As I live, declares the Lord God, I will reign over you with a strong hand, etc., and with overflowing fury: It is taught—we do not have less than ten [verses about God's] kingship. But we do not mention verses of punishment, such as: As I live, declares the Lord, etc. And although Rav Naḥman said, "[Concerning] any anger like this, let the Master of the world get angry, and let Him redeem us," it is not the way of the world to mention anger on Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year). You find that when they sought to remove [God's] yoke in the days of Ezekiel, it is written: certain elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord (Ezekiel 20:1). They said to him, "When the son of a priest buys a slave, what is the law about him eating the priestly tithe?" He said to them, "He may eat it." They said to him, "If he goes back and sells him to an [ordinary] Israelite, has he not left his jurisdiction?" They said to him, "We too have left [God's] jurisdiction; are we not [now] like the idolaters." Ezekiel said to them: But that which you have in mind shall never come to pass, etc. As I live, declares the Lord [...] with a strong hand, etc. (Ezekiel 20:32-33). He said to them, "So long as one has not sold [a slave], he is in his jurisdiction; and you have not been sold for a price, as it is stated: For thus says the Lord, "You were sold for free, and you shall be redeemed for no money" (Isaiah 52:3).