Questions tagged [yirmiyahu--book-of]
The book of Yirməyāhū or Jeremiah who prophesied the imminent destruction of Beis Hamikdash and the consolation during the reign of Kings, Yoshiah, Yehoachaz Yehoyakim, Yehoyachin and the last King before Exile Tzidkia
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Why is a black skin strange, unusual or weird?
Why is a black skin strange, unusual or weird?
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כוש: מה כושי משונה בעורו אף שאול משונה במעשיו
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House of Israel Vs House of Judah
In the book of the prophet Yirmiyahu - he refers to both the house of Israel and the house of Judah. However, Israel (the Northern Kingdom) had been destroyed for over ~100 years. Take chapter 5 vs 11 ...
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Jeremiah 17:9 translation: heart is incurable?
How correct are the translations that say heart is deceitful above all and incurable? In the LXX there's no deceitful just deep and that it is man. My concern is mainly about the "incurable" ...
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Explanation of a Tosfos on Kesubos 111a; ד"ה בבלה
I was reading the Gemara about whether it is permissible to emigrate from Babylonia to Eretz Yisrael (Kesubos 111a). Rav Yehudah holds that whoever ascends from Babylonia to Eretz Yisrael, ...
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Rashi to Yirmeyahu 52:25
How do you translate this Rashi:
בספר מלכים אמר וחמשה אנשים (מלכים ב כ״ה:י״ט) השנים חשובים ולא חשובים כ״כ
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How do we reconcile the 2 burial places of Rachel?
Rachel's burial place is located south of Jerusalem, near Bethlehem (in the territory of Judah) by Gen 48:7. But it is located north of Jerusalem (Zelzah/Ramah) in the territory of Benjamin by 1 ...
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Source for atheism being better than lack of observance
It is written “they have abandoned Me and have not observed My Torah” (Jeremiah 16, 11)
G-d says “if only Me they would abandon but My Torah they would observe.” G-d declares that it would be better ...
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Why does Jeremiah 27.9 speak of a city instead of kingdom?
On the DD"M wave, Jeremiah writes (29:7):
"וְדִרְשׁ֞וּ אֶת־שְׁל֣וֹם הָעִ֗יר אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִגְלֵ֤יתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ שָׁ֔מָּה וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֥וּ בַעֲדָ֖הּ אֶל־ה' כִּ֣י בִשְׁלוֹמָ֔הּ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם ...
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Who is 'Yehuda' in Yermiah?
In Yermiah 3:10 it says:
וְגַם־בְּכָל־זֹ֗את לֹא־שָׁ֨בָה אֵלַ֜י בָּגוֹדָ֧ה אֲחוֹתָ֛הּ יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּכָל־לִבָּ֑הּ כִּ֥י אִם־בְּשֶׁ֖קֶר נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה
Yehuda is referred to as the sister of Israel. Who ...
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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers [duplicate]
Looking at this phrase from Jeremiah 31:31-33: I wondered what it means when it says: "New" and "Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers". What's new about ...
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A voice is heard in Ramah
Jeremiah 31:15 teaches us that ‘A voice is heard in Ramah (could also be understood as ‘on high’)’, it seems to exist of lamenting and weeping (a mourning of some kind). And it’s connected to the ...
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Can somebody please help me translate this Metzudat David commentary on Yirmiyahu?
I'm studying Yirmiyahu and having some trouble translating this passage of the commentary on 12:4. I'm bolding the parts that I can't understand, but including the paragraph for context. Can somebody ...
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Was Jeremiah alive during the rebuilding of the temple?
Was Jeremiah alive during the rebuilding of the temple? Please cite your sources.
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Jeremiah 29:6 - encouragement of intermarriage? [closed]
It is written to take wives and husbands, and then in the next verse to think of the welfare of the city where the Jews reside. Is it possible to see from here an encouragement of mixed marriage?
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Yirmiyahu and Zoroastrianism
In Yirmiyahu 6:25 and 20:3 he mentions the word magor. Is this related to the Zoroastrian deity magi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi
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Jeremiah 23:33 - "burden"?
