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Our Chapter describes, in grisly detail, the political assassination of Gedaliah, governor of Judah under Babylonian rule, and his followers, and continues with the bloody aftermath of this seminal incident. The murder of Gedaliah has been previously narrated in II Kings 25:22-26. Moreover, Jeremiah Chapters 39-40 has expanded on the relationship between Jeremiah and Gedaliah and has detailed the events leading up to Gedaliah\u2019s murder. Johanan son of Kareah and his fellow officers warn Gedaliah that Ishmael son of Nethaniah is plotting his assassination. Regrettably, Gedaliah replies to Johanan: \u201c\u2026What you are saying about Ishmael is not true!\u201d (40:14-16). Gedaliah\u2019s unwarranted trust in Ishmael, \u201cwho was of royal descent and one of the king\u2019s commanders\u201d (41:1) leads to Gedaliah\u2019s demise: \u201cThen Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him arose and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan with the sword and killed him, because the king of Babylon had put him in charge of the land\u201d (verses 2-3). The bodies of those murdered were then thrown into a cistern (verses 7 and 9).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to Talmud Bavli Niddah 61a, in early Rabbinic times (1<\/span>st<\/span> century CE) the sages discovered a large cistern full of bones, which they identified as the very cistern that Ishmael had filled with the bodies of those he had murdered. Surprisingly, this text goes on to hold Gedaliah at least indirectly responsible for this whole incident. This is suggested by a literal reading of Jeremiah 41:9, which speaks of the bodies of those slain \u201cby the hand of Gedaliah\u201d \u2013 <\/span>be-yad Gedaliah <\/span><\/i>(but more contextually translated \u201cin the affair of Gedaliah\u201d). This leads to the assertion that because Gedaliah rejected the warning of his imminent assassination, Scripture regards him as if he himself had killed those who died with him!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Despite this midrashic suggestion implicating Gedaliah in his own death and in the death of his companions, the sages determined that \u201cthe fast of the seventh month\u201d (Zechariah 8:19) commemorates the murder of Gedaliah, which occurred \u201cin the seventh month\u201d (see II Kings 25:25 and Jeremiah 41:1). According to Talmud Bavli Rosh Ha-Shanah 18b, fasting to mourn the murder of Gedaliah teaches that the death of the righteous is as tragic as the \u201cburning of the House of our God\u201d (i.e. the Destruction of the Temple). This fast is celebrated on the 3<\/span>rd<\/span> of the month of Tishri, since fasting would be inappropriate on the two-day celebration of Rosh HaShanah at the beginning of Tishri. The \u201cFast of Gedaliah\u201d is classified as a \u201cminor fast\u201d, on which it is customary to not eat from dawn to dusk.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It should be noted that Tzom Gedaliah is one of four fasts that Zechariah prophecies: \u201cshall become occasions for joy and gladness, happy festivals for the House of Judah. But you must love honesty and integrity\u201d (Zechariah 8:19).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Image: Detail of a miniature of the death of Gedaliah. 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Verses 7-9 describe the most sickening, bloodthirsty, and murderous act in all of Scripture. Nevertheless, as distasteful as it is, there seems to have been a \"rational\" motive for this massacre, based on Ishmael's presentation as a royal figure: \"The pit into which Ishmael threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa had made as part of his defense against King Baasha of Israel \u2014 Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with corpses.\" This expository note takes us back to the wars between the kingdoms of Judah, led by the Davidic line, and Israel, descendants of the House of Saul. King Asa reigned in Judah soon after the split into two kingdoms and during the first of the wars between them. I Kings, Chapter 15 describes the war between Asa and Baasha, which set off the centuries-long war between Ephraim and Judah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Judah's national memory, King Baasha of Israel built Ramah \u2014 a fortification against Judah. After securing the political backing of Aram, Asa strengthened his borders by fortifying Geba and Mizpah. Mizpah thus symbolized the Judan attempt to prevent the Israelite kingdom from encroaching on its territory. From then on, there was almost complete acrimony between the Davidic line and the inhabitants of Samaria. When Josiah wished to gather Israel's scattered remains, the exiles of Samaria, and reunite the kingdoms, he first had to convince his own royal family. The royals were divided over this issue \u2014 half dreamt of a kingdom reunited, while the other half advocated an isolationist and exclusivist Davidic dynasty. Josiah managed to win the people over to his side and sent word to Ephraim. The men of Ephraim accepted this message of reconciliation, gave up their temples in Bethel and Dan, and returned to Jerusalem. But Jerusalem never fully welcomed them. For some, the exclusivist impulse had become too entrenched. Moreover, a century and a half earlier, King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria had resettled the depopulated region of Samaria with peoples from Mesopotamia. Many of the remaining Israelites intermarried with these new groups, who had accepted the Israelite religion. Exclusivist elements within Judah would not countenance a renewed alliance with the assimilationist Samaritans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The first massacre is born out of vengeance and the drive to defend David's honor. The second massacre springs from the resentment boiling in the veins of this Davidic scion when he sees the people of Samaria, of Ephraim, coming to mourn Jerusalem. Ishmael son of Nethaniah has been raised on tales of strife between Judah and Israel. He vividly recalls the stories of Ephraim's attempts to conquer Judah, and the coalition formed by Israel and Aram to wage war against it. The time has come to settle accounts. Ishmael fills the pit dug by his distant forebear Asa with the bodies of the descendants of Baasha, who tried to eradicate the line of David; the tribe of Judah has the last laugh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/i>. 