כַּאֲשֶׁר אֵינְךָ יוֹדֵעַ, שִׁבְעָה דְבָרִים מְכֻסִּים מִבְּנֵי אָדָם, וְאֵלּוּ הֵם: יוֹם הַמִּיתָה, וְיוֹם הַנֶּחָמָה, וְעֹמֶק הַדִּין, וּבַמֶּה הוּא מִשְׂתַּכֵּר, וּמַה בְּלִבּוֹ שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ, וּמַה בְּעִבּוּרָהּ שֶׁל אִשָּׁה, וּמַלְכוּת זוֹ שֶׁל אֱדוֹם אֵימָתַי נוֹפֶלֶת. יוֹם הַמִּיתָה מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (קהלת ט, יב): לֹא יֵדַע הָאָדָם אֶת עִתּוֹ, יוֹם הַנֶּחָמָה מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה ס, כב): אֲנִי ה' בְּעִתָּהּ אֲחִישֶׁנָּה. וְעֹמֶק הַדִּין מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים א, יז): כִּי הַמִּשְׁפָּט לֵאלֹהִים הוּא. בַּמֶּה הוּא מִשְׂתַּכֵּר מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (קהלת ה, יח): זֹה מַתַּת אֱלֹהִים הִיא. וּמַה בְּלִבּוֹ שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיה יז, י): אֲנִי ה' חֹקֵר לֵב, וּמַה בְּעִבּוּרָהּ שֶׁל אִשָּׁה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: כַּעֲצָמִים בְּבֶטֶן הַמְּלֵאָה. מַלְכוּת הָרְשָׁעָה זוֹ שֶׁל אֱדוֹם אֵימָתַי נוֹפֶלֶת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה סג, ד): כִּי יוֹם נָקָם בְּלִבִּי.
“Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb of one who is pregnant; so you will not know the work of God, who does everything” (Ecclesiastes 11:5). “Just as you do not know” – there are seven matters obscured from people, and they are the day of death, the day of consolation, the profundity of judgment, how one profits, what is in the heart of another, what is in a woman’s pregnancy, and this kingdom of Edom, when it will fall. The day of death, from where is it derived? It is as it is stated: “Man [also] does not know his time” (Ecclesiastes 9:12). The day of consolation, from where is it derived? It is as it is stated: “I am the Lord; at its time I will hasten it” (Isaiah 60:22). The profundity of judgment, from where is it derived? It is as it is stated: “For judgment is God’s” (Deuteronomy 1:17). How one profits, from where is it derived? It is as it is stated: “This is the gift of God” (Ecclesiastes 5:18). What is in the heart of another, from where is it derived? It is as it is stated: “I am the Lord, who probes the heart” (Jeremiah 17:10). What is in a woman’s pregnancy, from where is it derived? It is as it is stated: “Or how the bones grow in the womb of one who is pregnant.” And this kingdom of Edom, when it will fall, from where is it derived? It is as it is stated: “For it is a day of vengeance in My heart” (Isaiah 63:4).