I have difficulties to understand the German term "Last" or "Lastwort" in the common Christian German translations of Jeremiah chap 23, verse 33 (corresponding to "burden" in English versions). Thanks ...
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In Jeremiah 7:30 what is meant by "in the house upon which My name is called"?
Jeremiah 7:30 JPS For the sons of Judah have done what is evil in My eyes, says the Lord; they placed their abominations in the house upon which My name is called, to pollute it.
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Change of the heart
In some places (like Mishlei 3:3 and 7:3) our hearts are compared to luchot (tablets) on which one should inscribe the words of HaShem.
In another places our hearts should be circumcised: Devarim 10:...
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In Jeremiah 1:6-7 was Jeremiah actually a child?
When Jeremiah attempts to recuse himself from his calling to be a prophet he does so by saying that he is unqualified because he is a child:
BSB Jeremiah 1:
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Source about Yirmiyahu and drunkenness
I'm 99% sure that I've seen someone write what I found to be a very beautiful and very sad pshat relating to Yirmiyahu 23:9. It's not any of the mefarshim Sefaria has on that pasuk. I thought it was ...
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How does one convince anybody that the Messiah is not Hashem Tzidkenu יְהוָה צִדְקֵנוּ?
How does one convince anybody that the Messiah is not Hashem Tzidkenu יְהוָה צִדְקֵנוּ?
It seems there are several times our sages seem to be saying that the Messiah is Hashem Tzidkenu, but I refuse ...
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Differences and similarities between פרס and פרש
I wondered what the differences and similarities of the roots פרס and פרש are?
I noticed that both roots are used in Jeremiah 16:7 and Lamentations 4:4 for the 'deviding or sharing' of bread.
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Is the fall of Babylon considered to be Israel's "darkest day"?
Jeremiah seems to be predicting Israel's "darkest day" or perhaps the most significant for other reasons:
Jeremiah 30:7 Ho! For that day is great, with none like it, and it
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Does the Rambam Contradict Yirmiyahu 18 on Prophecy?
The Rambam famously states regarding the nature of positive prophecies (Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah 10:4):
דברי הפורענות שהנביא אומר כגון שיאמר פלוני ימות או שנה פלונית רעב או מלחמה וכיוצא בדברים אלו אם ...
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Did Yirmiyahu have realistic expectations?
I'm trying to pretend I was living in Yirmiyahu's time to really understand the issues he faced. The entire nation, save a few, are idolaters, don't fear G-d, etc. Did G-d really expect a bunch of ...
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What is the new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, spoken of by Jeremiah?(Jeremiah 31:31-34)
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah; not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day ...
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Why is Jeremiah 10:11 written in Aramaic?
The Aramaic language appears only once in the Book of Jeremiah in the following verse.
Jeremiah 10:11 (MT)
ִּדְנָה֙ תֵּאמְר֣וּן לְה֔וֹם אֱלָ֣הַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־שְׁמַיָּ֥א וְאַרְקָ֖א לָ֣א עֲבַ֑דוּ ...
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Help with finding a Pirkei Avot Citation
Hebrew Wikipedia writes, commenting on the well known quote "אבות אכלו בוסר, ושיני בנים תקהינה:"
אבות אכלו בוסר ושיני בנים תקהינה הינה סוגיה דתית-פילוסופית מרכזית ביהדות ובדתות אחרות.
פסוק זה, ...
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What does אקים means?
Does אקים means "I will resurrect" or "I will raise up"? Are these terms synonyms? Consider this:
וְעָבְדוּ, אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם, וְאֵת דָּוִד מַלְכָּם, אֲשֶׁר אָקִים לָהֶם.
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When the terms "sasson" and "simcha" are mentioned together, is there meaning or reason to the order?
Compare two verses:
Yirmiyahu (Jer.) 33:11 - "sasson" is mentioned before "simcha"
Esther 8:16-17 - "simcha" is mentioned before "sasson"
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What are the three Terumots?
