Rashi on TanakhJeremiah 19

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Read Jeremiah 19 in the Bible

Jeremiah 19:1

a jug Heb. בַּקְבֻּק.
potter’s earthen That is to say, of a potter, which is of earthenware.
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.

Jeremiah 19:2

the Harsith Gate The Dung Gate, where broken pottery is cast, and Jonathan rendered in this manner תְרַע קִלְקַלְתָּא.

Jeremiah 19:3

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).

Jeremiah 19:4

and they estranged They made it strange before Me.

Jeremiah 19:7

And I will frustrate and I will empty, an expression similar to (Nahum 2:11), “She is empty and void (בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה),” and because of the jug (בַּקְבֻּק) about which he is speaking, he adopted this expression.

Jeremiah 19:9

the straits An expression of pain, like צוקה.

Jeremiah 19:11

(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.)

Jeremiah 19:12

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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