Jeremiah Flashcards
בְּטֶ֨רֶם אֶצָּורְךָ֤ [אֶצָּרְךָ֤] בַבֶּ֨טֶן֙ יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ וּבְטֶ֥רֶם תֵּצֵ֥א מֵרֶ֖חֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑יךָ
נָבִ֥יא לַגּוֹיִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽיךָ
Jeremiah 1:5
When I had not yet formed you in the womb, I knew you, and when you had not yet emerged from the womb, I had appointed you; a prophet to the nations I made you.
Call to prophesy. God chose Jeremiah even before he was born.
רְאֵ֞ה הִפְקַדְתִּ֣יךָ ׀ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה עַל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ וְעַל־הַמַּמְלָכ֔וֹת לִנְת֥וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֖וֹץ וּלְהַֽאֲבִ֣יד וְלַֽהֲר֑וֹס לִבְנ֖וֹת וְלִנְטֽוֹעַ
Jeremiah 1:10
Behold, I have appointed you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to crush, and to destroy and to demolish, to build and to plant.
Jeremiah’s learns of his mission.
סִ֤יר נָפ֨וּחַ֙ אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֔ה וּפָנָ֖יו מִפְּנֵ֥י צָפֽוֹנָה… מַקֵּ֥ל שָׁקֵ֖ד אֲנִ֥י רֹאֶֽה
Jeremiah 1:11, 1:13
“I see a bubbling pot, whose foam is away from the north.” “I see a rod of an almond tree.”
Inagural symbols:
The almond tree is the 1st tree to blossom -> meaning this is going to happen fast.
The bubbling pot from the north - > means that the destruction is going to come from the North. Babylon. Even though they are really east, the route through the fertile crescent brings them down from the north into Judah.
זָכַ֤רְתִּי לָךְ֙ חֶ֣סֶד נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ אַֽהֲבַ֖ת כְּלוּלֹתָ֑יִךְ לֶכְתֵּ֤ךְ אַֽחֲרַי֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֥א זְרוּעָֽה
Jeremiah 2:2
so said the Lord: I remember to you the lovingkindness of your youth, the love of your nuptials, your following Me in the desert, in a land not sown.
The good old days.
עִבְר֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י כִתִּיִּים֙ וּרְא֔וּ וְקֵדָ֛ר שִׁלְח֥וּ וְהִֽתְבּֽוֹנְנ֖וּ מְאֹ֑ד וּרְא֕וּ הֵ֥ן הָֽיְתָ֖ה כָּזֹֽאת: יא הַֽהֵימִ֥יר גּוֹי֙ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְהֵ֖מָּה לֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעַמִּ֛י הֵמִ֥יר כְּבוֹד֖וֹ בְּל֥וֹא יוֹעִֽיל
Jeremiah 2:10-11
For pass over [to] the isles of the Kittites and see, and send to Kedar and consider diligently, and see whether there was any such thing, Whether a nation exchanged a god although they are not gods. Yet My nation exchanged their glory for what does not avail.
Look at other nations. NOONE switches gods!!! But look at you Israel.
וְעַתָּ֗ה מַה־לָּךְ֙ לְדֶ֣רֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת מֵ֣י שִׁח֑וֹר וּמַה־לָּךְ֙ לְדֶ֣רֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת מֵ֥י נָהָֽר
Jeremiah 2:18
And now, what have you to do in the way of Egypt to drink the water of the Shihor and what have you to do in the way of Assyria to drink the water of the river?
Why rely on Egypt?! Rely upon GOD!!!
הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ עֶדְיָ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה קִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָ וְעַמִּ֣י שְׁכֵח֔וּנִי יָמִ֖ים אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר
Jeremiah 2:32
Will a virgin forget her jewelry, a bride her ribbons? Yet My people have forgotten Me for countless days.
Unbelievable!!! How could Israel forget God?!
הֵ֣ן יְשַׁלַּ֣ח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ֩ וְהָֽלְכָ֨ה מֵאִתּ֜וֹ וְהָֽיְתָ֣ה לְאִישׁ־אַחֵ֗ר הֲיָשׁ֤וּב אֵלֶ֨יהָ֙ ע֔וֹד
Jeremiah 3:1
If a man sends away his wife, and she goes away from him, and marries another man, may he return to her again?
This is prohibitted in Deuteronomy.
No human husband would take back this wife, but yet, God always takes Israel back.
הֲֽרָאִ֔יתָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָֽשְׂתָ֖ה מְשֻׁבָ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֹֽלְכָ֨ה הִ֜יא עַל־כָּל־הַ֣ר גָּבֹ֗הַּ וְאֶל־תַּ֛חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַֽעֲנָ֖ן וַתִּזְנִי־שָֽׁם: ז וָֽאֹמַ֗ר אַֽחֲרֵ֨י עֲשֹׂתָ֧הּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֛לֶּה אֵלַ֥י תָּשׁ֖וּב וְלֹא־שָׁ֑בָה וַתֵּ֛רֶאה [וַתֵּ֛רֶא] בָּגוֹדָ֥ה אֲחוֹתָ֖הּ יְהוּדָֽה
Jeremiah 3:6-7
Have you seen what the backsliding Israel has done? She goes on every lofty mountain and under every leafy tree, and she played the harlot there. And I said after she had done all these things: She shall return to Me. But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw [it].
The two sisters. משובה is Israel and בגודה is Judah. One sister goes whoring and is punished. The other sister sees all of this, and yet does not learn from it. You would think that Judah would have learned from Israel’s fate. But noooooooooooooooooo.
הִמֹּ֣לוּ לַֽה וְהָסִ֨רוּ֙ עָרְל֣וֹת לְבַבְכֶ֔ם
Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord and remove the foreskins of your heart
Remove the blockages from your hearts so that you may receive God.
שָׁל֣וֹם ׀ שָׁל֑וֹם וְאֵ֖ין שָׁלֽוֹם
Jeremiah 6:14
False hope.
הֵיכַ֤ל ה֙ הֵיכַ֣ל ה הֵיכַ֥ל ה
Jeremiah 7:4
False idea that Jerusalem is somehow immune to destruction. Don’t rely upon false words like these. Improve your deeds now before it is too late.
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י ׀ מֵֽעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וּמֵֽחֻצוֹת֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔ם ק֤וֹל שָׂשׂוֹן֙ וְק֣וֹל שִׂמְחָ֔ה ק֥וֹל חתָ֖ן וְק֣וֹל כַּלָּ֑ה
Jeremiah 7:34
And I will stop from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the sound of mirth and the sound of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall be desolate.
Know this is Jeremiah. Similar words in the wedding blessings. This is said 4 times in Jeremiah. the first three times all is lost, but the 4th time it occurs hope and joy are restored.
הַצֳרִי֙ אֵ֣ין בְּגִלְעָ֔ד אִם־רֹפֵ֖א אֵ֣ין שָׁ֑ם כִּ֗י מַדּ֨וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א עָֽלְתָ֔ה אֲרֻכַ֖ת בַּת־עַמִּֽי:
Jeremiah 8:22-23
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then, has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
You bring all of your suffering upon yourselves. You could all easily be healed if you would only listen and do what is right.
שְׁפֹ֣ךְ חֲמָתְךָ֗ עַל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יְדָע֔וּךָ וְעַל֙ מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּשִׁמְךָ֖ לֹ֣א קָרָ֑אוּ כִּי־אָֽכְל֣וּ אֶת־יַֽעֲקֹ֗ב וַֽאֲכָלֻ֨הוּ֙ וַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּ וְאֶת־נָוֵ֖הוּ הֵשַֽׁמּוּ:
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath upon the nations that do not know You and upon the families that have not called in Your name, for they have devoured Jacob and consumed him and destroyed him, and have wasted his dwelling.
Passover reference.
God uses the nations as his instruments but they too will be punished before it is all over.
הָל֞וֹךְ וְקָנִ֤יתָ לְּךָ֙ אֵז֣וֹר פִּשְׁתִּ֔ים וְשַׂמְתּ֖וֹ עַל־מָתְנֶ֑יךָ וּבַמַּ֖יִם לֹ֥א תְבִאֵֽהוּ
Jeremiah 13:1
So said the Lord to me; Go and buy yourself a linen girdle and put it on your loins, and do not put it in water.
