## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 23

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

**הוֹי רוֹעִים.** מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Woe to the shepherds** The kings of Judah.


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

**לֹא פְקַדְתֶּם אוֹתָם.** לֹא נִזְהַרְתֶּם לְשָׁמְרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and have not taken care of them** You were not careful to watch them.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:4:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:4:1)

**וְלֹא יִפָּקֵדוּ.** וְלֹא יֶחְסְרוּ, לָשׁוֹן ״וְלֹא נִפְקַד מִמֶּנּוּ אִישׁ״ (במדבר לא:מט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**nor shall [any of them] be missing** and they shall not be missing. (Cf. Num. 31:49) “And no one of us was missing (נפקד).”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:5:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:5:1)

**וְהִשְׂכִּיל.** וְיַצְלִיחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and prosper** Heb. והשכּיל.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:6:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:6:1)

**ה׳ צִדְקֵנוּ.** ה׳ מַצְדִּיק אוֹתָנוּ בְּיָמָיו שֶׁל זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord is our righteousness** The Lord will vindicate us during this one’s days.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:9:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:9:1)

**לַנְּבִיאִים נִשְׁבַּר לִבִּי בְקִרְבִּי.** לְדִבְרֵי הַנְּבִיאִים, הָאוֹמְרִים **שָׁלוֹם יִהְיֶה לָכֶם**, **נִשְׁבַּר לִבִּי**. **רָחֲפוּ** – הוֹלְכִים וְנָעִים, כְּכַנְפֵי צִפּוֹר הַמְרַחֵף עַל קִנּוֹ; טְרַנְבְּלִיר״ט בְּלַעַז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because of the prophets my heart is broken within me** Because of the words of the prophets who say, “You shall have peace,” my heart is broken. **shake** sway like the wings of a bird who hovers over his nest, (trenblent in O.F.) tremble.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:9:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:9:2)

**מִפְּנֵי ה׳.** שֶׁאֲנִי שׁוֹמֵעַ מִמֶּנּוּ גְּזֵרָה רָעָה זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of the Lord** For I heard from Him this evil decree.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:10:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:10:1)

**מִפְּנֵי אָלָה.** שְׁבוּעַת שֶׁקֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of oaths** False oaths.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:10:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:10:2)

**אָבְלָה.** חֲרֵבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**mourns** i.e., is destroyed.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:10:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:10:3)

**מְרוּצָתָם.** קוֹרְשָׁ״א בְּלַעַ״ז, וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם לְשׁוֹן רָצוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their eagerness** (course in French,) their course, their running. But Jonathan renders it as an expression of desire.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:10:4
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:10:4)

**לֹא כֵן.** לֹא בַדִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**not right** Not according to the law.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:11:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:11:1)

**גַּם נָבִיא גַּם כֹּהֵן.** אֲפִילּוּ אֵלּוּ, שֶׁהַכֹּל לְמֵדִין מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**both prophet and priest** Even these, from whom everyone learns.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:11:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:11:2)

**גַּם בְּבֵיתִי מָצָאתִי רָעָתָם.** שֶׁהֶעֱמִידוּ דְּמוּת בַּהֵיכָל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**even in My house have I found their evil** For they placed an image in the Temple.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:12:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:12:1)

**כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת.** אֶרֶץ חֲלָקָה, שֶׁהָרֶגֶל מַחְלֶקֶת בָּהּ וְהָאָדָם נוֹפֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like slippery places** Smooth ground upon which the foot slips and the person falls.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:12:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:12:2)

**כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת בָּאֲפֵלָה.** כִּשָּׁלוֹן עַל כִּשָּׁלוֹן: חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת בָּאוֹר יֵשׁ כִּשָּׁלוֹן, אֲפֵלָה בְּלֹא חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת יֵשׁ כִּשָּׁלוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like slippery places in the dark** Stumbling upon stumbling. On slippery places in the light there is stumbling. In the dark without slippery places, there is stumbling.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:13:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:13:1)

