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3 [1] **For three transgressions of etc.**—As it is stated (Job 33:29) “Lo, all these things does God work, twice, yea, thrice, with a man.” But He does not forgive more (according to Shem Ephraim). And here, it is as follows: I have already behaved toward them according to My standard, to forgive them for three transgressions, and if there are more, surely the smaller number is included in the larger amount.
[2] **yea for four I will not return them**—For the fourth transgression, I need no longer return him empty- handed from taking his recompense from Me, and surely since there are many transgressions in their hands; now I will visit upon them the retribution for threshing the inhabitants of Gilead, their neighbors.
[3] **with sledges of iron**—*Jonathan* renders: *morigin* of iron. Now that is a sort of file called ‘lime,’ which is made with numerous grooves, and with which they chastise people with tortures, and with them they cut the stubble of the grain to make straw.
Version: The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Source: https://www.nli.org.il/en/items/NNL_ALEPH990019164710205171/NLI
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