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How do we read this verse (49:17)?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u05de\u05b4\u05bd\u05d4\u05b2\u05e8\u0596\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u0591\u05d9\u05b4\u05da\u05b0 \u05de\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05e8\u05b0\u05e1\u05b7\u05a5\u05d9\u05b4\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05b7\u0596\u05d9\u05b4\u05da\u05b0 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b5\u05a5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d9\u05b5\u05e6\u05b5\u05bd\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05c3 – <\/span><\/i>miharu banayich maharsayich umacharivayich mimech yetzeyu.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Swiftly your children are coming your destroyers and demolishers shall come out from within you\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I purposefully did not adopt any already digested translation, because translation means commentary, and commentary means siding with a specific reading and meaning. These are all things I\u2019d like to avoid, since, if we\u2019re honest with the original, this verse can convey two opposite meanings.<\/span><\/p>\n

One way to read it is:\u00a0<\/span>\u201c\u2026Your destroyers and demolishers shall leave (come out) from within you\u201d\u2026 this means, those who clamor for your destruction, shall come from within you. Yes, you might have outside enemies, but those will pale in comparison with those who come from within you. The word we\u2019re emphasizing here is \u201cwithin you\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the difference between \u201cdestroyers\u201d and \u201cdemolishers\u201d? One possibility is that destruction allows us the opportunity to rebuild, while demolition (coming from the root <\/span>ch.r.v<\/span><\/em>. used for sword (<\/span>cherev<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/i> and the utter destruction of the Temple <\/span>(<\/span><\/i>churban<\/span><\/em>))<\/span><\/i> are much harder to fix. Alternatively, it could be that the first implies spiritual demise, while the latter implies physical devastation. This in turn raises the question, which is worse? And, how do we recover from either? Are those connected, or independent of each other?<\/span><\/p>\n

Either way, this way to read the verse is negative. It\u2019s therefore plausible, but stands in stark contrast to the rest of the chapter, which is an uplifting, almost poetic, description of comfort and rejuvenation.<\/span><\/p>\n

We can therefore offer a different reading:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cSwiftly your children are coming! Your destroyers and demolishers shall leave from within you\u201d – emphasizing \u201cleave\u201d in a sense of they will go away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This means that the negative, destructive forces of various kinds will leave on their own once the children return \u201cswiftly.\u201d But let it not seem like we don\u2019t have to do anything. Rather, to me, this interpretation puts the onus on us: Let us not worry about what everyone around us is doing. Instead, we need to find out who we are and be our true self. What is our calling? Our unique gift? The more we will do that, the more the rest of the picture will fall into place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The futuristic promise and prophecy of comfort is therefore, not about fighting the outer world, nor about sitting and doing nothing, but about finding a way to truly be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":67852,"id":67852,"title":"is49-destroyers","filename":"is49-destroyers.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is49-destroyers.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/on-dealing-with-destroyers\/is49-destroyers\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is49-destroyers","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":67851,"date":"2019-12-29 12:42:53","modified":"2019-12-29 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