Midrash sur Les Lamentations 2:21
שָׁכְב֨וּ לָאָ֤רֶץ חוּצוֹת֙ נַ֣עַר וְזָקֵ֔ן בְּתוּלֹתַ֥י וּבַחוּרַ֖י נָפְל֣וּ בֶחָ֑רֶב הָרַ֙גְתָּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אַפֶּ֔ךָ טָבַ֖חְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ (ס)
Ils sont étendus sur le sol des rues, le jeune homme et le vieillard, mes vierges et mes adolescents sont tombés sous le glaive. Tu as fait tout périr au jour de ta colère, égorgé sans pitié.
Eikhah Rabbah
“Lad and elder lay on the ground in the streets, my young women and my young men fell by the sword. You killed on the day of Your wrath, You slaughtered, had no compassion” (Lamentations 2:21).
They “lay on the ground in the streets…” It is written: “I am filled with the wrath of the Lord; I am too weary to contain it. Pour onto the baby in the street and onto the gathering of youths, for men and women alike will be captured, the elderly with those whose days are numbered” (Jeremiah 6:11). Therefore, they “lay on the ground in the streets.”
They “lay on the ground in the streets…” It is written: “I am filled with the wrath of the Lord; I am too weary to contain it. Pour onto the baby in the street and onto the gathering of youths, for men and women alike will be captured, the elderly with those whose days are numbered” (Jeremiah 6:11). Therefore, they “lay on the ground in the streets.”
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