Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 196:1

שאין כל דקל ודקל שבבבל שאין סוס של פרסיים נקשר בו ואין לך כל ארון וארון שבארץ ישראל שאין סוס מדי אוכל בו תבן

for there is not one palm-tree in Babylon to which a Persian horse will not be tethered, nor one coffin in Palestine out of which a Median horse will not eat straw.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This was a forecast of the future. Babylon and Palestine would be overrun with Persians, Medes and Parthians and their horses would dig up the dead, whose coffins would serve as cribs. ');">¹</span> Rab said: The son of David will not come until the [Roman] power enfolds Israel<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the whole world in which Israel is scattered. ');">²</span>

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