{"id":65342,"date":"2019-11-06T16:41:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=65342"},"modified":"2023-06-01T15:54:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T12:54:34","slug":"a-shoot-from-the-stump-of-jesse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/a-shoot-from-the-stump-of-jesse\/","title":{"rendered":"A Shoot From The Stump of Jesse"},"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":[898,835,500,403],"acf":{"old_id":"65342","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34243,"related_cahpter":"345","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Hezekiah and the Messiah: The once and future king(s)","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the fine distinctions among erstwhile synonyms that we have been accentuating were Malbim\u2019s* stock-in-trade, he also addressed the main thematic issues that arose apropos of the texts he was interpreting. Here, he attempted to negotiate the division among the medieval exegetes between those who identified the object of this prophecy as Hezekiah and those who identified it with the Messiah, by suggesting that it could yet be both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This metaphor [\u201ca shoot shall grow out of the stump of Jesse\u201d] connects with the preceding text: The great forest of Sennacherib\u2019s camp will be cut down [10:34], but one shoot from the stump of Jesse will become a great forest, as it is written: \u201c[In days] to come Jacob shall strike root, Israel shall sprout and blossom\u201d (27:6). Accordingly, it is clear from the sequence of the texts that this prophecy is about Hezekiah. And yet its promises were unfulfilled at that time. Therefore, truth is its own witness: this prophecy is a forecast for the end of days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rashi sought to adjust the flow of the text by explaining that the essence of this prophecy was concerned with the ten tribes who were exiled during the time of Hezekiah. They did not return at that time and remained in Chalach and Chebar for all time. Therefore, after mentioning the downfall of Sennacherib, [Isaiah] said: If one were to ask, what will be of those who are lost and displaced? The answer is that there is yet hope because in the future, \u201ca shoot shall grow out of the stump of Jesse\u201d\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The [future] all-inclusive redemption can occur at either of two times: \u201cIf merited, it will be hastened; if not merited, at its appointed time\u201d (Sanhedrin 98a)\u2026 The possibility of accelerated redemption on account of meritorious deeds and repentance was initiated immediately at the time of Hezekiah\u2026 Had they merited it, Hezekiah would have become the all-inclusive Messiah and all future predictions would have been fulfilled in his days. Since they were without merit at that time, the matter [of redemption] is suspended until the appointed time when it will occur axiomatically.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typically, Malbim derived his compromise interpretation from his keen parsing of the text. Stocks (roots) that run underground represent the hidden potential of the redemption, while the visible stump symbolizes its evident capacity. 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