יז תנא משמיה דרבי יהושע בן קרחה פרעה שחירף בעצמו נפרע הקב"ה ממנו בעצמו סנחריב שחירף
17 But Israel spoke with contempt about Palestine, for when they came to Shush,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The modern Susa. Shushan. ');"><sup>47</sup></span> they said: This is as good as our land;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' ['Shush' in Persian meaning' beautiful,' 'good,' op. cit. 212.] ');"><sup>48</sup></span> to 'Almin,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Elymais (Elam). ');"><sup>49</sup></span> they said: This is like the House of Eternities [i.e., Jerusalem, or the Temple];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. [H], which may denote also 'Almin. ');"><sup>50</sup></span> on arriving at Shush Tere,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Sushtar, 18 parasangs East of Susa (op. cit. 213).] ');"><sup>51</sup></span> they said: This is twice as good [as our land].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Lit., 'double shush' (good), here used as a proper noun.] ');"><sup>52</sup></span> And beneath his glory shall he kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. X, 16. ');"><sup>53</sup></span> R. Johanan said: That which was beneath his glory [would be burnt], but 'glory' is not literal;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the literal meaning of 'glory' in reference to a man is his body, the outer flesh which gives him his beauty; hence 'beneath his glory' would have to mean his soul, which R. Johanan regards as unsuited to the context. Therefore 'glory' cannot be literal, but refers to the garments, which lend dignity to a person; whilst 'beneath his glory' denotes the body. ');"><sup>54</sup></span> even as R. Johanan called his garments 'my honourers.' R. Eleazar said: 'Beneath his glory' is literal, as the burning of the sons of Aaron: just as there the burning of the soul [is meant], the body remaining intact, so here too.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 52a; cp. Shab. 113b. ');"><sup>55</sup></span> A Tanna taught in the name of R. Joshua b. Karha: Pharaoh, who personally blasphemed, was punished by the Holy One, blessed be He, in Person; Sennacherib, who blasphemed