Another interpretation (of Eccl. 3:16): TO THE PLACE OF JUSTICE, THITHER CAME WICKEDNESS. This is the central gate in which the Great Sanhedrin sat. THITHER CAME WICKEDNESS. (Lam. 2:9:) HER GATES HAVE SUNK INTO THE GROUND. The Holy One said (in Eccl. 3:16): TO THE PLACE OF JUSTICE, THITHER CAME WICKEDNESS (RSh'). There was one place for the Righteous One of the World, the Holy Temple, which was set apart for the Divine Presence. Then Manasseh wronged (rt.: RSh') it, and brought an image into its midst.

Another interpretation (of Eccl. 3:16): TO THE PLACE OF JUSTICE, The Holy One said: I created the soul, and it is delivered into my hand, [as stated] (in Job 12:10): IN WHOSE HAND IS EVERY LIVING SOUL. And justice also is delivered into my hand, as stated (in Deut. 32:41): MY HAND LAYS HOLD ON JUSTICE. But I did not deliver the soul to judgment. Rather it is in my hand that it might see what is fitting for it and not sin; yet it does sin. (Eccl. 3:16:) THITHER CAME WICKEDNESS, for the soul is placed next to the judgment.