AZAMRA Bible: Isaiah 33-34

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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Isaiah 33-34
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov

ISAIAH CHAPTER 33

"Woe to the spoiler – you who have not yet been spoiled…" (v 1). This prophecy can be interpreted as referring to the time of King Hezekiah, when Sennacherib was the "spoiler" who as yet had not suffered the same fate as the many victims of his conquests – until he was finally overthrown at the gates of Jerusalem. Equally this prophecy can be interpreted as a future prophecy about the days of Mashiach, when the king of Edom, the fourth empire in Daniel's vision (Daniel 2:40ff), will be called "the spoiler" (RaDaK on verse 1 of our present chapter). Here the prophet foretells that as soon as the mission of the "spoiler" – to bring Israel to repent out of helpless fear – will have been accomplished, he will immediately be overthrown.

This prophecy about the coming overthrow of the oppressor elicits a prayer and affirmation of faith from the lips of the people in verse 2: "HaShem: be gracious to us…" (v 2). The prophet then begins to depict the overthrow of the oppressor – referring to Sennacherib and/or the armies of Gog and Magog: "At the noise of the multitude, the peoples fled…" (v 3). Their booty will be left for Israel (v 4). The miraculous salvation from an enemy that seemed invincible will show that God alone reigns supreme – and then Zion will be filled with justice and charity, because the greatness of the miracle will inspire everyone to follow this pathway (v 5, see Metzudas David).

"And your faith in your times [of trouble] shall be the stronghold of salvations, wisdom and knowledge…" (v 6). Rashi explains that Israel's stronghold is the faith they have in God during the hard times they have undergone, always waiting and hoping for salvation. The Talmud (Shabbos 31a) darshens each of the six terms in the first part of this verse as alluding to one of the six orders of the Mishneh: "Your faith" refers to the order of ZERA'IM ("Seeds"), because it is a matter of faith to pray to God and observe all the agricultural laws of the Torah before being able to eat of one's harvest. "Your times" refers to the order of MO'ED, dealing with the festivals. The "stronghold" is NASHIM, dealing with marriage, because one's house is one's stronghold. "Salvations" refers to NEZIKIM, because the laws of damages etc. bring salvation and peace between people. "Wisdom" refers to KODOSHIM dealing with the Temple sacrifices, while "knowledge" refers to TOHOROS dealing with the laws of ritual impurity and purification, for only with purity can there be true knowledge and understanding.

"Behold, the mighty ones shall cry outside; ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly" (v 7). Following the prophecy of salvation and consolation in the previous verses, the prophet now speaks of the suffering that Israel would have to endure prior to the overthrow of the oppressor – Sennacherib or Gog and Magog. Thus Sennacherib overran the whole of Judah before his overthrow at the height of his siege of Jerusalem. In vv 7-9, the "mighty ones" – celestial angels or earthly messengers – weep bitterly over the spectacle of devastation in Judah because of the attacking enemies.

"Now I shall arise, says HaShem…" Precisely when all seems lost, God will intervene to save His people.

"You shall conceive chaff and you shall bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you" (v 11). This is addressed to Israel's enemies, who advance towards Jerusalem drunk with the thought of conquering it, but in fact this very thought will be the cause of their downfall.

"Hear, you that are far off, what I have done, and you that are near, know My might" (v 13). God's miraculous salvation of His people will be a challenge to all to acknowledge His supremacy. Rashi's thought-provoking explanation of the phrase "you that are FAR OFF" is that it refers to "those who have believed in Me and carried out My will from their youth", while "you that are NEAR" refers to "the BAALEY TESHUVAH ('returnees') who have drawn close to Me anew" (Rashi on v 13). Perhaps Rashi is teaching us that veteran Torah-observers are in danger of being "far off" if they imagine they are "near" while their practice is mechanical, but that everyone can become "near" by renewing and refreshing their devotion at all times.

