LEV88 ... he who rebels against God, despite the blessing with which He has distinguished him, will fall from all the special levels. God will hold him to a stricter accounting in this world, as it is written: “This is what God meant when He said, ‘With those close to Me will I be sanctified, and before all the people will I be glorified.’ And Aharon remained silent” (Vayikra 10:3); “Only you have I known among all the families of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities” (Amos 3:2). And his punishment in the next world will be even more severe, as it is written: “Tophet has long been prepared, yea for the king it is made ready, deep, and wide; its fire pit has plenty of fire and wood; the breath of God, like a stream of brimstone, burns within it” Yeshayahu 30:33).