**וּבִנְבִיאֵי שֹׁמְרוֹן רָאִיתִי תִפְלָה.** קֹדֶם שֶׁגָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And in the prophets of Samaria I saw unseemliness** before they were exiled.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:14:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:14:1)

**וּבִנְבִיאֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם.** אֲנִי רוֹאֶה עַתָּה **שַׁעֲרוּרָה**, דָּבָר מְגֻנֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And in the prophets of Jerusalem** I now see. **a horrible thing** a shameful thing.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:14:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:14:2)

**וְחִזְּקוּ יְדֵי מְרֵעִים.** אוֹמְרִים לָרְשָׁעִים: **שָׁלוֹם יִהְיֶה לָכֶם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they encouraged evil doers** They say to the wicked, “You shall have peace.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:14:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:14:3)

**לְבִלְתִּי שָׁבוּ.** שֶׁלֹּא יָשׁוּבוּ הַ**מְּרֵעִים אִישׁ מֵרָעָתוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that none returns** So that the evildoers would not return each one from his evil.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:17:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:17:1)

**וְכֹל הוֹלֵךְ בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבּוֹ וְגוֹ׳.** וּלְכָל הוֹלֵךְ בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבּוֹ וְגוֹ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and everyone who follows the view of his heart** And to everyone who follows the view of his heart, etc.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:18:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:18:1)

**מִי עָמַד בְּסוֹד ה׳.** וְיִשְׁמַע אֶת הַנִּגְזָר מִלְּפָנָיו? אוֹתוֹ שֶׁהִקְשִׁיב דְּבַר תּוֹרָתוֹ **וְיִשְׁמַע** לְמִצְוֹתָיו, וְלֹא הָרְשָׁעִים הָאֵלֶּה! שְׁמִיעָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא זֶה – שְׁמִיעָה מַמָּשׁ; שְׁמִיעָה הָאַחֲרוֹנָה – קַבָּלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For who stood in the council of the Lord** and will hear what is decreed by Him? He who hearkened to the word of His Torah and listened to His commandments, but not these wicked men. The first expression of ֹשְמִיעָה in the verse is actual hearing; the latter expression of ֹשְמִיעָה is an expression of acceptance.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:19:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:19:1)

**מִתְחוֹלֵל.** מִשְׁתַּכֵּן, מְחַזֵּר לִשְׁכּוֹן; וְ**עַל רֹאשׁ רְשָׁעִים** יִשְׁכּוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a whirling** A resting storm, a storm which seeks to rest, and it shall rest on the heads of the wicked.


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

**מְזִמּוֹת.** לְשׁוֹן מַחֲשָׁבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the plans of** an expression of thought.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:22:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:22:1)

**וְאִם עָמְדוּ בְּסוֹדִי וְיַשְׁמִיעוּ דְבָרַי וגו׳.** הָיָה לָהֶם לְהַשְׁמִיעַ דְּבָרַי וְתוֹרָתִי **אֶת עַמִּי**, וְלֹא לְהַטְעוֹתָם בָּהּ מֵעָלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And if they stood in My council, they should have let My people hear My word, etc.** They should have let My people hear My words and My Torah, rather than cause them to stray away from Me.


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

**הַאֱלֹהֵי מִקָּרֹב.** שֶׁאֵינִי רוֹאֶה אֶלָּא בְּסָמוּךְ לִי, וְאֵין בִּי כֹּחַ לִשְׁפּוֹט אֶת הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים שֶׁהֵם רְחוֹקִים מִמֶּנִּי, וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ בְּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Am I a God from near** that I do not see but what is close to Me and have I no power to judge the lower creatures that are far from Me and do I not know of their deeds?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:24:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:24:1)

**אִם יִסָּתֵר אִישׁ.** זֶהוּ כֶּפֶל תְּמִיהָה **הַאֱלֹהֵי מִקָּרֹב**, כְּדֶרֶךְ כָּל תְּמִיהוֹת הַכְּפוּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Can a man hide in secret places** This is a repetition of the question, ‘Am I a God from near,’ according to the manner of all double questions.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:26:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:26:1)