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O land, land, land, Hear the word of GOD! (verse 29). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why does Jeremiah three-peat the word land? Rashi explains that this emphasizes that the land was greater than all the lands around it. Alternatively, he explains that Israel was made up of three lands- the Galilee, Transjordan and Judea. This second explanation matches Rashi\u2019s interpretation of Jeremiah\u2019s other triple wording in chapter 7:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Don\u2019t put your trust in illusions and say, \u201cThe Temple of GOD, the Temple of GOD, the Temple of GOD are these [buildings]\u201d (7:4).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There, Rashi explains that the repeated \u201cTemple of God\u201d each refer to one of the three pilgrimage festivals- Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Targum Yonatan explains that the three lands are shorthand for Jeremiah explaining that Jehoiakim will be exiled from his land to another foreign land, and that Israel should pay attention to what will happen to him. Radak explains that Jeremiah calls out to the land three times using land as a metaphor for the people and the repetition is for added emphasis. Perhaps, similar to the Targum\u2019s explanation, the triple use of the word may be a hint at the three future exiles that the people will endure during the period of the destruction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Simba: Oh, I just can't wait to be king<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Zazu: You've rather a long way to go, young master, if you think<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Simba: No one saying, \"do this\"<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Zazu: Now when I said that, I<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Simba: No one saying, \"be there\"<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Zazu: What I meant was<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Simba: No one saying, \"stop that\"<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Zazu: Look, what you don't realize<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Simba: No one saying, \"see here\"<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Zazu: Now see here!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

(The Lion King)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The two views of Simba and Zazu mirror the tension between the last kings of Judah and the prophet Jeremiah. These Kings of Judah believed (as did Simba) that being king primarily meant having the ability to use the nation's resources for the king's own welfare. On the other hand, Jeremiah thought (as did Zazu) that a king\u2019s task is to use the nation's resources exclusively for the benefit of the nation. Due to these two different world views, Jeremiah spends an entire chapter (chapter 22) admonishing these kings of Judah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is one king, however, that Jeremiah does not criticize. During the seething prophecy to King Jehoiakim about his excessive love of money and abuse of the needy, Jeremiah gives compliments to King Josiah, Jehoiakim's father: \u201cYour father ate and drank, as well as dispensed justice and equity\u2014 then all went well with him. He upheld the rights of the poor and needy\u2014 then all was well. That is truly being dedicated to me \u2014declares the LORD.\u201d\u00a0 We see that in contrast to his attitude toward the other kings, Jeremiah praised King Josiah's way of running the kingdom, as he was concerned with the welfare of all his citizens. A close reading of these verses teaches us of another positive feature that King Josiah possessed, which also induced Jeremiah's admiration.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We find that in the midst of extolling King Josiah's acts of justice and charity, Jeremiah mentions that he also ate and drank well. There are other places where routine activities have a place of importance in Jeremiah's prophecies. For example, in chapter 29, Jeremiah instructs the people to build houses, plant gardens, get married, and to have children during their seventy years of exile. In chapter 15, we find Jeremiah expressing disappointment that he isn't able to go to the various festive parties and social gatherings.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From these prophecies, we see that Jeremiah wanted the people to do justice, give charity, keep Shabbat, pray to God, as well as to enjoy the physical pleasures of life and have normal social interactions with family and friends. Jeremiah believed that the ability to live spiritually and ethically is complemented by having a well-balanced lifestyle. King Josiah was the ruler who successfully combined Simba's love of life with Zazu\u2019s ideas of restraint, duty and calling. This ability of King Josiah to synthesize these two ideas is what caused him to receive Jeremiah's lavish praise, even in the chapter of rebuke to the kings.