לָכֵ֞ן אֱמֹ֣ר לְבֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה לֹ֧א לְמַעַנְכֶ֛ם אֲנִ֥י עֹשֶׂ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֤י אִם־לְשֵׁם־קָדְשִׁי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חִלַּלְתֶּ֔ם בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אתֶם שָֽׁם׃
Kaya sabihin mo sa sambahayan ng Israel: Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Walang-Hanggan: Hindi dahil sa inyo kaya Ko ito ginagawa, O sambahayan ng Israel, kundi dahil sa Aking banal na pangalan, na inyong nilapastangan sa gitna ng mga bansang inyong pinuntahan.
Sha'arei Orah
Know, that Above in HaShem’s-יהו״ה Godliness, there is a quality of complete and absolute mercy-Rachamim, called Eheye”h-אהי״ה and called the Elder-Zaken-זקן.358This will be further explained in the Tenth Gate. This is a quality of total mercy-Rachamim, without any admixture whatsoever of judgment-Din. When people sin, the quality of judgment-Din becomes outstretched against them, and when they stand in judgment, and the Name HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, sees that if judgement will be meted out against them, all the worlds would be obliterated, He then removes the quality of judgment-Din and elevates it to the quality of mercies-Rachamim called the Elder-Zaken-זקן. When the quality of judgment-Din withdraws and is elevated to that place, it loses the powers to speak or see. This is the secret of the verse,359Isaiah 5:16 “HaShem of Hosts-HaShem Tzva’ot-יהו״ה צבאו״ת will be elevated in justice-Mishpat-משפט, and the Holy God-HaE”l HaKadosh-הא״ל הקדוש will be sanctified in charity-Tzedakah-צדקה.” About this the verse states,360Genesis 27:1 “When Yitzchak had become elderly-Zaken-זקן and his eyes were dimmed from seeing.” In other words, the verse speaks both about him and about his Divine quality. Therefore, in times of harsh judgment, HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, has mercy upon His world, and says,361Isaiah 48:11, see Rashi and Radak there. “For My sake, for My sake, I will act, for how can I let [My Name] be profaned!?” About this our sages, of blessed memory, said,362Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 98a “The son of David will only come in a generation that is entirely guilty etc.” This also is the secret of the verse,363Leviticus 13:14 “[The priest (Kohen) shall look, and behold! – the affliction has covered his entire flesh; then he shall declare the affliction to be pure;] having turned completely white, it is pure.”364Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 97a – “The son of David will not come until the entire kingdom will be overturned into heresy. Rava said, from what verse [is this derived]? From the verse (Lev. 13:14), “Having turned completely white, it is ritually pure.” Rashi writes there, “That is, just as when the affliction spreads over the whole skin [it is declared pure], so likewise, when the kingdom is entirely overturned into heresy, the redemption comes.” In other words, in such a case, the redemption comes about by way of that which is expressed in the verse (Ezekiel 36:22-38), “It is not for your sake that I act… but for My Holy Name… I will sanctify My great Name… then the nations will know that I am HaShem-יהו״ה… I will take you from amongst the nations and gather you from the lands, and I will bring you to your own soil… Then I will sprinkle pure water upon you, so that you will be cleansed… I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit into you etc.”