Jeremiah - girdle symbol.
הֲיַֽהֲפֹ֤ךְ כּוּשִׁי֙ עוֹר֔וֹ וְנָמֵ֖ר חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יו
Jeremiah 13:23
Will a Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? (So will you be able to improve, you who have become accustomed to do evil.)
You people will never change!!!
אֲשֶׁ֨ר לַמָּ֤וֶת לַמָּ֨וֶת֙ וַֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר לַחֶ֨רֶב֙ לַחֶ֔רֶב וַֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר לָֽרָעָב֙ לָֽרָעָ֔ב וַֽאֲשֶּׁ֥ר לַשְּׁבִ֖י לַשֶּֽׁבִי
Jeremiah 15:2
And it shall be if they say to you, “Where shall we go?” you shall say to them, “So said the Lord: Such as are for death, to death, and such as are for the sword, to the sword, and such as are for famine, to famine, and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”
There are lots of ways to die. This is how it’s going to be. There is no escape for you.
בָּר֣וּךְ הַגֶּ֔בֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְטַ֖ח בַּֽה וְהָיָ֥ה ה מִבְטַחֽוֹ: ח וְהָיָ֞ה כְּעֵ֣ץ ׀ שָׁת֣וּל עַל־מַ֗יִם וְעַל־יוּבַל֙ יְשַׁלַּ֣ח שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יו וְלֹ֤א יִרְאֶ֙ [יִרְאֶה֙] כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣א חֹ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן וּבִשְׁנַ֤ת בַּצֹּ֨רֶת֙ לֹ֣א יִדְאָ֔ג וְלֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ מֵֽעֲשׂ֥וֹת פֶּֽרִי
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord; the Lord shall be his trust. For he shall be like a tree planted by the water, and by a rivulet spreads its roots, and will not see when heat comes, and its leaves shall be green, and in the year of drought will not be anxious, neither shall it cease from bearing fruit.
Know from Jeremiah
הִנֵּ֤ה כַחֹ֨מֶר֙ בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר כֵּן־אַתֶּ֥ם בְּיָדִ֖י בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Jeremiah 18:6
Behold, as clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
Piyyut in HH Makhzur. Know it’s from Jeremiah
הָל֛וֹךְ וְקָנִ֥יתָ בַקְבֻּ֖ק יוֹצֵ֣ר חָ֑רֶשׂ
Jeremiah 19:1
(So said the Lord:) Go and buy a potter’s earthen jug
Jeremiah is to smash the jug. This is a symbol of the destruction that is to come.
וַיַּכֶּ֣ה פַשְׁח֔וּר אֵ֖ת יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֑יא וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֹת֜וֹ עַל־הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶת אֲשֶׁ֨ר בְּשַׁ֤עַר בִּנְיָמִן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֥ית ה
Jeremiah 20:2
And Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and placed him in the prison that is in the upper gate of Benjamin, which is in the house of the Lord.
Know that “Pashhur” is Jeremiah’s nemesis.
אָר֣וּר הַיּ֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֻלַּ֖דְתִּי בּ֑וֹ י֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יְלָדַ֥תְנִי אִמִּ֖י אַל־יְהִ֥י בָרֽוּךְ: טו אָר֣וּר הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר בִּשַּׂ֤ר אֶת־אָבִי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יֻֽלַּד־לְךָ֖ בֵּ֣ן זָכָ֑ר שַׂמֵּ֖חַ שִׂמֳּחָֽהוּ
Jeremiah 20:14-15
Cursed be the day in which I was begotten; the day in which my mother bore me shall not be blessed. Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, saying, “A male child has been born to you,” making him glad.
Jeremiah - woah is me…I wish I never was born.
הֲל֨וֹא כֹ֧ה דְבָרִ֛י כָּאֵ֖שׁ נְאֻם־ה וּכְפַטִּ֖ישׁ יְפֹ֥צֵֽץ סָֽלַע
Jeremiah 23:29
Is not My word so like fire? says the Lord, and like a hammer that shatters a rock?
From Jeremiah. The rock is shattered into many many pieces. So too is Torah capable of many parts and many interpretations.
