(יא) וַיְהִ֤י דְבַר־יְהֹוָה֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֔ר מָה־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ וָאֹמַ֕ר מַקֵּ֥ל שָׁקֵ֖ד אֲנִ֥י רֹאֶֽה׃ (יב) וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י הֵיטַ֣בְתָּ לִרְא֑וֹת כִּֽי־שֹׁקֵ֥ד אֲנִ֛י עַל־דְּבָרִ֖י לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃ {ס}
(11) The word of the LORD came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? I replied: I see a branch of an almond tree. (12) The LORD said to me:
You have seen right,
For I am watchful to bring My word to pass.
(טו) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מַה־תִּצְעַ֖ק אֵלָ֑י דַּבֵּ֥ר אֶל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְיִסָּֽעוּ׃ (טז) וְאַתָּ֞ה הָרֵ֣ם אֶֽת־מַטְּךָ֗ וּנְטֵ֧ה אֶת־יָדְךָ֛ עַל־הַיָּ֖ם וּבְקָעֵ֑הוּ וְיָבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּ֖ם בַּיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃
When they had brought them before the Tabernacle, (4) the LORD said to Moses: (5) Accept these from them for use in the service of the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the Levites according to their respective services. (6) Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. (7) Two carts and four oxen he gave to the Gershonites, as required for their service, (8) and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the Merarites, as required for their service—under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. (9) But to the Kohathites he did not give any; since theirs was the service of the [most] sacred objects, their porterage was by shoulder. (10) The chieftains also brought the dedication offering for the altar upon its being anointed. As the chieftains were presenting their offerings before the altar, (11) the LORD said to Moses: Let them present their offerings for the dedication of the altar, one chieftain each day. (12) The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah.
§ What was the incident where Judah sanctified God’s name in public? As it is taught in a baraita that Rabbi Meir would say: When the Jewish people stood at the Red Sea, the tribes were arguing with one other. This one was saying: I am going into the sea first, and that one was saying: I am going into the sea first. Then, in he jumped
(1) For the leader. On shoshannim. Of David. (2) Deliver me, O God,
for the waters have reached my neck; (3) I am sinking into the slimy deep
and find no foothold;
I have come into the watery depths;
the flood sweeps me away. (4) I am weary with calling;
my throat is dry;
my eyes fail
while I wait for God. (5) More numerous than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me without reason;
many are those who would destroy me,
my treacherous enemies.
Must I restore what I have not stolen?
(6) God, You know my folly;
my guilty deeds are not hidden from You. (7) Let those who look to You,
O Lord, GOD of hosts,
not be disappointed on my account;
let those who seek You,
O God of Israel,
not be shamed because of me. (8) It is for Your sake that I have been reviled,
that shame covers my face; (9) I am a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my kin. (10) My zeal for Your house has been my undoing;
the reproaches of those who revile You have fallen upon me. (11) When I wept and fasted,
I was reviled for it. (12) I made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword among them. (13) Those who sit in the gate talk about me;
I am the taunt of drunkards.
(14) As for me, may my prayer come to You, O LORD,
at a favorable moment;
O God, in Your abundant faithfulness,
answer me with Your sure deliverance. (15) Rescue me from the mire;
let me not sink;
let me be rescued from my enemies,
and from the watery depths. (16) Let the floodwaters not sweep me away;
let the deep not swallow me;
let the mouth of the Pit not close over me. (17) Answer me, O LORD,
according to Your great steadfastness;
in accordance with Your abundant mercy
turn to me; (18) do not hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in distress;
answer me quickly. (19) Come near to me and redeem me;
free me from my enemies.
(20) You know my reproach,
my shame, my disgrace;
You are aware of all my foes. (21) Reproach breaks my heart,
I am in despair;
I hope for consolation, but there is none,
for comforters, but find none. (22) They give me gall for food,
vinegar to quench my thirst. (23) May their table be a trap for them,
a snare for their allies. (24) May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see;
may their loins collapse continually. (25) Pour out Your wrath on them;
may Your blazing anger overtake them; (26) may their encampments be desolate;
may their tents stand empty. (27) For they persecute those You have struck;
they talk about the pain of those You have felled. (28) Add that to their guilt;
let them have no share of Your beneficence; (29) may they be erased from the book of life,
and not be inscribed with the righteous.
(30) But I am lowly and in pain;
Your help, O God, keeps me safe. (31) I will extol God’s name with song,
and exalt Him with praise. (32) That will please the LORD more than oxen,
than bulls with horns and hooves. (33) The lowly will see and rejoice;
you who are mindful of God, take heart! (34) For the LORD listens to the needy,
and does not spurn His captives.
(35) Heaven and earth shall extol Him,
the seas, and all that moves in them. (36) For God will deliver Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah;
they shall live there and inherit it; (37) the offspring of His servants shall possess it;
those who cherish His name shall dwell there.
And whoever holds on to her is happy.