וְיֵ֤ט יָדוֹ֙ עַל־צָפ֔וֹן וִֽיאַבֵּ֖ד אֶת־אַשּׁ֑וּר וְיָשֵׂ֤ם אֶת־נִֽינְוֵה֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה צִיָּ֖ה כַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
여호와가 북방을 향하여 손을 펴서 앗수르를 멸하며 니느웨로 황무케 하여 사막 같이 메마르게 하리니
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."