"Secrets shall be heaped up for Your people. They come to Your people because we keep the Torah, as it says (Psalms 25:14) 'The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him.' They consult about Your hidden ones. They take counsel about Your altar to uproot it. This is what is written (Leviticus 1:11) 'On the north side of the altar.' So that we do not offer sacrifices before You."
They said, "Let us destroy them from among the nations." As long as Israel exists, He is called the God of Israel. And if Israel is uprooted, who is He called? For they have consulted together with one consent. Everything they do and feel towards us is for Your sake, as it is said (Psalms 2:2) "The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his anointed one."