Gittin 56a:6-7
Gittin 56a:6-7 · Sefaria Community Translation
שַׁדַּר עִלָּוַיְיהוּ לְנֵירוֹן קֵיסָר. כִּי קָאָתֵי; שְׁדָא גִּירָא לְמִזְרָח – אֲתָא נְפַל בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם. לְמַעֲרָב – אֲתָא נְפַל בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם. לְאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם – אֲתָא נְפַל בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם.
[When the Caesar heard,] he sent Nero Caesar against them. [When] he arrived, he sent an arrow to the east - it went and fell on Jerusalem; to the west - it went and fell on Jerusalem; to the four directions of the sky - it went and fell on Jerusalem.
אֲמַר לֵיהּ לְיָנוֹקָא: פְּסוֹק לִי פְּסוּקָיךְ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: ״וְנָתַתִּי אֶת נִקְמָתִי בֶּאֱדוֹם בְּיַד עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ׳״. אָמַר: קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בָּעֵי לַחֲרוֹבֵי בֵּיתֵיהּ, וּבָעֵי לְכַפּוֹרֵי יְדֵיהּ בְּהָהוּא גַּבְרָא. עֲרַק וַאֲזַל וְאִיגַּיַּיר, וּנְפַק מִינֵּיהּ רַבִּי מֵאִיר.
He said to an infant, "Recite your verse for me." He said to him, "And I will give my revenge upon Edom in the hand of my people, etc." (Ezekiel 25:14) He said, "The Holy One, blessed be He, wants to destroy His house and He wants to wipe off His hands with that man [who He uses to destroy it]." He ran away and he went and converted, and out from him came Rabbi Meir.