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Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) Chapter 7
21So says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings upon your sacrifices and eat flesh.
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?
עולותיכם:
שאתם מקריבים כליל טוב לכם שתוסיפו אותם על שלמיכם ותקריבו אותם שלמים ותאכלו הבשר שהרי אינם מקובלות לפני ולמה תפסידום:
22For neither did I speak with your forefathers nor did I command them on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning a burnt offering or a sacrifice.
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.”
ביום הוציאי אותם:
תחלת תנאי לא היתה אלא אם שמוע תשמעו בקולי ושמרתם את בריתי והייתם לי סגול' (שם יט):
23But this thing did I command them, saying: Obey Me so that I am your God and you are My people, and you walk in all the ways that I command you, so that it may be well with you.
24But they did not obey nor did they incline their ear, but walked according to [their] own counsels and in the view of their evil heart, and they went backwards and not forwards.
in the view: Heb. בשררות, in the view of their heart, an expression related to (Num. 24:17) “I see him אשורנו.”
בשרירות לבם:
במראה לבם ל' אשורנו (במדבר כד):
25Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt until this day, I sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them day [after day] with every fresh morn.
28Then say to them: This is the nation that did not hear the voice of the Lord their God and has not received correction; out of their mouth faithfulness has disappeared, yea rooted out!
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.
אל יתהלל חכם:
אל תתהללו לומר חכמים אנחנו הנה בדברי מאסתם וחכמת מה לכם אם השכלתם וידעתם אותי אז תתהללו בחכמתכם:
23But let him that boasts exult in this, that he understands and knows me, for I am the Lord Who practices kindness, justice and righteousness on the earth; for in these things I delight, says the Lord.
