Eychah (Lamentations) 2:2: "HaShem (G-d) swallowed up all the dwellings of Yaakov (Jacob, i.e. Israel), having no mercy upon [them]; He destroyed in His wrath the fortified places of the daughter of Yehudah (Judah, i.e. the Jews); it reached the ground (i.e. HaShem lowered them to the ground -Rashi). He desecrated the kingdom and its ministers."
Rashi: "'and its ministers' - According to a midrashic interpretation, [HaShem] rearranged the ministers of heaven (i.e. the ministering angels): [e.g.] the one appointed over light, He appointed over water, and He likewise rearranged all the appointed [angels], because there were among the wicked of Israel those with mastery over the Explicit [Divine] Name (with which one can manipulate nature) who were confident they could control the ministers of heaven to save them from fire or water or the sword. Now, however, when they would attempt to control the minister of fire by His Name, he [the minister of fire] would reply, 'I have no control over this,' and likewise [would occur] with all of them [the ministering angels]."
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