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Verse 5 in this chapter addresses multiple constituencies. How many and which are the subjects of our inquiry?<\/span><\/p>\n

“One (<\/span>z<\/span>eh<\/span><\/em>) shall say, \u201cI am the LORD\u2019s,\u201d another (<\/span>ve-zeh<\/span><\/em>) shall use the name of \u201cJacob,\u201d another (<\/span>ve-zeh<\/span><\/em>) shall mark his arm \u201cof the LORD\u201d and adopt the name of \u201cIsrael.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though the word <\/span>zeh<\/span><\/em> appears but three times, Rashi divided them into four: Those who say \u201cI am the Lord\u2019s\u201d are the completely righteous; those who \u201cuse the name of Jacob\u201d are the (small) children of the wicked; he who marks his arm \u201cof the Lord\u201d is a penitent (<\/span>ba`al teshuvah<\/span><\/em>), and those who \u201cadopt the name of Israel\u201d are, quite naturally, the converts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ibn Ezra and Radak treated them alike, assuming them all to refer to the remnant of Israel, with Ibn Ezra adding the proviso regarding the last phrase that \u201csome interpret it to refer to proselytes.\u201d Neither, however, addressed the question whether the verse incorporates three or four categories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Malbim,* consistent with the type of categorization we have seen him adopt previously, wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne shall say\u201d refers to gentiles who will recognize God; even though they will not accept the Torah, they will still say they belong to God and not to another deity. \u201cUse the name of Jacob\u201d refers to the masses, descendants of Jacob, who will preserve their lineage and guard their ancestral religion. \u201cMark his arm to the Lord\u201d are the righteous who always go before God and mark their arms as a sign of submission to devote and sanctify their deeds to their creator and perform no secular act unless it is for the [sake] of God and the observance of His commandments. Such a person will \u201cadopt the name of Israel\u201d because he will be subject to supernatural providence.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the identification of the last clause with proselytes, which Rashi attributed to Avot d\u2019Rabbi Natan, was dismissed by S.D. Luzzatto (Shadal; Italy 1800-1865) on the grounds that v. 3 explicitly limits the blessing to \u201cyour descendants.\u201d Shadal also identified the marking of the arm specifically with the covenant forged in the era of Ezra and Nehemiah that employs the term \u201cthey gave their arms\u201d to describe the Israelites\u2019 pledge to expel their [non-Jewish] wives (Ezra 10:19).<\/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":67587,"id":67587,"title":"is44-tatoo","filename":"is44-tatoo.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is44-tatoo.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/who-shall-what\/is44-tatoo\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is44-tatoo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":67586,"date":"2019-12-23 11:27:41","modified":"2019-12-23 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