When God Turns His Face Against Israel in Midrash Aggadah

Midrash Aggadah, Leviticus 26:17

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"And I will set My face against you" (Leviticus 26:17): [You did not merit that I should turn toward you for good, so I have turned toward you for evil.] A parable of a king who said to his servant: I turn away from all my affairs and occupy myself with you for evil. "And you shall be smitten before your enemies": After all this, death will be killing you [from within], and the enemy surrounds you from without. And so it says, "Outside the sword shall bereave, and within, terror" (Deuteronomy 32:25). "And those who hate you shall rule over you": That is to say, from you and among you shall your enemies be, who will search out your hidden treasures.

Themes

Divine JudgmentCovenantExile

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