Commentary for Shabbat 277:10

אמר ר"א בן מלאי משום ר"ל מאי דכתיב (ישעיהו נט, ג) כי כפיכם נגואלו בדם ואצבעותיכם בעון שפתותיכם דברו שקר לשונכם עולה תהגה

to ignorant judges.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: the judges being appointed in reliance that these scholars would guide them in law, whereas they subsequently act of their own accord in many cases. ');">¹⁹</span> R. Eleazar b. Melai said in the name of Resh Lakish: What is meant by the verse, For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LIX, 3. ');">²⁰</span>

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