46) To chastise you seven times more for your sins. What is Seven? If the Creator were to collect what He deserves, if He were to punish by the same weight as the sin, the world would not be able to withstand for even a minute, as it is written, “If You, Lord, should mark iniquities O Lord, who could stand?” And you say, “Seven times more for your sins.”
47) However, it is seven opposite you, which is Shmita [release, fallow (of land)], Malchut that is mitigated in Bina, which is seven because she is called “seven,” as it is written, “At the end of every seven years thou shall make a release.” This is why it is written, “Seven times more for your sins.”
Malchut is called Sheva [Seven] and she is also called Bat Sheva [daughter of seven]. When he says only Sheva, it is to release and to perform Dinim [judgments], to liberate everything in her. Thus, Sheva by itself indicates Malchut when she is in Dinim de Bina. These Dinim are preparation to be able to receive the Mochin of illumination of Hochma from the Bina. And these Mochin are the liberation of everything. But she is still in preparation and in Dinim and not in Mochin.
Bat Sheva means that she has connected with ZA, to shine and to govern her Malchut together, to announce the kingship in the land and in everything, for the Mochin have already come out in her. And then she is called Bat Sheva, as it is written, “Therefore the name of the city is Be’er Sheva [Beer-sheba] unto this day.” Be’er Sheva [the well of seven] is the well of Isaac, the Mochin of illumination of Hochma. Sheva and Bat Sheva are the same thing; they both indicate her adhesion to Bina, called Sheva. But Sheva is in Katnut [infancy], during the Dinim, and Bat Sheva is in Gadlut [adulthood].
48) “And I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.” “I will chastise you” through other appointees. “Also,” since I am ZA, who awakens to you to save you. Thus, Sheva, Malchut, will awaken over you to save you, meaning ZA and Malchut will be included with them in exile and will therefore deliver them from exile, as he interprets before us.
49) The Creator’s sublime love for Israel is like a king who had an only son who sinned before the king. One day, he sinned before the king. The king said, “All those days I have been striking you but you did not receive. Henceforth, see what I will do to you. If I expel you from the land and take you out of the kingdom, bears might charge you in the field, or wild wolves or murderers could obliterate you from the world. What should I do? Instead, you and I will go out of the land.”
50) “You and I will leave the land and go into exile.” This is what the Creator said to Israel. “What shall I do with you? I have stricken you but you would not listen; I have brought upon you enemies at war and harm-doers to strike you, but you would not listen. If I take you out of the land alone, I fear that several bears and several wolves will rise against you and obliterate you from the world. But what shall I do with you? Thus, you and I will leave the land and go into exile, as it is written, ‘And I will chastise you,’ to go into exile. And if you say that I will leave you, I, too, am with you.” “Seven times more for your sins” refers to Sheva, Malchut, who will be expelled with you. And why? For your sins.