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Malbim\u2019s* secular knowledge included political science (as well as philosophy) and many of his distinctions are drawn in that realm. In this chapter, he distinguished between two causes of failed states, in his commentary on v. 8: \u201cAnd now hear this, O pampered one\u2014 who dwell in security, who think to yourself, I am, and there is none but me; I shall not become a widow or know loss of children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Termination of sovereignty can occur for two reasons. [It can be] due to a rebellion taking place inside the state against its ruler. This [the prophet] calls \u201ca widow\u201d because the state remains bereft of a ruler. This occurs when the citizens of the state are blood-thirsty and enraged, quick-tempered and wicked, and are looking to throw off their yoke. Alternatively, it can come about on account of an external enemy that slays the citizens and terminates their state. This he called \u201closs of children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Here, he says to Judah and Jerusalem: You thought that you were safe from these two. You did not fear the widowhood of assassination because you are \u201cpampered and dwell in security\u201d and felt no breach in your statehood. Neither did you fear bereavement from without because you \u201cthink to yourself, I am, and there is none but me.\u201d It never occurred to you that another kingdom would declare war on you, so you thought you \u201cwould not become a widow,\u201d because you dwell in peace, and would not \u201cknow the loss of children\u201d because you thought \u201cthere is none but me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Given Malbim\u2019s pronounced opposition to the Reform movement and to the Enlightenment (see our closing remarks to the previous chapter), it is not difficult to imagine that he saw the former as the internal rebellion and the latter as the enemy from without.<\/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

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