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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This chapter brings together prophecies addressed to the last kings of Judah. Jeremiah calls for doing \"what is just and right\" (3, also see 15\u201316) and connects Jerusalem's destruction to the failures of the highest authorities in the land. Accompanying this theme is the literary motif of the cedar of Lebanon. Jeremiah refers to the royal house of Judah as \"the summit of Lebanon\" (6) and \"You who dwell in Lebanon, nestled among cedars\" (23). In the prophecy against Jehoiakim (13\u201315), Jeremiah mocks the physical features of the king's palace, built on the backs of workers poorly treated (13). Among these features are cedar panels (14), which receive special mention in the prophet's condemnatory question: \"Do you think you are more a king because you compete in cedar?\" (15).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Behind this motif lies cedar wood's status as a luxury building material in the biblical world. It had to be imported (see 1 Kings 8:21\u201325), and, among the elite, it was much preferred to sycamore wood, the locally available option. About a century before Jeremiah, the prophet Isaiah quotes the inhabitants of Samaria in the Kingdom of Israel, who \"in arrogance and haughtiness,\" say, \"Bricks have fallen\u2014we'll rebuild with dressed stone; sycamores have been felled\u2014we'll grow cedars instead\" (Isaiah 9:8\u20139).\u00a0 They believe that their kingdom can recover from the ravages of the Assyrian empire, and rebuild itself bigger and better, with dressed stone and cedar instead of bricks and sycamore. Indeed, with an average height of 40 meters (twice the average height of sycamore's 20 meters), cedar wood serves well for large construction projects.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The cedar and the monarchy are virtually synonymous. 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We find great comfort in believing we know what God wants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

More selfishly, there are those of us who cling to the notion of a celestial scoreboard. A running meter that shows an up-to-date count of our merits and transgressions, hopefully with the former exceeding the latter. And like in the sporting events on which this image is modeled, an increase on one side cancels out an increase on the other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Not so, Jeremiah proclaims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Do you think you are more a king because you compete in cedar? Your father ate and drank and dispensed justice and equity\u2014 then all went well with him. He upheld the rights of the poor and needy\u2014 then all was well. That is truly heeding Me \u2014declares the LORD (15-16).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah, in prophesying to King Jehoiakim, harkens back to the prior king, his father Josiah, who acted virtuously and supported the most powerless among his people. In sharp contrast, Jeremiah stands outside the lavish palace that Jehoiakim has built and excoriates him: \u201cBut your eyes and your mind are only on ill-gotten gains, on shedding the blood of the innocent, on committing fraud and violence\u201d (17). In one of his harshest prophecies to date, Jeremiah proclaims, \u201cHe shall have the burial of an ass, dragged out and left lying outside the gates of Jerusalem\u201d (19).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The commentator Radak cites earlier sources who state that Jehoiakim would abstain from food and drink on a consistent basis because he believed that his fasts would counterbalance his wicked deeds. It is in response to this that Jeremiah emphasizes that King Josiah ate and drank- and nevertheless maintained justice and equity and supported the rights of the poor and the needy. One is not in contrast to the other.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One cannot help but be reminded of a similar prophecy in Isaiah when he censured, <\/span><\/p>\r\n

No, this is the fast [God] desires: To unlock fetters of wickedness, and untie the cords of the yoke to let the oppressed go free; to break off every yoke. It is to share your bread with the hungry, and to take the wretched poor into your home; When you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to ignore your own kin\u201d (Isaiah 58:6-7). <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God does not rejoice in affliction or feel satisfaction in our asceticism. And God does not seek suffering to balance our scales. Rather, Jeremiah reminds us, God wants us to pursue equity and righteousness, to invoke justice, to protect the stranger, to lift up the poor, to protect the vulnerable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is the fast that God desires. 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The first part of Jeremiah\u2019s rebuke to \u201che who builds his house without righteousness\u2026 without justice\u201d (13) is pretty clear. The prophet describes designing a house of luxury \u2013 a spacious, airy attic for hot days, cedar paneling, and fancy paint (14) \u2013 without paying the workers who construct it. (As if he literally \u201cbuilds his house\u201d himself, ignoring the existence of those who did the work and require payment.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Verse 18 indicates that the rebuke is not as generic as it seems, but is directed at Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, and with that royal context we can also understand the beginning of verse 15: \u201cDo you think you are more a king because you compete in cedar?\u201d Luxuries don\u2019t make the king; righteousness and justice do.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As verse 15 continues, however, the point is not so obvious: \u201cYour father ate and drank And dispensed justice and equity\u2014 Then all went well with him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What do his father\u2019s eating habits have to do with anything?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps \u201cate and drank\u201d signifies the basic necessities of life \u2013 as opposed to the rich grandeur of Jehoiakim\u2019s palace \u2013 and the prophet is implying that he should, like his father, be content with the basics and focus his energies instead on doing his job.