Midrash for Isaiah 30:28
וְרוּח֞וֹ כְּנַ֤חַל שׁוֹטֵף֙ עַד־צַוָּ֣אר יֶֽחֱצֶ֔ה לַהֲנָפָ֥ה גוֹיִ֖ם בְּנָ֣פַת שָׁ֑וְא וְרֶ֣סֶן מַתְעֶ֔ה עַ֖ל לְחָיֵ֥י עַמִּֽים׃
And His breath is as an overflowing stream, That divideth even unto the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; And a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Ps. 48:3 [2]:) BEAUTEOUS LANDSCAPE (NWP)…. R. Levi said: <Jerusalem> is beautiful (N'P) in itself, because it sifts (rt.: NPH) the peoples of the world.38Cf.: PR 41:2. Thus it is stated (in Is. 30:28): TO SIFT (HNPH) THE NATIONS WITH THE SIEVE (rt.: NPH) OF DESTRUCTION, AND A MISLEADING BRIDLE SHALL BE IN THE JAWS OF THE PEOPLES.
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