Rashi, on Lam 3:33

“Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.”

“For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of man from His heart and from His will, but the iniquity causes [it].”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.