּרֶךְ.** שֶׁהָיָה מְלַמֵּד אוֹתְךָ דֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹבָה וְהַיְשָׁרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the time He leads you by the way** For He would teach you the good and the straight way.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:18:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:18:1)

**מַה לָּךְ לְדֶרֶךְ מִצְרַיִם.** לָמָּה תַּעַזְבִי אוֹתִי וְתִבְטְחִי עַל מִצְרַיִם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**what have you to do in the way of Egypt** Why do you leave Me and trust in Egypt?


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

**לִשְׁתּוֹת מֵי שִׁיחוֹר.** שֶׁטִּבְּעוּ זְכוֹרֵיכֶם בַּנִּילוּס; **שִׁיחוֹר** הוּא נִילוּס, כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״מִן הַשִּׁיחוֹר אֲשֶׁר עַל פְּנֵי מִצְרָיִם״ בְּסֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (יהושע יג:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to drink the water of the Shihor** For they drowned your male children in the Nile. Shihor is the Nile, as it is said: “From the Shihor which is before Egypt,” in the Book of Joshua (13:3).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:18:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:18:3)

**וּמַה לָּךְ.** לִמְרֹד בִּי לְמַעַן תִּגְלִי **לְדֶרֶךְ אַשּׁוּר**, לְמֵעֵבֶר נְהַר פְּרָת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and what have you to do** to rebel against Me so that you should be exiled to the way of Assyria, to the other side of the Euphrates River?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:19:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:19:1)

**תְּיַסְּרֵךְ רָעָתֵךְ.** סוֹף שֶׁרָעָתֵךְ תָּבִיא עָלֶיךָ יִסּוּרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your evil will chastise you** Eventually, your evil will bring suffering upon you.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:19:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:19:2)

**וּמְשׁוּבוֹתַיִךְ.** לְשׁוֹן ״בָּנִים שׁוֹבָבִים״ (ירמיה ג:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your backslidings**, Heb. ומשבותיך, an expression related to “backsliding children (שובבים)” (infra 3:22).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:19:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:19:3)

**תּוֹכִיחוּךְ.** לְשׁוֹן ״מוּסָר״ (ירמיה ל:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will reprove you** Heb. תוכחך, an expression of reproof.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:19:4
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:19:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:19:4)

**וְלֹא פַחְדָּתִי.** פַּחַד שֶׁלִּי לֹא הָיָה בְּלִבֵּךְ לִירָא אוֹתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the fear of Me was not** My fear was not in your heart that you should fear Me.


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

**שָׁבַרְתִּי עֻלֵּךְ.** הָעוֹל שֶׁל עֵץ נוֹפֵל בּוֹ לְשׁוֹן שְׁבִירָה, וְהַמּוֹסְרוֹת, שֶׁהֵן שֶׁל עוֹר, נוֹפֵל בָּהֶן לְשׁוֹן **נְתִיקָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I broke your yoke** To the wooden yoke an expression of breaking applies, and to the yoke-bands which are of leather an expression of tearing open applies.


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

**מוֹסְרוֹתַיִךְ.** הֵם רְצוּעוֹת שֶׁקּוֹשְׁרִין בָּהֶם הָעוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yoke-bands** [מוסרותיך are the] ropes used to shackle the yoke [to the animal].


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

**וַתֹּאמְרִי לֹא אֶעֱבוֹר.** עַל דְּבָרֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you said, “I will not transgress.”** your words.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:20:4
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:20:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:20:4)

**כִּי עַל כָּל גִּבְעָה.** אַךְ אַתָּה לֹא שָׁמַרְתָּ הַבְטָחָתְךָ, וְ**עַל כָּל גִּבְעָה אַתְּ צֹעָה** – לְשׁוֹן מִשְׁכָּב וּמַצָּע. **כִּי** מְשַׁמֵּשׁ לְשׁוֹן אֶלָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but on every lofty hill** Put you did not keep your promise, for on every lofty hill you recline (צעה). This is an expression of a bed and a sheet (מצע). [The word] כי serves as an expression of ‘but.’


