Variantly — "working wonders" with the fathers, and destined

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Shirah 8:22

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 5, 2025

Variantly: "working wonders" with the fathers, and destined to work them with the sons, viz. (Michah 7:15) "As in the days when you went forth from the land of Egypt, I shall show him wonders." I will show him what I did not show the fathers. The miracles and the mighty acts that I am destined to perform for the sons are greater than those which I wrought for the fathers. And thus is it written (Psalms 22:18) "He works wonders" (as opposed to the singular "wonder" here), and (I Chronicles 16:36) "Blessed is the L–rd, the G–d of Israel, from world to world."

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