## Makkot Daf 24b

###### Makkot 24b:1
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בָּאֵשׁ, וְלֹא נִבְכֶּה?! אָמַר לָהֶן: לְכָךְ אֲנִי מְצַחֵק, וּמָה לְעוֹבְרֵי רְצוֹנוֹ כָּךְ, לְעוֹשֵׂי רְצוֹנוֹ עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**by fire, and shall we not weep?** Rabbi Akiva **said to them: That is why I am laughing. If for those who violate His will,** the wicked, it is **so** and they are rewarded for the few good deeds they performed, **for those who perform His will, all the more so** will they be rewarded.


###### Makkot 24b:2
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שׁוּב פַּעַם אַחַת הָיוּ עוֹלִין לִירוּשָׁלַיִם, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִגִּיעוּ לְהַר הַצּוֹפִים קָרְעוּ בִּגְדֵיהֶם, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִגִּיעוּ לְהַר הַבַּיִת רָאוּ שׁוּעָל שֶׁיָּצָא מִבֵּית קׇדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִׁים, הִתְחִילוּ הֵן בּוֹכִין וְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְצַחֵק. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: מִפְּנֵי מָה אַתָּה מְצַחֵק? אָמַר לָהֶם: מִפְּנֵי מָה אַתֶּם בּוֹכִים? אָמְרוּ לוֹ: מָקוֹם שֶׁכָּתוּב בּוֹ ״וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָת״, וְעַכְשָׁיו שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ בּוֹ, וְלֹא נִבְכֶּה?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates another incident involving those Sages. **On another occasion they were ascending to Jerusalem** after the destruction of the Temple. **When they arrived at Mount Scopus** and saw the site of the Temple, **they rent their garments** in mourning, in keeping with halakhic practice. **When they arrived at the Temple Mount, they saw a fox that emerged from** the site of **the Holy of Holies. They began weeping, and Rabbi Akiva** was **laughing. They said to him: For what** reason **are you laughing?** Rabbi Akiva **said to them: For what** reason **are you weeping? They said to him:** This is the **place** concerning **which it is written: “And the non-priest who approaches shall die”** (Numbers 1:51), **and now foxes walk in it; and shall we not weep?**


###### Makkot 24b:3
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אָמַר לָהֶן: לְכָךְ אֲנִי מְצַחֵק, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְאָעִידָה לִּי עֵדִים נֶאֱמָנִים אֵת אוּרִיָּה הַכֹּהֵן וְאֶת זְכַרְיָה בֶּן יְבֶרֶכְיָהוּ״ – וְכִי מָה עִנְיַן אוּרִיָּה אֵצֶל זְכַרְיָה? אוּרִיָּה בְּמִקְדָּשׁ רִאשׁוֹן, וּזְכַרְיָה בְּמִקְדָּשׁ שֵׁנִי! אֶלָּא: תָּלָה הַכָּתוּב נְבוּאָתוֹ שֶׁל זְכַרְיָה בִּנְבוּאָתוֹ שֶׁל אוּרִיָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabbi Akiva **said to them: That is why I am laughing, as it is written,** when God revealed the future to the prophet Isaiah: **“And I will take to Me faithful witnesses to attest: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah”** (Isaiah 8:2). **Now what is the connection between Uriah and Zechariah?** He clarifies the difficulty: **Uriah** prophesied **during the First Temple** period, **and Zechariah** prophesied **during the Second Temple** period, as he was among those who returned to Zion from Babylonia. **Rather, the verse established that** fulfillment of **the prophecy of Zechariah** is **dependent on** fulfillment of **the prophecy of Uriah.**


###### Makkot 24b:4
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בְּאוּרִיָּה כְּתִיב ״לָכֵן בִּגְלַלְכֶם צִיּוֹן שָׂדֶה תֵחָרֵשׁ״, בִּזְכַרְיָה כְּתִיב ״עוֹד יֵשְׁבוּ זְקֵנִים וּזְקֵנוֹת בִּרְחֹבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם״. עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִתְקַיְּימָה נְבוּאָתוֹ שֶׁל אוּרִיָּה הָיִיתִי מִתְיָירֵא שֶׁלֹּא תִּתְקַיֵּים נְבוּאָתוֹ שֶׁל זְכַרְיָה, עַכְשָׁיו שֶׁנִּתְקַיְּימָה נְבוּאָתוֹ שֶׁל אוּרִיָּה – בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁנְּבוּאָתוֹ שֶׁל זְכַרְיָה מִתְקַיֶּימֶת. בַּלָּשׁוֹן הַזֶּה אָמְרוּ לוֹ: עֲקִיבָא נִיחַמְתָּנוּ, עֲקִיבָא נִיחַמְתָּנוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**In** the prophecy of **Uriah it is written: “Therefore, for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field,** and Jerusalem shall become rubble, and the Temple Mount as the high places of a forest” (Micah 3:12), where foxes are found. There is a rabbinic tradition that this was prophesied by Uriah. **In** the prophecy of **Zechariah it is written: “There shall yet be elderly men and elderly women sitting in the streets of Jerusalem”** (Zechariah 8:4). **Until the prophecy of Uriah** with regard to the destruction of the city **was fulfilled I was afraid that the prophecy of Zechariah would not be fulfilled,** as the two prophecies are linked. **Now that the prophecy of Uriah was fulfilled, it** is **evident that the prophecy of Zechariah** remains **valid.** The Gemara adds: The Sages **said to him,** employing **this formulation: Akiva, you have comforted us; Akiva, you have comforted us.**


###### Makkot 24b:5
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**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ אֵלּוּ הֵן הַלּוֹקִין וּסְלִיקָא לַהּ מַסֶּכֶת מַכּוֹת **

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
We will return to you and we have acquired Tractate Makkos.