Likutei Moharan 250:2/ליקוטי מוהר"ן ר״נ:ב׳

12. And this, in the main, is the suffering that Israel experiences in the exile, all because they have fallen from daat and attribute everything to nature, <coincidences> and fortune. Because of this they experience suffering and affliction, as explained above. This happens to them because they live among the <nations> and have learned from them; because they see fate smiling upon them, while the Jewish people are despised and lowly. They therefore learn from them and attribute everything to nature and coincidence, and because of this itself they experience affliction. For if they had the daat that everything is by Divine Providence, they would experience no affliction whatsoever, as explained above.

2In truth, Israel is above nature. However when they sin, God forbid, they become subject to nature, like the <nations>, who are subject to fate and nature. Then, they experience exile and suffering, God forbid. And in the main, their suffering and exile are due only to this itself—that they lack daat, and attribute it to nature.

3And when the Holy One wishes to show compassion for the Jewish people and save them from their exile, and put an end to the <nation> oppressing them, He then infuses them with Providence, thus subduing and eliminating the nature and fate that obliged Israel to be under their control. Thus He <destroys the nation> that oppresses them, and the Jewish people ascend above them by means of Providence.