Tosefta for Jeremiah 6:19
שִׁמְעִ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י מֵבִ֥יא רָעָ֛ה אֶל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה פְּרִ֣י מַחְשְׁבוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֤י עַל־דְּבָרַי֙ לֹ֣א הִקְשִׁ֔יבוּ וְתוֹרָתִ֖י וַיִּמְאֲסוּ־בָֽהּ׃
Hear, O earth: Behold, I will bring evil upon this people, Even the fruit of their thoughts, Because they have not attended unto My words, And as for My teaching, they have rejected it.
Tosefta Peah
A good thought [Hashem] combines to action; a bad thought Hashem does not combine to action, as it is stated, "If I had regarded iniquity in my heart [the Lord would not hear]." How, then, am I to understand "Behold I am bringing evil, fruit of your thoughts?" Rather, a good thought that does good Hashem combines to action, and that which does not do good Hashem does not combine to action.
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