Isaías 32:6 Cábala: Sha'arei Kedusha

Flattery and hypocrisy are just as bad as idolatry, forbidden relations, adultery and murder. From where do we learn that it is equal to idolatry? From the verse,⁶²³Isaiah 32:6 “For the vile person speaks villainy and his heart plans iniquity, to act with hypocrisy and to speak falsehood about HaShem-יהו״ה.” From where do we learn that it is equal to forbidden relations and adultery? From the verse,⁶²⁴Jeremiah 3:1 “If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and is with another man, can he return to her again? Would that not surely bring the profound guilt of hypocrisy upon the land?” From where do we know that it is equal to murder? From the verse,⁶²⁵Psalms 106:38 “They spilled innocent blood… and the land was polluted by the blood of hypocrisy.”