Jeremiah 10:25 Midrash: Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael

שְׁפֹ֣ךְ חֲמָתְךָ֗ עַל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יְדָע֔וּךָ וְעַל֙ מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּשִׁמְךָ֖ לֹ֣א קָרָ֑אוּ כִּֽי־אָכְל֣וּ אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַאֲכָלֻ֙הוּ֙ וַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּ וְאֶת־נָוֵ֖הוּ הֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃ (פ)

Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, And upon the families that call not on Thy name; For they have devoured Jacob, Yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, And have laid waste his habitation.

Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael

It is not written "You have sent forth Your wrath," but "You will send forth Your wrath" — in time to come. (Psalms 69:25) "Pour Your wrath upon them, etc." (Jeremiah 10:25) :Pour Your wrath upon the nations": Why? (Ibid.) "For they have consumed Yaakov, etc"
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Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael

(Exodus, Ibid.) "to the habitation (neveh) of Your holiness": in the merit of the Temple, which they are destined to build, "neveh" being the Temple, as in (Jeremiah 10:25) "and His neveh they have made desolate", and (Isaiah 33:20) "Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful neveh, a tent (the Temple) that shall not be taken down."
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