{"id":65239,"date":"2019-11-05T11:35:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T09:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=65239"},"modified":"2023-05-31T07:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T04:48:56","slug":"the-case-of-widows-and-orphans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-case-of-widows-and-orphans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case Of Widows And Orphans"},"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":[384,391,436],"acf":{"old_id":"65239","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":57331,"related_cahpter":"344","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Harming - and protecting - the most vulnerable\u00a0\u00a0","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The theme of telling Israel that they need to care for the widows and orphans appears multiple times in the book of Isaiah. But there\u2019s an interesting juxtaposition of this theme at the end of the ninth chapter and the beginning of the tenth. In Isaiah 9:16 God says that he will destroy all of Israel, including the widows and orphans. And then in Isaiah 10:1-2 Isaiah castigates the people of Jerusalem for not protecting widows and orphans. Why juxtapose these two messages? On the one hand God proclaims that everyone is evil and he will destroy the widows and orphans and yet the very next chapter the people are castigated for their treatment of the widows and orphans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to suggest three potential answers, each showing a slightly different way that the prophet can portray a theme or message by simple juxtaposition:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) When God declares that he will destroy the widows and orphans, the unwritten response from the people is- \u201cWhat can we do to prevent the destruction of the vulnerable?\u201d God takes that point and flips around and responds, \u201cIf you want to save the vulnerable from my wrath, you need to do a better job of protecting them yourselves!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) Similarly, God says he is going to destroy the widows and orphans and then he turns to Israel and asks why didn\u2019t you protect them? In essence He is saying that it is Israel\u2019s fault that He has to destroy them along with all Israel. The people could have been better and not have this destruction. \u201cIf you feel bad right now, it&#8217;s your fault not mine.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) Finally, such a staggering decision to destroy the most vulnerable of the population may have triggered a reaction from the listeners questioning how can God possibly harm those that are most vulnerable. Isaiah then turns around and throws it back at the people. You are blaming God for promising to destroy the widows and orphans and yet look how you yourselves treat them!?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: James Tissot <em>The Widow&#8217;s Mite<\/em> (Le denier de la veuve), 1886-1894 \/ Brooklyn Museum<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":65245,"id":65245,"title":"is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot","filename":"is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-case-of-widows-and-orphans\/is10-widows_mite_le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_james_tissot\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is10-widows_mite_le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_james_tissot","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":65239,"date":"2019-11-05 09:35:10","modified":"2022-03-28 19:21:37","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":747,"height":483,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot-300x194.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":194,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot.jpg","medium_large-width":747,"medium_large-height":483,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot.jpg","large-width":747,"large-height":483,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot.jpg","1536x1536-width":747,"1536x1536-height":483,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot.jpg","2048x2048-width":747,"2048x2048-height":483,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot.jpg","post_full_size-width":747,"post_full_size-height":483,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is10-Widows_Mite_Le_denier_de_la_veuve_-_James_Tissot-650x420.jpg","home_baner-width":650,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"The Case Of Widows And Orphans","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Harming - 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