In Yirmiyahu 2:3 there is a Mahari Kra that attempts to explain what the words "Reshit Tebu'ato" ("רֵאשִׁית תְּבוּאָתֹה") are regarding. One of the things he mentions were the three terumot. What are ...
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Did any ancient Jewish writers address the differences in Jeremiah's source texts?
The Septuagint's version of Jeremiah is one eighth shorter than the Masoretic Text's version. In the Dead Sea Scrolls is evidence of both versions.
Did any ancient Jewish writers (such as in the ...
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Does wa tawrat (ותורת) in Jeremiah 8:8 means torah, namely the 5 books or Moshe?
Jeremiah said (I used KJV translation but the translations are about the same)
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the ...
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How does a verse in Yirmiyahu prove that one should say "אני ה' אלהיכם אמת" without interruption
In Talmud Berachot end of 14A, beginning of 14B, a reason is given why one does not make an interruption between "Ani Hashem Elokeichem" of the end of Shema, and "Emet":
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Prophet "Jeremiah" from Tanach in translation to German language online available?
These days the story of the prophet Jeremiah caught my deeper interest. Currently reading it in various German translations of the Bible I see that it might be non-trivial how near to the original the ...
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What's the point of Jeremiah 13:18–27?
In Jeremiah 13:18–27, Jeremiah is told to address the king and queen, telling them of the trouble that will come (using the prophetic past). Unlike many of the preceding chapters, where he tells the ...
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The "New Covenant" in Jeremiah's Prophesy
I am certain there must be a great answer to this question. Please inform me, as my learning is not so great and I have only started on the study of the Scriptures.
Many Christians use the text of ...
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Why does the Haftara of Mishpatim end before it starts?
The Haftara of Mishpatim starts at Yirmiyahu Ch. 34:8 and continues to the end of the chapter. It then jumps to Ch. 33 verses 25-26, some 8 verses before it started.
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Source for 3 and only 3 Temples
Is Yirmiyahu 7:4 the source for the idea that there won't be a 4th Temple?
If not, what is?
ד אַל-תִּבְטְחוּ לָכֶם, אֶל-דִּבְרֵי הַשֶּׁקֶר לֵאמֹר: הֵיכַל יְהוָה
הֵיכַל יְהוָה, הֵיכַל יְהוָה ...
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What is the Jewish interpretation of Jeremiah 8:8?
What is the real Jewish meaning of Jeremiah 8:8? Does it claim the Bible is corrupted?
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Certificate of Divorce by God to Israel
I find the following verse to be very harsh as it gives a pink slip of Divorce to Israel and Judah Jeremiah 3:8:
וָאֵרֶא, כִּי עַל-כָּל-אֹדוֹת אֲשֶׁר נִאֲפָה מְשֻׁבָה יִשְׂרָאֵל, שִׁלַּחְתִּיהָ, ...
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Breakdown of Yirmiyahu's 70 year prophecy
Can someone supply a good breakdown of Yirmiyahu's 70 year prophecy, and the misinterpretations of the prophecy? This is what I've learned in the past:
Yirmiyahu made a prophecy that 70 years after ...
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Why Jer. 31 on Rosh Hashana?
On the second day of Rosh Hashana, after reading about the akeda (and some other stuff), we read Yirm'ya 31:1–19 as the haftara: why this haftara?
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Nothing new under the sun, except for women chasing men?
I noticed that in Yermiyahu 31:21, it says .
עַד-מָתַי תִּתְחַמָּקִין, הַבַּת הַשּׁוֹבֵבָה: כִּי-בָרָא יְהוָה
חֲדָשָׁה בָּאָרֶץ, נְקֵבָה תְּסוֹבֵב גָּבֶר.
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The New Covenant [duplicate]
According to Jeremiah 31:31, days will come when the Lord will make a New Covenant with the House of Israel, and the House of Judah. What is this New Covenant about and how will it be different from ...
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When were the walls of Jerusalem breached?
According to the Mishna in Taanit (4:6), the walls of Jerusalem were breached on the 17th day of the month of Tammuz. However, according to the prophet Yirmiyahu (39:2), that event seems to have ...
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