Midrash sobre Jeremías 2:27

Now the Lord said unto Abram: “Get thee out of thy country.” Scripture says elsewhere in reference to this verse; Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people and thy father’s house; so shall the king desire thy beauty; for he is thy lord; and do homage unto him (Ps. 45:11). Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear alludes to Abraham. Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house refers to the idolaters, concerning whom it is said: Who say to a stock: “Thou art my father” (Jer. 2:27). And so shall the king desire thy beauty refers to the King of Kings, who desired to glorify your (Abraham’s) name in this world and in the world-to-come. For he is thy lord; and do homage unto him.

Another interpretation (of Gen. 12:1): GO. This text is related (to Ps. 45:11 [10]): HEAR, O DAUGHTER, TAKE NOTE, AND INCLINE YOUR EAR: FORGET YOUR PEOPLE AND YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE.⁸Tanh., Gen. 3:3; cf. Gen. R. 39:1. HEAR, O DAUGHTER, TAKE NOTE: This refers to Abraham. AND FORGET YOUR PEOPLE AND YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE: This refers to the idolaters, as stated (in Jer. 2:27): THEY SAY TO A TREE: YOU ARE MY FATHER. (Ps. 45:12 [11]) AND THE KING WILL DESIRE YOUR BEAUTY. This refers to the Supreme King of Kings, the Holy One, < who takes pleasure in > ⁹The reading follows the traditional Tanhuma. adorning you in the world. R. Abbin said: {(ibid.): BECAUSE HE IS YOUR LORD, BOW DOWN TO HIM.} Now what did Abraham resemble?¹⁰Cf. Gen. R. 39:2. A vial of persimmon¹¹Gk.: balsamon. when it has been set in a graveyard. Then no one would know what its aroma was. What did a certain one do? He took it and moved it from place to place, < so that > its aroma began to disperse abroad. Similarly Abraham was dwelling among those who served idols. The Holy One said to him: Why are you residing among the wicked? Go out from among them, and make your good works known abroad. Thus it is stated (in Gen. 12:1): GO.

“Boaz answered and said to her: It has been told to me, everything that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; and you left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and you went to a people that you did not know before” (Ruth 2:11).
“Boaz answered and said to her: It has been told [huged hugad] to me.” Why [is the term “told” stated] twice; “huged hugad to me”? I have been told [what you have done] in the house and I have been told [what you have done] in the field. “Everything that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband,” and, it goes without saying, during the life of your husband. “And you left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth,” – your country. “You left your father and your mother” – your idol worship, as it is stated: “They say to a tree, you are my father, and to a stone, you have given birth to me” (Jeremiah 2:27). “The land of your birth” – this is her neighborhood. “And you went to a people that you did not know before,” as had it been before, you would not have been.¹⁸⁰At an earlier time, you would not have been able to marry an Israelite from birth. This is because previously the verse: “An Ammonite and a Moavite shall not enter the congregation of God” (Deuteronomy 23:4), had not been expounded to exclude Moavite women.

Rabbi Ḥanina bar Pappa began: “A battering ram, a sword, and a sharp arrow…” (Proverbs 25:18). “A battering ram [mefitz]” – as in, “the Lord will scatter you [vehefitzḥa] among all the peoples” (Deuteronomy 28:64); “a sword” – as in, “I will unsheathe the sword after you” (Leviticus 26:33); “and a sharp arrow” – as in, “when I send the [evil] arrows of famine” (Ezekiel 5:16). All this for whom? For “a man who bears false witness against his friend” (Proverbs 25:18) – that is Israel, who responded and said: “This is your God, Israel” (Exodus 32:4). “A loose tooth and an unsteady foot…” (Proverbs 25:19) – Israel said before the Holy One blessed be He: Master of the universe, when You came to shepherd us, our tooth consumed and crushed others. Why then is the grazing tooth consuming us and the foot is trampling us? It is due to the confidence [we placed] in idolatry, because we betrayed our Rock.⁴⁰This is based on the continuation of the verse cited above: “Is trust in a traitor on a day of trouble” (Proverbs 25:19). “As one who removes a garment on a cold [kara] day” (Proverbs 25:20) – “and it was that when He called [kara] and they did not listen” (Zechariah 7:13).
Another matter: “[Confidence in an unfaithful man in a time of trouble is like] a loose tooth and an unsteady foot” (Proverbs 25:19) – a tooth that undermines and a foot that gives way. The Holy One blessed be He said: I said to Israel: ‘Betray idol worship and put your trust in Me,’ but they did not do so; rather, they betrayed Me and put their trust in idol worship. That is what is written: “They say to wood: You are my father” (Jeremiah 2:27). When they sinned they were exiled. When they were exiled, Jeremiah began lamenting over them, eikha.

... Teach us o teacher: toward where should one who prays orient his heart? This is what our Rabbis taught: one should orient his heart toward the place of the Holy of Holies (Berachot 4:5). R’ Eliezer ben Yaakov says: if one is praying outside of the land, he should orient his heart to the land of Israel. If one is praying within the land of Israel, he should orient his heart to Jerusalem. If one is praying in Jerusalem, he should orient his heart to the Holy Temple. If one is praying in the Holy Temple, he should orient his heart to the Holy of Holies. R’ Avin the Levi said: “our neck is like the Tower of David, built as a model (talpiyot)…” (Song of Songs 4:4) What does talpiyot mean? The hill (tel) toward which all turns (peniyot) are directed. And after all this praise, it is written “Open your doors, O Lebanon, and let the fire consume your cedars.” (Zechariah 11:1) And so too they said “He has hurled fire into my bones…” (Lamentations 1:13) Israel said to Him: Master of the World! How long will it be like this? Did You not write in Your Torah “…the one who ignited the fire shall surely pay” (Exodus 22:5)? And You are the one who ignited the fire, as it says “From above He has hurled fire into my bones…” (Lamentations 1:13) You need to rebuild it and to console us, not at the hands of an angel but You in Your glory. The Holy One said to them: by your life, so I will do! As it says “The Lord is the builder of Jerusalem; He will gather the outcasts of Israel.” (Psalms 147:2) And I am the one who consoles you. From where do we learn this? From that which they read in the prophets “I, yea I am He Who consoles you…” (Isaiah 51:12)

"and she shall mourn her father and her mother": This is to be taken literally. These are the words of R. Eliezer. R. Akiva says: "her father and her mother" are idolatry, as it is written (Jeremiah 2:27) "They say to the wood 'You are my father,' and to the stone 'You bore me.'"