"Behold, all who were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded"

Synopsis

Rabbi Yosi says that the children of Yisrael suffered many evils when they were in exile, and they were only able to bear it because of the promise of good that God told them was to be theirs in the future. Other nations have scorned and reviled Yisrael, saying, Where is your God? Where is this good you have been promised? We are told that there are no people that revile Yisrael like the children of Edom, yet in the future they "shall be ashamed and confounded" from all the goodness they will see in the children of Yisrael.

Evil Exile Prophets Suffering Torah

16. פָּתַח ר' יוֹסֵי וְאָמַר, הֵן יֵבוֹשׁוּ וְיִכָּלְמוּ כֹּל הַנֶּחֱרִים בָּךְ וְגוֹ'. זַמִין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמֶעְבַּד לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, כָּל אִינּוּן טָבָאן, דְּקָאָמַר עַל יְדֵי נְבִיאֵי קְשׁוֹט, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל סָבְלוּ עֲלֵיהוֹן, כְּמָה בִּישִׁין בְּגָלְוּתְהוֹן. וְאִלְמָלֵא כָּל אִינּוּן טָבָאן דְּקָא מְחַכָּאן וְחָמָאן כְּתִיבִין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, לָא הֲווֹ יַכְלִין לְמֵיקָם וּלְמִסְבַּל גָּלוּתָא.

Exile Torah

17. אֲבָל אַזְלִין לְבֵי מִדְרָשׁוֹת, פַּתְחִין סִפְרִין, וְחָמָאן כָּל אִינּוּן טָבָאן, דְּקָא מְחַכָּן, וְחָמָאן כְּתִיבִין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאַבְטַח לוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָלַיְיהוּ, וּמִתְנַחֲמִין בְּגָלְוּתְהוֹן, וּשְׁאַר עַמִין מְחָרְפִין וּמְגַּדְפִין לוֹן, וְאַמְרֵי אָן הוּא אֱלָהֲכוֹן, אָן אִינּוּן טָבָאן דְּאַתּוּן אַמְרִין דִּזְמִינִין לְכוּן, וְכִי כָּל עַמִּין דְּעָלְמָא יִכְסְפוּן מִנַּיְיכוּ.

Evil Fear Hatred Jeremiah Judgment Peace Suffering Voice

18. This is the meaning of: "Hear the word of Hashem, you that tremble at His word. Your brethren that hated you, who cast you out for My Name's sake..." (Yeshayah 66:5). Who are they "that tremble at His word?" It is those who have suffered many evils, many EVIL tidings, one upon another and one after another, THEY HEARD AND trembled because of them, as it is written, "For thus says Hashem, we have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace" (Yirmeyah 30:5). They tremble constantly over His word when Judgment is executed.

18. הה"ד שִׁמְעוּ דְּבַר יְיָ' הַחֲרֵדִים אֶל דְּבָרוֹ אָמְרוּ אֲחֵיכֶם שׂוֹנְאֵיכֶם וְגוֹ'. מַאי הַחֲרֵדִים אֶל דְּבָרוֹ, אִינּוּן דְּסַבְלוּ כַּמָה בִּישִׁין, כַּמָה שְׁמוּעוֹת שַׁמְעֵי, אִלֵּין עַל אִלֵּין, וְאִלֵּין בָּתַר אִלֵּין, וְחַרִידָן עֲלֵיהוֹן, כד"א כִּי וְגוֹ' קוֹל חֲרָדָה שָׁמָעְנוּ פַּחַד וְאֵין שָׁלוֹם וְגוֹ'. אִינּוּן חַרֵדִים תָּדִיר אֶל דְּבָרוֹ כַּד אִתְעָבֵיד דִּינָא.

Edom Esau Face Hatred Women

19. "Your brethren that hated you". They are your brethren, the children of Esau "who cast you out," as it is written: "'Away! Unclean!', they cried at them" (Eichah 4:15). There are no people that shame Yisrael to their faces and spit in their faces like the children of Edom. And they say ABOUT YISRAEL that they are all impure like the impurity of a menstruating woman. This is "...who cast you out for My Name's sake, have said: Let Hashem be glorified." FOR THEY SAY: We are the children of the living El and by us will His name be glorified. We rule over the world, because of him who is called 'big,' as it is written, "Esau the bigger (lit. 'elder') son" (Beresheet 27:15). With this name, 'big', is the Holy One, blessed be He, called, AS IT IS WRITTEN: "Great is Hashem and highly to be praised" (Tehilim 145:3). We are His big (lit. 'elder') son and He is great; most certainly, IT IS SAID OF US, "for My Name's sake...let Hashem be glorified."

