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Fate of the Nations of the World
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For then I will make the peoples pure of speech,
So that they all invoke
G
OD
by name
And render service with one accord.
Zephaniah 3:9
Approach, O nations, and listen,
Give heed, O peoples!
Let the earth and those in it hear;
The world, and what it brings forth.
For
G
OD
is angry at all the nations,
Furious at all their host;
They have been doomed, consigned to slaughter.
…
Isaiah 34:1-11
I will gather all the nations
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I will contend with them
Over My very own people, Israel,
Which they scattered among the nations.
For they divided My land among themselves
And cast lots over My people…
Joel 4:2-19
As for those peoples that warred against Jerusalem, G
OD
will smite them with this plague: Their flesh shall rot away while they stand on their feet; their eyes shall rot away in their sockets; and their tongues shall rot away in their mouths. In that day, a great panic from G
OD
shall fall upon them, and everyone shall snatch at the hand of another, and everyone shall raise their hand against everyone else’s hand. Judah shall join the fighting in Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the nations round about—vast quantities of gold, silver…
Zechariah 14:12-17
When I whet My flashing blade
And My hand lays hold on judgment,
Vengeance will I wreak on My foes,
Will I deal to those who reject Me.
Deuteronomy 32:41
Those who sanctify and purify themselves to enter the groves, imitating one in the center, eating the flesh of the swine, the reptile, and the mouse, shall one and all come to an end—declares G
OD
. For I [know] their deeds and purposes.
[The time] has come to gather all the nations and tongues; they shall come and behold My glory. I will set a sign among them, and send from them survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud—that draw the bow—to Tubal, Javan, and the distant coasts, that have never heard My fame nor beheld My glory…
Isaiah 66:17-20
Rabbi Elazar ben Pedat said: Just as the Holy One blessed be He brought upon the Egyptians, so He is destined to bring upon
Tzor
, as it is stated: “When the report reaches Egypt, they will tremble at the report of
Tzor
” (Isaiah 23:5). Rabbi Elazar said: Every mention of
Tzor
in the Bible that is deficient is referring to the wicked kingdom. Every
Tzor
that is plene is referring to the city of Tyre.
Egypt was afflicted with blood; here too, “its streams will be turned into pitch” (Isaiah 34:9)…
Shemot Rabbah 9:13
... …and the Holy One said to Israel, ‘my children – now take from me the cup of consolation.’ They replied to Him ‘Master of the World! You were angry with us and brought us out from within Your house and exiled us among the nations of the world [and that is like a vessel cast aside among the nations of the world] and now you’ve come to appease us?! He said to them, ‘I will give you an allegory, to what is this thing to be likened? To a man who married his sister’s daughter. He grew angry with her and sent her out of his house, and after some days came to appease her…
Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Zuta, Additions to Seder Eliyahu Zuta, Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 3
All the plagues that the Lord brought against the Egyptians in Egypt, He will bring against Edom (Rome), as it is said:
When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre
(Isa. 23:5). R. Eleazar said: Every time Scripture employs the complete spelling of the word
Tyre
, it refers to Egypt, but when the word
Tyre
(i.e., without the
vav
) is spelled defectively, it refers to Edom, which also oppressed Israel. The punishments visited upon the first nation will also be inflicted upon Edom…
Midrash Tanchuma, Bo 4:4-7
Another thing that the verse (Psalms 6:11) says is "Let all my enemies be ashamed and terrified". Rabbi Yochanan said that in the future, God will judge the wicked and return them to Gehenna. Therefore, it is said "Let them return and be ashamed." And Rabbi Yochanan said that in the future, he (God) will judge them and remove them from the world. Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said that in the future, God will bring all the nations of the idolaters, and they will call to their gods, but He will not answer them…
Midrash Tehillim 31:3-4
when the nations gather together,
the kingdoms, to serve the L
ORD
.
Psalms 102:23
הרנינו גוים עמו
, "O nations, sing the praises of His people, etc."
Moses means that when the time comes that G'd exacts retribution from the nations, from the enemies of the Jewish people, the other nations will praise the Israelites and jubilate and elevate them, as we know from Psalms 144,19: "Hail to the people who experience this."
Or HaChaim on Deuteronomy 32:43:1
Lo, days are coming—declares G
OD
—when I will take note of everyone circumcised in the foreskin:
Jeremiah 9:24
the inhabitants of one shall go to the other and say, “Let us go and entreat the favor of G
OD
, let us seek G
OD
of Hosts; I will go, too.”
Zechariah 8:21
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the Lord in your strength rejoice, O king! This refers to what is said in the verse (Isaiah 11:10), "And it shall come to pass on that day, that the root of Jesse, that stands as a banner for the peoples, to him shall the nations seek." Rabbi Chanina said that the Messiah will only come to give the non-Jewish nations the six commandments, such as the sukkah, lulav, and tefillin. But Israel has learned the Torah from the Holy One, blessed be He, as it says (Jeremiah 31:33), "And all your children shall be taught of the Lord…
Midrash Tehillim 21:1
In the days to come,
The Mount of
G
OD
’s House
Shall stand firm above the mountains
And tower above the hills;
And all the nations
Shall gaze on it with joy.
Isaiah 2:2
Tumult has reached the ends of the earth,
For
G
OD
has a case against the nations,
And contends with all flesh—
Delivering the wicked to the sword
—declares
G
OD
.
Thus said
G
OD
of Hosts:
Disaster goes forth
From nation to nation…
Jeremiah 25:31-33
“Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the children of Israel” (Exodus 4:29).
“Moses and Aaron went and gathered…” – Rabbi Akiva said: Why was Israel analogized to the bird? Just as a bird flies only by virtue of its wings, so too, Israel is able to stand only by virtue of the elders [
zekenim
]. Great is
Zikna
; if it is in the elderly, they are beloved before the Holy One blessed be He, and if they are lads, their youth is their secondary [characteristic].
Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai taught: In several places we have learned that the Holy One blessed be…
Shemot Rabbah 5:12
In that day, there shall be several towns in the land of Egypt speaking the language of Canaan and swearing loyalty to G
OD
of Hosts; one shall be called Town of Heres. In that day, there shall be an altar to G
OD
inside the land of Egypt and a pillar to G
OD
at its border. They shall serve as a symbol and reminder of G
OD
of Hosts in the land of Egypt, so that when [the Egyptians] cry out to G
OD
against oppressors, a savior and champion will be sent to deliver them. …
Isaiah 19:18-23
On another occasion, Antoninus
said to
Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi: Will
I enter the World-to-Come?
Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi
said to him: Yes.
Antoninus
said to him: But isn’t it written: “And there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau”
(Obadiah 1:18)? Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi answered: The verse is stated
with regard to
those who
perform actions
similar to those
of
the wicked
Esau,
not to people like you.
This is also taught
in a
baraita
: From the verse:
“And there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau…
Avodah Zarah 10b:8-10
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