Midrasch zu Jeschijahu 1:30
כִּ֣י תִֽהְי֔וּ כְּאֵלָ֖ה נֹבֶ֣לֶת עָלֶ֑הָ וּֽכְגַנָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־מַ֖יִם אֵ֥ין לָֽהּ׃
Denn ihr werdet wie eine Terebinthe, deren Blätter welk sind und wie ein Garten, der nicht bewässert ist.
Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael
(Exodus 18:18) "You will languish": R. Yehoshua says: They will wear you out and cause you to collapse. R. Elazar Hamodai says: They will belabor you and vex you, as a fig tree whose leaves are wilted, viz. (Isaiah 1:30) "like an elah of wilted leaf." "also you": Moses; "also": Aaron; "also this people": the seventy elders. These are the words of R. Yehoshua. R. Elazar Hamodai says: "you" — Moses; "also" — Aaron, Nadav, and Avihu; "this people" — the seventy elders.
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