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דקאתי מיהודה. ״מואב סיר רחצי״ – זה גחזי, שלקה על עסקי רחיצה. ״על אדום אשליך נעלי״ – זה דואג האדומי. ״עלי פלשת התרועעי״ – אמרו מלאכי השרת לפני הקדוש ברוך הוא: רבונו של עולם, אם יבא דוד שהרג את הפלשתי והוריש את בניך גת, מה אתה עושה לו? אמר להן: עלי לעשותן ריעים זה לזה.
who comes from the tribe of Judah. “Moab is My washing pot”; this is referring to Gehazi, who was afflicted with tzara'at over matters of washing, as he took money from Naaman, whom he instructed to immerse in the Jordan River. “Over Edom I will cast My shoe”; this is referring to Doeg the Edomite. “Philistia, cry aloud [hitroa’i] because of Me”; this is referring to the fact that the ministering angels said before God: God! if David, who killed the Philistine and bequeathed the city of Gath to your sons, will come and complain that You gave a share in the World-to-Come to his enemies Doeg and Ahithophel, what will You do concerning him? Will you accept his complaint? God said to the ministering angels: It is upon me to render David and his enemies friends [re’im] with each other, and even David will agree.
״מדוע שובבה העם הזה ירושלים משבה נצחת וגו׳״. אמר רב: תשובה נצחת השיבה כנסת ישראל לנביא. אמר להן נביא לישראל: חזרו בתשובה! אבותיכם שחטאו היכן הם? אמרו לו: ונביאיכם שלא חטאו היכן הם? שנאמר: ״אבותיכם איה הם והנבאים הלעולם יחיו״. אמר להן: (אבותיכם) חזרו והודו, שנאמר: ״אך דברי וחקי אשר צויתי את עבדי הנביאים וגו׳״.
§ With regard to the verse: “Why is this people of Jerusalem slid back in perpetual backsliding?” (Jeremiah 8:5), Rav says: The congregation of Israel answered with a convincing response to the prophet. The prophet said to the Jewish people: Repent, as your ancestors sinned, and where are they? They said to the prophets: And your prophets who did not sin, where are they? They too died, as it is stated: “Your fathers, where are they, and the prophets; do they live forever?” (Zechariah 1:5). The prophet said to the Jewish people: Your ancestors reconsidered and conceded that the admonitions of the prophets were fulfilled, as it is stated: “By my words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they repented and said: As YHWH of hosts intended to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so has He dealt with us” (Zechariah 1:6).