Midrash su Salmi 12:2

Remember the days of yore; understand the years of each generation: Always should a man check the names to call his son one that is fitting to be righteous - as sometimes the name causes good or causes bad, as we found by the scouts (Numbers 13:4-15): Shamua son of Zakur, since he did not listen (shama) to the words of the Omnipresent, and it was as if he asked his male (zikhuro) organ (a type of divination), as it states (I Samuel 15:23), "For rebellion is like the sin of divination"; Shafat son of Chori, since he did not judge (shafat) his [evil] inclination, and he was made a hole (chori) from the earth; Yigal son of Yosef, since he put out (perhaps alluding to the word, reveal - yigal) evil speech, hence he was gathered (neesaf) before his time; Palti son of Rafu - he removed (palat) good deeds, and his hands were weakened(rafu); Gadiel son of Sodi - he spoke words as harsh as tendons (gidim); Gadi son of Susi - he threw words [accusingly] towards the Above and brought up grief (sisia), [as] he was the one that said, "it is a land that consumes its inhabitants" (Numbers 13:32); Amiel son of Gemali - he soured (haamah) his strength, since he said, "since it is stronger than us" (Numbers 13:31), and he caused (gamal) himself that he did not enter the Land of Israel; Setur son of Michael, since it was in his heart to contradict (listor) what is written - who is like God (mi hu ke'El), the Lord, as it states (Deuteronomy 33:26), "There is none like the God of Yeshurun"; Nachbi son of Vofsi - he hid (hechbi) the truth and ended (pasah) faith from his mouth - as in "the faithful ones have ended (pasah) among people" (Psalms 12:2) - to say lying words about the Holy One, blessed be He, and he became weak (makh).

MISHNAH: Since murderous acts were increased, the law concerning the heifer was abolished. This refers to the time of Elazar b. Dinai, who was nicknamed Techana b. P'risha, and who was later named Ben Haratzchan (the murdered). Since it increased adulterous acts the bitter water was stopped and R. Jochanan b. Jochai was the one to stop it, as he based his action on the following passage (Hos. 4, 14) I cannot inflict punishment on your daughters when they play the harlot, nor on your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves associate with lewd women. Since the death of Jose b. Joezer of Zerida. and of Joseph b. Jochanan of Jerusalem, the clusters (great men) were destroyed, as it is said (Micha 7, 1) It is no cluster to eat, no first ripe fruit for which my soul longeth. Jochanan, the High-priest, stopped the chapter of the confession of Tithes, he also abolished certain songs of the Levites with the sounding of the fingers. (Ib; b) Until his days the striking of the hammer was heard in Jerusalem, [during the Moed week], when he stopped it. During all his life-time no man ever asked whether he has to give tithes from grain he bought or not, for it was a sure thing that its tithes were separated. (Fol. 48) Since the Sanhedrin were abolished together with it were the songs which were accustomed to be heard in the winehouses concerning which this passage said (Is. 24, 9) Amidst singing shall they no more drink wine; bitter shall be the strong drink to him who drinketh it. Since the death of the first prophets, the Urim and Tummim were abolished. Since the destruction of the Temple, the Samir and the sweet honey were destroyed and trustworthy men disappeared, as it is said (Ps. 12, 2) Help, O Lord! for the pious have ceased to be; for the truthful have failed from among the children of man. R. Simon b. Gamaliel says in the name of R. Simon, the associate of the High-priest, "Since the destruction of the Temple there is not a single day without a curse and blissful dew did not come from heaven, the real taste of the fruit was removed." R. Simon says: "Also the fruit lost its richness."