{"id":64853,"date":"2019-10-27T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T15:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=64853"},"modified":"2023-05-22T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:52:08","slug":"isaiahs-curses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/isaiahs-curses\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah\u2019s Curses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[419,547,400,372],"acf":{"old_id":"64853","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"337","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"The worst offense? Disrespect","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our chapter records an extensive list of the punishments that God will bring upon the people of Israel because of their sins: \u201cSee now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support, all supplies of bread and all supplies of water, the hero and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder and the man of rank, the counselor, wise silencer and the one who understands that which was transmitted in a whisper&#8230; People will oppress each other \u2014 man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the dishonored against the honored\u201d (Isaiah 3:1-5).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talmud Bavli (Hagigah 14a) uses this list of dismaying divine \u201ccurses\u201d to create a veritable catalogue of the functions that the Rabbinic Sages most esteemed. \u201cSupply\u201d (<em>mash\u2019en<\/em>) refers to Masters of Scripture. \u201cSupport\u201d (<em>mash\u2019enah<\/em>) refers to Masters of Mishnah. \u201cAll supplies of bread\u201d refers to Masters of Talmud.\u00a0 \u201cAll supplies of water\u201d refers to Masters of Aggadah, who use the Aggadah to draw the human heart as a thirsty person is drawn to water. \u201cHero\u201d refers to the Masters of Oral Traditions. \u201cWarrior\u201d refers to one proficient in the \u201cgive and take\u201d of the war of Torah. \u201cJudge\u201d refers to the Rabbinic magistrate (<em>dayyan<\/em>) who renders a completely honest verdict. \u201cProphet\u201d refers to just what it says \u2013 a biblical prophet. \u201cDiviner\u201d refers to a king. \u201cElder\u201d refers to a person with whom one can consult (see Rashi). \u201cCaptain of Fifty (<em>Sar Hamishim<\/em>) \u2013 Rather read \u201c<em>Sar Humashim<\/em>\u201d, one who understand the \u201cgive and take\u201d of the Five Books of the Torah. \u201cMan of rank\u201d refers to one for whose sake favor is shown to his entire generation. \u201cCounsellor\u201d refers to one who knows how to intercalate years and determine the beginning of months. \u201cWise silencer\u201d refers to a disciple who causes his masters to become wiser, for when he begins teaching Torah all others fall silent. \u201cOne who understand that which was transmitted in a whisper\u201d refers to one who understands the inner meaning of what is taught \u201cin a whisper\u201d (i.e. the Secrets of Torah).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, as Scripture indicates, God\u2019s ire was not cooled until Isaiah pronounced the final verse of his list of \u201ccurses\u201d: \u201cThe young will rise up against the old, the dishonored against the honored\u201d (Isaiah 3:4). The young who oppose the old are those who, empty of good deeds, behave insolently toward those who are filled with good deeds. And the dishonored who oppose the honored are those for whom weighty commandments seem light and therefore behave insolently toward those who treat even light commandments as weighty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ultimate message of this Talmudic passage remains highly relevant to our day. The transgression that seems most to anger God is disrespect, particularly by any young persons who may not properly appreciate the greater wisdom of their elders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Paul Gustave <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dor\u00e9,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dor\u00e9&#8217;s English Bible, 1866.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":64854,"id":64854,"title":"is3-isaiah's curses","filename":"is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/isaiahs-curses\/is3-isaiahs-curses\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is3-isaiahs-curses","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":64853,"date":"2019-10-27 15:20:56","modified":"2019-10-27 15:21:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":476,"height":599,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses-238x300.jpg","medium-width":238,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","medium_large-width":476,"medium_large-height":599,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","large-width":476,"large-height":599,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","1536x1536-width":476,"1536x1536-height":599,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","2048x2048-width":476,"2048x2048-height":599,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","post_full_size-width":476,"post_full_size-height":599,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses-334x420.jpg","home_baner-width":334,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Isaiah\u2019s Curses","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"The worst offense? Disrespect","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":{"ID":64854,"id":64854,"title":"is3-isaiah's curses","filename":"is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/isaiahs-curses\/is3-isaiahs-curses\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is3-isaiahs-curses","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":64853,"date":"2019-10-27 15:20:56","modified":"2019-10-27 15:21:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":476,"height":599,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses-238x300.jpg","medium-width":238,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","medium_large-width":476,"medium_large-height":599,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","large-width":476,"large-height":599,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","1536x1536-width":476,"1536x1536-height":599,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","2048x2048-width":476,"2048x2048-height":599,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses.jpg","post_full_size-width":476,"post_full_size-height":599,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is3-isaiahs-curses-334x420.jpg","home_baner-width":334,"home_baner-height":420}},"preview_video":"","external_link":"","link_for_pay":false,"tile_gallery_items":false,"credits":""},"alternate_tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","hide_media":false},"tile_group":{"preview_image_url":false,"main_caption":"","sub_caption":"","":null,"popup_package_extra_content":"","read_time":""},"home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo":{"seo_title":"","seo_description":"","seo_default_title":"","seo_default_description":""},"links":false,"send_noty":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64853"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115257,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64853\/revisions\/115257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}