Talmud for Isaiah 9:16
עַל־כֵּ֨ן עַל־בַּחוּרָ֜יו לֹֽא־יִשְׂמַ֣ח ׀ אֲדֹנָ֗י וְאֶת־יְתֹמָ֤יו וְאֶת־אַלְמְנֹתָיו֙ לֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔ם כִּ֤י כֻלּוֹ֙ חָנֵ֣ף וּמֵרַ֔ע וְכָל־פֶּ֖ה דֹּבֵ֣ר נְבָלָ֑ה בְּכָל־זֹאת֙ לֹא־שָׁ֣ב אַפּ֔וֹ וְע֖וֹד יָד֥וֹ נְטוּיָֽה׃
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall He have compassion on their fatherless and widows; For every one is ungodly and an evil-doer, And every mouth speaketh wantonness. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Tractate Kallah Rabbati
BARAITHA. Let not your adolescence be sinful, for such is not106The negative is omitted by V but included in DEZ. praise of the Torah.
GEMARA. For the Torah declared, Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: I have no pleasure in them.107Eccl. 12, 1. And it further states, Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men.108Isa. 9, 16. And what means ‘not praise of the Torah’? Some say: The decrepit old man withholds himself from what he can no longer do, but in his youth he was a sinner.
GEMARA. For the Torah declared, Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: I have no pleasure in them.107Eccl. 12, 1. And it further states, Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men.108Isa. 9, 16. And what means ‘not praise of the Torah’? Some say: The decrepit old man withholds himself from what he can no longer do, but in his youth he was a sinner.
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