Another matter: “the one who dwells in the gardens, companions listen” – when [the people of] Israel enter synagogues and recite Shema with devotion, with one voice, and with one mind and thought, the Holy One blessed be He says to them: “The one who dwells in the gardens,” when you call out, “companions,” I and My entourage “listen to your voice; let Me hear it.”57When you call out as companions, meaning that you pray as a unified collective, I and My entourage listen (Matnot Kehuna).
Alternatively, God says that when you call out, the companions and I, meaning the ministering angels and I, listen to your voice. But when Israel recites Shema inattentively, one earlier and one later, and they do not recite Shema with devotion, the Divine Spirit shouts and says.58The Divine Spirit shouts and says what appears in the following verse.