Commentary for Yoma 107:6

וכבר עלה סנחריב מלך אשור ובלבל כל הארצות שנאמר (ישעיהו י, יג) ואסיר גבולות עמים ועתודותיהם שושתי תיובתא

Here Scripture reads: And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dan. IX, 27.');">⁸</span> and in another place it is written: Then men shall say: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIX, 24; before that statement there is the reference to brimstone and salt: And that the whole land is brimstone and salt (v. 22) . Thus the severe punishment for the forsaking of the covenant is that sulphur and salt cover the land. 'One week' in Dan. IX means a week of years.');">⁹</span> - He answered: Here the word 'there' is used, there this expression<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case of the Ark Scripture reads: ' There unto this day',implying for ever, whilst in the absence of 'there' in Judges I, 21, no such claim is made.');">¹⁰</span>

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