{"id":65997,"date":"2019-11-23T21:41:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T19:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=65997"},"modified":"2023-06-18T13:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T10:46:24","slug":"rebel-surrender-or-have-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/rebel-surrender-or-have-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel, Surrender &#8211; Or Have Faith?"},"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":[555,384,898,635],"acf":{"old_id":"65997","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":64700,"related_cahpter":"356","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Isaiah weighs in on Jerusalem\u2019s options","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Talmud (Sanhedrin 26a) takes this chapter to refer to Jerusalem, and not a foreign country, describing what life was like for Jews in Jerusalem during the time of the great siege. Each day, the people climb to the rooftops to survey the Assyrian approach (22:1).\u00a0 Food is scarce, and those who die, die from starvation and not war (22:2). To prepare for the siege, Hezekiah had fixed the breaches of the wall and had rerouted the water of the Gihon spring into the city (2 Chronicles chapter 32), but the prophet is critical of these improvements because the people handled the military preparations for the siege, but did not look to the role God ought to play in these difficult times (22:9-11).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both of these improvements are attested to in the present-day archaeology of Jerusalem.\u00a0 The broad wall in the Jewish quarter and Hezekiah\u2019s tunnel are testimonials to the herculean efforts undertaken in order to survive. Yet, for all their preparations, the people are pessimistic that they won\u2019t survive. Instead, they party: \u201cfor tomorrow we die\u201d (22:13) \u2013 they have lost all hope of being saved, so they may as well eat the food they have left in a last chance of happiness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the dire situation, Shebna \u2013 formerly a trusted adviser to the king \u2013 breaks ranks and contemplates a rebellion. Hezekiah had taken a firm stand against the Assyrians; Jerusalem would remain under siege until either God saved them or they were defeated.\u00a0 But the people considered surrender as another attractive option. Yes, Judah would lose their independence and the royal family might be killed \u2013 but at least the people would now survive as vassals of the Assyrians (22:15-16). The \u201cexalted tomb\u201d is a metaphor for his aspiration to become the next king and be buried in the kings\u2019 graveyards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, the prophet\u2019s role is to reassure the people and caution them not to rebel, much as he had decades earlier in chapter 8. A surrender would mean the Temple\u2019s destruction, the end of the Davidic line, exile and likely the end of the people of Israel. 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