The Hail Reserved for Sennacherib and Gog and Magog

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vaera 20:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Exodus 9:18:) "Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down very heavy hail." Zavdi ben Levi said: He scratched a single mark for him upon the wall. He said to him: Tomorrow, when the sun reaches here, I will bring hail down upon you. (Ibid.:) "Such as has not been the like of it." The like of it has not been, but it is destined to be. It is prepared for the nations, for Sennacherib — the words of Rabbi Simon. Rabbi Hanina said: It was prepared for the plague of Gog and Magog, as it is said (Ezekiel 38:22): "And torrential rain and hailstones."

Themes

Divine JudgmentEnd TimesEgyptHeresyWar

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