Hi John and Doves,
I found this link tonight, and since this recent escalation between Israel and Hezbollah began on Wednesday the 17th of Tamuz, which is the 21 days of sorrow for the Israelites ending on the 9th of Av, I thought you doves might like to read the previous dates in history that the Israelites were made to cry as they did in the wilderness when they thought the Lord had tricked them.
Your Sis in Christ,
Kristy
The history of this day begins approximately 3,500 years ago, with the people of Israel encamped on the east bank of the Jordan.They had just heard the report of the spies and were convinced that God had lied to them; that He had brought them out of Egypt in order to have them die at the hands of merciless giants. And so, the Torah tells us, "The people wept that night."
The Torah does not tell us what night that was, but by following the chronology laid out in the Torah, the date is obvious. It was Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of Av.
On this day in that year, God decreed that the generation of the Exodus would all die out in the desert; only their children would live to inherit the Land of Promise.
With the gift of hindsight, the talmudic rabbis concluded that God must have issued another decree that day, as well: "Because you, Israel, cried for no reason on this day, I, God, will see to it that you have reason to cry on this day forever after."