Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Kabbalah for Sanhedrin 206:13

א"ל רבא לרבה בר מרי מפני מה לא מנו את יהויקים משום דכתיב ביה (דברי הימים ב לו, ח) ויתר דברי יהויקים ותועבותיו אשר עשה והנמצא עליו מאי והנמצא עליו רבי יוחנן ור"א חד אמר שחקק שם עבודת כוכבים על אמתו וחד אמר שחקק שם שמים על אמתו

R. Johanan and R. Eleazar [dispute therein]: One maintained, He burnt the Torah; the other, he dishonoured his mother. His mother remonstrated with him: 'Hast thou then any pleasure in the place whence thou didst issue?' He replied: 'Do I do this for any other purpose than to provoke my Creator!' When Jehoiakim came, he said, 'My predecessors knew not how to anger him: do we need [Him] for aught but his light?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the sun. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> But we have Parvaim<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A place famed for its gold, [cf. II Chron. III, 6.] ');"><sup>25</sup></span>

Da'at Tevunoth

44 The fifth belief, is a belief of sinners of Israel, those who recognized their master and intend to rebel against him, like Amon who said (Sanhedrin 103b) "I only act to anger [my creator]", and anything like this. And the text says (Isaiah 3:8), "to provoke the eyes of His glory", that they think they can act agains his will G-d forbid, and that they will anger him with their evil deeds, like one who angers their fellow against their will. And other thought to strengthen themselves with witchcraft and sorcery, and others through knowledge of the angels and their guardians, and as it says in the Midrash (Eichah Rabbah 2:5) that they said to Jeremiah, "I will surround it with water, I will surround it with fire...":
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