Verse 14 depicts the terrible consternation that will take hold of the Israelite sinners under the looming threat of the oppressor – Sennacherib or Gog and Magog. They will ask who can possibly still the burning fire of the enemies' hostility. The prophet answers by depicting the pathway of integrity, honesty and the rejection of evil that will bring the people to salvation (v 15). It is the man of righteousness who will dwell securely on high as in a fortress, adequately provided with his bread and water (v 16). The simple meaning of verse 17 is that the righteous will be worthy of seeing the Messianic king – Hezekiah, or Melech HaMashiach – in all his glory, but Targum explains that they will see the Indwelling Presence of the King of the Universe, while simultaneously witnessing the descent of the wicked into hell. "Your heart shall muse on terror: where is the scribe…?" (v 18). Rashi (ad loc.) explains: "When you see the princes and sages of the nations who were rulers in their lifetimes and now they are judged in hell, your heart will muse on terror and you will say, Where is their wisdom and greatness, where is the one who was a scribe in his lifetime and who used to weigh every question involving wisdom when they asked his counsel on issues of government...?"

Vv 19-20: The fierce oppressors with their stammering, incomprehensible language will disappear from sight, while Jerusalem will remain, tranquil, serene and unmovable.

V 21: "A place of broad rivers and streams wherein no galley with oars will go…" The future Jerusalem will be as if surrounded by rivers that no enemy will be able to cross. This verse alludes to the "spring that will go forth from the House of HaShem" (Joel 4:18; cf. Ezekiel 47:3), surrounding Jerusalem with the waters of the knowledge of God, making it a haven of spirituality (see Rashi on v 21).

"Your ropes have become loosened; they could not strengthen the socket of their mast…" (v 23). Israel's enemies are here symbolized as warships whose rigging has been entirely pulled down, leaving them immobilized as the helpless prey of Israel (see Targum). At that time none of the inhabitants of Israel will any more have reason to feel sick and burdened by the troubles of exile, because they will all be forgiven their sins at the time of the redemption (see Rashi on v 24).

CHAPTER 34

"Draw near O nations to hear…" (v 1). RaDaK (ad loc.) states that "this prophecy refers to the future destruction of Rome, after which the prophet foretells the salvation of Israel (in chapter 35). He refers to Edom by the name of Batzrah (v 6) because Batzrah had been a great city in the original kingdom of Edom (cf. Gen. 36:33, where Batzrah was the city of one of the kings of Edom). The kingdom of Rome mostly consists of Edomites who adhere to the Christian religion, and even though many other peoples have become mixed up with them, the emperor Caesar was an Edomite and likewise all the kings who came after him in Rome."

The prophet calls on the whole earth and all its inhabitants to attend to his message of coming doom. Vv 2-3 foretell the terrible calamity that will befall the nations, accompanied by the overthrow of their guardian angels in heaven (v 4).

"For HaShem has a sacrifice in Batzrah" (v 6). The original Edomite city of Batzrah was in the mountains of Moab east of the Dead Sea, in the southern territories of the present-day kingdom of Jordan. Batzrah should not be identified with the latter-day Iraqi city of Basra even though this is now proving to be a considerable stumbling block to the British (Edomite?) army that is fighting there. Metzudas David (ad loc.) suggests that BATZRAH is related to the word MIVTZAR, which means a fortress, and that it is used here to refer to "the great city of Rome".

The collapse of Edom will lead to the fall of many other nations with them (v 7) in vengeance for their persecution of Israel throughout history (v 8). Verses 9-10 depict the demise of Edom as a lasting ecological catastrophe that will serve as an eternal warning to all humanity never to repeat their evil. Edom will be desolate "from generation to generation" (v 10) because, as prophesied by Moses, God's war against Amalek (=Edom) is "from generation to generation" (Exodus 17:16, Rashi on verse 10 in our present chapter). Vv 11-15 depict how the ruins of Edom will be the haunt of every kind of wild animal as well as of demons and demonesses. The prophet promises that when people will witness this devastation in time to come, they will look in the Book of HaShem – i.e. this prophecy – and see that not a single detail will have been left unfulfilled (RaDaK).

ABY

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Please Say Yes to Abba Yahweh and His Laws.

