1)

What is the meaning of "Ani ha'Gever Ra'ah Oni [b'Shevet Evraso]"?

1.

Rav Sadya Gaon, Rashi: I am the man who saw the affliction.

2.

Ibn Ezra #1: Chazal said (Bava Basra 15a) that Yirmeyah wrote Eichah. If so, he says 'I 1 saw


1

Ibn Ezra: It should say Ra'isi. We find like this "v'Nish'ar Ani" (Yechezkel 9:8, in place of v'Nish'arti).

2)

Which affliction is discussed?

1.

Ibn Ezra: [It is as if] Oni is Samuch to Shevis (captivity) or Galus; the latter word is omitted.

2.

Rid: The affliction of Yisrael.

3)

Whose staff of anger is discussed?

1.

Rashi: The One who strikes - Hashem.

2.

Ibn Ezra #1: My enemy, who eradicated them (the end of verse 2:22).

3.

Ibn Ezra #2: Some say that it is of "Af Hashem 1 " (2:22).

4.

Ri Kara: It is Hashem's staff that destroys skin and flesh and breaks bones, not the staff used to chastise one's son.


1

Ibn Ezra: This is wrong.

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