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Commentary for Jeremiah 5:4

וַאֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי אַךְ־דַּלִּ֖ים הֵ֑ם נוֹאֲל֕וּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה מִשְׁפַּ֖ט אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

And I said: ‘Surely these are poor, They are foolish, for they know not the way of the LORD, Nor the ordinance of their God; .

Rashi on Jeremiah

And I said The prophet says so, “They are but impoverished of wisdom,” these with whom I speak.
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Rashi on Jeremiah

they have become foolish Heb. נואלו, an expression of אויל, a fool, as the Targum renders: אטפשו.
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