God forbid, the opposite could also be the case. An individual Jew can increase and honor his external aspect, the “other nations” aspect within himself, above the “Israel” aspect. As the verse in Deuteronomy states: “The stranger within you,” meaning the aspect of “stranger” that is part of or within you, “will rise higher,” while the internal, Israel aspect will “descend even further” (Deut. 28:43). His own actions cause the external aspect of the whole world, i.e., the nations of the world, to rise, and they will overcome Israel and humiliate them, [bringing them] down to the ground; Israel, the internal aspect of the world, will be lowered.