| 1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying: |
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אבְּרֵאשִׁ֗ית מַמְלְכ֛וּת יְהֽוֹיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה הָיָה֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה מֵאֵ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר: |
| In the beginning of the reign. This chapter below preceded the above chapter by four years. |
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בראשית ממלכות.
פרשה זו תחתונה קדמה לעליונ' ארבע שנים:
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| 2So said the Lord: Stand in the court of the house of the Lord, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah that come to prostrate themselves in the house of the Lord, all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them; do not omit a word. |
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בכֹּ֣ה | אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה עֲמֹד֘ בַּֽחֲצַ֣ר בֵּֽית־יְהֹוָה֒ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֞ עַל־כָּל־עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה הַבָּאִים֙ לְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוֹ֣ת בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֔ה אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּיתִ֖יךָ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם אַל־תִּגְרַ֖ע דָּבָֽר: |
| 3Perhaps they will heed and repent, each one of his evil way, and I will repent of the evil that I think to do to them because of the evil of their deeds. |
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גאוּלַ֣י יִשְׁמְע֔וּ וְיָשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָֽרָעָ֑ה וְנִֽחַמְתִּ֣י אֶל־הָֽרָעָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָֽנֹכִ֚י חֹשֵׁב֙ לַֽעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָהֶ֔ם מִפְּנֵ֖י רֹ֥עַ מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם: |
| 4And you shall say to them: So said the Lord, If you do not heed Me to walk in My law that I have placed before you, |
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דוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה אִם־לֹ֚א תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֵלַ֔י לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ בְּת֣וֹרָתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִפְנֵיכֶֽם: |
| 5To heed the words of My servants, the prophets, whom I send to you betimes, and you did not heed. |
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הלִשְׁמֹ֗עַ עַל־דִּבְרֵ֨י עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִאִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י שֹׁלֵ֣חַ אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְהַשְׁכֵּ֥ם וְשָׁלֹ֖חַ וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם: |
| 6I will make this house like Shiloh and this city I will make into a curse to all the nations of the earth. |
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ווְנָֽתַתִּ֛י אֶת־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה כְּשִׁלֹ֑ה וְאֶת־הָעִ֚יר הַזֹּאת֙ (כתיב הַזֹּאת֙ה) אֶתֵּ֣ן לִקְלָלָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ: |
| 7And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. |
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זוַֽיִּשְׁמְע֛וּ הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֥ים וְהַנְּבִאִ֖ים וְכָל־הָעָ֑ם אֶת־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ מְדַבֵּ֛ר אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה בְּבֵ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה: |
| 8And it came to pass when Jeremiah finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests, the prophets, and all the people seized him, saying, "You shall surely die. |
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חוַיְהִ֣י | כְּכַלּ֣וֹת יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ לְדַבֵּר֙ אֵ֣ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֔ה לְדַבֵּ֖ר אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֑ם וַיִּתְפְּשׂ֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֧ים וְהַנְּבִיאִ֛ים וְכָל־הָעָ֥ם לֵאמֹ֖ר מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת: |
| 9Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, 'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant'?" And all the people congregated upon Jeremiah in the house of the Lord. |
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טמַדּוּעַ֩ נִבֵּ֨יתָ בְשֵֽׁם־יְהֹוָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר כְּשִׁלוֹ֙ יִֽהְיֶה֙ הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֔ה וְהָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֛את תֶּחֱרַ֖ב מֵאֵ֣ין יוֹשֵׁ֑ב וַיִּקָּהֵ֧ל כָּל־הָעָ֛ם אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ בְּבֵ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה: |
| 10And the princes of Judah heard these words and went up from the king's house to the house of the Lord, and they sat at the entrance of the new gate of the Lord. |
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יוַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ | שָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה אֵת הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ מִבֵּית־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיֵּֽשְׁב֛וּ בְּפֶ֥תַח שַֽׁעַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה הֶֽחָדָֽשׁ: |
| And the princes of Judah heard. that the false prophets and the priests had seized Jeremiah. |
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וישמעו שרי יהודה.
