Da'at Miqra

Um, Hashem thought that they are my faithful children, so He spared them the punishment and suffering.

The Daat Mikra points out ach ami, it's a strange language.

It's similar to when Lavan says, ach atmi ubesari at ata Yaakov.

He says, "You are my flesh and blood." It is a emphatic declaration.

And now what happens is we, we get into Pasuk Yod Alef.

We're gonna read several psukim now, Yod Alef to Tet Vav, that are very confusing, 'cause there's two ways to read the psukim.

There's the way of Daat Mikra and Rav Steinzaltz, which I understand that some of you might say versus Rashi and Abarbanel.

Rav Daat Mikra and Rav Steinzaltz are contemporaries from our day and our da- our day, our lifetime, and Rashi and Abarbanel are the greats, the Rishonim.

most fragile part So you're very careful about it.

Now, why is it called- The Lord said, "I love you like the pup-pup-" "The pupil of my..." Right? So why is it called ishown? So I read a fascinating Perush in the Daat Mikra written by Amos Chacham.

He's an Israeli Tanakh g-genius.

And he said the word ishown may come from the fact that what does ish mean? Man.

Yirmiyahu now turns and addresses himself to Hashem, and what we do see is the effect that this had, that this episode had on Yirmiyahu himself.

Yirmiyahu turns to Hashem in tefillah, and Daat Mikra suggests that this speech is actually a flashback and reflects Yirmiyahu's words to Hashem during the night when he was alone in the pillory.

"Pititani Hashem, va'apat.

Chazaktani, va'tuchal.

So Charsit from the root cheres, ceramic shards, pottery.

Daat Mikra suggests that aside from the convenience of the location's proximity to where the potters worked, this gate was chosen as the backdrop for Yermiyahu's prophecy due to its appropriateness as a metaphor for the future of the city itself.

Still holding the bottle that he had purchased, Yermiyahu relays his prophecy.

Ve'amarta, "Shime'u dvar Hashem, malchei Yehudah v'yoshevei Yerushalayim.