It is written in the Koran:
‘1. Surah Al-Fatihah:

1. In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
2. All the praises and thanks are to Allah, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 
3. The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
4. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)
5. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).
6. Guide us to the Straight Way
7. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians).

This is the 'start' in the Koran......

For more, what the Koran is teaching about: ‘Muslims Hate Jews, Christians all other faiths’ ‘Their Guide Book says to kill, behead and burn all non-believers’ click:
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Please read the Mitzvoth go to: Positive Commandments and the Negative Commandments), easy to read. It is very important to know them. I don’t ask you this to become a good Jew! But to learn who you really are. That you can find your real identity.  In a good understanding of the rest of The Scriptures. And that you understand that Rabbi Shaul is talking to a real Israel,

1Co 10:1  I do not want you to be without da'as (knowledge), Achim (brothers) b(in) 'Moshiach, that Avoteinu (our fore Fathers, you Yehudah and Ephraim! Nobody else.) all were under the anan (cloud),

(‘Achim (brothers) b(in)Moshiach are Yehudah and Ephraim who were all under the anan (cloud). The seed (literal) of Abraham, Yitzhak and Ya’acob) read it for yourself :)

Exo 13:21 And Yahweh went before them (Yehudah and Ephraim -Israel) by day in an ammud anan (‘Pillar of a cloud), to guide them haderech (the Way); and by lailah (night) in an ammud eish (‘Pillar of fire), to give them ohr (light); so they could travel yomam valailah (day or night);

Exo 13:22 He took not away the amud heanan (‘Pillar of a cloud) by day, nor the ammud haeish (‘Pillar of fire) by night, from before HaAm (the people, Yehudah and Ephraim) and passed through the sea.
Exo 14:22 And the Bnei Yisroel (Yehudah and Ephraim) then went into the middle of the yam (sea) upon the yabashah (dry land); and the mayim (waters) were a chomah (wall) unto them on their right, and on their left.

Exo 14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the yam (sea), even kol sus (all horses) Pharaoh, his chariots, and his parash (rider).

Exo 14:24 So it came to pass, that when came the watch of the boker (morning), Yahweh looked down on the machaneh Mitzrayim (camp of Egypt) through the ammud eish (pillar of fire) and of the anan (cloud), and caused confusion over the machaneh Mitzrayim (camp of Egypt),

Exo 14:25 And turned awry their chariot wheels, that they drove them with difficulty; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the presence of Yisroel (really when Yehudah and Ephraim where together, not like today); because Yahweh fighting for them against the Egyptians,
So let we further listen what Rabbi Shaul has really to say:)

1Co 10:2  And all into Moshe Rabbenu were given tevilah (a ‘mikwah’ immersed) in the anan (cloud) and in the sea,

1Co 10:3  And all of the same spiritual okhel (food) ate [SHEMOT 16:4,35; DEVARIM 8:3; TEHILLIM 78:24-29],

1Co 10:4  And all of the same spiritual drink drank, for they were drinking from a spiritual TZUR (Rock) following them [SHEMOT 17:6; BAMIDBAR 20:11; TEHILLIM 78:15; 105:41], and that TZUR was Moshiach (Yeshuah – Yeshuah Yahweh).

And now one of our neviim:

Hab 2:3  For the chazon (vision) is yet for a mo’ed (an appointed time); it speaks of HaKetz (the End), and does not lie; though it tarry, wait for him

Moshiach— see: Sanhedrin 97b, ‘It has been taught; R. Nathan said: This verse pierces and descends to the very abyss:11 For the Vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though he tarry, wait for him (Moshiach); because it will surely come, it will not tarry.12]; because he (Moshiach) will surely come, and will not tarry.

(11) Just as the bottom of an abyss cannot be reached, so is it impossible to grasp the full purport of this verse (Rashi).
(12) Hab. II, 3.

Believe…..

Hab 2:4  Hinei (behold), his nashamah (soul) which is puffed up is not upright in him; but the tzaddik (righteous) shall live by his emunah (believe).