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Taking this idea even further, Malbim suggests the emphasis is on the juxtaposition of \u201cate and drank\u201d with \u201cperformed justice and righteousness.\u201d He writes, \u201cFor also while he ate and drank \u2013 also then, he did justice and righteousness. He did not eat a royal feast and did not engage in pleasures, for he was involved with justice even at mealtimes.\u201d (As a chronic multitasker, I can appreciate the values implied by this reading). The prophet draws a sharp contrast between one who takes his job so seriously he\u2019ll just have a sandwich at his desk, and one who is too busy indulging in physical pleasures. \u201cThen [therefore] it was well with him\u201d \u2013 Malbim continues, \u201c[Your father\u2019s] heart wasn\u2019t content from the eating, but from the fact that he performed justice for the oppressed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Radak\u2019s approach, however, sees the father\u2019s eating differently and stresses another important value: balance. He writes, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t attack you about your pleasures if you did justice and righteousness, for your father Josiah ate and drank like the way of kings, and enjoyed his good, and since he did justice and righteousness \u2013 then it was good for him. But you enjoy the good of this world on a bad path, for your buildings\u2026 your food and drink and your other pleasures \u2013 they are through injustice.\u201d In another twist, Radak mentions that some commentators suggest Jehoiakim had been fasting, trying to cancel the spiritual effects of his misdeeds, and the prophet says he\u2019s missing the point. Having and enjoying nice things can be perfectly fine \u2013 and denying them won\u2019t undo other things he\u2019s done.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The key is keeping justice and righteousness at the forefront of it all.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":70556,"alt":"","title":"jer22-chateau-chambord","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord.jpg","width":1920,"height":626,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-300x98.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":98,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-768x250.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":250,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-1024x334.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":334,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":501,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":626,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-1200x391.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":391,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-1288x420.jpg","home_baner-width":1288,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Luxuries Don\u2019t Make A King","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Righteousness and justice do","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":70556,"alt":"","title":"jer22-chateau-chambord","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord.jpg","width":1920,"height":626,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-300x98.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":98,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-768x250.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":250,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-1024x334.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":334,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":501,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":626,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-1200x391.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":391,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer22-chateau-chambord-1288x420.jpg","home_baner-width":1288,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"22","chapter_main_number":"422","date":"20270412","wall_id":"422"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"415","name":"food","old_id":"815"},{"term_id":"573","name":"Righteousness","old_id":"973"},{"term_id":"835","name":"King","old_id":"1235"}]},{"order":9,"id":"70574","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"The Plummet From The Summit\u00a0 ","post_title":"The Plummet From The Summit\u00a0","slug":"the-plummet-from-the-summit","old_id":"70574","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":34243,"post_title":"Moshe Sokolow","slug":"moshe-sokolow","old_id":"34243","first_name":"Moshe","last_name":"Sokolow","description":"Dr. Moshe Sokolow is Associate Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Yeshiva University, and teaches a weekly class in parashat hashavu`a at Lincoln Square Synagogue. 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Jeremiah\u2019s advice to the royal family continues (see preceding chapter) by reiterating the theme of their perversion of justice: their failure to rescue victims from their victimizers and their failure to stand up for the powerless: strangers, orphans, and widows (3). \u201cIf you don\u2019t heed these commands, God swears, \u201cthis place shall become a ruin\u201d (5). The place is the \u201croyal palace of Judah,\u201d of which the God declared, \u201cYou are as Gilead to Me, as the summit of Lebanon, but I will make you a desert [of] uninhabited towns\u201d (6).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What are the specific qualities of Gilead and Lebanon that lend themselves to the description of a royal palace? Rashi, relying again, on the Aramaic Targum, interpreted Gilead and Lebanon as poetic descriptions of the Temple, which is called Gilead because it is \u201cwhence curative balm comes to the world\u201d (based, assumedly, on an earlier verse: \u201cIs there no balm in Gilead? Is there no cure there?