The Zohar · Bereshit
זוהר, בראשית ק״אZohar, Bereshit 101
Section 101 of 102 in Bereshit — 7 segments
Segment 1א׳
וַיֹּאמֶר יְיָ אֶמְחֶה אֶת הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר בָּרָאתִי מֵעַל פְּנִי הָאֲדָמָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי פָּתַח (ישעיהו נ״ה:ח׳) כִּי לא מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם. תָּא חֲזֵי, כַּד בַּר נָשׁ בָּעֵי לְנָקְמָא מֵאַחֲרָא שָׁתִיק וְלָא אָמַר מִידִי. דְּאִילוּ אוֹדְעֵיהּ יִסְתַּמַּר וְלָא יָכִיל לֵיהּ.
AND THE LORD SAID, I WILL DESTROY MAN WHOM I HAVE CREATED FROM THE FACE OF THE GROUND. R. Jose quoted in this connection the verse, For my thoughts are not your thoughts (Is. 55, 8). He said: ‘When a man wants to take vengeance on another, he keeps his counsel and says nothing, for fear that, if he discloses his intention, the other will be on his guard and escape him.
Segment 2ב׳
אֲבָל קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לָאו הָכִי עָבִיד. לָא עָבִיד דִּינָא בְּעָלְמָא עַד דְּאַכְרִיז וְאוֹדַע לְהוּ זִמְנָא תְּרֵין וּתְלָתָא. בְּגִין דְּלָא אִיתָאי דְּיִמְחֵי בִּידֵיהּ דְּיֵימָא לֵיהּ מָה עֲבָדַת וְלָא יִסְתַּמַּר מִנֵּיהּ וְלָא יָכִיל לְקָיְימָא קַמֵּיהּ.
Not so God. Before punishing the world, God proclaims His intention once, twice, and three times, because there is none who can stay his hand and say to Him, “what doest Thou?”, and in vain would one attempt to guard against Him.
Segment 3ג׳
תָּא חֲזֵי, וַיֹּאמֶר יְיָ אֶמְחֶה אֶת הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר בָּרָאתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה. אוֹדַע לוֹן עַל יְדָא דְנֹחַ וְאַתְרֵי בְּהוֹן כַּמָּה זִמְנִין וְלָא שָׁמְעֵי. בָּתַר דְּלָא שְׁמָעוּ, אַיְיתֵי עֲלֵיהוֹן דִּינָא וְאוֹבִיד לוֹן מֵעַל אַפֵּי אַרְעָא.
So now God said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth”; He proclaimed His intention to them by the hand of Noah, and warned them several times, but they would not listen. Then at last He executed judgement on them and exterminated them.
Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria
English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)