And thus did the Holy One Blessed be He impress upon the

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Vayehi Beshalach 1:27

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 20, 2025

And thus did the Holy One Blessed be He impress upon the nations of the world His love of Israel—He Himself walking before them, so that they (learn to) treat them honorably. And let alone that they do not do so, but they kill them with all kinds of sore, strange deaths, one unlike the other. Of this it is written (Joel 4:2) "And I will gather all the nations and I will bring them down to the valley of Yehoshafat, and I will contend with them there over My people and My inheritance, Israel, that they have scattered among the nations, and over My land that they have divided." I might think that He will contend with them) over (their being guilty of) idolatry, illicit relations, and the spilling of blood. It is, therefore, written "over My people and My inheritance, Israel." And (Ibid. 19) "Egypt shall be a wasteland, and Edom, a desolate desert because of the sons of Judah, in whose land they have spilled innocent blood." At that time (Ibid. 10) "Judah will endure forever, and Jerusalem, from generation to generation," and (Ibid. 21) "And absolve them of their blood, I will not absolve them." When? When the L–rd dwells in Zion. (Exodus 13:22)

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