 A Baraita taught in the name of Rabbi Judah that the land of Israel burned for seven years.Explaining an assertion by Rabbi Jose, Rabbi Joḥanan deduced from the parallel use of word "covenant" in and that the land sown with "brimstone and salt" foretold in was the same seven years of barren soil inflicted by Israel's enemy in 

Rabbi Akiva interpreted the words "and [He] cast them into another land, as it is this day" in to teach that the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel were destined not to return.But Rabbi Eliezer interpreted the allusion to "day" in differently, teaching that just as the day darkens and then becomes light again, so even though it went dark for the Ten Tribes, it will become light for them again.