## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 7

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:4:1
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**הֵיכַל ה׳ הֵיכַל ה׳ הֵיכַל ה׳.** ״תְּלָת זִמְנִין בְּשַׁתָּא אַתּוּן מִתְחֲזִין קֳדָמוֹהִי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, etc.** Three times a year you appear before Me.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:9:1
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**הֲגָנֹב רָצֹחַ וְגוֹ׳.** בִּתְמִיהָּ, וְכִי אֵלֶּה תַּעֲשׂוּ וְיוֹעִיל הַהֵיכָל לָכֶם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will you steal, murder, etc.** This is a question. Will you do all these, and should the Temple of the Lord avail for you?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:11:1
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**הַמְעָרַת פָּרִיצִים הָיָה.** בְּעֵינֵיכֶם **הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה**? בִּתְמִיהָּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Has...a cave of profligate men?** Was this house in your eyes? This is a question.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:11:2
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**הִנֵּה רָאִיתִי.** שֶׁכָּךְ הוּא בְּעֵינֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**behold I have seen** that it is so in your eyes.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:14:1
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**כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי לְשִׁילוֹ.** בִּימֵי עֵלִי (שמואל א ד:יא-יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as I did to Shiloh** in the days of Eli.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:15:1
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**כַּאֲשֶׁר הִשְׁלַכְתִּי וְגוֹ׳.** עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as I cast, etc.** the ten tribes.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:18:1
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**לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּוָּנִים.** דְּפוּס הַכּוֹכָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**star-shaped cakes** Heb. כַּוָנִים, the shape of a star.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:18:2
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**לִמְלֶכֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם.** כּוֹכָב הַגָּדוֹל הָיוּ קוֹרִין מְלֶכֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם, לְשׁוֹן מַלְכָּה; וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״לְכוֹכֶבֶת שְׁמַיָּא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the queen of heaven** The largest star they would call מלכת השמים, an expression of a queen, (מלכּה), and so did Jonathan render it: לכוכבת שמיא, to the female star of heaven.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:20:1
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**נִתֶּכֶת.** יוֹרֶדֶת וּמַגַּעַת; כְּמוֹ ״וּמָטָר לֹא נִתַּךְ אָרְצָה״ (שמות ט:לג) ״לָא מְטָא״ (תרגום אונקלוס):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**reaches** Heb. נתכת, falls and reaches. Comp. (Exodus 9:33) “and rain did not reach (נתּך) the earth”; did not reach.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:21:1
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**עוֹלוֹתֵיכֶם.** שֶׁאַתֶּם מַקְרִיבִים כָּלִיל (ויקרא א:ח-ט), טוֹב לָכֶם שֶׁתּוֹסִיפוּ אוֹתָם עַל שַׁלְמֵיכֶם וְתַקְרִיבוּ אוֹתָם שְׁלָמִים וְתֹאכְלוּ הַבָּשָׂר, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵינָם מְקֻבָּלוֹת לְפָנַי, וְלָמָּה תַפְסִידוּם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your burnt offerings** that you offer up completely it would be better for you to add them to your peace-offerings and sacrifice them as peace-offerings and eat the flesh, for they are not acceptable before Me. Why, then, should you lose them?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:22:1
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**בְּיוֹם הוֹצִיאִי אוֹתָם.** תְּחִלַּת תְּנַאי לֹא הָיְתָה אֶלָּא ״אִם שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹלִי וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת בְּרִיתִי וִהְיִיתֶם לִי סְגֻלָּה״ (שמות יט:ה).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the day I brought them forth** The beginning of the condition was only (Exodus 19:5): “If you hearken to My voice and keep My covenant, you shall be a peculiar treasure to Me.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:24:1
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**בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבָּם.** בְּמַרְאֵה לִבָּם; לָשׁוֹן ״אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ״ (במדבר כד:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the view** Heb. בשררות, in the view of their heart, an expression related to (Num. 24:17) “I see him אשורנו.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:25:1
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**יוֹם הַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלוֹחַ.** מִדֵּי יוֹם בְּיוֹם הַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלוֹחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sending them day [after day] every fresh morn** Every day sending them early.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:29:1
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**גָּזִּי נִזְרֵךְ.** תַּלְשִׁי שְׂעָרֵךְ; כְּמוֹ ״וַיָּגָז שַׂלְוִים״ (במדבר יא:לא); ״וַיָּגָז אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ״ (איוב א:כ). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **נִזְרֵךְ** כִּתְרֵךְ, לְשׁוֹן גְּדֻלָּה; וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״רַבְרְבִיךְ״, וְכֵן חִבְּרוֹ מְנַחֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So tear off your diadem** Heb. גזי נזרך, tear out your hair. Comp. (Num. 11:31) “And He caused quails to fly (ויגז)”; also (Job 1:20), “And he shaved (ויגז) his head.” Another explanation is that נזרך means ‘your diadem,’ an expression of greatness, and so did Jonathan render: רברביך your great ones, and so did Menahem classify it (p. 83).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:29:2
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**וַיִּטֹּשׁ.** וַיַּעֲזֹב:

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


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:31:1
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**בָּמוֹת הַתֹּפֶת.** הוּא הַמֹּלֶךְ (מלכים ב כג:י), שֶׁהָיָה שֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת, וּמַסִּיקִין אוֹתוֹ מִתַּחְתָּיו וְיָדָיו פְּשׁוּטוֹת וְנִסָּקוֹת, וְנוֹתְנִין אֶת הַיֶּלֶד עַל יָדָיו וְהוּא נִכְוֶה וְנוֹהֵם, וְהַכּוֹמְרִים הָיוּ מַקִּישִׁין בְּתוּפִּים שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁמַע הָאָב קוֹל הַבֵּן וְיִכָּמְרוּ רַחֲמָיו (בראשית מג:ל). **תֹּפֶת** עַל שֵׁם הַתּוֹף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the high places of Topheth** That is Molech, which was of copper, and they would heat it up from underneath it with its hands spread out and heated. And they would place the child on his hands, and he would be burnt and moan, and the priests would beat drums so that the father should not hear his son’s voice and take pity. It is called Topheth because of the drum (תּוף), Hinnom because of the child’s moaning (נהמת).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:31:2
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**הִנֹּם.** עַל שֵׁם נַהֲמַת הַבֵּן (תנחומא בובר, ואתחנן הוספה ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hinnom** Because of the child’s moaning.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:31:3
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**לֹא צִוִּיתִי.** בְּמִצְווֹת שֶׁיַּקְרִיבוּ בְּנֵיהֶם לְקָרְבָּן, וְלֹא דִבַּרְתִּי לְאֶחָד מִן הַנְּבִיאִים. וּכְשֶׁדִּבַּרְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָם לִשְׁחוֹט אֶת בְּנוֹ (בראשית כב:ב), **לֹא עָלְתָה עַל לִבִּי** שֶׁיִּשְׁחוֹט, אֶלָּא לְהוֹדִיעַ צִדְקוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which I did not ordain** with commandments that they offer up their children as sacrifices, and I did not speak to any of the prophets, and when I did speak to Abraham to slaughter his son, it did not enter My mind that he slaughter, but only to make his righteousness known.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 7:33:1
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**וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד.** אֶת הָעוֹפוֹת מֵעַל הַפְּגָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and no one will frighten them** i.e., no one will frighten the fowl from the carcasses.