Midrasch zu Schemot 15:8

“Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's word by means of the officials, and the king was very angry, and his fury burned within him” (Esther 1:12).
She sent and said to him things that upset him. She said to him: ‘If they consider me beautiful, they will set their sights on taking advantage of me and will kill you. If they consider me ugly, you will be demeaned because of me.’ She alluded, but he did not grasp the allusions; she provoked him, but he was not provoked. She sent and said to him: ‘Weren’t you the stable boy of my father’s house, and you were accustomed to bringing naked prostitutes before you, and now that you have ascended to the throne, you have not abandoned your corruption.’ She alluded, but he did not grasp the allusions; she provoked him, but he was not provoked. She sent and she said: ‘Even the opposition to my father’s house was not judged naked; that is what is written: “Then these men were bound in their trousers, their tunics, their hats”’ (Daniel 3:21).²³A reference to Ḥananya, Mishael, and Azarya [Shadrakh, Meshakh, and Aved Nego] who were cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar. Rabbi Yudan said: In their robes. Rabbi Huna said: In their official garments.
Rabbi Shimon bar Abba said in the name of Rabbi Yoḥanan: The Holy One blessed be He punishes the wicked to Gehenna only when they are naked. What is the reason? It is as it is written: “On awakening, You will humiliate their image” (Psalms 73:20). Rav Shmuel bar Naḥman said: In the place that the highwayman afflicts, there he is hanged. Rabbi Natan said: Also the Egyptians, in their descent into the sea, were condemned naked [arumim]. What is the reason? “With the blast of Your nostrils the water was piled [ne’ermu]” (Exodus 15:8). Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman said in the name of Rabbi Yonatan: The wicked one does not leave the world until The Holy One blessed be He shows him his net in which he will be trapped.

And lift thou up thy rod (Exod. 14:16). Ten miracles were performed in their behalf at the sea. The sea was split asunder for them, and became a kind of vault, as it is said: Thou hast struck through with his own rods the heads, etc. (Hab. 3:14). It was divided into twelve paths, as it is said: And stretch out thy hand over the sea and divide it (Exod. 14:16). It was turned into dry land, as it is said: And the children of Israel walked upon dry land the midst of the sea (ibid., v. 29). It was converted into a kind of clay, as is said: Thou hast trodden the sea with thy horses, the mud of mighty waters (Hab. 3:15). The water was made into pieces, as it is said: Thou didst break the sea into pieces by Thy strength (Ps. 74:13). It was changed into rocks, as is said: Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea monsters in the waters (ibid.). It was torn asunder, as it is said: To him who divided the Red Sea asunder (ibid. 136:13). It was piled up into stacks, as it is said: And with the blast of Thy nostrils, the waters were piled up (Exod. 15:8). It was made into a heap, as is said: Stood upright like a heap (ibid.). Barrels of sweet water flowed out of the salt water for them, and the sea congealed and became like a glass vessel, as it is said: The deeps were congealed (ibid.).

The deeps were congealed (Exod. 15:8). He fashioned them into a kind of vault. In the heart of the sea (ibid.). Where is a man’s heart located? It is located just above two thirds of his height. Similarly, the water congealed over them at two thirds of its depth. The sea had no heart; a heart was attributed to it. A terebinth has no heart, but a heart was ascribed to it, as it is said: While he was yet alive in the heart of the terebinth (II Sam. 18:14). The heavens have no heart, but He attributed a heart to them, as it is said: And the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven (Deut. 4:11). The sea, which had no heart, and to which He ascribed a heart, came and punished the Egyptians who possessed hearts, but who nevertheless had subjected Israel to all manner of afflictions. The terebinth has no heart, but the heart which was attributed to it, went and punished Absalom, who had a heart, for he had deceived three hearts: his father’s, the court’s, and that of the men of Israel. And the heaven which had no heart, but to which a heart was ascribed, came and sent down manna to Israel, which possessed a heart, accepted the Torah with all its heart, and loved its Creator with all its heart.