Kaisipang Hudyo sa Isaias 24:1: Derashot HaRan

However, such operations entail the activation of mediating effluences between ourselves and the Blessed One. For, apparently, changes in the terrestrial presuppose changes in the celestial, our sages saying in this connection (Mechilta Beshalach 2): "The Holy One Blessed be He does not exact payment from a people until He exacts it from its heavenly plenipotentiaries first." Several verses are adduced in corroboration of this principle, among them (Isaiah 24:1): "The L-rd shall punish the host of the high ones," and (Exodus 12:12): "And against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments."