שופטים ב׳:א׳-ה׳

ויעל מלאך ה'. שנינו ב'סדר עולם' (פרק יט): זה היה פנחס:

Adonoy's emissary went up. We learn in Seder Olam that this was Pinchos.¹ Son of Elazar, grandson of Aharon Hakohen. (Bemidbar, 25:11.)² Why is Pinchas entitled מַלְאַךְ ה׳, lit. “an angel of Adonoy”? Because, when visited by the sacred spirit, he was enflamed with radiance. (Vayikra Rabah, A. See Rashi to Yehoshua, 2:4).

אל הבוכים. שם המקום:

To Bochim. The name of a place.³Not literally “weeping”. See vs.4,5.

אעלה אתכם. כך היה דעתי מתחילה להעלותכם ממצרים, וכן עשיתי על מנת להוריש את אויבי:

I took you up. This was My original intent,⁴The future tense, אַעֲלֶה, literally “I shall take”, indicates the intent which preceded the actual taking. See Rashi to Shemos, 15:1. to take you up from Mitzrayim—and I did so—with the stipulation that My enemies be ousted.⁵ As indicated by the warning against covenants [v.2].

וגם אמרתי. עתה אמרתי באפי:

Now I have also declared. At present I have declared, in My fury.⁶This is not part of the original intent stated in vs.1,2, but is a new declaration, made now because they sinned.

לצדים. למצדדים בצדכם בגדודים וגייסות לשלול ולבוז:

At your flanks. They will harass your flanks with bandits and troops, pillaging and plundering.