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Our previous chapter presented a rather heavy and sombre description of messianic times, culminating in an appeal to all nations to \u201cRealize that I am God (46:11).\u201d This chapter deals with the same subject but in a completely different tone. Now, all nations are called on to celebrate the Kingship of God and to do so through song: sometimes song that comes in the form of the shofar blasts and sometimes through human voice. Rabbi Yaakov Trump (YU Torah) points out in his commentary on this chapter that within these 10 verses God\u2019s name is expressed seven times: sometimes in relation to His Kingship as in the references to God as King over all the earth and nations (verses 3, 8, 9 and 10); and sometimes in reference to God as our object of joyous singing (verses 2, 6, 7 and 8.) Similarly, the idea of song appears seven times in this chapter (verses 2, 6, 7 – four times! – and 8.) Throughout the chapter, the recognition of God\u2019s Kingship is matched with joy. Why does that alignment of God with joy require such emphasis for the nations of the world?<\/span><\/p>\n

Rabbi Philip Moskowitz (YU Torah) juxtaposes a common non-Jewish concept of serving God \u2013 one\u00a0 based on solemnity, the notion of original sin and needing an intermediary to negotiate the relationship with God, with the Jewish outlook of our relationship with God that comes from joy and happiness. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, in his commentary on this chapter says, \u201ctrue homage to God, though profoundly solemn, goes hand in hand with the loftiest emotion of pure joy.\u201d That, understands Hirsch, is what the nations will come to know in messianic times, and is why at this juncture they are told that a time will come when they will be called upon to \u201cclap your hands, raise a joyous shout for God.\u201d In other words, in messianic times, the nations of the world will know, as the Jewish nation already subscribes to, that sanctification of God will not come from a place of grief or sadness but from a place of pure joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joy in Judaism, says Rav Shimshon Pincus as related by Rabbi Moskowitz, \u201cis not just a component of our service to God, but is our test of service to God.\u201d As we will soon read in Psalms, \u201c<\/span>Ivdu et Hashem b\u2019simcha <\/span><\/i>\u2013 serve God with joy.\u201d It\u2019s not the service that brings us joy, it\u2019s the joy in our relationship with God that drives us to service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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