Jeremiah 1:1 Douay-Rheims

The words of Jeremias the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

Rashi

1040–1105 Jewish

The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah Let the son of the corrupt woman, whose deeds are proper Jeremiah was descended from Rahab the harlot and let him reprove the son of the righteous woman whose deeds are corrupt these are Israel who corrupted their deeds who are descended from legitimate seed.

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

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