נִדְמ֥וּ עַמִּ֖י מִבְּלִ֣י הַדָּ֑עַת כִּֽי־אַתָּ֞ה הַדַּ֣עַת מָאַ֗סְתָּ וְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ֙ מִכַּהֵ֣ן לִ֔י וַתִּשְׁכַּח֙ תּוֹרַ֣ת אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח בָּנֶ֖יךָ גַּם־אָֽנִי׃
내 백성이 지식이 없으므로 망하는도다 네가 지식을 버렸으니 나도 너를 버려 내 제사장이 되지 못하게 할 것이요 네가 네 하나님의 율법을 잊었으니 나도 네 자녀들을 잊어버리리라
Sha'arei Orah
However, if the Jewish people sin and become distant from knowledge-Da’at-דעת of HaShem-יהו"ה, which is the middle line-Kav HaEmtza’ee-קו האמצעי, when they sin, they have no ascent, but instead are given over into the hands of the seventy ministering angels of the nations and go into exile amongst the nations of the world. This is the secret of the verse,487Isaiah 5:13 “Therefore My people are being exiled, [because they are] without knowledge-Da’at-דעת.” That is, when they separated from knowledge-Da’at-דעת of HaShem-יהו"ה, which ascends to the Unlimited One-Ein Sof-אין סוף, they fell into the hands of the ministering angels of the nations. This is the secret of the verse,488Hosea 4:6 “[My people have been silenced for lack of knowledge-Da’at-דעת;] for just as you have spurned knowledge-Da’at-דעת, I will spurn you from serving Me; and just as you have forgotten the Torah of your God, I too will forget your children.”