Quotation for Avodah Zarah 7:16
ולא והכתיב (יחזקאל כא, ח) והכרתי ממך צדיק ורשע בצדיק שאינו גמור
And God does not act in this manner? Is it not written, “And I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked” (Ezekiel 21:8)? That refers to one who is not thoroughly righteous.
Bartenura on Pirkei Avot
"would swallow alive:" As it is written (Habakkuk 1:14) "And you make man like the fish of the sea" - just like the fish of the sea, each one that is bigger than his fellow swallows his fellow; so too people, were it not for the fear of the government, each one who is bigger than his fellow would swallow his fellow (Avodah Zarah 4a).
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