## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 45

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 45:3:1
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**וּמְנוּחָה לֹא מָצָאתִי.** לֹא שָׁרְתָה עָלַי שְׁכִינָה לְהִנָּבֵא; כְּמוֹ ״וַתָּנַח עֲלֵיהֶם הָרוּחַ״ (במדבר יא:כו). מָה נִשְׁתַּנֵּיתִי מִתַּלְמִידֵי הַנְּבִיאִים: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שִׁמֵּשׁ אֶת מֹשֶׁה – נָחָה עָלָיו רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ; אֱלִישָׁע שִׁמֵּשׁ אֶת אֵלִיָּהוּ – נָחָה עָלָיו רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ; אֲנִי – מָה נִשְׁתַּנֵּיתִי? (מכילתא בא פסחא א)

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but I have found no rest** Heb. ומנוחה. The Shechinah has not rested upon me to prophesy. Cf. “And the spirit rested (ותנח) upon them” (Num. 12:26). “Why am I different from the disciples of the prophets? Joshua served Moses and the Holy Spirit rested upon him. Elisha served Elijah and the Holy Spirit rested upon him. Why am I different?”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 45:4:1
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**וְאֶת כָּל הָאָרֶץ.** הִיא הַנִּדּוֹנֶת בִּנְתִישָׁה וַהֲרִיסָה זוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it is all the land** that is being judged with this uprooting and tearing down.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 45:5:1
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**תְּבַקֵּשׁ לְךָ גְדֹלוֹת.** נְבוּאוֹת, כְּמוֹ ״סַפְּרָה נָא לִי אֵת כָּל הַגְּדֹלוֹת וְגוֹ׳״ (מלכים ב ח:ד), ״קְרָא אֵלַי וְאַגִּידָה לְךָ גְּדֹלוֹת וְגוֹ׳״ (ירמיה לג:ג). אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: אִם אֵין כֶּרֶם אֵין סְיָג, וְאִם אֵין צֹאן אֵין רוֹעֶה; אֵינִי נִגְלֶה עַל הַנְּבִיאִים אֶלָּא בִּזְכוּתָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל. כָּךְ שְׁנוּיָה בַּמְּכִילְתָּא בִּתְחִלָּתָהּ (מכילתא בא פסחא א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you seek great things for yourself?** [“Great things” means] prophecies. Cf. “Please tell me all the great things etc.” (II Kings 8:4). “Call to me...and I will tell you great, etc,” (above 33:3). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: If there is no vineyard, there is no fence, and if there are no sheep, there is no shepherd. I reveal Myself to the prophets only in the merit of Israel. We learned this in the Mechilta, in the beginning.