**עַד מָתַי.** יִנָּבְאוּ שֶׁקֶר? וְכִי יֵשׁ בְּלִבָּם שֶׁל הַנְּבִיאִים הַלָּלוּ, הַנִּבְּאִים **שָׁקֶר**, לְקַיֵּם מַחְשְׁבוֹתָם שֶׁהֵם חוֹשְׁבִים **לְהַשְׁכִּיחַ אֶת עַמִּי שְׁמִי וְגוֹ׳**?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How long [will this be]?** That they will prophesy falsely? Do these prophets who prophesy falsely have in their heart to execute their thoughts that they are thinking to cause My people to forget My name, etc.?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:26:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:26:2)

**תַּרְמִית.** לְשׁוֹן מִרְמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**deceit** an expression of מִרְמָה, deceit.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:28:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:28:1)

**יְסַפֵּר חֲלוֹם.** יְסַפְּרֶנּוּ לְשׁוֹן הֲבַאי כִּשְׁאָר חֲלוֹמוֹת, וְלֹא יְחַזְּקֶנּוּ בְּדִבְרֵי נְבוּאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let him tell a dream** Let him tell it as vain talk like other dreams, and let him not presume it as words of prophecy.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:28:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:28:2)

**מַה לַתֶּבֶן אֶת הַבָּר.** מַה עִנְיַן שֶׁקֶר אֵצֶל אֱמֶת?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What has the straw to do with the wheat?** What has falsehood to do with truth?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:28:3
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:28:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:28:3)

**אֶת הַבָּר.** עִם הַבָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with the wheat** like עִם-הַבָּר.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:29:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:29:1)

**הֲלֹא כֹה דְבָרִי כָּאֵשׁ.** לֹא הָיָה לָהֶם לִטְעוֹת וּלְדַמּוֹת חֲלוֹמוֹת לוֹמַר שֶׁהֵם נְבוּאָה, כִּי דְּבַר נְבוּאָה כְּשֶׁבָּאָה בְּפִי הַנָּבִיא בִּגְבוּרָה הִיא בָאָה בּוֹ כְּאֵשׁ בּוֹעֶרֶת, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַתְּהִי בְלִבִּי כְּאֵשׁ בֹּעֶרֶת״ (ירמיה כ:ט), וְאוֹמֵר ״וְיַד ה׳ עָלַי חֲזָקָה״ (יחזקאל ג:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is not My word so like fire?** They should not have erred to compare their dreams to say that they are prophecy, for the prophetic word, when it comes to a prophet, it comes into him with force like a burning fire, as the matter is stated (supra 20:9): “And it was in my heart like a burning fire,” and (Ezekiel 3:14): “And the hand of the Lord became strong upon me.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:29:2
[Rashi on Jeremiah 23:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/23:29:2)

