耶利米書 1:15的引用註釋

And all the officers of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate, etc. [This] tells [us] that here the above prophecy, “And they will come and place, each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, etc.” (1:15) was fulfilled.

This seems highly out of place on Shabbat Chazon, when we commemorate Yerushalayim’s destruction! Yirmiyahu, on the other hand, clearly communicates (Yirmiyahu 1:15 and throughout the Sefer) that Yerushalayim will be destroyed, and not spared as it was during the days of Chizkiyahu. Thus, the choice of Yeshayahu as the Haftarah of Shabbat Chazon is puzzling indeed. We offer three complementary answers to this vexing problem.

והתאששו According to some And be founded ; comp. אשיותיה her foundations (Jer. 1. 15) and אושיא walls (Ezr. 4:12). R. Hai deriving it from אש fire explains והתאוששו be burnt. R. Saadiah derives it also from אֵשׁ, but explains it: be flamed; comp. this word was in mine heart as a burning fire (Jer. 20:9).⁵The difference between the two explanations, that of R. Hai and that of R. Saadiah, is, that the former derives it from אש fire in its literal sense, as a destructive element, the other from אש fire in a figurative sense, as the incentive to actions. Bring again to mind this thing.^5aI. E. supplies ואת mentioned in the first sentence. This thing refers to the nature of the idols described in the preceding verses.