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Seeking an explanation for the verse associated with the fox in Perek Shirah
According to the work Perek Shirah, Yirmiyahu 22:13 is the verse associated with the fox (shual). What is the explanation for the link between the contents of that pasuk and the fox?
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The linked verse is about Jeremiah's criticism of Jehoiakim for not paying the construction workers who built his palace. He tricked them out of labor for his own unfair gain. The fox has a reputation for being "clever" (like Rabbi Akivah says on Berachot 61, "you are the one of whom they say, he is the cleverest of all animals?") by tricking others.
The shual may not be a fox, but it is the animal that appears in Perek Shirah and has the reputation for cleverness.
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