Midrash su Isaia 52:5

Similarly David said: Jerusalem, thou art builded as a city that is compact together (Ps. 122:3); that is to say, like the city that the Lord built, a city that was destroyed called Jerusalem. It was built on high, directly opposite the one on earth, and concerning which He vowed that His Shekhinah would not enter the city above until the earthly Jerusalem was erected. How beloved was Israel in the sight of the Holy One, blessed be He. Whence do we know this? It is written: The Holy One in the midst of thee, and I will not come in fury (Hos. 11:9),²Be’ir (“in fury”) may be read as ba’ir (“into the city”). and it says elsewhere: Now, therefore, what do I here, saith the Lord, seeing that My people is taken away for nought? (Isa. 52:5). Our sages declared: Now, therefore, what do I here, saith the Lord implies: Why should I desire to be here in Jerusalem now that My people have been taken away from it? For nought would I be coming into it, therefore I will not come into it. May it be his will that it be rebuilt speedily in our day.

These are the accounts of the tabernacle (Exod. 38:21). Scripture states elsewhere: Lord, I love the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thy glory dwelleth (Ps. 26:8).

What is the sense of “I am with him in his affliction?” (Psalms 91:15)... Rabbi Judan said: “It can be compared to a pregnant woman who was angry at her mother, and when she went into labor, her mother went upstairs while she remained crying downstairs. As her mother heard her crying downstairs, she cried upstairs. Her neighbors said to her, “What is the matter, that you are screaming. Are you giving birth with her?” She said to them, “My daughter is in pain. How can I stand her screaming? I am screaming because my daughter’s pain is my pain.” Similarly when the Temple was destroyed, there was a wailing that went out in the whole world… The ministering angels said to God, “Does this befit you? Does it not say, “Glory and majesty are before God, strength and gladness in God’s place?” (Psalms 96:6) God said to them, “Has my house not been destroyed and my children have been carried off in chains. Shouldn’t I be in pain? This is the meaning of, “I am with him in his affliction.”