שתפשו נביאי השקר והכהנים את ירמיהו:
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| at the entrance of the new gate of the Lord. Others annotated: When Jehoiachin went in exile and some of the vessels of the house of our God went with him, Nebuchadnezzar’s army breached the eastern gate, and Zedekiah subsequently repaired it and renewed it. It is therefore called ‘new.’ |
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בפתח שער ה' החדש.
אחרים הגיהו כשגלה יהויכין וקצת כל בית אלהינו עמו שברו חילו של נבוכדנצר שער המזרחי וחזר צדקיהו ותקנו וחדשו לכך נקרא חדש:
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| 11And the priests and the prophets said to the princes and to all the people, saying, "This man is liable to death, for he prophesied concerning this city, as you have heard with your ears. " |
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יאוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֚ים וְהַנְּבִאִים֙ אֶל־הַשָּׂרִ֔ים וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֙וֶת֙ לָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֚י נִבָּא֙ אֶל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם: |
| 12And Jeremiah said to all the princes and to all the people saying, "The Lord sent me to prophesy concerning this house and concerning this city all the words that you have heard. |
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יבוַיֹּ֚אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־כָּל־הַשָּׂרִ֔ים וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר יְהֹוָ֣ה שְׁלָחַ֗נִי לְהִנָּבֵ֞א אֶל־הַבַּ֚יִת הַזֶּה֙ וְאֶל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם: |
| 13And now, mend your ways and your deeds and heed the Lord your God, and the Lord will renounce the evil that He has spoken concerning you. |
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יגוְעַתָּ֗ה הֵיטִ֚יבוּ דַרְכֵיכֶם֙ וּמַ֣עַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם וְשִׁמְע֕וּ בְּק֖וֹל יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם וְיִנָּחֵ֣ם יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר עֲלֵיכֶֽם: |
| 14As for me, behold I am in your hands; do to me what you deem good and proper. |
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ידוַֽאֲנִ֖י הִֽנְנִ֣י בְיֶדְכֶ֑ם עֲשׂוּ־לִ֛י כַּטּ֥וֹב וְכַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵֽינֵיכֶֽם: |
| 15But you should know that if you put me to death, that you are bringing innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and upon its inhabitants, for indeed God sent me concerning you, to speak into your ears all these words." |
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טואַ֣ךְ | יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּֽדְע֗וּ כִּ֣י אִם־מְמִתִ֣ים אַתֶּם֘ אֹתִי֒ כִּי־דָ֣ם נָקִ֗י אַתֶּם֙ נֹֽתְנִ֣ים עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֶל־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את וְאֶל־יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָ כִּ֣י בֶאֱמֶ֗ת שְׁלָחַ֚נִי יְהֹוָה֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם לְדַבֵּר֙ בְּאָזְנֵיכֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה: |
| 16And the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, "This man is not liable to the death sentence, for he spoke to us in the name of the Lord our God." |
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טזוַיֹּֽאמְר֚וּ הַשָּׂרִים֙ וְכָל־הָעָ֔ם אֶל־הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֖ים וְאֶל־הַנְּבִיאִ֑ים אֵֽין־לָאִ֚ישׁ הַזֶּה֙ מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֔וֶת כִּ֗י בְּשֵׁ֛ם יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֵֽינוּ: |
| 17Then certain of the elders of the land rose and said to all the congregation of the people, saying: |
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יזוַיָּקֻ֣מוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִזִּקְנֵ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֶל־כָּל־קְהַ֥ל הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר: |
| 18Micah the Morashtite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah the king of Judah, saying: So said the Lord of Hosts: Zion shall be plowed for a field, and Jerusalem shall be heaps, and the Temple Mount as the high places of a forest. |
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יחמִיכָה֙ (כתיב מִיכָיה֙) הַמּ֣וֹרַשְׁתִּ֔י הָיָ֣ה נִבָּ֔א בִּימֵ֖י חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־כָּל־עַם֩ יְהוּדָ֨ה לֵאמֹ֜ר כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר | יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת צִיּ֞וֹן שָׂדֶ֚ה תֵֽחָרֵשׁ֙ וִירוּשָׁלַ֙יִם֙ עִיִּ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְהַ֥ר הַבַּ֖יִת לְבָמ֥וֹת יָֽעַר: |
| Micah the Morashtite. Who was from Maresha. |
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מיכה המורשתי.