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:21:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:21:1)

**נְטַעְתִּיךְ שׂוֹרֵק.** שׂוֹרֵק הוּא זְמוֹרוֹת גֶּפֶן טוֹב, כְּלוֹמַר בְּנֵי אָבוֹת כְּשֵׁרִים וְצַדִּיקִים. וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ: **נְטַעְתִּיךְ שׂוֹרֵק**, הוֹסַפְתִּי לְךָ עַל שֶׁבַע מִצְווֹת שֶׁל בְּנֵי נֹחַ שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת וָשֵׁשׁ, כְּמִנְיַן שׂוֹרֵ״ק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I planted you a noble vine stock** Heb. שורק is the branches of a good vine, that is to say the children of pious and righteous fathers. Its midrashic interpretation is: I planted you שורק. I added for you to the seven commandments of the children of Noah, six hundred and six, as is the numerical value of שורק.


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

**סוּרֵי.** דִישְׁטוֹרְלָטוֹ״רְשׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**degenerate** Heb. סוּרי (Destoultours in O.F).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:21:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:21:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:21:3)

**גֶּפֶן נָכְרִיָּה.** הַצּוֹמַחַת בַּיְּעָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wild vine** that grows in the forests.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:22:1)

**בַּנֶּתֶר.** מִין אֲדָמָה שֶׁחָפִין וְשָׁפִין בָּהּ אֶת הַבְּגָדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with natron** A type of earth with which garments are cleansed and rubbed.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:22:2)

**בּוֹרִית.** נִקָּיוֹן, כְּמוֹ ״וּבַר לֵבָב״ (תהלים כד:ד). וְיֵשׁ לוֹעֲזִים **בּוֹרִית** – שָׁאבוֹ״ן בְּלַעַז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**soap** Heb. בֹּרִית, cleanliness. Comp. “And pure (וּבַר) of heart” (Ps. 24:4). Some explain בֹּרִית as savon in French, soap.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:22:3)

**נִכְתָּם עֲוֹנֵךְ.** ״הָא כְּרוֹשֶׁם כִּתְמָא דְּלָא דָכֵי, כֵּן סַגִּיאוּ חוֹבֵיךְ קֳדָמַי״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your iniquity is stained** Jon. renders: Like the mark of a stain that is unclean, so have your sins increased before Me.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:4
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:22:4)

**כֶּתֶם.** טָאקָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
כתם is tka in O.F.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:5
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:22:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:22:5)

**עֲוֹנֵךְ.** עַל עֲוֹן הָעֵגֶל נֶאֱמַר, שֶׁהוּא קַיָּם לְעוֹלָם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וּבְיוֹם פָּקְדִי וּפָקַדְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם״ (שמות לב:לד) – כָּל פְּקִידוֹת הַבָּאוֹת עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, יִהְיֶה מִקְצָת עֲוֹן הָעֵגֶל בָּהֶם (סנהדרין קב.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your iniquity** This is said concerning the iniquity of the ‘Golden Calf,’ which remains in existence forever, as it is stated: “And on the day of My visitation, I will visit upon them their sin” (Exodus 32:34). All visitations that come upon Israel have part of the iniquity of the Golden Calf in them.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:23:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:23:1)

**רְאִי דַרְכֵּךְ בַּגַּיְא.** מָה עָשִׂית מוּל בֵּית פְּעוֹר (דברים ג:כט)! וְעוֹדֵ עַתָּה אַתְּ מַחֲזֶקֶת בְּאוֹתוֹ הַדֶּרֶךְ כִּבְכָרָה קַלָּה הַמְשָׂרֶכֶת דְּרָכֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**See your way in the valley** See what you have done opposite Beth-Peor, and until now you adhere to that way like a swift she camel clinging to her ways.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:23:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:23:2)

