“In the land of Edom.” That is, in the place wherewith the judgments are connected.
“They passed away together.” As it is written, “And he died, and there reigned in his stead.”
“They themselves beheld, so were they astonished; they feared, and hasted away.” Because they remained not in their place, since the conformations of the King had not as yet been formed, and the Holy City and its walls were not as yet prepared.
This is that which followeth in the text, “As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city,” etc. For all did not endure.
But She (the Bride) now subsisteth beside the Male, with Whom She abideth.
This is that which is written, Gen. xxxvi. 39, “And Hadar reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was Pau, and the name of his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mizaheb.”
Assuredly this have we before explained in the Assembly.[844]
Now, also, in the book of the teaching of Rav Hamenuna the Elder it is said, “And Hadar reigned in his stead.” The word HDR, Hadar, is properly to be expounded according unto that which is said, Lev. xxiii. 40, “The fruit of trees which are HDR, Hadar, goodly.”
“And in the name of his wife Mehetabel,” as it is written (in the text just cited), “branches of palm-trees.”
Also it is written, Ps. xcii. 3, “The just man shall flourish as the palm-tree.” For this is of the male and female sex.