Midrasz do Diwrej ha-jamim II 25:12
וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֜ים חַיִּ֗ים שָׁבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְבִיא֖וּם לְרֹ֣אשׁ הַסָּ֑לַע וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּם מֵֽרֹאשׁ־הַסֶּ֖לַע וְכֻלָּ֥ם נִבְקָֽעוּ׃ (ס)
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Eikhah Rabbah
Rabbi Ḥanina bar Pappa began: “A wise man judged with a foolish man, he is wrathful or amused, but there is no satisfaction” (Proverbs 29:9) – Rabbi Simon said: Anyone who judges [dan] the fool, he himself is judged.41Many interpret the term dan here to mean rebukes, such that the sentence means: Whoever rebukes a fool is deserving of rebuke. That is what is written: “A wise man judged”; it is not written “judges,” but rather “judged.”
Another matter: “A wise man judged” (Proverbs 29:9) – this is the Holy One blessed be He, as it is stated: “He is wise of heart and mighty of power” (Job 9:4). “With a foolish man” (Proverbs 29:9) – this is Israel, as it is stated: “My people is foolish” (Jeremiah 4:22). “He is wrathful or amused” (Proverbs 29:9) – I have been wrathful but there is no satisfaction; I have been amused, but there is no satisfaction. I have been wrathful at you during the reign of Pekaḥ ben Remalyahu, as it is stated: “Pekaḥ ben Remalyahu killed [in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day]” (II Chronicles 28:6). I have been amused with you during the reign of Amatzyahu,42This means that God was happy with them and therefore allowed them to destroy their enemies. as it is stated: “Amatzyahu took courage, and led his people, and went to the Valley of Salt” (II Chronicles 25:11). What is the Valley of Salt? It is beneath the boulders [kefei] of salt [melaḥ], [or] into the throes [kefuyei] of battle [milḥama]. “The children of Judah captured ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them [from the top of the rock, and all of them were broken]” (II Chronicles 25:12) – at that moment, the Holy One blessed be He said: I decreed death for the descendants of Noah only by sword, and these “brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them…and all of them were broken”? “But there is no satisfaction” – at that moment, the Holy One blessed be He said: What are these doing here? Let them be exiled. When they sinned they were exiled. When they were exiled, Jeremiah began lamenting over them, eikha.
Another matter: “A wise man judged” (Proverbs 29:9) – this is the Holy One blessed be He, as it is stated: “He is wise of heart and mighty of power” (Job 9:4). “With a foolish man” (Proverbs 29:9) – this is Israel, as it is stated: “My people is foolish” (Jeremiah 4:22). “He is wrathful or amused” (Proverbs 29:9) – I have been wrathful but there is no satisfaction; I have been amused, but there is no satisfaction. I have been wrathful at you during the reign of Pekaḥ ben Remalyahu, as it is stated: “Pekaḥ ben Remalyahu killed [in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day]” (II Chronicles 28:6). I have been amused with you during the reign of Amatzyahu,42This means that God was happy with them and therefore allowed them to destroy their enemies. as it is stated: “Amatzyahu took courage, and led his people, and went to the Valley of Salt” (II Chronicles 25:11). What is the Valley of Salt? It is beneath the boulders [kefei] of salt [melaḥ], [or] into the throes [kefuyei] of battle [milḥama]. “The children of Judah captured ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them [from the top of the rock, and all of them were broken]” (II Chronicles 25:12) – at that moment, the Holy One blessed be He said: I decreed death for the descendants of Noah only by sword, and these “brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them…and all of them were broken”? “But there is no satisfaction” – at that moment, the Holy One blessed be He said: What are these doing here? Let them be exiled. When they sinned they were exiled. When they were exiled, Jeremiah began lamenting over them, eikha.
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