**בִּכְרָה.** גְּמַלָּה נְקֵבָה בְּחוּרָה, שֶׁהִיא אוֹהֶבֶת לָנוּעַ. ״בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן״ (ישעיהו ס:ו) מְתֻרְגָּם: ״הוֹגְנֵי מִדְיָן״, וְהֵם גְּמַלִּים בְּחוּרִים; כְּמוֹ שֶׁמָּצִינוּ בְּסַנְהֶדְרִין (סנהדרין נב.): נְפִישֵׁי גְּמַלֵּי סָבֵי דְּטָעֲינִי מַשְׁכֵּי דְּהוֹגְנֵי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**young she-camel** Heb. בכרה, a young female camel, that loves to wander. “The young camels (בכרי) of Midian” (Isa. 60:6) is translated “and they are young camels,” as we find in Sanhedrin 52a: There are many old camels laden with the skins of young camels (הוגני).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:23:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:23:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:23:3)

**מְשָׂרֶכֶת.** מַחֲזֶקֶת בְּדַרְכֵי נְעוּרֶיהָ; לְשׁוֹן מַסְרִיךְ (בבא מציעא ו.), סָרִיךְ (גיטין סח:). וְיֵשׁ לְחַבְּרוֹ עִם ״שְׂרוֹךְ נַעַל״ (בראשית יד:כג) – קוֹשֶׁרֶת דַּרְכֵי נַעֲרוּתָהּ בְּלִבָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**clinging** Adhering to the ways of her youth, an expression similar to: “it would have clung (מסריך סריך)” (Chullin 51a). This may be associated with “a shoe thong (שרוך נעל)” (Gen. 14:23). She binds the ways of her youth in her heart.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:24:1)

**פֶּרֶה.** שַׁלְוָואטִיקְ״וּ בְּלַעַ״ז, וְיֵשׁ לוֹעֲזִין קוּלִיי״ן בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A wild donkey** (salvatico in O.F.) wild, and some interpret it as poulain in O.F., a foal.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:24:2)

**לִמּוּד מִדְבָּר.** הַלָּמוּד לִהְיוֹת בַּמִּדְבָּרוֹת; כֵּן אָהַבְתְּ לָנוּעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**accustomed to the desert** Accustomed to be in the deserts, so she loves to wander.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:24:3)

**שָׁאֲפָה רוּחַ.** פּוֹתַחַת אֶת פִּיהָ וְשׁוֹאֶפֶת רוּחַ, וּלְעוֹלָם הוּא חוֹזֵר לִמְקוֹמוֹ (קהלת א:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that snuffs up the wind** She opens her mouth and snuffs up the wind, and he always returns to his place.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:4
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:24:4)

**תַּאֲנָתָהּ מִי יְשִׁיבֶנָּה.** אוֹתָהּ מִדַּת תַּנִּינִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ, כִּי גַּם הַתַּנִּין שׁוֹאֵף רוּחַ, כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״שָׁאֲפוּ רוּחַ כַּתַּנִּים״ (ירמיה יד:ו). מִי יְשִׁיבֶנָּה מֵאוֹתָהּ מִדָּה? כֵּן אַתֶּם, מִי יוּכַל לַהֲשִׁיבְכֶם מִדַּרְכְּכֶם הָרָעָה?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**her tendency like the sea creatures, who can hinder her?** That trait of the sea creatures that she has, for also the sea creature snuffs up the wind, as it is said: “They snuff up the wind like sea creatures” (infra 14:6). Who can hinder her from that trait? So it is with you who can return you from your evil way? **her tendency like a sea creature** Son dagronemant in O.F., dragon nature. Jonathan rendered it in this manner, כערודה. Another explanation: It is an expression of wailing, comp. “moaning and wailing”.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:5
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:24:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:24:5)

