예레미야 2:2의 인용 해설

ויסעו מאלים...אל מדבר סין, this is what Jeremiah had in mind when he spoke of G’d remembering fondly how Israel had followed Him into the inhospitable desert (Jeremiah 2,2).

AND MOSES ASSEMBLED ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. The expression all the congregation of the children of Israel includes the men and women, for all donated to the work of the Tabernacle. Thus Moses, after having commanded Aaron, and the rulers and all the children of Israel — the men — all that the Eternal had spoken with him in Mount Sinai,¹Above, 34:32. following the breaking of the Tablets, and after he had put the veil on his face²Ibid., Verse 33. [as all this is narrated in the preceding section], again commanded that the people be assembled, whereupon the whole congregation gathered to him — men, women, and children.
It is possible that this occurred on the day following his descent from the mountain, and he told all of them the subject of the Tabernacle which he had been previously commanded, before³Ramban follows [here as elsewhere] the natural sequence of Scripture which tells of the command to build the Tabernacle [in Chapters 25-30] before the people’s sin with the calf [in Chapter 32]. The actual building thereof was delayed until after Moses’ intercession and the complete reconciliation of G-d with Israel. Rashi, however, following the principle that there is no strict chronological order in the narrative of the Torah, clearly writes: “The incident of the golden calf happened a considerable time before the command regarding the building of the Tabernacle was given” (Rashi above, 31-18). See my Hebrew commentary, p. 526, for further elucidation of this point. the breaking of the Tablets. For since the Holy One, blessed be He, became reconciled with them and gave Moses the second Tablets, and also made a new covenant that G-d would go in their midst,⁴See Ramban above, 34:9. He thereby returned to His previous relationship with them, and to the love of their “wedding,”⁵See Jeremiah 2:2. and it was obvious that His Presence would be in their midst just as He had commanded him at first, even as He said, And let them make Me a Sanctuary, that I may dwell amongst them.⁶Above, 25:8. Therefore Moses now commanded them all that he had been told at first.

Kap. 19. V. 1 u. 2. ביום הזה, an demselben Tage, an welchem sie in die Wüste Sinai gekommen waren, hatten sie sofort dort ihr Lager aufgeschlagen und sich als Israel dem Berge gegenüber gelagert. Wenn sie bisher eine neue Region der Wüste betraten, so haben wir immer gesehen, wie sie die Beschaffenheit der Örtlichkeit einer Kritik unterzogen, ob sie sich zum Lagerplatz eigne. Der Sinai war aber doch das Ziel ihrer Wanderung; von hier aus, war ihnen gesagt, war ihre Rettung ausgegangen, hier, wussten sie, sollten sie in den Dienst Gottes eintreten, und so sehr waren sie doch Söhne des Abrahamhauses, so sehr waren sie doch "Jisrael", und so viel hatte doch bereits alles Erlebte auf sie gewirkt, daß diesem Ziele gegenüber, im Anblick des Berges Sinai, alle andere Rücksicht bei ihnen schwand und sie sich als "Jisrael" dem Berge gegenüber lagerten. Mit diesem dem Berge gegenüber Lagern stellten sie sich Gott zu Befehl, seiner fernern Anordnungen gewärtig. Es dürfte aber diese Tatsache überhaupt wohl die Annahme rechtfertigen, die bisherigen Ausbrüche ihres Kleinmuts und ihrer Unzufriedenheit hätten mehr in einem Zweifel an Mosche und Aarons Sendung, als in einem wirklichen Schwanken in dem Vertrauen auf Gott ihren Grund gehabt, also, daß sich das Gotteswort durch Jirmija wohl begreifen lässt: "Gehe und rufe in Jerusalems Ohren, so hat Gott gesprochen, ich gedenke dir die Hingebung deiner Jugend, die Liebe deiner Bräutlichkeit, wie du mir nachwandertest in die Wüste hinein, in ein nicht gesäetes Land' (Jirmija 2, 2).

They loved you sincerely. A strong love, a straightforward love, without deceit or intrigue, (in accordance with the expression of the verse, “and the crooked will become straight and heights will become a valley”¹⁷Yeshayahu 40:4. ) that my ancestors and I loved you in those days. This is its simple meaning according to its context. According to its allegorical meaning: They mention before Him the loving kindness of [their] youth, the love of [their] nuptials, their following Him in the wilderness, a land of drought and darkness, and they did not even prepare provisions for themselves, but they believed in Him and in His messenger. And they did not say, “How can we go out into the wilderness, which is neither a land of seed nor food?”¹⁸See Yirmiyahu 2:2. But they followed Him, and He brought them into the midst of the chambers of the envelopment of His clouds. With this, they are still joyful today and happy with Him despite their afflictions and distress; and they delight in the Torah, and there they recall His love more than wine, and the sincerity of their love for Him.¹⁹Their love for You is much higher than the love of wine from which pleasure is derived. (Sforno)