Musar for Shevuot 71:3
תנא ארור בו נידוי בו קללה בו שבועה
Because it is said: And brought him under an alah;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XVII, 13; Nebuchadnezzar imposed an oath (alah) upon King Zedekiah. vguca vkt vguca vkt');"><sup>3</sup></span> and it is written; And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar who made him swear by God.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 2 Chron. XXXVI, 13; here a derivative of is used; so that in Ezekiel is equated with in Chronicles; hence is an oath.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Shemirat HaLashon
And, in truth, this is a wonder in my eyes. For it is the nature of a man to seek remedies and blessings from great men for success in [earning] a livelihood. And how will all the remedies and blessings help them if, G-d forbid, they are habituated to the sin of lashon hara and rechiluth, which is subject to an explicit curse [Arur] in the Torah (Devarim 27:24): "Cursed [Arur] is he who smites his friend in secret," which, according to Rashi, refers to lashon hara. And Chazal have said (Shevuoth 36a): "'Arur' — in it lies a curse; in it lies excommunication." And this [Arur] was not uttered by one man alone, but in consensus with all of Israel, in addition to the Cohanim and the Levites, as stated in Scripture. And this one [(by speaking lashon hara)] voided his blessing!
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