Opening materialChapter 32, Section 4 (פֶּרֶק ל״ב אוֹת ד׳)

Chapter 32, Section 4 (פֶּרֶק ל״ב אוֹת ד׳)

4. And Zerubbavel said: In confusion, I went up (ד. וַיֹּאמֶר זְרֻבָּבֶל: בְּהָל לְכִי עָלִי), where is the Rock of Eternity? (אֵיֵּה צוּר עוֹלָמִים), and He answered me from the gates of Heaven (וַיַּעֲנֵנִי מִדַּלְתוֹת שָׁמַיִם), and said to me: You are Zerubbavel (וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי: אַתָּה הוּא זְרֻבָּבֶל), and I said: I am (וָאֹמַר: אֲנִי). And He answered and spoke to me (וַיַּעַן וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלַי), as a man speaks to his friend (כַּאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ), and He spoke to me many exceedingly upright words (וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלַי דִּבְרֵי נְכֹחִים הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד).