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Commentary for Jeremiah 23:10

כִּ֤י מְנָֽאֲפִים֙ מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֤י אָלָה֙ אָבְלָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ יָבְשׁ֖וּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וַתְּהִ֤י מְרֽוּצָתָם֙ רָעָ֔ה וּגְבוּרָתָ֖ם לֹא־כֵֽן׃

For the land is full of adulterers; For because of swearing the land mourneth, The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; And their course is evil, And their force is not right.

Rashi on Jeremiah

because of oaths False oaths.
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Rashi on Jeremiah

mourns i.e., is destroyed.
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Rashi on Jeremiah

their eagerness (course in French,) their course, their running. But Jonathan renders it as an expression of desire.
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Rashi on Jeremiah

not right Not according to the law.
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