Quoting%20commentary for Megillah 23:10

אמרו לו וכי משוא פנים יש בדבר אמר להם הם לא עשו אלא לפנים אף הקב"ה לא עשה עמהן אלא לפנים והיינו דכתיב (איכה ג, לג) כי לא ענה מלבו:

They said to him: Then should there be partiality in that case? He said to them: They did not do these with conviction. So the Holy One, Blessed Be He, did not do these [punishments] to them with conviction. And so it is written (Lamentations 3:33): "For He does not afflict from His heart."

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