{"id":73516,"date":"2020-04-20T15:52:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T12:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=73516"},"modified":"2020-04-20T15:52:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T12:52:50","slug":"false-sense-of-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/false-sense-of-security\/","title":{"rendered":"False Sense Of Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"73516","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34250,"related_cahpter":"463","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"The safety offered by a pot to its meat turns out to be an illusion\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem \u201cis the pot, and we are the meat\u201d (11:3), its leaders would proclaim. These were the leaders who resisted doomsday prophecies of conquest, who refused to accept peacefully the inevitability of Babylonian rule. They insisted instead that there was no imminent threat, that they could go ahead and build houses to enjoy for years to come (first half of verse 3, according to many commentators) \u2013 because their sturdy \u201cpot\u201d would protect them from fire, keeping them safe within all the way until their deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The metaphor of meat being protected by the pot in which it cooks, however, doesn\u2019t seem all that reassuring. I\u2019m reminded of the (not very politically correct) cartoons of my youth in which hapless characters would stumble upon some cannibalistic tribe and engage in shenanigans as they came to realize their impending doom and escape. Picture it: Main character runs through the jungle to escape some predator, let\u2019s say, and encounters a native who invites him \u2013 with a gleam in the eye obvious to the audience \u2013 to take shelter in this large cauldron, under which a fire is then lit and into which savory vegetables are then added. \u201cDon\u2019t worry; this will keep you safe from the jaguar. You can even stay for dinner. We insist.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The safety offered by a pot to its meat turns out to be an illusion, as is the security of those who refused to accept the prophet\u2019s warnings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malbim\u2019s reading perhaps alludes to the double-edged \u201csafety\u201d of meat stewing in a pot. Most commentators split the first half of verse 3: \u201c[the danger] is not close; build houses!\u201d Malbim, however, sees a partial warning: \u201cdon\u2019t build houses close\u201d \u2013 i.e. close to the city walls. Because just like meat will burn if stuck to the sides of the pot, houses at the edge of town might well succumb to enemy attacks. Perhaps even those who insist the pot will protect them cannot ignore the danger inherent in the pot itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the prophecy continues, the metaphor is turned against those who utilized it in spreading a false sense of security: \u201cThe corpses that you have piled up in it are the meat for which it is the pot; but you shall be taken out of it\u201d (verse 7); \u201cThis [city] shall not be a pot for you, [nor] you the meat in it\u201d (verse 11). Because they denied prophetic warnings, these leaders are held responsible for the deaths of those whose bodies will be contained within the \u201cpot,\u201d and will themselves suffer out in the open, far from even the illusion of a protective metal barrier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or, in another reading of verse 11, the pot won\u2019t be protective like they thought, though they will indeed find themselves as meat within it \u2013 meat that \u201cfalls apart and melts\u201d (Metzudat David).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiding in a pot might seem safe, but those who see the bigger picture know anyone inside will just end up as a tender 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