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A close reading of our chapter reveals a series of six laments over the substandard spiritual condition of Israel. Each of them (vss. 8, 11, 18, 20, 21, 22) is introduced by <\/span>hoy<\/span><\/em>, usually an exclamation of woe. We shall focus our attention on this one: \u201cWoe, those who haul sin with cords of falsehood and iniquity as with cart ropes\u201d (18).<\/span><\/p>\n

Rather than treat sin and iniquity, and cords and ropes, as complete synonyms, Malbim, typically, distinguishes between them.* In his exegetical lexicon, sin (`<\/em><\/span>avon<\/span><\/em>) is committed after rational deliberation, while iniquity (<\/span>chata`a<\/span><\/em>) occurs when one is overcome by desire. Cords (<\/span>chevel<\/span><\/em>) have but a single strand, while ropes (`<\/em><\/span>avot<\/span><\/em>) are woven of multiple strands. Bearing these distinctions in mind, here is his commentary:<\/span><\/p>\n

Man is perpetually at war with himself. Whenever he is confronted by something pleasing that is prohibited to him, his desire to enjoy it awakens, while his intellect warns him not to touch it on account of God\u2019s commandment. If desire wins and he transgresses the commandment, Sacred Scripture calls this a <\/span>chet<\/span><\/em>\u2019<\/span><\/i>, because he has missed the mark [cf. Judges 20:16] and is guilty of the transgression. Those who commit such iniquities are filled with remorse, because after they satisfy their desires their eyes are opened, and they recognize their mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n

There other people who when they are incited by desire to transgress a commandment and see that intellect is opposing them, summon intellect to assist desire by repudiating the commandment, its objective, its reward, or its punishment. This is called `<\/span>avon<\/span><\/i> because they deliberately skewed their behavior, and such people will never feel remorse. This is the type whom the prophet is rebuking here, as it states in the subsequent verse \u201cWho say, Let Him speed, let Him hasten His purpose\u201d (19); they deny that God punishes\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

We, too, in our experience, have surely seen both categories. There are those whose violations of Shabbat or Kashrut, or failure to pray or behave ethically, are due to a conflict of desires. They can be persuaded to put the spiritual before the physical. However, those who rationalize their misbehavior or their failure to follow the commandments by declaring them to be outdated or superstitious are more difficult to convince.<\/span><\/p>\n

*For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":64928,"id":64928,"title":"is5-rope","filename":"is5-rope.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/is5-rope.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/hoy\/is5-rope\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is5-rope","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":64927,"date":"2019-10-29 15:20:40","modified":"2019-10-29 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