Our Rabbis taught: At the time that the anointed king comes, he [will] stand on the roof of the temple and announce to Israel and say "Humble ones! The time of your redemption has arrived, and if you do not believe, look at my light that has shined upon you, as it is said, 'Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has shone upon you.' But not upon the idolaters, as it is said 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth.'" At that time, the Holy One, blessed be He, [will] shine the light of the anointed king and of Israel, and they [will] all walk by the light of the anointed king and of Israel, as it is said, 'And nations shall go by your light and kings by the brilliance of your shine', and they [will] come and lick the dust under the feet of the anointed king, as it is said, 'and they shall lick the dust of your feet', and they [will] all come and fall on their faces in front of the the anointed one and in front of Israel and say "Let us be servants for you and for Israel", and each one of Israel will have for himself 1,800 servants, as it is said, 'In those days, when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." Our Rabbis taught: The fathers of the world are destined to stand in Nisan and say to Efraim "our righteous anointed one! Even though we are you fathers, you are better than us because you suffered the sins of our children and harsh and evil things have befallen you which have not befallen the former ones or the latter ones, and you were laughed at and mocked by the nations for Israel's sake, and you sat in darkness and gloom, and your eyes did not see light, and your skin shriveled upon you, and your body was as dry as a tree, and your eyes were dim from fasting, and your palate was as dry as clay, and all this because of the sins of our children. Your desire is that our children will enjoy this goodness that the Holy One, blessed be He, has bestowed upon Israel. Perhaps because of the sorrow that you have caused them to suffer greatly, and because you have confined them in the house of imprisonment, your mind is not at ease with them." He [will] say to them, "Fathers of the world! All that I have done I have only done for you and for your children to enjoy this goodness that the Holy One, blessed be He, has bestowed upon Israel." The fathers of the world [will] say to him, "Ephraim, our righteous anointed one! Rest your mind for you have rested the mind of your Maker and our minds. Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi said: At that time, the Holy One, blessed be He, [will] lift up the anointed one to the highest heavens and spread over him the radiance of His glory from the nations of the world, from the wicked Persians. They [will] say to him, "Ephraim, our righteous anointed one, be judge over these and do with them what your soul desires for if it were not for the compassion that has overcome you, they would have already destroyed you from the world in one moment, as it is said, 'Is Ephraim a son who is dear to Me?', etc." What is [the meaning of] 'I will surely have compassion on him', twice? Rather, [it means] "'Compassion' when he was confined in the house of the prisoners, where every day they would gnash their teeth, wink with their eyes, shake their heads, and mutter with their lips, as it is said, 'All who see me will mock me; they will open their lips, they will shake their head.' "'I will have compassion on him' when he comes out of the house of the prisoners. Not one or two kingdoms come upon him, but one hundred and forty kingdoms surround him. And the Holy One, blessed be He [will] say to him, "Ephraim, our righteous anointed one! Do not be afraid of them, for all these will die at the breath of your lips, as it is said, 'and with the breath of his lips he shall put the wicked to death.'" Immediately, the Holy One, blessed be He, [will] make for the anointed one seven canopies of fine stones, pearls, and emeralds, and from each canopy [will] flow forth forty-four rivers of wine, milk, honey, and pure persimmon. And the Holy One, blessed be He, [will] embrace him before the righteous people and bring him into the canopy, and all the righteous [will] see him. And the Holy One, blessed be He, [will] say to them, "Righteous people of the world" Ephraim, My righteous anointed one, has still not taken half of his anguish. I still have one measure that I [will] give him that no eye has ever seen, as it is said, 'No eye had ever seen a god besides You" (written in Remez 1048). At that time, the Holy One, blessed be He, [will] call to the north wind and the south wind and say to them, "Honour and lie down before Ephraim, My righteous anointed one, with all kinds of perfumes that are in the Garden of Eden, as it is said, 'Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind; blow upon my garden,' etc.