Commentary for Sanhedrin 209:6

(ישעיהו כח, כו) ויסרו למשפט אלהיו יורנו אמר רבה בר בר חנה אמר להן נביא לישראל חזרו בתשובה אמרו לו אין אנו יכולין יצר הרע שולט בנו אמר להם יסרו יצריכם אמרו לו אלהיו יורנו:

Because it was revealed and known to Him who spoke, and the world was created<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This phrase has become liturgical; v. p. 519. ');">¹³</span> that Israel would argue thus: therefore the Holy One, blessed be He, forestalled [them] by calling him His servant, and when a servant acquires property — to whom does the servant belong, and to whom the property?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., even if God had sold them to Nebuchadnezzar, they were still God's. ');">¹⁴</span>

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