“For You have despised us, You have been exceedingly angry

Midrash Rabbah Eikhah Rabbah 5:22

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 21, 2025

“For You have despised us, You have been exceedingly angry with us” (Lamentations 5:22).“For You have despised us, You have been exceedingly angry with us.” Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said: If it is despising, there is no hope; if it is anger, there is hope, as anyone who is angry will ultimately be assuaged.29Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish interprets the verse based on the doubled term for despised in the Hebrew [ma’os me’astanu], such that the verse can be understood to imply the following: If You have despised [ma’os], You will continuously despise us; but if You are exceedingly angry with us, there is yet hope.

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Wisdom Humor Tragedy

Biblical References

Lamentations 5:22

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