**וּכְפַטִּישׁ.** פִּי״ק בְּלַעַ״ז, וְיֵשׁ אוֹמֵר מַרְטִיי״ל בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and as a hammer** (pic in French), a pick. And some say (marteau in French), a hammer.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:30:1
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**מְגַנְּבֵי דְבָרַי אִישׁ מֵאֵת רֵעֵהוּ.** אִישׁ מֵאֵת רֵעֵהוּ יֵשׁ לָהֶם מְרַגְּלִים אֵצֶל נְבִיאֵי הָאֱמֶת, וְשׁוֹמְעִין סִגְנוֹן שֶׁלָּהֶם שֶׁהֵם מִתְנַבְּאִים בּוֹ, וְאוֹמְרִין נְבוּאַת שֶׁקֶר בְּאוֹתוֹ לָשׁוֹן, כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשָׂה חֲנַנְיָה בֶּן עַזּוּר: שָׁמַע אֶת יִרְמְיָה מִתְנַבֵּא בַּשּׁוּק הָעֶלְיוֹן ״הִנְנִי שׁוֹבֵר אֶת קֶשֶׁת עֵילָם״ (ירמיה מט:לה), וְהוּא נִיבָּא בַּשּׁוּק הַתַּחְתּוֹן ״שָׁבַרְתִּי אֶת עוֹל מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל״ (ירמיה כח:ב), כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּסַנְהֶדְרִין (פט.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who steal My wards from one another** They have spies who spy upon the true prophets, who listen to their expression with which they prophesy and say false prophecies with that same expression, as Hananiah son of Azzur did. He heard Jeremiah prophesying in the upper marketplace, “Behold I break the bow of Elam,” and he prophesied in the lower marketplace, “I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon” (28:2), as our Rabbis wrote in Sanhedrin 89a.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:31:1
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**הַלּוֹקְחִים לְשׁוֹנָם.** הַמְּלַמְּדִים לְשׁוֹנָם לוֹמַר שִׁקְרֵיהֶם בְּלָשׁוֹן **נְאֻם ה׳**, כִּנְבִיאֵי הָאֱמֶת, לְמַעַן יַאֲמִינוּ בָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who train their tongues** who teach their tongues to say their falsehoods with the expression, “Says the Lord,” like the true prophets, so that they should believe them.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:32:1
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**וּבְפַחֲזוּתָם.** לְשׁוֹן תִּמָּהוֹן, אִישְׁטוֹרְדִיזוֹ״ן בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with their bewilderment** an expression of wonder (estordisoun in O. F.).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:33:1
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**מַה מַשָּׂא ה׳.** לְשׁוֹן שְׂחוֹק, לְפִי שֶׁנְּבוּאָתוֹ לָהֶם לְמַשָּׂא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“What is the burden of the Lord?”** This is an expression of derision, for his prophecy is a burden to them.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:33:2
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**וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם אֶת מַה מַשָּׂא וְנָטַשְׁתִּי וגו׳.** אוֹמְרִים לָכֶם מָה הַמַּשָּׂא, אַתֶּם לְמַשָּׂא לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְהוּא אָמַר שֶׁיִּטּוֹשׁ וְיַשְׁלִיךְ אֶתְכֶם מֵעַל זְרוֹעוֹתָיו מִשָּׁמַיִם אֶרֶץ (איכה ב:א), כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you shall say to them, “What burden? And I will forsake you, etc.”** They say to you (sic), “What is the burden?” You are the burden of the Holy One, blessed be He, and He says that He will forsake you and cast you off His arms from heaven to earth. So I heard.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:33:3
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**וְנָטַשְׁתִּי.** וְעָזַבְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will forsake** Heb. וְעָזַבְתִּי.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:36:1