19. אָמְרוּ אֲחֵיכֶם שׂוֹנְאֵיכֶם, אִלֵּין אִינּוּן אֲחוּכוֹן בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו. מְנַדֵּיכֶם, כד"א סוּרוּ טָמֵא קָרְאוּ לָמוֹ. דְּלֵית עַמָּא דְּקָא מְבַזִּין לוֹן בְּאַנְפֵּי, וּמְרַקְּקִין בְּאַנְפַּיְיהוּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל כִּבְנֵי אֱדוֹם. וְאַמְרֵי כֻּלְּהוּ מִסְאֲבִין כַּנִּדָּה, וְדָא אִיהוּ מְנַדֵּיכֶם. לְמַעַן שְׁמִי יִכְבַּד יְיָ', אֲנָן בְּנוֹי דְּאֵל חַי. דִּי בָּן יִתְיָיקָר שְׁמֵיהּ. אֲנָן שַׁלְטָנִין עַל עָלְמָא בְּגִין הַהוּא דְּאִקְרֵי גָּדוֹל. עֵשָׂו בְּנוֹ הַגָּדוֹל. וּבִשְׁמָא דָּא אִקְרֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא גָּדוֹל, גָּדוֹל יְיָ' וּמְהוּלָּל מְאֹד. אֲנָן בְּנֵי הַגָּדוֹל, וְאִיהוּ גָּדוֹל. וַדַּאי לְמַעַן שְׁמִי יִכְבַּד יְיָ'.

Anger Curse Exile Jacob

20. AND THEY SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL: But you are the smallest of all, AS IT IS WRITTEN, "Jacob her small (lit. 'younger') son" (Beresheet 27:15). Where is your Elohim? Where is your goodness that all the nations shall be shamed before your joy? Who will grant it so that we see your joy, as you say? "They...shall be ashamed" (Yeshayah 41:11)? THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID, 'YOU WILL BE ASHAMED', BUT they spoke as if referring to someone else, saying, then YISRAEL "shall be ashamed and confounded." YET THEY SAID, "THEY...SHALL BE ASHAMED," AS CURSING ANOTHER. Therefore, the Holy Spirit said the phrase SO THAT IN TRUTH THEY WILL BE SHAMED. And of this IT IS WRITTEN: "Behold, all they that were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded." What is "all they that were incensed (Heb. necherim) against you?" Their nostrils (Heb. nechiraim) became hardened in their anger against you, in this exile, BECAUSE at that time, IN THE FUTURE, they "shall be ashamed and confounded" from all the goodness they shall see in Yisrael.

20. אֲבָל אַתּוּן זְעִירִין מִכֹּלָּא, יַעֲקֹב בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָן כְּתִיב, אָן הוּא אֱלָהֲכוֹן. אָן הוּא אִינּוּן טָבָאן, דְּיִכְסְפוּן כָּל עֲמַמְיָא מֵחֶדְוָה דִּלְכוֹן. מַאן יִתֵּן וְנִרְאֶה בְשִׂמְחַתְכֶם כְּמָה דְּאַתּוּן אַמְרִין. וְהֵם יֵבוֹשׁוּ כְּמַאן דְּתָלֵי קִלְלָתָא בְּאַחֲרָא, בְּגִין דְּאַתּוּן אַמְרִין דִּכְדֵין יֵבוֹשׁוּ וְיִכָּלְמוּ, וּבג"ד רוּחַ קֻדְשָׁא הֲוָה אָמַר מִלָּה הָכִי, וְעַל דָּא, הֵן יֵבוֹשׁוּ וְיִכָּלְמוּ כֹּל הַנֶּחֱרִים בָּךְ. מַאי כֹּל הַנֶּחֱרִים בָּךְ. דְּאִתְקָפוּ נְחִירֵיהוֹן בְּרוּגְזָא עֲלָךְ בְּגָלוּתָא דָּא. בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא, יֵבוֹשׁוּ וְיִכָּלְמוּ מִכָּל טָבִין דִּיֶחֱמוּן לְהוֹן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.