I will make the land [so] desolate — This is [actually] a kindly measure for Israel, for their enemies will not find any satisfaction in their land, for it will be desolate of its inhabitants.
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A falsehood in which some truth is not stated at the beginning, cannot be maintained in the end.
From here [we derive] that one should not maintain a dispute."
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