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**כִּי הַמַּשָּׂא יִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ דְּבָרוֹ.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאַתֶּם מְהַפְּכִין אֶת הַמַּשָּׂא לִגְנַאי, מַשָּׂא דְּבַר ה׳ לְאִישׁ דְּבָרוֹ וּלְאִישׁ עֲצָתוֹ הוּא מְגַלֵּהוּ (ישעיהו מ:יג), וְאַתֶּם מְהַפְּכִין אוֹתוֹ לִלְשׁוֹן מַשָּׂאוֹי. זוֹ לֹא שָׁמַעְתִּי כֵּן, וְהִיא עִקָּר; אֲבָל כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי: כִּי הַמַּשָּׂאוֹי יִהְיֶה מַשָּׂאוֹי שֶׁל פֻּרְעָנוּת לְמִי שֶׁאוֹמְרוֹ, הַשּׁוֹאֵל **מַה מַּשָּׂא**. עִנְיָן אַחֵר: **מַשָּׂא ה׳**. לְשׁוֹן נְבוּאָה הוּא; וְהָיָה הַנָּבִיא הַשֶּׁקֶר שׁוֹאֵל לַנָּבִיא הָאֱמֶת לֵאמֹר לוֹ אֶת דְּבַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּלָשׁוֹן שֶׁבָּא הַסִּיגְנוֹן אֵלָיו, וְהַסִּיגְנוֹן לֹא הָיָה מְפָרֵשׁ הַדִּבּוּר כָּל כָּךְ, וְהָיָה נְבִיא הַשֶּׁקֶר מְהַפֵּךְ אֶת הַפֵּרוּשׁ לְצַד אַחֵר, וְהָיָה מְדַבֵּר בְּדוּגְמַת נְבִיא הָאֱמֶת כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּאֲמִינוּ בּוֹ; וְכֵן עָשָׂה חֲנַנְיָה בֶּן עַזּוּר. לָכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר: אַל תִּשְׁאֲלוּ **מַשָּׂא ה׳** – אֶת לְשׁוֹן הַסִּיגְנוֹן, אֶלָּא **מַה דִּבֵּר** וּמַה עָנָה – אֶת פֵּרוּשׁ הַדָּבָר; שַׁאֲלוּ לַנָּבִיא הָאֱמֶת לֵאמֹר לָהֶם מַה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אוֹמֵר וּלְהֵיכָן נוֹטִין אֶת דְּבָרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the burden shall be to the man of His word** Although you pervert the massa into a pejorative, the prophecy (משא) of the word of the Lord shall be to the man of His word, and to the man of His counsel He reveals it, but you pervert it to an expression of a burden. This interpretation I did not hear, but it is the main interpretation. But this is how I heard it, namely that the burden shall be a burden of retribution for the one who says it, who asks, “What is the burden?” Another interpretation: משא is an expression of prophecy, and the false prophet would ask the true prophet to tell him the word of the Holy One, blessed be He, in the language in which the expression came to him, and the expression did not explain the speech adequately. Therefore, the false prophet would pervert it to another meaning and would speak after the fashion of the true prophet in order that they should believe him. And so did Hananiah son of Azzur do. Therefore, he says, “Do not ask the prophecy of the Lord,” the language of the expression, but “What did He speak?” or “What did He reply?” The explanation of the words you shall ask the true prophet to tell you what the Holy One, blessed be He, says, and to what His words are inclined.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:36:2
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**כִּי הַמַּשָּׂא יִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ דְּבָרוֹ.** סִיגְנוֹן סְתָם; הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֲמָרוֹ סְתָם לְאִישׁ עֲצָתוֹ, שֶׁאֵינוֹ חָשׁוּד לְהוֹפְכוֹ, וְאַתֶּם שׁוֹאֲלִים אוֹתוֹ כְּדֵי לְהוֹפְכוֹ. **וַהֲפַכְתֶּם אֶת דִּבְרֵי** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר לְמַעְלָה **מִגַּנְּבֵי דְבָרַי אִישׁ מֵאֵת רֵעֵהוּ**, גַּם זֶה לָשׁוֹן מְיֻתָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the prophecy shall be for the man of His word** The unexplained expression the Holy One, blessed be He, said unexplained to the man of His counsel, who is not suspected of perverting it, but you ask it in order to pervert it, and you pervert the words of the Holy One, blessed be He, and that is what is stated above (v. 30): “those who steal My words from one another.” This too is a correct explanation.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:37:1
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**כֹּה תֹאמַר אֶל הַנָּבִיא.** כְּשֶׁאַתֶּם בָּאִים לִשְׁאֹל דְּבָרַי מֵאֵת הַנָּבִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So shall you say to the prophet** when you come to ask My words of the prophet.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 23:39:1
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**וְנָשִׁיתִי.** לְשׁוֹן ״גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה״ (בראשית לב:לג), וְלָשׁוֹן ״נָשְׁתָה גְבוּרָתָם״ (ירמיה נא:ל); קוֹפֵץ וּמְטַלְטֵל מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will exile** an expression of “the sinew that was dislocated (גִיד הַנָֹּשֶה)” (Gen. 32:33), and an expression of “their might has failed (נָֹשְתָה),” it jumps and moves from place to place.