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He shall come as redeemer to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn back from sin \u2014declares the LORD. And this shall be My covenant with them, said the LORD: My spirit which is upon you, and the words which I have placed in your mouth, shall not be absent from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children\u2019s children\u2014said the LORD\u2014from now on, for all time. (20-21)<\/span><\/p>\n

These closing verses of our chapter comprise the opening of a prayer recited towards the close of the daily <\/span>shaharit<\/span><\/em> service, conventionally known by its first two words as <\/span>Uva le-Tziyon<\/span><\/em>. Malbim*, who has consistently sought to view Isaiah\u2019s prophecies in the light of his contemporary Jewish experience, shared the following insight in his commentary here.<\/span><\/p>\n

The redeemer will come to Zion to restore the glory of Zion, the Temple, and the Sanhedrin. He will also come to the penitents, the exiles, who will be brought to repentance by the oppression of their enemies. And were one to ask: How will they subsist until that time, which is yet distant? The reply is: \u201cThis is My covenant.\u201d I have forged a covenant with them. \u201cFor My spirit that is upon thee\u201d refers to the words of the prophets, and \u201cthe words I have placed in your mouth\u201d refers to the words of Torah that Moses set before Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey shall not budge from your mouth:\u201d Initially, [the Jews] utilized prophecy up to Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi. Once prophecy was sealed up, Malachi, at the close of his own prophecy\u2014which is also the close of prophecy in general\u2014 said: \u201cRecall the Torah of Moses My servant\u201d (3:22) \u2026 This is how [the Jews] will subsist. This is a covenant of salt (<\/span>b\u2019rit melach<\/span><\/em>) that neither your descendants nor your reputation will perish.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a \u201ccovenant of salt\u201d? The term is used in Numbers 18:19, in the context of the priestly prerogatives, and its only other appearance is in 2 Chronicles 13:5, describing God\u2019s promise to David of his uninterrupted dynastic rule. Salt is a preservative; a covenant of salt is a covenant that is guaranteed to be preserved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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