| 1So said the Lord: Go and buy a potter's earthen jug, and [take] along some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests. |
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אכֹּה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה הָלֹ֛ךְ וְקָנִ֥יתָ בַקְבֻּ֖ק יוֹצֵ֣ר חָ֑רֶשׂ וּמִזִּקְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם וּמִזִּקְנֵ֖י הַכֹּֽהֲנִֽים: |
| a jug. Heb. בַּקְבֻּק. |
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בקבוק.
צלוחית:
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| potter’s earthen. That is to say, of a potter, which is of earthenware. |
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יוצר חרש.
כלומר של יוצר שהוא של חרש:
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| and some of the elders of the people. take along with you.“And of the elders of the people” refers back to ‘Go,’ and some of the elders of the people with you. |
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ומזקני העם.
הלוך עמך ומזקני העם מוסב על הלוך ומזקני העם עמך:
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| 2And you shall go out to the Ben-Hinnom Valley which is at the entrance of the Harsith Gate, and you shall call there the words that I will speak to you. |
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בוְיָצָ֙אתָ֙ אֶל־גֵּ֣יא בֶן־הִנֹּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֕ר פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר הַֽחַרְסִ֑ית (כתיב הַֽחַרְסִ֑ות) וְקָרָ֣אתָ שָּׁ֔ם אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁר־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ: |
| the Harsith Gate. The Dung Gate, where broken pottery is cast, and Jonathan rendered in this manner תְרַע קִלְקַלְתָּא. |
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שער החרסית.
שער האשפות ששם זורקין חרסים הנשברים וכן ת"י תרע קילקלתא:
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| 3And you shall say; Hearken to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; so said the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel; Behold I am bringing evil upon this place, which whoever hears, his ears will tingle. |
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גוְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ שִׁמְע֣וּ דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֔ה מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְיֹֽשְׁבֵ֖י יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֚יא רָעָה֙ עַל־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּל־שֹׁמְעָ֖הּ תִּצַּ֥לְנָה אָזְנָֽיו: |
| his ears will tingle. (tinter in French), an expression similar to “cymbals” (מְצִלְתַּיִם) (Neh. 12:27), “with loud sounding cymbals (בְּצִלְצְלֵי ֹשָמַע) ” (Psalms 150:5). |
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תצלנה.
טינטני"ר בלעז ל' מצלתים (ד"ה א טו) בצלצלי שמע (תהלים קנ):
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| 4Because they forsook Me and they estranged this place and burnt incense therein to other gods, which they had not known, they, their forefathers, and the kings of Judah, and they filled this place with the blood of innocent people. |
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דיַ֣עַן | אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲזָבֻ֗נִי וַיְנַכְּר֞וּ אֶת־הַמָּק֚וֹם הַזֶּה֙ וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ־בוֹ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יְדָע֛וּם הֵ֥מָּה וַֽאֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם וּמַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וּמָֽלְא֛וּ אֶת־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה דַּ֥ם נְקִיִּֽם: |
| and they estranged. They made it strange before Me. |
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וינכרו.
עשאוהו נכרי לפני:
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| 5And they built the high places of Baal to burn their children with fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command, neither did I speak nor did it enter My mind. |
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הוּבָנ֞וּ אֶת־בָּמ֣וֹת הַבַּ֗עַל לִשְׂרֹ֧ף אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֛ם בָּאֵ֖שׁ עֹל֣וֹת לַבָּ֑עַל אֲשֶׁ֚ר לֹֽא־צִוִּ֙יתִי֙ וְלֹ֣א דִבַּ֔רְתִּי וְלֹ֥א עָֽלְתָ֖ה עַל־לִבִּֽי: |
| 6Therefore, behold days are coming, says the Lord, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or Ben-Hinnom Valley, but the Valley of Slaughter. |
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ולָכֵ֞ן הִנֵּֽה־יָמִ֚ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יִקָּרֵא֩ לַמָּק֨וֹם הַזֶּ֥ה ע֛וֹד הַתֹּ֖פֶת וְגֵ֣יא בֶן־הִנֹּ֑ם כִּ֖י אִם־גֵּ֥יא הַֽהֲרֵגָֽה: |
| 7And I will frustrate the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will hurl them down by the sword before their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses for food to the fowl of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth. |
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זוּ֠בַקֹּתִי אֶת־עֲצַ֨ת יְהוּדָ֚ה וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה וְהִפַּלְתִּ֚ים בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְיַ֖ד מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְנָֽתַתִּ֚י אֶת־נִבְלָתָם֙ לְמַ֣אֲכָ֔ל לְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְבֶֽהֱמַ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ: |
| And I will frustrate. and I will empty, an expression similar to (Nahum 2:11), “She is empty and void וּמְבוּקָה) (בּוּקָה,” and because of the jug (בַּקְבֻּק) about which he is speaking, he adopted this expression. |
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ובקותי.
