Jeremías 5:25 Cábala: Sha'arei Orah

The first of the holy names, in ascending order, is HaShem’s-יהו"ה title Adona”y-Lord-אדנ"י.⁵That is HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality of kingship-Malchut-מלכות. King Solomon, peace be upon him, said,⁶Ecclesiastes 4:17 “Guard your foot when you go to the house of God.” In this, he informs us that a person should examine himself and be cautious when he wants to pray before HaShem-יהו"ה, blessed is He, and to see and understand whether there are prosecutors and obstructions to his prayers being accepted. He must clear the path and remove any stumbling blocks that may be in the way.

About this, the verse states,¹⁷Proverbs 19:3 “A person’s foolishness corrupts his way, but his heart is angered at HaShem-יהו"ה.” In truth, HaShem’s-יהו"ה hand is opened to all, however, because of foolishness, that is, ignorance of which treasury contains his needs, he returns emptyhanded and entertains an evil thought in his mind, that HaShem-יהו"ה is withholding his needs and desires. However, this is not so. It is rather his foolishness that withholds it from him, in that he is unaware of which treasury holds his needs. About this the verse states,¹⁸Jeremiah 5:25 “Your sins have turned these away, and your transgressions have withheld goodness from you.”