## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 39

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:3:1
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**וַיָּבֹאוּ כָּל שָׂרֵי מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בְּשַׁעַר הַתָּוֶךְ וְגוֹ׳.** מַגִּיד שֶׁנִּתְקַיְּמָה כָּאן נְבוּאָה עֶלְיוֹנָה: ״וּבָאוּ וְנָתְנוּ אִישׁ כִּסְאוֹ פֶּתַח שַׁעֲרֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְגוֹ׳״ (ירמיה א:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And all the officers of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate, etc.** [This] tells [us] that here the above prophecy, “And they will come and place, each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, etc.” (1:15) was fulfilled.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:3:2
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**בְּשַׁעַר הַתָּוֶךְ.** ״בְּתַרְעָא מְצִיעָתָא״ (תרגום יונתן); שַׁעַר הָעֲזָרָה, שַׁעַר נִיקָנוֹר הַמִּזְרָחִי, וְהוּא בֵּין שַׁעַר עֶזְרַת נָשִׁים וּבֵין שַׁעַר הַהֵיכָל. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ **שַׁעַר הַתָּוֶךְ** שַׁעַר שֶׁמְּחַתְּכִין בּוֹ הֲלָכוֹת, עֲלֵיהֶם הוּא אוֹמֵר ״מְקוֹם הַמִּשְׁפָּט שָׁמָּה הָרֶשַׁע״ (קהלת ג:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the middle gate** Heb. בשער התוך. Jonathan renders: in the middle gate, the gate of the Temple court, the Nicanor Gate, the Eastern Gate, and it is between the gate of the Women’s Court and the gate of the Temple proper. And our Rabbis (Sanh. 103a) said: The gate where the halachoth were decided (מחתכים). Concerning them, Scripture says. “The place of judgment there is wickedness” (Ecc. 3:16).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:4:1
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**דֶּרֶךְ גַּן הַמֶּלֶךְ.** מְעָרָה הָיְתָה לוֹ מִבֵּיתוֹ עַד עַרְבוֹת יְרֵחוֹ, וַיֵּצְאוּ לֵילֵךְ דֶּרֶךְ הַמְּעָרָה (פסיקתא רבתי כו); מָה עָשָׂה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, לְקַיֵּם ״וּפָרַשְׂתִּי אֶת רִשְׁתִּי עָלָיו״ (יחזקאל יב:יג)? זִמֵּן צְבִי לִפְנֵי הַכַּשְׂדִּים מְהַלֵּךְ עַל גַּג הַמְּעָרָה חוּץ לָעִיר, וְרָצוּ אַחֲרָיו לְתָפְשׂוֹ וְהוּא רָץ עַד פֶּתַח הַמְּעָרָה, וְרָאוּ אֶת צִדְקִיָּהוּ יוֹצֵא מִן הַמְּעָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by way of the king’s garden** He had a cave from his house to the plains of Jericho, and he went out at night by way of the cave. What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do to fulfill “And I will spread My net over him” (Ezek. 12:13)? He prepared a deer before the Chaldeans walking on the roof the cave outside the city, and they ran after it to seize it, and it ran up to the entrance of the cave, and they saw Zedekiah going out of the cave.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:5:1
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**וַיְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ מִשְׁפָּטִים.** לָמָּה עָבַרְתָּ עַל הַשְּׁבוּעָה?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he called him to account** Why did you transgress the oath?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:6:1
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**וְאֵת כָּל חוֹרֵי יְהוּדָה.** אֵלּוּ הַסַּנְהֶדְרִין, עַל שֶׁהִתִּירוּ לוֹ אֶת שְׁבוּעָתוֹ (תנחומא, ואתחנן א). הַחֵטְא הָיָה בְּעֵינֵי הָאֱלֹהִים שֶׁהִתִּירוּ הַשְּׁבוּעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and...all the nobles of Judah** These are the Sanhedrin, because they had annulled the oath.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:8:1
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**וְאֶת בֵּית הָעָם.** בָּתֵּי כְנֵסִיּוֹת (שבת לב.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the houses of the people** The synagogues.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:10:1
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**כְּרָמִים וִיגֵבִים.** שָׂדוֹת לְעָבְדָם. כָּל יְגִיבָה לְשׁוֹן חֲפִירָה, אַפּוֹשִׁי״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**vineyards and fields** Heb. ויגבים, fields to till. Every יגיבה is an expression of digging (a fosser in French), to dig.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:13:1
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**רַבֵּי.** כְּמוֹ **שָׂרֵי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the officers of** Heb. רבי, like שָּׂרֵי.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:14:1
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**אֶל גְּדַלְיָהוּ בֶן אֲחִיקָם.** שֶׁנָּפַל אֶל הַכַּשְׂדִּים עַל פִּי יִרְמְיָה, וּכְשֶׁנִּלְכְּדָה הָעִיר מִנָּהוּ שַׁלִּיט בַּנִּשְׁאָרִים שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam** who defected to the Chaldeans in compliance with Jeremiah’s orders, and when the city was taken, he appointed him governor over those remaining there.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:16:1
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**וְהָיוּ לְפָנֶיךָ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא.** וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים לְפָנֶיךָ, שֶׁתִּרְאֶה אוֹתָם מִתְקַיְּמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall be before you on that day** And the words shall be before you, for you shall see them fulfilled.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 39:17:1
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**בְּיַד הָאֲנָשִׁים.** בְּיַד הַכַּשְׂדִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**into the hand[s] of the men** into the hand[s] of the Chaldeans.