Midrash sobre Lamentações 3:52
צ֥וֹד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃
Como ave me caçaram os que, sem causa, são meus inimigos.
Eikhah Rabbah
“My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause. They bound my life in the pit, and cast stones at me” (Lamentations 3:52–53).
“My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause. They bound my life in the pit” – this is Joseph, this is Jeremiah, this is Daniel.77All three were wrongly imprisoned.
“Waters rose over my head; I said: I am doomed” (Lamentations 3:54).
“Waters rose over my head…” – these are the nations of the world in whose regard it is written: “Woe, the tumult of many peoples, like the roar of the seas they will roar; the din of nations like the din of great waters” (Isaiah 17:12).
“My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause. They bound my life in the pit” – this is Joseph, this is Jeremiah, this is Daniel.77All three were wrongly imprisoned.
“Waters rose over my head; I said: I am doomed” (Lamentations 3:54).
“Waters rose over my head…” – these are the nations of the world in whose regard it is written: “Woe, the tumult of many peoples, like the roar of the seas they will roar; the din of nations like the din of great waters” (Isaiah 17:12).
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