Return to Egypt

My liberal drush on the last 3 Pesukim in the Tochaha of Parshat Ki Tavo:

וְהָיוּ חַיֶּיךָ, תְּלֻאִים לְךָ מִנֶּגֶד; וּפָחַדְתָּ לַיְלָה וְיוֹמָם, וְלֹא תַאֲמִין בְּחַיֶּיךָ

Your life will appear to you to be dependant on Ahmedinejad, and you will fear night and day, and you will not have the Emunah in Hashem's promise of the Jewish people's survival.

בַּבֹּקֶר תֹּאמַר מִי-יִתֵּן עֶרֶב, וּבָעֶרֶב תֹּאמַר מִי-יִתֵּן בֹּקֶר--מִפַּחַד לְבָבְךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּפְחָד, וּמִמַּרְאֵה עֵינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה

In Europe (בקר = 302 = אירופה), you will say, "I wish I could live among the Arabs (עֶרֶב could also be read "Arav")", and while among the Arabs, you will say, "I wish I could live among Europeans," from the fear of your heart, which you will fear (i.e. fear of the unknown), and from the sight of your eyes which you will see (i.e. fear based on past experience).

וֶהֱשִׁיבְךָ יְהוָה מִצְרַיִם, בָּאֳנִיּוֹת, בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתִּי לְךָ, לֹא-תֹסִיף עוֹד לִרְאֹתָהּ; וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּם שָׁם לְאֹיְבֶיךָ לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחוֹת, וְאֵין קֹנֶה

Hashem will return you to battle Egypt with ships - in a way which you thought you would never have to do after the peace treaty with Egypt, and despite all this, you will be forced to give up concessions to your enemy as you are servants and maidservants to foreign nations, and you will get nothing in return.

Note that the Zohar Hadash explains this Tochaha as referring to our current exile, but interprets the Pesukim much more positively. For example, the last Pasuk that talks about a return to Egypt is interpreted as a return to the miracles that occurred in Egypt during the Geula.