## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 9

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:1:1
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**עֲצֶרֶת בֹּגְדִים.** כְּנֵסִיּוֹת בּוֹגְדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a company of traitors** Companies of traitors.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:2:1
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**וַיַּדְרְכוּ.** לָשׁוֹן זֶה נוֹפֵל בְּהַזְמָנַת הַקֶּשֶׁת לִירוֹת חֵץ; וְקֶשֶׁת הִיא אַרְבַּלִישְׁטְ״א בְּלַעַ״ז, וּבָרַגְלַיִם דּוֹרְכִין אוֹתָהּ, לְכָךְ קוֹרֵא אוֹתָהּ דְּרִיכָה. וְהַנָּבִיא הִמְשִׁיל לְשׁוֹנָם לְקֶשֶׁת שֶׁקֶר, שֶׁדָּרְכוּ **לְשׁוֹנָם** קֶשֶׁת בְּ**שֶׁקֶר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They have directed** Lit. trodden. This expression is appropriate for the preparation of the bow to shoot an arrow, and a bow (קשת) is (arbalete in French), and they tread it with their feet. Therefore, he calls it treading, and the prophet compared their tongue to a treacherous bow, for they directed their tongue like a treacherous bow.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:2:2
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**מֵרָעָה אֶל רָעָה.** מֵעֲבֵירָה אֶל עֲבֵירָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from evil to evil** From sin to sin.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:3:1
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**עָקוֹב יַעֲקֹב.** אָרוֹב יֶאֱרֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**forges plans** He lays traps.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:4:1
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**הַעֲוֵה נִלְאוּ.** יָגְעוּ וְטָרְחוּ לְעַוֵּת אֶת דַּרְכָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they commit iniquity [until] they are weary** They wearied themselves and toiled to pervert their way.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:4:2
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**הַעֲוֵה.** כְּמוֹ ״הַכְבֵּד אֶת לִבּוֹ״ (שמות ח:יא): לְהַעֲווֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
העוה is like (Exod. 8:11) “and making heavy (והכבּד) his heart,” to commit iniquity.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:5:1
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**שִׁבְתְּךָ בְּתוֹךְ מִרְמָה.** כְּשֶׁהֵן יוֹשְׁבִים, חוֹשְׁבִין מַחְשְׁבוֹת מִרְמָה; וּ**בְמִרְמָה** הֶחְלִיפוּ יִרְאָתִי וּ**מֵאֲנוּ דַעַת אוֹתִי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your habitation is in the midst of deceit** When they sit, they devise plans of deceit, and with deceit they have exchanged fear of Me and refused to know Me.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:5:2
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**בְּמִרְמָה.** בִּשְׁבִיל הַמִּרְמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of deceit** Heb. בּמרמה.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:6:1
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**הִנְנִי צוֹרְפָם.** בְּיִסּוּרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will refine them** with torments.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:6:2
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**מִפְּנֵי בַת עַמִּי.** ״מִן קֳדָם חוֹבֵי כְּנִישְׁתָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of the daughter of My people** Because of the sins of the congregation of Israel.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:7:1
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**חֵץ שָׁחוּט לְשׁוֹנָם.** מָשׁוּךְ; כְּמוֹ ״זָהָב שָׁחוּט״ (מלכים א י:טז), וְכֵן ״וְשַׁחֲטָה שִׁטִּים״ (הושע ה:ב) טְרֵיי״ט בְּלַעַ״ז. לִישְׁנָא אַחֲרִינָא: לְשׁוֹן שְׁחִיטָה מַמָּשׁ, טְרַאנְקָא״ט בְּלַעַ״ז; וְכֵן חִבְּרוֹ מְנַחֵם, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״כְּגִיר דִּי מַחְרִיף״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Their tongue is a deadly arrow** Heb. שחוט, drawn. Comp. (I Kings 10:16) “malleable gold” (שחוט). Also, (Hos. 5:2) “And the extent of their turning away (ושחטה),” (tirer in French), pulling. Another explanation is that it is actually an expression of slaughter (tranchant in French, cutting). In this manner Menahem classified it (Machbereth Menahem p. 172), and in this manner Jonathan rendered it: כּגיר די מחרף, like a sharpened arrow.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:7:2
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**וּבְקִרְבּוֹ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וּבְמָעוֹהִי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but in his heart** lit. in his midst. Jonathan renders: in his innards.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:9:1
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**עַל הֶהָרִים.** עַל חֻרְבַּן הֶהָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the mountains** i.e., for the destruction of the mountains.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:9:2
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**וְעַל נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר.** נְוֵה רוֹעִים שֶׁבַּמִּדְבָּרוֹת. **נְאוֹת** לְשׁוֹן ״נָוֶה״, וְכֵן ״נְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים״ (תהלים פג:יג), וְכֵן ״לְבֵיתְךָ נָאֲוָה קֹדֶשׁ״ (תהלים צג:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the dwellings of the wilderness** The dwelling of the shepherds in the wilderness. נאות is an expression of a dwelling. Comp. (Psalms 83: 13) “the dwellings (נאות) of God,” also (ibid. 93:5) “to Your house, the dwelling (נאוה) of sanctity.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:9:3
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**נִצְּתוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״צִיָּה״ (ירמיה ב:ו), וְכֵן ״נִצְּתָה״ (ירמיה ט:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they are withered** Heb. נצתו. An expression of aridness. Comp. (v. 11) “withered (נצתה) .”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:9:4
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**נָדְדוּ הָלָכוּ.** סוֹפָן לֵילֵךְ. חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה לֹא עָבַר אִישׁ בִּיהוּדָה; מִגָּלוּת צִדְקִיָּהוּ עַד פְּקִידַת כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה הָיוּ, וְרֶמֶז לַדָּבָר: **עַד בְּהֵמָה**. חֶשְׁבּוֹנָהּ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם; וְהַחֶשְׁבּוֹן מְכֻוָּן בְּמַסֶּכֶת מְגִלָּה (ראה יומא נד.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have fled and are gone** i.e., they are destined to go. For fifty-two years no one passed through Judah; from the exile of Zedekiah until the order of Cyrus, king of Persia, were fifty-two years. An allusion to the matter [is that the numerical value for] “and the beast” (בּהמה) amounts to fifty-two, and the computation is exact, in Tractate Megillah [should read: Yoma 54a].