**כָּל מְבַקְשֶׁיהָ לֹא יִיעָפוּ.** כִּי עַל חִנָּם יִיעָפוּ, שֶׁלֹּא יוּכְלוּ לְהַשִּׂיגָהּ. וּמַה סוֹפָהּ? **בְּחָדְשָׁהּ יִמְצָאוּנְהָ.** חֹדֶשׁ אֶחָד יֵשׁ בַּשָּׁנָה שֶׁהִיא יְשֵׁנָה כָּל הַחֹדֶשׁ, וְאָז הִיא נִלְכֶּדֶת; אַף אַתֶּם, חֹדֶשׁ אֶחָד (הוּא אָב) הוּכַן לָכֶם כְּבָר מִימוֹת הַמְרַגְּלִים, שֶׁקָּבְעוּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם בְּכִיַּת חִנָּם, בּוֹ תִּלָּכְדוּ (סוטה לה.). **תַּאֲנָתָהּ.** שׁוֹ״ן דְּגְרוֹנְמִינְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״כִּירוּדָא״. דָּבָר אַחֵר: לְשׁוֹן יְלָלָה, כְּמוֹ ״תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה״ (יחזקאל כט:ב). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: שַׁאקוֹנְטְרִיאָ״ה בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ ״תַּאֲנַת שִׁילֹה״ (יהושע טז:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all who seek her will not weary** For they will weary needlessly, for they will be unable to overtake her. What will her end be? In her month, they will find her. There is one month in the year that she sleeps for the whole month, and then she is captured. You, too, - one month (viz. Ab) was already prepared for you from the days of the spies, when your forefathers established it as a time of vain weeping, therein, you will be captured. (תּאניה ואניה) (Lam. 2:5). Another explanation: (sa contree in French,) her country, comp. Taanath Shiloh (Josh. 16:6).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:25:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:25:1)

**מִנְעִי רַגְלֵךְ מִיָּחֵף.** זוֹ הִיא מִדָּתֵךְ, כְּפֶרֶא הָאוֹהֶבֶת לָנוּעַ. נְבִיאַי אוֹמְרִים לִיךְ: מִנְעִי עַצְמֵךְ מֵעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁלֹּא תֵּלְכִי **יָחֵף** בַּגּוֹלָה, וּמִנְעִי **גְּרוֹנֵךְ** מִלָּמוּת בַּצָּמָא; **וַתֹּאמְרִי** עַל דִּבְרֵי הַנְּבִיאִים **נוֹאָשׁ**. אֵין מִיחוּשׁ, נוֹאַשְׁתִּי בְּדִבְרֵיכֶם. **נוֹאָשׁ** נוֹקְלִיי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Withhold your foot from going barefoot** This your habit, like the wild donkey that loves to wander. My prophets say to you, “Withhold your foot from idolatry lest you go barefoot into exile and withhold your throat from dying of thirst.” **but you said** concerning the words of the prophets. **I despair** It is of no concern. I despair of your words. נואש is (nonkalajjr in O.F.) nonchalair in modern French.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:26:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:26:1)

**כִּי יִמָּצֵא.** בִּתְחִלָּה כְּשֶׁהוּא נִמְצָא **גַּנָּב**, וְהוּא הָיָה מֻחְזָק נֶאֱמָן; כָּךְ תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when he is found out** At the beginning, when he is found to be a thief, and he was presumed to be faithful. In this manner, Jonathan rendered it.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:27:1
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**וּבְעֵת רָעָתָם יֹאמְרוּ.** אֵלַי **קוּמָה וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ**. וְכֵן תַּרְגּוּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וּבְעִידָּן דְּבִישְׁתָּא אַתְיָא עֲלֵיהוֹן כַּפְרִין בְּטָעוּתְהוֹן וּמוֹדָן קֳדָמַי וְאָמְרִין רַחֵם עֲלָנָא וּפְרוּקְנָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and at the time of their misfortune they say** i.e., they say to Me, “Arise and save us.” Jonathan, too, translates in this manner: And at the time that misfortune befalls them, they deny their idols and confess before Me, and say. “Have mercy upon us and save us.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:28:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:28:1)

**מִסְפַּר עָרֶיךָ הָיוּ אֱלֹהֶיךָ.** בְּכָל עִיר וָעִיר אֱלוֹהַּ אַחֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as many as your cities were your gods** In every city was another god.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:29:1
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**לָמָּה תָרִיבוּ.** אֵיךְ תָּבֹאוּ לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ בְּרִיב וְלוֹמַר: לֹא חָטָאנוּ?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Why do you contend** How do you come to contend with the quarrel and say, “We do not sin”?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:29:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:29:2)

