“Behold, I am destroying them with the earth” – Rabbi Huna and Rabbi Yirmeya in the name of Rav Kahana bar Malkiya: Even the three handbreadths [of soil] in which the plow operates were obliterated. This is analogous to a prince who had a tutor. Anytime he would misbehave, his tutor would be punished. Or to a prince who had a nursemaid. Anytime he would misbehave, his nursemaid would be punished. So, the Holy One blessed be He said: “Behold, I am destroying them with the earth” – I will destroy them and destroy the earth with them.15The earth was made to serve man; therefore it was punished due to the misdeeds of man.