{"id":65931,"date":"2019-11-20T21:55:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=65931"},"modified":"2023-06-15T09:30:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T06:30:52","slug":"prophecies-to-more-distant-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/prophecies-to-more-distant-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Prophecies To More Distant Nations"},"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":[458,506],"acf":{"old_id":"65931","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":64700,"related_cahpter":"355","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"That continue to echo across the centuries in other Jewish texts","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This small chapter stands out from among the prophecies to the nations. Whereas the other chapters dealt at length with familiar nations, neighbors to the Jews, Chapter 21, deals with three nations, who relate less with the Jewish people: \u201cArabia,\u201d \u201cDuma,\u201d and the nation of the \u201cDesert Ocean.\u201d Because the text is unclear as to which nations it refers to and why these nations are singled out, the Midrashic tradition fills in the details of the three prophecies extensively.\u00a0 All three prophecies retain a significant echo across Jewish teaching, Midrash, and piyyut: the first two are cited each year at the Passover Seder, the third in the Kinot on the 9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Av.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prophecy to Arabia (21:13-17) sketches the story of some Arab tribes who greeted captives or escapees of war with food and water; and are destroyed as a result. The commentaries are forced to the conclusion that these Arabian tribes must have not actually helped the captives or refugees of war as much as the text implies. The traditional interpretation is that these refugees were Jews who needed water when entering exile \u2013 but were instead offered only salty bread. The prophet predicts that these Arab tribes will be punished as a fitting recompense for their actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prophecy to Duma (11-12) is even more challenging.\u00a0 A watchman sees dawn, but surprisingly remarks that \u2018both day and also night have come\u2019 \u2013 and then asks people to return in order for \u201cit\u201d to come. Rashi following the traditional interpretation (see Radak and Malbim citing Yerushalmi Taanit end of 1:1)\u00a0 take this prophecy to refer to the Jewish people who are under the yolk of Esau\u2019s descendants, Edom here called Dumah, dropping the initial <em>&#8216;alef<\/em>. The Jews sit in the darkness of oppression and exile, and a watchman\/ prophet looks-out for them, waiting for the light of dawn, the symbol for the redemption. The watchman, the prophetic voice, speaks saying \u2013 it can come, it can happen; if only people repent, then the light of dawn will come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prophecy to a Western Desert (1-10). This prophecy is the most obscure of the three.\u00a0 Most commentaries agree that this prophecy predicts the fall of Babylonia (9), a western desert compared to Persia, with special attention to the overwhelming fear accompanying the total plunder of the empire on the part of the Medians (2). The speaker describes tremendous fear, echoing the response to the hand writing on the wall described in Daniel 5:5 at the day of the fall.\u00a0 On that night, the king Balshazzar had a vast party (5:1-5), with much drinking and celebration. This prophecy captures that part of the setting as well (21:5): \u201cSet the table, set the lookout, eat and drink. 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