Tanach
Eichah 5:19-22 איכה ה׳:י״ט-כ״ב
Part of: Chapter 5
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אַתָּה יְהֹוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדוֹר וָדֽוֹר׃
Adonoy, You shall endure for all eternity, Your throne throughout the generations;
Adonoy, You shall endure for all eternity, Your throne throughout the generations;
Rashi
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃
Why, then, O Eternal, do You forget us, abandon us through lengthy days?
Why, then, O Eternal, do You forget us, abandon us through lengthy days?
Rashi
למה לנצח תשכחנו. הלא נשבעת לנו בך כשם שאתה קיים כך שבועתך קיימת:
Why [then O Eternal] do You forget us. Have You not sworn to us Yourself that just as You exist, so does Your oath exist?
הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהֹוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ (ונשוב) [וְֽנָשׁוּבָה] חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃
Adonoy, return us to You then we shall repent. Rejuvenate our days as in early times.
Adonoy, return us to You then we shall repent. Rejuvenate our days as in early times.
כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃
For, although You may have considered us contemptible, You have already vented the utmost fury against us. (Adonoy, God, return us to You, then we shall repent. Rejuvenate our days as in early times.)
For, although You may have considered us contemptible, You have already vented the utmost fury against us. (Adonoy, God, return us to You, then we shall repent. Rejuvenate our days as in early times.)
Rashi
כי אם מאוס מאסתנו. בשביל שחטאנו לא היה לך להרבות קצף עד מאד כאשר קצפת:
For although You may have considered us contemptible. Although we have sinned, [nonetheless] You should not have been angered as much as You have been.
[השיבנו ה'. מפני שמסיים בדברי תוכחה הוצרך לכפול מקרא שלפניו פעם אחרת וכן ישעיה ותרי עשר וקהלת:]
Adonoy return us. Because he concludes with words of reproof, he had to repeat the preceding verse again,14In order to end on a note of consolation. and so did Yeshayahu, Trei Osor, and Koheles.
אתה ה'. ידענו כי לעולם תשב והואיל וכן הוא:
Adonoy, You. We know that You will remain forever. And because that is so...