Bar Shattya:
You are the one deviating from the poshet pshat.
????? ???? ???? ?????? ???? ?????? ??? ?????? ?????. was said by Hashem when He was “forced” to destroy the Beis hamikdash. It finishes off “hameor sheboh yachzirom” – the light in it would have brought them back to good – Had they learnt, they would have eventually repented.
By Rabbon Gamliel, the moment they entered the beis midrash, in the same state they were, all these great things came about.
It is clear that it is not a state of evilness, rather a lack of reaching a certain level of holiness.