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by it, as it is written: “For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall set them ablaze, said YHWH of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch” (Malachi 3:19). This verse is interprete
And the righteous will be healed by it, as it is written in the next verse: “But to you that fear My Name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings” (Malachi 3:20). And moreover, not only will they be healed by it, but they will even be rejuvenated by it, as it is stated in the
Alternatively, just as in the case of fish of the sea, any fish that is bigger than another swallows the other, so too in the case of people, were it not for the fear of the ruling government, anyone who is bigger than another would swallow the other. And this is as we learned in a Mishnah (Avot 3:2
§ Rav Ḥinnana bar Pappa raises a contradiction between the following verses. It is written: “God, Whom we have not found out His excellent power” (Job 37:23), which indicates that His power has not been seen. And it is written elsewhere: “Great is our God, and mighty in power” (Psalms 147:5), and it
R' Ḥama, son of R' Ḥanina, raises a contradiction between the following verses. It is written: “Fury is not in Me” (Isaiah 27:4), and it is written: “YHWH is a jealous and furious God” (Nahum 1:2). The Talmud answers: This is not difficult; here, where it states that God has no fury, it is speaking