**כֻּלְּכֶם פְּשַׁעְתֶּם בִּי.** אַף הַצַּדִּיקִים בְּמַשְׁמָע; הַיְינוּ דְּאָמְרֵי אִינְשֵׁי: בַּהֲדֵי הוּצָא, לָקִיא כַּרְבָּא (בבא קמא צב.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All of you have rebelled against Me** Even the righteous are meant. This is what people say, “With the thorn the cabbage suffers.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:30:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:30:1)

**לַשָּׁוְא הִכֵּיתִי.** עַל חִנָּם, כִּי לֹא הוֹעִיל שֶׁיִּקְחוּ **מוּסָר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In vain have I smitten** For no purpose, for it did not avail that they should receive correction.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:30:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:30:2)

**אָכְלָה חַרְבְּכֶם.** אֶת נְבִיאֵיכֶם, הֲרַגְתֶּם אֶת זְכַרְיָה (דברי הימים ב כד:כא) וִישַׁעְיָה (יבמות מט:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your sword devoured** your prophets, Zechariah and Isaiah.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:31:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:31:1)

**רְאוּ דְבַר ה׳.** הוֹצִיא לָהֶם צִנְצֶנֶת הַמָּן, אָמַר לָהֶם: רְאוּ כָּאן מַה דְּבַר ה׳ מוֹעִיל (מכילתא בשלח ויסע ה)! **הֲמִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.** לְשׁוֹן תֵּימָה הוּא, לְכָךְ נְקוּדה מ״ם רָפִי וְה״א בַּחֲטַף פַּתָּח: כְּלוּם נִדְמֶה לַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶם שֶׁהוּא מִדְבָּר כְּשֶׁהָלְכוּ בּוֹ, שֶׁהוֹרַדְתִּי לָהֶם לֶחֶם זֶה דְּבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ (שמות טז:ד)?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**See the word of the Lord** He took out to them the jar of manna. He said to them, “See here how helpful the word of the Lord is.” **was I a desert to Israel** Heb. המדבר. This is the interrogative form. Therefore, the ‘mem’ is punctuated ‘weak,’ i.e., without a ‘dagesh’ and the ‘heh’ with a ‘hataph- pattah.’ Did it seem to your forefathers that it was a desert when they traversed it? For I brought down for them this bread, the necessity of each day in its day.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:31:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:31:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:31:2)

**מַאְפֵּלְיָה.** לְשׁוֹן חֹשֶׁךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**thick darkness** מאפליה, an expression of darkness.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:31:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:31:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:31:3)

**מַדּוּעַ אָמְרוּ עַמִּי רַדְנוּ.** נִבְדַּלְנוּ מִמְּךָ, כְּמוֹ הָרוֹדֶה פַּת מִן הַתַּנּוּר (תרומות י,ג). כָּךְ מִדְרַשׁ רַבִּי תַּנְחוּמָא (תנחומא, במדבר ב). וּמְנַחֵם פֵּרֵשׁ **רַדְנוּ** לְשׁוֹן יְרִידָה, וְעוֹד פָּנִים אֲחֵרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Why have My people said, “We have been separated...”?** Heb. רדנו, we have been separated from You. Like one who separates (רודֶה) bread from the oven. So is the midrash of Rabbi Tanhuma (Bamidbar 2). Menahem, however, explains רדנוּ as an expression of descending (ירידה) and also in other manners (Machbereth Menahem, p. 162).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:33:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:33:1)

**תֵּיטִיבִי.** תְּקַשְּׁטִי עַצְמֵךְ לִקְרַאת נוֹאֲפַיִךְ, כְּמוֹ ״וַתֵּיטֶב רֹאשָׁהּ״ דְּאִיזֶבֶל, בְּפָרָשַׁת יֵהוּא (מלכים ב ט:ל):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How you adorn** Heb. תיטבי. You adorn yourself to greet your adulterers. Comp. “And she adorned her head” (I Kings 9:30) concerning Jezebel in the section dealing with Jehu.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:33:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:33:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:33:2)

**גַּם אֶת הָרָעוֹת לִמַּדְתְּ.** חָזַרְתְּ עַל כָּל רוֹעַ דֶּרֶךְ, לִלְמוֹד אֶת הַמְקֻלְקֶלֶת שֶׁבְּכֻלָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**even to the most evil you accustomed** You searched throughout all the evil ways to learn the most corrupt of them all. גם is an expression of ‘even.’


