(Devarim 32:41) "When I whet the flash of My sword": When punishment goes forth from before Me, it is light as a flash — in spite of which "My hand takes hold of justice." "I shall return vengeance to My foes ": These are the Cutheans, of whom it is written ( Ezra 4:1) "And the foes of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a sanctuary, etc." "And I shall repay those who hate Me," viz. (Psalms 139:21-22) "Your haters, O L-rd, do I hate, and I strive with those who rise up against You. To the ends of hatred do I hate them; they have become my foes!"
Sifrei Devarim 331
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