“The Lord God said to the serpent: Because you did this, cursed are you from all the animals, and from all the beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life” (Genesis 3:14). “The Lord God said to the serpent” – “The slanderer shall not stand in the land; [may evil trap unjust men, bringing about banishments]” (Psalms 140:12) – Rabbi Levi said: In the Messianic future the Holy One blessed be He will take the idolaters and send them down to Gehenna, and say to them: ‘Why did you punish my children?’
They will say to Him: ‘It is from them themselves, as they would come and slander one another.’ The Holy One blessed be He will then take both these and those1The idolaters and the Jewish slanderers. and send them down to Gehenna.2These are the banishments (plural) mentioned in the verse. Another matter, “The slanderer” – this is the serpent who slandered his Creator. “Shall not stand in the land” – “on your belly [you shall go].”
“May evil trap unjust men [bringing about banishments]” – “banishment” is not written here, but rather, “banishments.” Adam was cursed, Eve was cursed, and the serpent was cursed.