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In this chapter, Isaiah likened the Jewish people in their exile to a childless woman whose barrenness has been reversed. As we read in v.1: \u201cFor the children of the wife forlorn shall outnumber those of the espoused.\u201d Continuing with the imagery of such women, he added: <\/span><\/p>\n

Fear not, you shall not be shamed; Do not cringe, you shall not be disgraced. For you shall forget the reproach of your youth, and remember no more the shame of your widowhood (4). <\/span><\/p>\n

Drawing a distinction between shame and disgrace and addressing the poetic structure of the verse, Malbim* commented:<\/span><\/p>\n

Shame is self-inflicted while disgrace is imposed by others. The sections of this verse are parallel: \u201cFear not, you shall not be shamed\u2026 For you shall forget the reproach of your youth\u201d and \u201cDo not cringe, you shall not be disgraced\u2026 and remember no more the shame of your widowhood.\u201d The \u201cwoman\u201d intended by the lyrical verse is the community of Israel. In her youth, while she still had a husband and dwelt in her land in the company of the Lord, her \u201cspouse,\u201d experienced shame due to her evil deeds because she was unfaithful to her spouse and worshipped other deities. However, she was not disgraced by others because all the other nations [also] were idolatrous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, the prophet promised this barren woman whose children and husband would return to her in the future, that she should have no fear of being ashamed of her poor actions, \u201cFor you shall forget the reproach of your youth\u201d because God will forgive and forget them. Afterwards, while she was widowed on account of her husband abandoning her, she will no longer feel shame because she will no longer worship idols, but she was disgraced by others on account of her widowhood, alienation, and isolation. Therefore, God promised her that her exile would no longer be the cause for other nations to disgrace her and that she would no longer have reason to hide her head in shame of her exile and \u201cremember no more the shame of your widowhood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In his comments to the previous chapter, Malbim portrayed the negative aspects of the exilic experience and the calumnies it unleashed against the Jewish people as anti-Semitic oppression rather than a problem inherent to the Jews themselves. Here, he continued this theme, implying that once the Jewish people were restored to their land, they would realize that those libels were affixed to them by the gentiles and that they were now free\u2014and able\u2014to return to the status quo ante.<\/span><\/p>\n

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