זוהר, תרומה צ״דZohar, Terumah 94

Segment 4ד׳

וּבְשַׁעֲתָא דְּבָעָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְאַחֲרָבָא בֵּיתֵיהּ דִּלְתַתָּא, וְאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא דִּלְתַתָּא, אַעְבַּר לְהַאי אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא דִּלְעֵילָּא בְּקַדְמִיתָא, וְנָחִית לֵיהּ מֵהַהוּא דַּרְגָּא דְּהֲוָה יַנְקָא מִשָּׁמַיִם קַדִּישָׁא, וּלְבָתַר חָרִיב לְהַאי דִּלְתַתָּא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב הִשְׁלִיךְ מִשָּׁמַיִם אֶרֶץ בְּקַדְמִיתָא, וּלְבָתַר וְלָא זָכָר הֲדוֹם רַגְלָיו. דְּתַנְיָא, כַּךְ אָרְחוֹי דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, כַּד בָּעֵי לְמֵידַן עָלְמָא, בְּקַדְמִיתָא עָבִיד דִּינָא לְעֵילָּא, וּלְבָתַר אִתְקָיָּים לְתַתָּא, דִּכְתִּיב, (ישעיהו כ״ד:כ״א) יִפְקוֹד יְיָ' עַל צְבָא הַמָּרוֹם בַּמָּרוֹם, בְּקַדְמִיתָא, וּלְבָתַר וְעַל מַלְכֵי הָאֲדָמָה עַל הָאֲדָמָה.

And when the Holy One resolved to destroy His house and the Holy Land below, He first removed the “Holy Land” which is above- the celestial prototype-and cast it down from that grade where it had formerly imbibed nourishment from the holy Heaven, and then He caused the land below to be devastated: first He “cast down from heaven the earth”, and then “He remembered not His footstool” (Ibid.). For there is a dictum concerning the Holy One’s ways: “When He resolves to judge the world, He first executes judgement above, and then there follows the judgement below.” First “the Lord shall punish the host of heaven in heaven”, and then “the kings of the earth upon the earth” (cf. Isa. 24, 21)’

Segment 5ה׳

אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, אַשְׁרֵיךְ אֶרֶץ שֶׁמַּלְכֵּךְ בֶּן חוֹרִין, דְּזָן לָךְ בִּסְגִיאוּת כֹּלָּא, בְּלָא דְּחִילוּ דְּאַחֲרָא, וּמֵהַהוּא מַלְכָּא עִלָּאָה אִתְּזַן כֹּלָּא. וְשָׂרַיִךְ בָּעֵת יאכֵלוּ, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (במדבר כ״ג:כ״ג) כָּעֵת יֵאָמֵר לְיַעֲקֹב וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל מָה פָּעַל אֵל, אִי לָךְ אֶרֶץ שֶׁמַּלְכֵּךְ נָעַר כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (ישעיהו ג׳:ד׳) וְנָתַתִּי נְעָרִים שָׂרֵיהֶם. דְּוַוי לְאַרְעָא כַּד יַנְקָא מִשְּׂמָאלָא. וְשָׂרַיִךְ בַּבֹּקֶר יֹאכֵלוּ, בְּהַהוּא קַדְרוּתָא, וְעַד לָא נָהִיר, וְלָא שַׁלְטָא מָה דְּשַׁלְטָא.

Said R. Simeon: ‘Blessed art thou, O Land (earth), that thy king is free (ben horin), and nourishes thee in plenty without fear of interference from the “other one” (Severity), all being nourished by that Supernal King. “And thy princes eat in due time”, this “time” being that of which it is written: “In time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!” (Num. 23, 23). “Woe to thee, O land (earth), when thy king is a child”, as the prophet threatened Israel with the words, “And I will give children to be their princes” (Isa. 3, 4); for, indeed, woe unto the earth when it imbibes nourishment from the Left Side, the attribute of Severity, which is the symbolism of the words, “and thy princes eat in the morning”, that is, have to imbibe the vapours of that early blackness which reigns before the Light breaks and banishes all other rulers by the resplendence of its own majestic glory.’