\u201d 8:22). Radak regarded it as a form of metonymy: the \u201croyal palace\u201d (like \u201cthe White House\u201d) is representative of all of Judah. This is analogous to the use of \u201cGilead\u201d in the Torah to signify all of Transjordan, and \u201cLebanon,\u201d which was used by Moses as synonymous with the entire land of Israel (Dt. 3:25). In other words, all of Judah will be destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shadal* granted partial recognition to Radak\u2019s interpretation, focusing, however, on the topography of the Gilead \u201cwhich was famous for its mountains and forests.\u201d \u201cTherefore, he compared them to the summit of Lebanon, a lofty and majestic mountain known for its cedars.\u201d Malbim combined several earlier elements to yield the following contrast: \u201cEven if you were like the Gilead, a desirable settled land, and just like the summit of Lebanon is filled with cedars and other trees you will be filed with people, I will still transform you into a wilderness, the opposite of Gilead, and into unpopulated cities, the opposite of Lebanon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary, <\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a> in Jeremiah chapter 1.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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22:10 \u201cDo not keen for the dead, and do not grieve for him. Keen constantly for him who goes, for he will not come back and see the land of his birth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Masoretic Text shows \u201ca dead [man],\u201d but that vocalization is almost universally corrected to yield \u201cthe dead\u201d. The particular dead person here, according to long-standing scholarly consensus, is Josiah, who was killed by Pharaoh Neco at Megiddo in 609 B.C.E. One should not keen for him because his fate of death is not so dire as the fate of his son Shallum (more commonly called Jehoahaz, who was placed on the throne by Neco after his father\u2019s death, reigned only scant months, and then was sent down to Egypt as a prisoner). Thus Shallum-Jehoahaz is the one \u201cwho goes,\u201d never again to see the land of his birth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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In our chapter, faced with the refusal of the people to listen to his prophecies (20-21), Jeremiah cries out in exasperation to what we generally consider the inanimate world: \u201cO Land, land, land [Eretz, Eretz, Eretz]! Hear the word of the Lord!\u201d (29). From biblical to modern times, the Hebrew word Eretz means generally \u201cland\u201d but, depending on the context, more specifically \u201cthe Land of Israel\u201d. Rashi interprets this repetition of the word \u201cland\u201d that the Land of Israel is a \u201cland among lands\u201d but the most important of them all. Rashi adds that Jeremiah calls out to the \u201cland\u201d three times because the Land of Israel is made up of three \u201clands\u201d: Judah, Transjordan and the Galilee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash on Psalms 19:1 elaborates on what might be seen as the \u201csecular\u201d versus the \u201csacred\u201d aspects of \u201cland\u201d. What does not have a head in human terms, does have a head in the eyes of God? This is the \u201cland\u201d, as it says: \u201cWhile He [God] had not yet made the land [eretz<\/em>]\u2026the beginning [rosh<\/em>, literally \u201chead\u201d] of the soil of the earth\u201d (Proverbs 8:26)\u2026And what does not have hands in human terms, does have hands in the eyes of God? As it says: \u201cthe land is expansive [rahavat-yadaim<\/em>, literally \u201cwide of hands\u201d]\u201d (Genesis 34:21). Indeed, for God, the land has a navel (see Ezekiel 38:12), a mouth (see Numbers 16:32) and legs (see Ecclesiastes 1:4). And what in human terms does not have ears, does have ears with which to hear the word of God. As Jeremiah makes clear when he cries out to the land, as it says: \u201cLand, land, land! Hear the word of the Lord!\u201d (29).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In contrast to the pessimistic context of Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy, Israelis associate \u201cEretz, Eretz, Eretz \u2013 Land, Land, Land\u201d) as the opening line and refrain of the exuberant praise of the Land of Israel written by Shaike Paikov in 1976, <\/span>sung here by Ilanit <\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Eretz, Eretz, Eretz!<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>A land of a light blue sky without a cloud.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And the sun is for it<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>like milk and honey.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>A land we were born in<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>a land we will live in,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and we will continue living here<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>no matter what happens.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Eretz, Eretz, Eretz!<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>The sea up against the shore,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and flowers and children<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>without end.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>In the North - the Sea of Galilee,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>In the South - sands,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And the East to the West<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>kisses the borders\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Eretz, Eretz, Eretz!<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Land of the Torah,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>you're the source of light<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and the language of faith.