Through Moshiach, Yeshuah from Yahweh who give you emunah (believe)…..

Gen 15:6 And he believed in Yahweh; and He credited emunah (faith)] to him as tzedakah (righteousness).

Please read the whole book of HaNavi Habakuk?

The Koran teaches us that you have to die…….

 But, please Yudah (Jews) and Ephraim (most Christians) Listen to His Voice:

Hab 1:12  Art thou not mikedem 

 (‘everlasting’ also said of Moshiach, indicating Moshiach’s eternal divine nature: Dan 7:14  And there was given Him (Moshiach) dominion, and honor, and sovereignty, that all people, Goyim, tongues, should pey-lammed-chet. [1] (worship as deity) (see Dan 3:12, serve, reverence as deity Him (Moshiach). His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His (Messianic) Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.] see Michah 5:1[2];)  

Yahweh Elohai (my Elohim) Kedoshi (my Holy One)? We shall not die. Yahweh, Thou hast appointed them (these Chaldean) for mishpat (ordinance); O Tzur (Rock), Thou hast ordained them (these Chaldean) for reproof.

Maran Rabbeinu Yeshuah and Rabbeinu Shaul are teaching that you, Yehudah and Ephraim all Israel, come together to the same point as where you were when you said:

Deu 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that Yahweh Eloheinu (our Elohim) shall say; and speak thou unto us all that Yahweh Eloheinu shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

But don’t ‘make’ from one of them Rabbeinu Yeshuah, Rabbeinu Shaul or Rabbeinu Mosheh another ‘mighty one’ but accept them in your live for what they really are….

Please take it serious what Abba Yahweh is telling us in:

Deu 18:15 Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohim) will raise up unto thee a Navi (prophet) from among thee, of thy achim (bretheren), kamoni (like me..... 

 Exo 32:30  The next day Moshe said to the people, "You have committed a terrible sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh; maybe I will be able to atone for your sin."); unto him ye must listen;

Deu 18:16 According to all that thou desired of Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohimin) Chorev (to be burnt dried up, ruined, wasted) in the Yom HaKahal (day of the congregation), saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh Elohav (your Elohim), neither let me see this eish hagedolah (‘great fire’) any more, that I die not.

Deu 18:17 And Yahweh said unto me, They have well-spoken that which they have spoken.

Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a Navi (prophet) from among their achim (brethren), like unto thee, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Joh 10:18  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have samchut (authority) to lay it down, and I have samchut to receive it again. This mitzvah I received from HaAv (the Father).

Deu 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not listen unto My words which he shall speak Bishmi (in My Name), I will require it of him.

Joh 8:28  Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, When you perform the hagbah (lifting up) of the Ben HaAdam, you will have da'as (knowledge) that Ani Hu [YESHAYAH 41:4; SHEMOT 3:14-16], and from myself I do nothing, but as HaAv (the Father) of me taught me, these things I speak.

Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiah Yeshuah – is Yeshuah Yahweh. Like it is said in:

Gen_49:18 I have waited for Thy Yeshuah (Salvation), Yahweh.

Exo_15:2 Yahweh is my oz and zimrah (song of praise), and He is become to me Yeshuah (salvation); He is Eli (my Elohim), and I will praise Him; Elohei Avi (the Elohim of my Father), and I will exalt Him.

And not a half-god, or another mighty-one who came between HaShem and us! (Not, ‘It Suph’!) I believe many of us (Jews and Ephraimites!) have to learn that!

 [1] Dictionary of the Talmud. M. Jastrow p. 1178 פלח

Please let us come together in Prayer (by singing/praying The Song of Moshe and The Song of The Lamb) and Teshuvah in the Love of Yeshuath YHWH. Yehudah, Ephraim and all 'the called out ones',
Until comes in fulfillment,

Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David (The whole House of Israel, Jews and Ephraim), and upon the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourned for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Isa 11:13 And the envy of Ephrayim shall turn aside, and the adversaries of Yehudah be cut off. Ephrayim shall not envy Yehudah, and Yehudah not trouble Ephrayim.
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