## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 34

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 34:5:1
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**בְּשָׁלוֹם תָּמוּת.** אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (מועד קטן כח:), שֶׁמֵּת נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר בְּיָמָיו. שֶׁכָּל יְמֵי נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר לֹא יָצְאוּ אֲסִירָיו מֵאֲסִירֵיהֶם, וּכְשֶׁמֵּת נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר יָצָא צִדְקִיָּהוּ מִבֵּית הָאֲסוּרִים, וּלְמָחֳרָת מֵת וְקָבְרוּהוּ בְּכָבוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall die in peace** Our Sages stated that Nebuchadnezzar died during his lifetime (Moed Katan 28b), for all the days of Nebuchadnezzar his prisoners were not freed from their imprisonment, and when Nebuchadnezzar died, Zedekiah emerged from the prison. He died the next day and was buried with pomp.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 34:5:2
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**וּבְמִשְׂרְפוֹת אֲבוֹתֶיךָ.** כָּךְ הָיָה דַּרְכָּם, לִשְׂרֹף עַל הַמְּלָכִים מִטָּתָן וּכְלֵי תַשְׁמִישָׁן (דברי הימים ב טז:יד; עבודה זרה יא.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with the burnings of your forefathers** So was their custom, to burn for the kings their bier and the utensils they used.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 34:8:1
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**אַחֲרֵי כְּרוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ.** בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית לְמָלְכוֹ. כָּךְ שָׁנִינוּ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם (סדר עולם רבה כו): ״וַיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית... בָּאוּ אֲנָשִׁים מִזִּקְנֵי יְהוּדָה לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת ה׳״ (יחזקאל כ:א). אָמְרוּ לִיחֶזְקֵאל: עֶבֶד כֹּהֵן שֶׁמְּכָרוֹ רַבּוֹ, מַהוּ שֶׁיֹּאכַל בִּתְרוּמָה? כְּלוֹמַר, לְפִי שֶׁהָיוּ רוֹצִין לוֹמַר: לֹא נֶעֱנַשׁ עַל הַמִּצְוֹת, עַל שֶׁהֶחֱזִירוּ אֶת הָעֲבָדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**after King Zedekiah had made a covenant** In the seventh year of his reign. So we learned it in Seder Olam (ch. 26): “And it came to pass in the seventh year...men came of the elders of Judah (sic) to inquire of the Lord” (Ezekiel 20:1). They said to Ezekiel, ‘The slave of a priest whom his owner sold what is the ruling regarding whether he may eat of the priest’s due?’ That is to say, because they wanted to say that they should not be punished for infracting the commandment by returning the slaves.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 34:17:1
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**הִנְנִי קֹרֵא לָכֶם דְּרוֹר.** מֵאִתִּי, שֶׁאֵינִי אָדוֹן לָכֶם לְהַצִּיל, וְתִהְיוּ הֶפְקֵר אֶל הַחֶרֶב וְאֶל הָרָעָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**behold I proclaim freedom to you** from Me, that I am not your master to save you, and you shall be free to the sword and to the famine.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 34:18:1
[Rashi on Jeremiah 34:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Jeremiah/r/34:18:1)

**הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם.** כְּשֶׁחָזְרוּ וְכָבְשׁוּם, כָּרְתוּ כֻּלָּם בְּרִית לִמְרוֹד בַּמָּקוֹם, וְכָרְתוּ הָעֵגֶל לִשְׁנַיִם וְעָבְרוּ **בֵּין בְּתָרָיו**, לִמְרוֹד בּוֹ. וְהִיא הָיְתָה בְּרִית חֲזָקָה וּגְמוּרָה, לֵאמֹר: כָּכָה יִבָּתֵר וְיֵחָלֵק הָעוֹבֵר עָלֶיהָ (בראשית טו:ט-יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when they cut the calf in two** Whey they returned and forced them to be slaves, they all made a covenant to rebel against the Omnipresent and cut a calf in two and passed between its parts to rebel against Him, and that was a strong covenant and a final one, saying, So shall the one who transgresses be cut and divided.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 34:21:1
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**הָעוֹלִים מֵעֲלֵיכֶם.** מִפְּנֵי חֵיל פַּרְעֹה שֶׁיָּצָא מִמִּצְרַיִם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּסֵפֶר זֶה (ירמיה לז:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who have gone up away from you** because of the army of Pharaoh that came out of Egypt, as is explained in this Book (37:5).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 34:22:1
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**הִנְנִי מְצַוֶּה.** וְשָׁב חֵיל פַּרְעֹה לְאַרְצוֹ, וְהַכַּשְׂדִּים יָשׁוּבוּ עֲלֵיכֶם (ירמיה לז:ה-ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold I command** that Pharaoh’s army return to his land, and the Chaldeans return upon you.