I Walk With My Face Wrapped Like the Hidden Sword

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 133:19

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

Another interpretation: With wrapped face I walk, as you say, "behold, it is wrapped in a cloth" (1 Samuel 21:10).

Themes

ExileRedemption

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