Rashi on TanakhJeremiah 24

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Read Jeremiah 24 in the Bible

Jeremiah 24:1

pots Heb. דּוּדָאֵי.
prepared Heb. מוּעדים.
the craftsmen and the sentries of the gates Torah scholars who were exiled with Jeconiah, and I already explained in the Book of Kings (II 24:14) הֶחָרָש וְהַמַּסְגֵּר (les maitres, les portiers in French) the masters, the sentries of the gates. Another explanation: הֶחָרָש וְהַמַּסְגֵּר: הֶחָרָש is an expression of silence, וְהַמַּסְגֵּר is an expression of closing. That is to say, great sages in Torah, to the extent that when one of them would speak, everyone would remain silent. מַסְגֵּר means that when they would close the discussion, no one would reopen it.

Jeremiah 24:2

like the first ripe figs that have ripened completely in the beginning of the ripening of the figs which are dear to all those who find them in their beginning.

Jeremiah 24:5

so will I recognize the exile of, etc. This is an inverted verse: So will I recognize for good the exile of Judah which I have already exiled, viz., Jeconiah and his exile.

Jeremiah 24:6

and not pluck them an expression of uprooting.

Jeremiah 24:9

for a horror [and] for evil for all the kingdoms of the earth For they will hear the evil that came upon them and quake.
and for a conversation piece That everyone will repeat and discuss their retribution.

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