When the Verse Cuts Off Righteous and Wicked Alike

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 83:6

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Rabbi Abba bar Kahana said: What is the meaning of "Far be it from You to do such a thing, to kill the righteous with the wicked"? But is it not so [that the righteous are sometimes cut off]? For it is written, "And I will cut off from you righteous and wicked" (Ezekiel 21:8). [The answer:] with a righteous person who is not wholly righteous.

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