ורוקנתי ל' בוקה ומבוקה (נחום ב׳:י״א) ועל שם בקבוק שהוא מדבר בו לקח לשונו כן:
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| 8And I will make this city into a waste and a hissing; everyone who passes by it shall be astonished and hiss concerning all her plagues. |
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חוְשַׂמְתִּי֙ אֶת־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את לְשַׁמָּ֖ה וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֑ה כֹּל עֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ יִשֹּׁ֥ם וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק עַל־כָּל־מַכֹּתֶֽהָ: |
| 9And I will feed them the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and each one will eat the flesh of his friend, in the siege and the straits that their enemies and those who seek their lives will inflict upon them. |
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טוְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם וְאֵת֙ בְּשַׂ֣ר בְּנֹֽתֵיהֶ֔ם וְאִ֥ישׁ בְּשַׂר־רֵעֵ֖הוּ יֹאכֵ֑לוּ בְּמָצוֹר֙ וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצִ֧יקוּ לָהֶ֛ם אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֖ם וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י נַפְשָֽׁם: |
| the straits. An expression of pain, like צוקה. |
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ובמצוק.
לשון צרה כמו צוקה:
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| 10And you shall break the jug before the eyes of the men who go with you. |
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יוְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖ הַבַּקְבֻּ֑ק לְעֵינֵי֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים הַהֹֽלְכִ֖ים אוֹתָֽךְ: |
| 11And you shall say to them: so said the Lord of Hosts: so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks the potter's vessel, which can no longer be repaired, and in the Topheth they will bury without place to bury. |
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יאוְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר | יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת כָּ֣כָה אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר אֶת־הָעָ֚ם הַזֶּה֙ וְאֶת־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֚ר יִשְׁבֹּר֙ אֶת־כְּלִ֣י הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־יוּכַ֥ל לְהֵֽרָפֵ֖ה ע֑וֹד וּבְתֹ֣פֶת יִקְבְּר֔וּ מֵאֵ֥ין מָק֖וֹם לִקְבּֽוֹר: |
| [which can no longer be repaired. This refers to the people, but the city I will make like the Topheth and purify it in the future.] |
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(אשר לא יוכל להרפה.
אהעם קאי אבל העיר אעש' כתופת ואטהר לעתיד):
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| 12So will I do to this place, says the Lord, and to its inhabitants, and to make this city like the Topheth. |
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יבכֵּן־אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֞ה לַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֖ה וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבָ֑יו וְלָתֵ֛ת אֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את כְּתֹֽפֶת: |
| this city like the Topheth. All of it will be full of the slain just as the Topheth, where they slay the children for Molech. |
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העיר הזאת כתופת.
כולה מליאה הרוגים כמו התופת שהורגין שם את הילדים למולך:
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| 13And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be like the place of the Topheth, the unclean ones, of all the houses on whose roofs they offered up incense to all the host of heaven and poured libations to other gods. |
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יגוְהָי֞וּ בָּתֵּ֣י יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וּבָתֵּי֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה כִּמְק֥וֹם הַתֹּ֖פֶת הַטְּמֵאִ֑ים לְכֹ֣ל הַבָּתִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר קִטְּר֜וּ עַל־גַּגֹּֽתֵיהֶ֗ם לְכֹל֙ צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ נְסָכִ֖ים לֵֽאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים: |
| 14And Jeremiah came from the Topheth where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the house of the Lord and said to all the people. |
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ידוַיָּבֹ֚א יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ מֵֽהַתֹּ֔פֶת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שְׁלָח֧וֹ יְהֹוָ֛ה שָׁ֖ם לְהִנָּבֵ֑א וַיַּֽעֲמֹד֙ בַּֽחֲצַ֣ר בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֶל־כָּל־הָעָֽם: |
| 15So said the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all her cities all this evil that I spoke concerning her, for they stiffened their necks not to hearken to My words. |
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טוכֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהֹוָ֚ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֜יא (כתיב מֵבִ֜י) אֶל־הָעִ֚יר הַזֹּאת֙ וְעַל־כָּל־עָרֶ֔יהָ אֵת כָּל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי עָלֶ֑יהָ כִּ֚י הִקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֖י שְׁמ֥וֹעַ אֶת־דְּבָרָֽי: |
