Talmud sobre Jeremias 2:30

BARAITHA.⁴⁶K 8. R. Nehemiah said: Because of the sin of causeless hatred a man’s wife suffers miscarriage, his children die young, and contention is rife in his house.
GEMARA. It is quite reasonable [to say] that causeless hatred brings about strife, as it is written, Hatred stirreth up strifes;⁴⁷Prov. 10, 12. but whence do we learn [that it causes] miscarriage? As it is written, In vain have I smitten your children,⁴⁸Jer. 2, 30. [in vain meaning] for causeless strifes.

⁷¹A somewhat different text is in Pesiqta rabbati 22 (ed. M. Friedmann p. 113a).Ḥizqiah said, he who swears that two are two is whipped for a vain oath. Rebbi Ḥaggai in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: One who saw rain falling and said: “O Lord, inundate with much water⁷⁰In Šebuot, the reading is קוּרִי פָּלֻּי בּרֶיכּסוֹן which N. Brüll (Jahrbuch für jüdische Geschichte und Literatur 1, p. 130) reads as κύριε πολὺ βρέξον “o Lord, give abundant water”, as first verse of a prayer for rain. S. Lieberman, in a full discussion of this text (יונית ויונות בארץ ישראל, Jerusalem 1962, pp. 25–27), points out that the invocation of God’s name in a vain prayer is forbidden by the Third Commandment and that the characterization as “vow” is only a reference to that Commandment.”, is whipped for a vain oath. Rebbi Onias, Rebbi Jacob bar Abun in the name of Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman: 24 city councils⁷²Greek βουλή. were in Judea and they all were destroyed because of true vain oaths, as it is written⁷³Jer. 2:30. Another version in Tanḥuma Maṭṭot 1, Vayiqra 7.: “For the vain did I hit your sons.”

BARAITHA.⁷⁶K 20 with variations. For what sin do a man’s children die [young]? R. Eliezer said: For the sin of [unfulfilled] vows, as it is stated, In vain have I smitten your children.⁷⁷Jer. 2, 30. R. Joshua said: For the sin of [neglecting] the study of the Torah, as it is stated, Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.⁷⁸Hosea 4, 6.
GEMARA. What will R. Eliezer do with the verse, Seeing thou hast forgotten, etc.? He needs it [for the following exposition:] It has been taught: When Israel stood at Mount Sinai, the Holy One, blessed be He, said to them, ‘Are you willing to receive the Torah?’ They answered, ‘Yes’. Whereupon He said to them, ‘Produce sureties in the matter’. They replied, ‘Here are our children’. That is what is written, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength.⁷⁹Ps. 8, 3. He said to them, ‘You offer your children as sureties. If you observe the Sabbath, all will be well; but if not, behold your children are My sureties’;⁸⁰I will call upon them to meet their indebtedness. as it is stated, Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, etc. How does R. Joshua [deal with the verse quoted by] R. Eliezer? He needs it for the statement, In vain have I smitten your children, they received no correction.⁸¹R. Joshua to maintain his view expounds the verse quoted by R. Eliezer in the light of Jer. 2, 30 that children die for the sin of neglecting the study of the Torah.