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But she rebelled against My rules and My laws, acting more wickedly than the nations and the countries round about her\u2026\u201d (Ezekiel 5:5-6, compare Ezekiel 38:12).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This verse provides the opening of a dramatic midrashic dialogue (Pesiqta Rabbati 27\/28). The angels said, O Master of the World, is it not Jerusalem about which you said: \u201cI set this Jerusalem in the midst of nations\u201d? God answered them: \u201cBut she rebelled against My rules and My laws, acting more wickedly than the nations\u201d. The angels then said: \u201cYet they are Your very own people\u201d (Deuteronomy 9:29). God replied: \u201cYet My people have forgotten Me\u2026\u201d (Jeremiah 18:15).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The angels then pleaded with God: Redeem Jerusalem for the sake of the fathers. But God replied to them: \u201c\u2026the fathers build the fire\u2026and they pour libations to other gods to vex Me\u201d (Jeremiah 7:18). The angels then pleaded, redeem Israel for the sake of the sons. But God replied: \u201cBut the sons rebelled against Me\u201d (Ezekiel 20:21). Then do it for the sake of the great ones (ha-gedolim), cried out the angels! But God said: \u201cHer rulers judge for gifts. Her priests give rulings for a fee. And her prophets divine for pay\u201d (Micah 3:11). Do it for the sake of the disciples, said the angels. God replied to them: \u201cThose who cling to the Torah do not know me\u201d (Jeremiah 2:8). In desperation, the angels pleaded with God, redeem Israel for our sake! But God recalled that the fathers had \u201cscorned the angels of God\u201d (2 Chronicles 36:16).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the angels said to God, then redeem Israel for the sake of Israel upon whom Your name has been called (see Genesis 32:28, 35:9). God replied: \u201cThey caused My holy name to be profaned\u201d (Ezekiel 36:20). The angels then said to God, if You are not willing to be appeased, why is the image of the Patriarch of Israel, Jacob, engraved on high? (see Genesis Rabbah 68:12). [But not since] \u201cThe Lord in His wrath\u2026 cast down from heaven to earth the majesty of Israel\u201d (Lamentations 2:1)&#8230;The angels carried on saying, Lord of the Worlds, is it not Jerusalem of whom You said: \u201cSee, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands\u201d (Isaiah 49:16)? 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