Everything That Befell Joseph Befell Zion in Midrash Tanchuma

[Gen. 46:28: NOW HE HAD SENT JUDAH AHEAD OF HIM.] This is what Scripture says (Mal. 3:1): BEHOLD, I AM SENDING MY MESSENGER, AND HE SHALL CLEAR A WAY BEFORE ME, etc. Come and see: everything that befell Joseph befell Zion. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:3), AND ISRAEL LOVED JOSEPH; and of Zion it is written (Ps. 87:2), THE LORD LOVES ALL THE GATES OF ZION. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:4), AND THEY HATED HIM; and of Zion it is written (Jer. 12:8), SHE HAS RAISED HER VOICE AGAINST ME, THEREFORE I HAVE HATED HER. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:7), AND BEHOLD, WE WERE BINDING SHEAVES; and of Zion it is written (Ps. 126:6), HE SHALL SURELY COME WITH SONG, BEARING HIS SHEAVES. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:8), AND HIS BROTHERS SAID TO HIM, WILL YOU INDEED REIGN OVER US; and of Zion it is written (Isa. 52:7), SAYING TO ZION, YOUR GOD REIGNS. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:5), AND JOSEPH DREAMED A DREAM; and of Zion it is written (Ps. 126:1), WHEN THE LORD RESTORED THE RETURN OF ZION, WE WERE LIKE DREAMERS. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:10), SHALL WE INDEED COME, I AND YOUR MOTHER, TO BOW DOWN TO YOU TO THE GROUND; and of Zion it is written (Isa. 49:23), WITH FACES TO THE GROUND THEY SHALL BOW DOWN TO YOU AND LICK THE DUST OF YOUR FEET. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:11), AND HIS BROTHERS WERE JEALOUS OF HIM; and of Zion it is written (Zech. 8:2), I AM JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM WITH A GREAT JEALOUSY. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:14), GO NOW, SEE THE WELFARE OF YOUR BROTHERS; and of Zion it is written (Jer. 29:7), AND SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE CITY. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:18), AND THEY SAW HIM FROM AFAR; and of Zion it is written (Jer. 51:50), REMEMBER THE LORD FROM AFAR. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:18), AND THEY PLOTTED AGAINST HIM TO KILL HIM; and of Zion it is written (Ps. 83:4), AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE THEY CRAFTILY PLOT. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:23), AND THEY STRIPPED JOSEPH; and of Zion it is written (Ezek. 23:26), AND THEY SHALL STRIP YOU OF YOUR GARMENTS. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:24), AND THEY CAST HIM INTO THE PIT; and of Zion it is written (Lam. 3:53), THEY HAVE CUT OFF MY LIFE IN THE PIT. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:24), AND THE PIT WAS EMPTY, THERE WAS NO WATER IN IT; and of Zion it is written (Jer. 38:6), AND IN THE PIT THERE WAS NO WATER BUT ONLY MIRE. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:25), AND THEY SAT DOWN TO EAT BREAD; and of Zion it is written (Lam. 5:6), TO ASSYRIA, TO BE SATISFIED WITH BREAD. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:28), AND THEY DREW AND LIFTED JOSEPH UP OUT OF THE PIT; and of Zion it is written (Jer. 38:13), AND THEY DREW JEREMIAH UP WITH ROPES AND LIFTED HIM OUT OF THE PIT. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:34), AND JACOB RENT HIS GARMENTS AND PUT SACKCLOTH ON HIS LOINS; and of Zion it is written (Isa. 22:12), AND ON THAT DAY THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS CALLED FOR WEEPING AND FOR MOURNING, FOR BALDNESS AND FOR GIRDING WITH SACKCLOTH. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:35), AND HE REFUSED TO BE COMFORTED; and of Zion it is written (Isa. 22:4), DO NOT PRESS TO COMFORT ME. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 37:36), AND THE MIDIANITES SOLD HIM INTO EGYPT; and of Zion it is written (Joel 4:6), AND THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH AND THE CHILDREN OF JERUSALEM YOU HAVE SOLD TO THE CHILDREN OF THE GREEKS. All the evils that befell Joseph befell Zion, and likewise the good things. It is said of Joseph (Gen. 39:6), AND JOSEPH WAS HANDSOME IN FORM AND HANDSOME IN APPEARANCE; and of Zion it is written (Ps. 48:3), BEAUTIFUL IN ELEVATION, THE JOY OF ALL THE EARTH. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 39:21), AND THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH; and of Zion it is written (1 Kings 9:3), AND MY EYES AND MY HEART SHALL BE THERE ALL THE DAYS. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 39:9), HE IS NOT GREATER; and of Zion it is written (Ps. 99:2), THE LORD IS GREAT IN ZION. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 39:21), AND HE EXTENDED KINDNESS TO HIM; and of Zion it is written (Jer. 2:2), I REMEMBER FOR YOU THE KINDNESS OF YOUR YOUTH. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 41:40), ONLY BY THE THRONE WILL I BE GREATER THAN YOU; and of Zion it is written (Jer. 3:17), THEY SHALL CALL JERUSALEM THE THRONE OF THE LORD. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 41:42), AND HE CLOTHED HIM IN GARMENTS OF FINE LINEN; and of Zion it is written (Isa. 52:1), AWAKE, AWAKE, PUT ON YOUR STRENGTH, O ZION. Of Joseph it is written (Gen. 46:28), AND HE SENT JUDAH AHEAD OF HIM; and of Zion it is written (Mal. 3:1), BEHOLD, I AM SENDING MY MESSENGER, AND HE SHALL CLEAR A WAY BEFORE ME.