Jérémie 46:21 Commentaire : Tze'enah Ure'enah & Rashi

גַּם־שְׂכִרֶ֤יהָ בְקִרְבָּהּ֙ כְּעֶגְלֵ֣י מַרְבֵּ֔ק כִּֽי־גַם־הֵ֧מָּה הִפְנ֛וּ נָ֥סוּ יַחְדָּ֖יו לֹ֣א עָמָ֑דוּ כִּ֣י י֥וֹם אֵידָ֛ם בָּ֥א עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם עֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃

Même les mercenaires qu’elle abrite sont comme des veaux à l’engrais; eux aussi lâchent pied, s’enfuient ensemble, sans résister. C’est que leur jour fatal est venu les atteindre, l’heure vengeresse.

Tze'enah Ure'enah

“Even the mercenaries in her midst are like fatted calves” [46:21]. The mercenaries among them are also fat, like the fatted calves. They sit and always gorge themselves and do not go to war. They have turned their backs and ran away together when the day came for their destruction. Their time had come.5Radak, Jeremiah, 46:21.

Rashi

Also her princes Heb. שְׂכִרֶיהָ, her princes. Cf. “with the great razor (הַשְׂכִירָה)” (Isa. 7:20).

Rashi

fattened (kopla in O.F., couple in modern French).

Rashi

turn around Turned their back to seek to flee.