Commentary for Yoma 76:5
ועליה קונן ירמיה (איכה ב, כ) אם תאכלנה נשים פרים עוללי טפוחים משיבה רוח הקדש ואומרת אם יהרג במקדש ה' כהן ונביא חזי מאי סליק ביה
and would give his [extra] weight in gold to the Sanctuary. And when the enemy prevailed, she slaughtered him and ate him, and concerning her Jeremiah lamented: Shall the women eat their fruit, their children that are handled in the hands?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lam. II, 20.');"><sup>7</sup></span> Whereupon the Holy Spirit replied: Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the Sanctuary of the Lord?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reference is to the Prophet Zechariah b. Jehoiadah, the priest. The text in Lam. may refer to that as well; its original meaning, not unknown to the answerer, lamented the destruction by the enemy, of priest and prophet alike. At any rate someone was called Doeg in spite of the first Doeg's bad reputation (I Sam. XXI, 8.)');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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