הַצּוֹעֵק לְשֶׁעָבַר הֲרֵי זוֹ תְּפִלַּת שָׁוְא

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The cry that passed through this mountain is a prayer of shame.

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Weeping over things that are not subject to change is crying out for nothing. Whoever prays to prevent something that is already happening through his prayer is praying for nothing. 'Weeping over spilt milk' (see also: "Crying out for the past").

("Did he cry out that the mountain of this is a prayer of death, like a hunt? - His wife was pregnant and he said, "It is my wife's will that she should bear a son, the mountain of this is a prayer of death." He was on the road and heard the sound of a cry in the city and he said, "It is my wife's will that these should not be the sons of my house, the mountain of this is a prayer of death" - Blessings 9:3)