Commentary for Avodah Zarah 5:7

והיינו דאמר חזקיה מאי דכתיב (תהלים עו, ט) משמים השמעת דין ארץ יראה ושקטה אם יראה למה שקטה ואם שקטה למה יראה אלא בתחלה יראה ולבסוף שקטה

And this resonates with R Hezekiah who said, “You caused sentence to be heard from Heaven, the earth trembled and was still” (Psalms 76:9). If the earth trembled, how could it be still, and if it was still, how could it tremble? Rather at first it trembled, and subsequently it became still.

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