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:10:1
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**לְגַלִּים.** ״דְּגוֹרִין״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**heaps** Heb. דגורין heaps.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:11:1
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**מִי הָאִישׁ הֶחָכָם.** שֶׁיָּבִין **זֹאת**, וּמִי הַנָּבִיא **אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר פִּי ה׳ אֵלָיו**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who is the man so wise** Who will understand this, and who is the prophet to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken,


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:11:2
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**וְיַגִּידָהּ.** וּמִי יַגִּיד **עַל מָה אָבְדָה הָאָרֶץ** וּבָא כָּל הַפֻּרְעָנוּת הַזֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that he may declare it?** And who will declare why the land is ruined and all this retribution has come?


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:14:1
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**לַעֲנָה.** עֵשֶׂב מַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with wormwood** Bitter grass.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:14:2
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**מֵי רֹאשׁ.** אֶרֶס נָחָשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**poisonous water** Snake venom.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:18:1
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**כִּי הִשְׁלִיכוּ מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵינוּ.** אֶת שׁוֹכְנֵיהֶם. וְיֵשׁ עוֹד לוֹמַר: כִּי הִשְׁלִיכוּ הָאוֹיְבִים אֶת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵינוּ לָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have cast down our dwellings** Heb. השליכו משכנותינו, [our dwellings] have cast out their inhabitants. We can also explain: For the enemies have cast our dwellings to the ground.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:20:1
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**לְהַכְרִית עוֹלָל מִחוּץ.** מִן הַשּׁוּק; כְּמוֹ ״וְחוּצוֹת תָּשִׂים לְךָ בְדַמֶּשֶׂק״ (מלכים א כ:לד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the streets** Heb. מחוץ, from the street. Comp. (I Kings 20:34) “And you shall make yourself streets in Damascus.”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:22:1
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**אַל יִתְהַלֵּל חָכָם.** אַל תִּתְהַלְּלוּ לוֹמַר: ״חֲכָמִים אֲנַחְנוּ״ (ירמיה ח:ח); הִנֵּה בִּדְבָרַי מְאַסְתֶּם וְחָכְמַת מַה לָכֶם (ירמיה ח:ט); אִם הִשְׂכַּלְתֶּם וִידַעְתֶּם אוֹתִי, אָז תִּתְהַלְּלוּ בְּחָכְמַתְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Let not the wise man boast** Do not boast, saying, “We are wise.” Behold, you have rejected My words, so what wisdom do you have? If you understand and know Me, then you can boast of your wisdom.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:23:1
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**השכל.** כמו ״הַכְבֵּד״ (שמות ח:יא) (אגטליינ״ט בלע״ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that he understands** Heb. השכיל, like (Exod. 8:11) “making heavy (הכבד)” (Enteliant in O.F.).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:24:1
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**עַל כָּל מוּל בְּעָרְלָה.** עַל כָּל מוּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ עָרְלָה, אֲפִלּוּ עָרְלַת לֵב (בראשית רבה מו, ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**every circumcised one for his uncircumcision** Every circumcised one who has a foreskin, even an uncircumcised heart, and surely I will punish the heathens.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:25:1
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**עַל מִצְרַיִם וְגוֹ׳.** שְׁכֵינֵי אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיוּ, וְלָקוּ אַחֲרֶיהָ בְּסָמוּךְ לָהּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בִּיחֶזְקֵאל (יחזקאל כט:ב-יב); וּמְפֹרָשׁ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם (סדר עולם רבה כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Egypt etc.** These were the neighbors of Eretz Israel, and they were punished shortly after her, as it is written in Ezekiel (29), and explained in Seder Olam (ch. 26).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 9:25:2
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**קְצוּצֵי פֵאָה.** לְשׁוֹן קָצֶה: הַמּוּקְצִין בִּפְאַת מִדְבָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**cast off to the corners** Heb. פאה, an expression of an end, those cast off to the corner of the desert.