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As our contribution to Chapter One, and as a Malbim sampler, here is his commentary on verse 3: \u201cAn ox knows its owner and a donkey [knows] its master\u2019s trough, yet my people knows not, Israel does not comprehend.\u201d Ibn Ezra explained simply that oxen and donkeys are cited because they are common dumb, domesticated, animals; owners and masters are one and the same; troughs represent the ways that owners maintain their livestock; Israel is, of course, God\u2019s people; and not knowing and not comprehending are \u201crepetitious (<\/span>kaful<\/span><\/em>), as is the style of most prophecies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Malbim actually divided his commentary into two separate parts: Linguistic Commentary (<\/span>Be\u2019ur ha-Millot<\/span><\/em>) and Thematic Commentary (<\/span>Be\u2019ur ha-Inyan<\/span><\/em>). In the latter, he drew a meaningful distinction between each pair of ostensible synonyms:<\/span><\/p>\n

Knows<\/span><\/em>: We have evidence of two kinds of recognition, even in the nature of dumb animals. An ox will recognize its master simply by his purchase of it, while a donkey\u2014which has no recognition to that extent\u2014will recognize him, nonetheless, by his placing fodder in the trough for it to eat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel does not know<\/span><\/em>: Namely, when I call them by the name \u201cIsrael,\u201d it is a sign that they are My lot, My acquisition, and My servants (this is parallel to \u201cI raised children,\u201d verse 2), and they ought to recognize their master as an ox does. Nevertheless, they did not want to know.<\/span><\/p>\n

My people<\/span><\/em>, too, when I elevated them above all the other peoples by calling them My people, and My inheritance (parallel to \u201cI raised children and elevated them,\u201d verse 2), they ought to have recognized this special favor as a donkey does. Nevertheless: <\/span>does not comprehend<\/span><\/em>: They declined to understand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ingratitude, as Malbim explained, can result from either ignorance or lack of appreciation. Some people just don\u2019t recognize the hand that feeds them, while others actually bite it. Rather than an interpretation that limits the lesson, Malbim\u2019s exegesis expands the verse to embrace a much broader range of social and cultural possibilities. Rather than seeing prophetic poetry as merely repetitious\u2014even if that has the advantage of lending it greater emphasis\u2014Malbim\u2019s perspective on the medium awards it a more powerful sermonic tone and, thereby, reinforces its contribution to posterity.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":64718,"id":64718,"title":"is1-ingratitude","filename":"is1-ingratitude.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is1-ingratitude.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/ingratitude-does-israel-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-it-or-simply-not-recognize-it\/is1-ingratitude\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is1-ingratitude","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":64717,"date":"2019-10-23 21:08:42","modified":"2019-10-23 21:08:54","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":460,"height":431,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is1-ingratitude-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is1-ingratitude-300x281.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":281,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is1-ingratitude.jpg","medium_large-width":460,"medium_large-height":431,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is1-ingratitude.jpg","large-width":460,"large-height":431,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is1-ingratitude.jpg","1536x1536-width":460,"1536x1536-height":431,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is1-ingratitude.jpg","2048x2048-width":460,"2048x2048-height":431,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is1-ingratitude.jpg","post_full_size-width":460,"post_full_size-height":431,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is1-ingratitude-448x420.jpg","home_baner-width":448,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Ingratitude: Does Israel Bite The Hand That Feeds It - 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