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Eretz, Eretz, Eretz!<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>A dear land,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>You promised<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>that it is not a fairytale\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Chapter 22 describes Jeremiah's descent to the king's palace at God's command. The awkward phrasing of \"O King of Judah, who sits on the throne of David\" (22:2) conveys uneasiness and cynicism \u2014 as if to say, what business does a man like Jehoiakim have sitting on the throne of David? In Jeremiah's eyes, the king sitting upon the throne has not truly replaced Josiah. Jehoiakim was appointed by the king of Egypt and is unworthy of the Davidic throne.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In verses 13-17, Jeremiah directs a wrathful prophecy toward Jehoiakim while standing before the formidable palace that the king has built with the blood and sweat of innocents. Some years ago, archaeologist Yohanan Aharoni claimed to have found Jehoiakim's palace and fort in the excavations at Ramat Rachel:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We did not expect a ruler of the Kingdom of Judah to have built a royal palace and fort outside the borders of ancient Jerusalem, on the road between Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Above ground level, we found massive hewn stones of a type not usually used in that period, except in palaces and luxury buildings. In the stratum from the period of the destruction of the Temple, we found the handle of a pitcher that had been sealed with a Hebrew inscription: \"[belonging] to Eliakim, lad of Jokhan.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

American archaeologist William F. Albright identified the \"Jokhan\" of the inscription with Jokhinu, mentioned in Assyrian writings \u2014 none other than Jehoiakim's son Jeconiah, who ruled only three months before he was exiled to Babylonia. It is unusual in itself for a king to build a palace outside the city. It is evident from the few remains that were preserved that this was without a doubt a most magnificent palace, built with the most advanced architectural and artistic techniques of the period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this context, it is fitting to cite the verses from Jer. 36:22 ff., which describe how Baruch son of Neriah brought the scroll of Jeremiah's prophecy to Jehoiakim, who flung it upon the blazing brazier. It states there that \"the king sat in the winter house.\" \"Winter house\" implies that he also had a summer house. This recalls Ahab, who had a winter home in Samaria and a summer home apparently in Jezreel. It makes sense that Jehoiakim's summer home would be located among the vineyards outside the city, next to Ramat Rachel. What a unique case in the history of biblical archaeology: The cedar window panes displayed in the Israel Museum are the very panes that Jeremiah faced as he prophesied.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/em>. 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\u201cWhat is Tzedakah?\u201d<\/a> by Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone: Explore the meaning of this important Jewish concept.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201cJudaism and Labor\u201d<\/a> by AJWS Staff: Explore sources on labor justice.<\/p>\r\n

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  1. Royal timeline<\/em>. A brief foray into the history of the kings mentioned in this chapter. Josiah was killed in the year 609 BCE by Pharaoh Necco. His son Jehoachaz (Shullam) reigned after him for a brief three months, since Egypt, the ruling power, exiled him, and installed his brother Jehoiakim in his place. Jehoiakim ruled for 11 years, during which time, the Babylonians took control. Jehoiakim rebelled against them, and Nebuchadnezzar waged a military campaign against him. Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin (Coniah) took over. He, too, was able to rule only three months, and then in 597 BCE, was exiled to Babylonia, together with the rest of the nobility of Jerusalem (the exile of the craftsmen and the smiths - see 2 Kings 24:14).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Background lament<\/em>. This chapter is accompanied by a soundtrack of keening laments. See for instance vv. 10 and 18. There is a general occupation with the question of who will die, when and where, and how they will be buried.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Now that\u2019s how you build a luxurious palace<\/em>. Big: \u201ca vast palace With spacious upper chambers;\u201d Light and airy: \u201cProvided with windows;\u201d Imported wood finishing \u201cPaneled in cedar,\u201d with bright colors: \u201cPainted with vermilion!\u201d (v. 14). This is as we know \u201cbuilt with unfairness,\u201d with exploitation of the people and its resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Folk sayings and routine laments<\/em>. In this prophecy there is both the formulation of the lament for the distinguished (v. 18) and a familiar aphorism \u201cDo you think you are more a king Because you compete in cedar?\u201d (v. 15). We saw a variation of this 99 chapters ago in 2 Kings 14.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Eretz, eretz, eretz<\/em>. There are many reasons why someone would repeat something more than once. For emphasis, for purposes of persuasion, out of frustration, to fit the melody of a song, to shout and be heard. What is the correct understanding of v. 29: \u201cO land, land, land, Hear the word of the LORD!\u201d Invites interpretation.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Jeremiah 22","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"22","chapter_main_number":"422","date":"20270412","wall_id":"422"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/70109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}