The Alsheikh also interpreted that the torment was through the plague of locusts itself, and this is his wording: "If He had not performed wondrous miracles to leave the wheat and the spelt, how would the plague of locusts be effective? However, for the Egyptians, what was considered as Him being benevolent and merciful towards them was actually to their detriment, as it caused their hearts to harden when they saw that there was relief. And it was as if He, blessed be He, was mocking them, showing them relief to provide space for His signs to be effective. And this is 'that I mocked'—I laughed—at Egypt, so that through this—'and My signs which I placed among them'." However, on these words, the holy Rabbi of Satmar, of blessed memory, in Divrei Yoel, raised a difficulty, for the verse implies that the torment is the plague of locusts itself, whereas according to Alsheikh's interpretation, it appears that the torment was the relief that preceded the plague of locusts.