And the prevention of blessings above causes: (Job 14:11)... and the river becomes parched∞ye-ḥerav and dry. And thus they the sages have determined:xxvBereishyt Rabbah 2:5 ‘The First Temple was destroyed – is alluded to by (Gen. 1:2) And the earth was formless and void...
The Second Temple was destroyed – is alluded to by (Gen. 1:2)... and darkness upon the face of the deep...’