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:33:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:33:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:33:3)

**גַּם.** לְשׁוֹן אֲפִילוּ. **לָכֵן.** לְשׁוֹן שְׁבוּעַת אֱמֶת, אַךְ **אֶת** הַדֶּרֶךְ הָרָעָה שֶׁבְּכָל הַדְּרָכִים **לִמַּדְתְּ** לְעַצְמֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**verily** Heb. לכן, an expression of a true oath. Verily, to the most evil way of all the ways you accustomed yourself.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:33:4
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:33:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:33:4)

**לִמַּדְתְּ.** הִנְהַגְתְּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you accustomed** Heb. למדת, lit. you taught.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:34:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:34:1)

**בַּמַּחְתֶּרֶת מְצָאתִים.** לֹא מָצָאתָ אוֹתָם בַּמַּחְתֶּרֶת כְּשֶׁהָרַגְתָּ אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you did not find them breaking in** You did not find them breaking in when you slew them.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:34:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:34:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:34:2)

**מְצָאתִים.** כֹּה יֹאמַר לִנְקֵבָה לְשׁוֹן פָּעַלְתְּ, וְהַרְבֵּה יֵשׁ בְּסֵפֶר (יחזקאל טז:נח) אֶת נְשָׂאתִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you did not find them** So does Scripture say for a feminine second person singular, and there are many such examples in the Book of Ezekiel (16:58), “You bore them (נשאתים).”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:34:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:34:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:34:3)

**כִּי עַל כָּל אֵלֶּה.** שֶׁהָיוּ מוֹכִיחִים אוֹתְךָ בַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but for all these** i.e., because they were reproving you for all these things.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:35:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:35:1)

**וַתֹּאמְרִי.** בְּלִבֵּךְ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you said** i.e., you said in your heart.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:35:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:35:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:35:2)

**כִּי נִקֵּיתִי.** אֲשֶׁר זַכָּאָה אֲנִי נַפְשִׁי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But I am innocent** That I have purified my soul.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:35:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:35:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:35:3)

**נִשְׁפָּט אוֹתָךְ.** בָּא עִמָּךְ בְּמִשְׁפָּט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I contend with you** I will come with you in judgment.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:36:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:36:1)

**תֵּזְלִי.** לְשׁוֹן זִלְזוּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**degrade yourself** Heb. תזלי, an expression of degradation.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:36:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:36:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:36:2)

**לְשַׁנּוֹת אֶת דַּרְכֵּךְ.** לַעֲזֹב אוֹתִי וְלִסְמֹךְ עַל מִצְרַיִם לְעֶזְרָה, בִּימֵי יְהוֹיָקִים (מלכים ב כד:ז) וְצִדְקִיָּהוּ (ירמיה לז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to change your way** To leave Me and to rely on Egypt for aid in the days of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah (infra 37).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:36:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:36:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:36:3)

**לְשַׁנּוֹת.** לְשׁוֹן שִׁנּוּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to change** Heb. לשנות, an expression of change.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 2:36:4
[Rashi on Jeremiah 2:36:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/2:36:4)

**כַּאֲשֶׁר בֹּשְׁתְּ מֵאַשּׁוּר.** שֶׁסָּמַךְ אָחָז עָלָיו, ״וַיָּצַר לוֹ וְלֹא חִזְּקוֹ״ כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים (דברי הימים ב כח:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as you were ashamed through Assyria** Upon whom Ahaz relied and “he oppressed him and did not strengthen him” (II Chron. 28:20).