כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַֽל־מָאֳסָ֞ם אֶת־תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה וְחֻקָּיו֙ לֹ֣א שָׁמָ֔רוּ וַיַּתְעוּם֙ כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הָלְכ֥וּ אֲבוֹתָ֖ם אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃
Ganito ang sabi ng Walang-Hanggan: Dahil sa tatlong pagsalangsang ng Juda, at dahil sa apat, hindi Ko ito babawiin: dahil itinakwil nila ang Torah ng Walang-Hanggan, at hindi nila iningatan ang Kanyang mga batas; at iniligaw sila ng kanilang mga kasinungalingan, na sinunod ng kanilang mga ninuno.
Jerusalem Talmud Chagigah
Rebbi Ḥuna, Rebbi Jeremiah in the name of Rebbi Samuel bar Rav Isaac: We find that the Holy One, praise to Him, did forego145He did forego meting out punishment. for Israel about idol worship, incest and adultery, and bloodshed146The three cardinal sins.. But for their rejection of the Torah he did not forego. What is the reason? It is not written here “The Eternal said, because they committed idol worship, incest and adultery, and bloodshed,” but the Eternal said, because they abandoned My Torah. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said, that they abandoned Me I could forego, maybe they would keep My Torah147A sermon on Jer. 32:23., since if they abandoned Me but kept My Torah, the leavening in it would bring them close to Me. Rav Ḥuna said, study Torah even not for its own merit, since through {studying} not for its own merit you come to {study} for its own148Babli Pesahim 50b, Sotah 22b,47a, Nazir 23b, Sanhedrin 105a, Horaiot 10b,. Arakhin 16b..