Midrash for Zephaniah 1:4
וְנָטִ֤יתִי יָדִי֙ עַל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַ֖ל כָּל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְהִכְרַתִּ֞י מִן־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ אֶת־שְׁאָ֣ר הַבַּ֔עַל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם הַכְּמָרִ֖ים עִם־הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃
And I will stretch out My hand upon Judah, And upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, And the name of the idolatrous priests with the priests;
Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael
Variantly: "You have inclined Your right hand": When the Holy One inclines His hand, the wicked go lost from the world, viz. (Tzephaniah 2:13) "And He will stretch out His hand to the north, and Ashur will go lost, etc." and (Ezekiel 25:15) "Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, etc." An analogy: eggs in a man's hand. He inclines his hand a little and they all fall and break, viz. (Isaiah 31:3) "and the L rd will incline His hand, and the helper will stumble and the helped will fall, etc."
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