Musar para sa Jeremias 31:26

Similarly, from this same scriptural verse our sages said,²³Mishnah Sotah 9:14 and Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 97a ibid. “The scion of David will not come until informers increase,” meaning that because of this, “none can stop it or help,” in that the spiritual leaders of the nation will no longer have the power to strengthen the faith. They additionally said, “until the Torah scholars decrease.” As Rashi states, this refers to those who strengthen the hands of Israel, by returning them to goodness.” That is, even then, there will be those who are His faithful servants [who strengthen the hands of Israel and return them to goodness], but they will be few and incapable of arresting [the general spiritual decline]. We also find this in scripture about the time of redemption, as the verse states,²⁴Jeremiah 31:26 “See that days are coming, declares HaShem, when I shall sow the House of Israel and the House of Judah - the seed of man and the seed of animal.” And as written in Gemara,²⁵Tractate Sotah 22a the seed of animal refers to people who are empty of Scripture, Mishnah and Gemara. That is, as mentioned before, there will be two types of people, both of whom will help in drawing the redemption close.