Commentaire de citation sur Jérémie 46:21

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.

Rashi

the Lord shall shave with the great razor Heb. (שְּׂכִירָה), comp. (Jer. 46:21) “Also its officers (שְׂכִירֶיהָ) in its midst,” which Jonathan renders: its great ones.

Ibn Ezra

Shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired. This refers to the angel of the Lord coming forth and destroying the camp of Assyria (37:36). Some take השכירה in the meaning of great; comp. שכיריה (Jer. 46:21) her great ones.25This is the explanation of Rashi; the Targum has here for שכירה the word הריפא sharp, but in Jerem. רברבהא, her great ones. I think that שכירה is a noun like אכילה the eating (1 Kings 19:8), derived from שכר hire, which the owner of the razor receives; for this instrument, the hired razor, is very sharp; it is his profession.26It is the profession of him, that lets out razors on hire, to keep them sharp. The head, the hair of the feet, the beard. Every mighty one, all princes and noblemen; it is said so distinctly (9:14)