Йешайау 10:6 Каббала: Sha'arei Kedusha

Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁶¹⁵Talmud Bavli, Sotah 42a “Any congregation in which there is flattery is as repulsive as a menstruating woman, as is stated,⁶¹⁶Job 15:34 ‘A flattering congregation will be forlorn.’” Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁶¹⁷Talmud Bavli, Yoma 72b “Any Torah scholar whose inside is not like his outside is not a Torah scholar and is called a loathsome abomination.” Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁶¹⁸Talmud Bavli, Sotah 41b “Any person who has flattery in him brings wrath to the world, as stated,⁶¹⁹Job 36:13 ‘Those with flattery in their hearts bring about wrath.’ Moreover, his prayers are despised and are not heard.” Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁶²⁰Sotah 41b ibid. “Any person who has flattery in him, even fetuses in their mothers’ wombs curse him.” Our sages, of blessed memory, stated about the sin of flattery, that it will cause a person to fall into the hands of his enemies,⁶²¹Sotah 41b ibid.; Reishit Chochmah, Shaar HaKedushah 12:32 as it states,⁶²²Isaiah 10:6 “I shall send them against a flattering people.”