דמן מרישה:
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| heaps. עִיִּים, heaps. |
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עיים.
גלים:
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| 19Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord? And he entreated the Lord, and the Lord renounced the evil that He had spoken concerning them. But we are doing great harm to ourselves. |
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יטהֶֽהָמֵ֣ת הֱ֠מִתֻהוּ חִזְקִיָּ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֗ה הֲלֹא֘ יָרֵ֣א אֶת־יְהֹוָה֒ וַיְחַל֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־הָֽרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֣ר עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַֽאֲנַ֗חְנוּ עֹשִׂ֛ים רָעָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה עַל־נַפְשׁוֹתֵֽינוּ: |
| and he entreated. Heb. וַיְחַל, an expression of prayer. |
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ויחל.
ל' תפלה:
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| but we are doing great harm to ourselves. if we kill him. |
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ואנחנו עושים רעה גדולה.
אם נהרוג אותו:
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| 20Also a man was prophesying in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim, and he prophesied concerning this city and concerning this land, like all the words of Jeremiah. |
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כוְגַם־אִ֗ישׁ הָיָ֚ה מִתְנַבֵּא֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֔ה אֽוּרִיָּ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־שְׁמַעְיָ֔הוּ מִקִּרְיַ֖ת הַיְּעָרִ֑ים וַיִּנָּבֵ֞א עַל־הָעִ֚יר הַזֹּאת֙ וְעַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את כְּכֹ֖ל דִּבְרֵ֥י יִרְמְיָֽהוּ: |
| Also a man was prophesying. The one who said this did not say this. I.e., those who related the incident of Micah did not relate the incident concerning Uriah. Up to here are the words of the righteous. Now the wicked who were there arose and said, “Also a man was prophesying, etc.” Just as Uriah was killed, so shall Jeremiah be killed. In this way it is explained in Sifrei (Num. 11:7). |
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וגם איש היה מתנבא.
מי שאמר זו לא אמר זו עד כאן דברי צדיקים ועמדו רשעים שהיו שם ואמרו גם איש מתנבא וגו' כשם שאוריה נהרג יהרג ירמיה כך מפורש בספרי:
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| 21And King Jehoiakim and all his mighty warriors and all the princes heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death, and Uriah heard and he was afraid, and he fled and came to Egypt. |
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כאוַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע הַמֶּלֶךְ־יְ֠הֽוֹיָקִים וְכָל־גִּבּוֹרָ֚יו וְכָל־הַשָּׂרִים֙ אֶת־דְּבָרָ֔יו וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ הֲמִית֑וֹ וַיִּשְׁמַ֚ע אֽוּרִיָּ֙הוּ֙ וַיִּרָ֔א וַיִּבְרַ֖ח וַיָּבֹ֥א מִצְרָֽיִם: |
| 22And King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt, Elnathan son of Achbor and men with him to Egypt. |
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כבוַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ יְהֽוֹיָקִ֛ים אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יִם אֶֽת־אֶלְנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־עַכְבּ֛וֹר וַֽאֲנָשִׁ֥ים אִתּ֖וֹ אֶל־מִצְרָֽיִם: |
| 23And they took Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, and he struck him with the sword and cast his corpse into the graves of the common people. |
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כגוַיּוֹצִ֨יאוּ אֶת־אֽוּרִיָּ֜הוּ מִמִּצְרַ֗יִם וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יְהֽוֹיָקִ֔ים וַיַּכֵּ֖הוּ בֶּחָ֑רֶב וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶת־נִבְלָת֔וֹ אֶל־קִבְרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י הָעָֽם: |
| 24But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, not to deliver him into the hand[s] of the people to put him to death. |
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כדאַ֗ךְ יַד אֲחִיקָ֣ם בֶּן־שָׁפָ֔ן הָֽיְתָ֖ה אֶת־יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ לְבִלְתִּ֛י תֵּת־אֹת֥וֹ בְיַד־הָעָ֖ם לַֽהֲמִיתֽוֹ: |
