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This chapter is read as the haftara for the final day of Passover, outlining the Jewish vision of the redemptive future on the final day of the holiday of redemption. In Israel, it is read as an additional reading from the prophets in many communities on Israel Independence Day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jews conventionally read this chapter on two levels. On the one hand, it clearly is situated within its own time, describing how King Hezekiah is destined to become the Messiah after the end of the war with the Assyrians, as we described in chapter 9. Its original audience was the dejected Jews expecting defeat at the hands of the Assyrians during the great siege serving to reassure them. On the other hand, even if some of the details (such as the place names in 11-16) are no longer applicable to the description of current exile \u2013 the general thrust of how the redemption would resonates through all eras.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are three parts to the vision of the redemption.\u00a0 The first two we are already acquainted with from the first chapter of this book; the third is new to chapter 11:<\/span><\/p>\n

First, (11:1-5), the Messiah will usher in an era of justice. He will have a special capacity to sniff out justice and recognize right and wrong.\u00a0 Second, (11:6-10), the Messiah will usher in an era of everlasting peace, on account of have prompted worldwide study of Torah and Jewish values: \u201cFor the world has been filled with knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea\u201d (11:10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Third, the Jews who are in exile in the for-away countries will return to Israel (11:11-16). The Northern tribes had been in exile but a short time \u2013 about a decade \u2013 at the time of this story.\u00a0 When Hezekiah becomes the Messiah, the Northern tribes (called Ephraim in 11:13) will return, and the Euphrates river (11:15) will be split to enable the Jews in exile to return. This return from exile is explicitly compared to the redemption from Egypt (11:16), and a key word \u201ca second time\u201d (<\/span>sheinit<\/span><\/em>, 11:11 \u2013 alluded to in the Mussaf Kedusha prayer each Shabbat) also connects the two.<\/span><\/p>\n

But as we all know, this redemption never happened as predicted, for reasons that will become clear in the next chapter, chapter 12.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":65359,"id":65359,"title":"is11-flag-tree","filename":"is11-flag-tree.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/what-will-the-messiah-accomplish\/is11-flag-tree\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is11-flag-tree","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":65358,"date":"2019-11-06 15:30:22","modified":"2019-11-06 15:30:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"What Will The Messiah Accomplish?","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Justice, peace - 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