זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לִבְנֵ֬י אֱד֗וֹם אֵת֮ י֤וֹם יְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥ם הָ֭אֹ֣מְרִים עָ֤רוּ ׀ עָ֑רוּ עַ֝֗ד הַיְס֥וֹד בָּֽהּ׃
Ingatlah, ya Yang Mahakekal, terhadap bani Edom, hari Yerusalem itu, ketika mereka berkata: “Runtuhkan, runtuhkan sampai ke fondasinya!”
Sefat Emet
In the Shabbat hymns [it says]: "And the he-goat of the goats increased, etc., through His priests from those who rose up against him." For the Greeks were exceedingly brazen and breached breaches in the Temple, and the Holy One, Blessed be He, took vengeance for His Temple. Therefore their downfall was through the priests, the servants of the Sanctuary. And the priests are the emissaries of the Merciful One. It is possible that because of this it is called Chanukah - which is an opening (petach) and an inauguration (chinuch) - upon the downfall of the wicked kingdom that sought to completely destroy the Temple, as it is written: "Raze it, raze it to its very foundation!" (Psalms 137:7). And the vengeance will increase, so that, as it were, the Holy One, Blessed be He, Himself will take vengeance from them, as it concludes: "Who is this coming from Edom, with crimsoned garments, etc." (Isaiah 63:1).