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Commentary for Jeremiah 49:4

מַה־תִּתְהַֽלְלִי֙ בָּֽעֲמָקִ֔ים זָ֣ב עִמְקֵ֔ךְ הַבַּ֖ת הַשּֽׁוֹבֵבָ֑ה הַבֹּֽטְחָה֙ בְּאֹ֣צְרֹתֶ֔יהָ מִ֖י יָב֥וֹא אֵלָֽי׃

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, Thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? That didst trust in thy treasures: ‘Who shall come unto me?’

Rashi on Jeremiah

You boast Heb. תתהללי (vanter in French).
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Rashi on Jeremiah

about the valleys? That your land is a land of valleys and lack of rainfall is not harmful to it since the sun does not penetrate into it.
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Rashi on Jeremiah

Your valley is flowing A misfortune of an overabundance of rain shall come upon it until the water will flow in the valley and inundate the roots of the grain So did Menahem [Machbereth Menahem p. 77] explain it.
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