Responsa for Isaiah 60:21
וְעַמֵּךְ֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם צַדִּיקִ֔ים לְעוֹלָ֖ם יִ֣ירְשׁוּ אָ֑רֶץ נֵ֧צֶר מטעו [מַטָּעַ֛י] מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֖י לְהִתְפָּאֵֽר׃
Thy people also shall be all righteous, They shall inherit the land for ever; The branch of My planting, the work of My hands, Wherein I glory.
Shut min haShamayim
They responded: "Are you any better than those who came before you?" (cf. Judges 11:25) "And your people, all of them righteous, shall possess the land for all time; they are the shoot that I planted, My handiwork in which I glory." (Isaiah 60:21)
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