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In this chapter, Isaiah spoke to the people of the coastlands (\u2018<\/em><\/span>iyyim<\/span><\/em>), invoking them to recover from the trauma of the war against Assyria. While he attributed their victory to God\u2019s assistance, he also praised them for their mutual assistance (6), which he described, rhetorically, as: <\/span><\/p>\n

The woodworker (<\/span>charash<\/span><\/em>) encourages the smith (<\/span>tzoref<\/span><\/em>); he who flattens with the hammer [encourages] him who pounds the anvil. He says of the riveting, \u2018It is good!\u2019 and he fixes it with nails, that it may not topple (7). <\/span><\/p>\n

While Rashi and Radak attributed these actions to the fashioning of statues, Malbim* placed them in a more suitable military context. (Our treatment of Malbim, here, will require us to set aside the J.P.S. translation of the text).<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>charash<\/span><\/em> is the one who manufactures weapons. The <\/span>tzoref<\/span><\/em> mines the iron and the <\/span>charash<\/span><\/em> must wait until the <\/span>tzoref<\/span><\/em> completes his work. However, they will rush to prepare weapons and ammunition to the extent that the <\/span>charash<\/span><\/em>, whose work is usually delayed, will assist the <\/span>tzoref<\/span><\/em> to mine the iron and smelt it, so they can make swords and spears from it. Similarly, the one \u201cwho flattens\u201d the instrument with the hammer when the process is completed will assist him \u201cwho pounds the anvil\u201d at its inception without waiting until he completes his own activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Likewise the one who \u201csays of the riveting \u2018it is good\u2019\u201d will attach two pieces of a broken sword together temporarily, strengthen them \u201cwith nails\u201d for an impermanent bond so they do not collapse or come apart and declare \u201cit is good.\u201d On account of their haste to do battle, even a sword that was broken and reattached with nails will suffice them. [The prophet] thereby described: (a) the gathering together of all the nations; (b) their mutual assistance; and (c) their hasty preparations for battle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the appearance of \u201cstruggle\u201d (11), \u201cbattle\u201d (12), and \u201cright hand\u201d (13, the symbol of physical strength), Malbim\u2019s association of the text with military preparations does appear to be contextually accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n

*For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":67247,"id":67247,"title":"is41-rivets","filename":"is41-rivets.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is41-rivets.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/riveting-is-good\/is41-rivets\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is41-rivets","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":67245,"date":"2019-12-18 13:26:31","modified":"2019-12-18 13:26:43","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":1152,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is41-rivets-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is41-rivets-300x180.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":180,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is41-rivets-768x461.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":461,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is41-rivets-1024x614.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":614,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is41-rivets.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":922,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is41-rivets.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1152,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is41-rivets-1200x720.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":720,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is41-rivets-700x420.jpg","home_baner-width":700,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Riveting Is Good!","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Because it\u2019s not of idols - 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