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Isaiah\u2019s vision that the wolf shall dwell with the lamb presents an inspiring utopian vision of world peace but as Aviezer Ravitsky notes, throughout Jewish history, with the Jewish people lacking sovereignty, \u201cneither war nor peace really stood as a concrete option for the Jewish people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yet with the return of the Jewish people to Israel, these issues are particularly relevant.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There are different conceptions of peace. One, <\/span>Shalom<\/span><\/i>, comes from the word <\/span>shlemut<\/span><\/i>, meaning whole and perfect.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another comes from the Latin word <\/span>pax <\/span><\/i>which means \"freedom from civil disorder.\u201d In a world of pax, people or countries may hate one another, but agree to stop fighting. Indeed, <\/span>Pax Romana <\/span><\/i>was a time of stability, but primarily because the Romans were so powerful they had destroyed all their enemies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In his book \u2018To Heal a Fractured World\u2019, Jonathan Sacks discusses the difference between what he calls the \u2018prophetic version of peace\u2019 [a la Isaiah] and the Rabbinic version, which comes in the form of <\/span>darkei shalom <\/span><\/i>[the ways of peace], when just as we bury Jewish dead, we are commanded to bury gentile dead for <\/span>darkei shalom<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For Sacks, <\/span>darkei shalom<\/span><\/i> \u201care clearly not peace as Isaiah or Micha envisaged it. At first sight these rabbinic laws lack the grandeur of the prophets \u2013 they are small scale, local, even prosaic\u2026They seem to be no more than pragmatism, generously conceived.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But he argues they \u201cconstitute a programme for peace in an unredeemed world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What the sages who articulated the ways of peace knew was that in this not-yet-fully-redeemed world, peace means living with difference \u2013 with those who have another faith and other texts. That is the fundamental distinction between the prophetic peace of religious unity and the rabbinic peace of religious diversity, with all the compromise, restraint and mutual respect that coexistence requires.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In comparing them, Sacks explains that the prophets envisaged peace in what Francis Fukuyama, following Hegel, called the \u2018end of history\u2019. The rabbis constructed a template of peace tailored to the crooked timer of humanity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Amos Oz used to describe how he imagined Israeli-Palestinian peace by drawing on literature. Oz argues that the conflict is a tragedy in that it is a clash between right and right, adding that tragedies can be resolved in one of two ways \u2013 the Shakespearian way or the Chekhov way: \u201cIn a tragedy by Shakespeare things are resolved but the stage at the end is littered with dead bodies. In a tragedy by Chekhov everyone is unhappy, bitter, disillusioned and melancholy but they are alive.\u201d He concludes that he is working for a Chekhovian rather than a Shakespearian conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Chekhov way is far less inspiring than Isaiah\u2019s vision. 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The wolf shall dwell with the lamb. The leopard lie down with the kid. The calf, the young lion, and the fatling together, with a little boy to herd them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; And the lion, like the ox, shall eat straw. A babe shall play over a viper\u2019s hole, And an infant pass its hand over an adder\u2019s den (verse 6-8).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In a book full of famous quotes, verse 6 in chapter 11 ranks up there with the best. A vision of peace, the verse foretells a world where both predator and prey will live together in harmony.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This theme is universal and is also found later by Virgil in Eclogue 4, line 22: \u201c<\/span>the cattle will not fear huge lions.\u201d <\/span>The focus is usually on the carnivores, as the wonder is that these animals - the wolf, leopard, and lion - are all able to sit with their usual prey and not harm them. But, there is also a type of miracle in that the usual victims are able to put their nature aside and stay with the carnivores, instead of running away. Peace requires two sides: each side must overcome their instincts to be able to be together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The image may also be about the tribes of Israel, as many of the animals depicted are also symbols of tribes.\u00a0 \u201cBenjamin is a ravenous wolf\u201d (Genesis 49:27), \u201cJudah is a lion\u2019s whelp\u201d (Genesis 49:9), \u201cDan shall be a serpent by the road\u201d (Genesis 49:17), \u201c[Joseph] His firstborn ox, glory to him\u201d (Deuteronomy 33:17).\u00a0 There are also around twelve animals mentioned in the three verses. Wolf, Lamb, Leopard, Kid, Calf, Lion, Cow, Bear, Lion, Ox, Viper, and Fatling or Adder. The message could then be specific that the twelve tribes will finally find harmony and live together under one ruler (the shepherd).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The specific mention of the lion and ox eating straw together may be a reference to the two kingdoms of Judah (lion) and Joseph (ox) making peace with each other. The animals could also be a reference to the great powers in the Near East. In Daniel 7 there is a vision of four epochs depicted by four different animals- a lion, a bear, a leopard, and a fourth unidentified beast. These may refer to the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks, and the Romans. Isaiah's vision may foretell a peaceful planet where all the great powers cease their warring.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Isaiah 11:6<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n

She dipped her pen in time and wrote of crawling, walking, running
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\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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As a consummate educator, Schachter influences those whom he meets directly and indirectly through his writing, art, speaking, teaching, and simply \u201cbeing\u201d in the world, gently challenging all whom he encounters to live with greater awareness and greater kindness.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":36838,"alt":"","title":"ben schachter","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446.jpg","width":1648,"height":1876,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-264x300.jpg","medium-width":264,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-768x874.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":874,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-900x1024.jpg","large-width":900,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446.jpg","1536x1536-width":1349,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446.jpg","2048x2048-width":1648,"2048x2048-height":1876,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-1054x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":1054,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-369x420.jpg","home_baner-width":369,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Prophets Of Today - The Artist As Prophet","tile_main_caption":"Ben Schachter ","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"A contemporary moral voice speaking softly but firmly across many landscapes and touching myriad people","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":36838,"alt":"","title":"ben schachter","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446.jpg","width":1648,"height":1876,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-264x300.jpg","medium-width":264,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-768x874.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":874,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-900x1024.jpg","large-width":900,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446.jpg","1536x1536-width":1349,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446.jpg","2048x2048-width":1648,"2048x2048-height":1876,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-1054x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":1054,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-schachter-e1533449166446-369x420.jpg","home_baner-width":369,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Isaiah","chapter":"11","chapter_main_number":"345","date":"20261224","wall_id":"345"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"327","name":"Today's Prophets","old_id":"727"},{"term_id":"399","name":"Education","old_id":"799"},{"term_id":"690","name":"Art","old_id":"1090"}]},{"order":7,"id":"65319","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"It Will Be Good! 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In 1977, with Israel on the cusp of a peace deal with Egypt, Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza penned music to and performed the now iconic song, \u201cYihiye Tov<\/em>\u201d (It Will Be Good<\/em> - lyrics by recently deceased author Yonatan Gefen). The song expresses both the hope and disappointment at the political situation and the move towards peace. At the end of the song, Broza imagines a future of peace and co-existence, which he describes by paraphrasing the messianic vision described in this chapter, \u201cThe wolf will live come to live with the lamb, and the tiger will lie down with the kid\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Geffen\/Broza\u2019s hope for peace has not yet been fully realized, nor has the vision of the prophet that we read in this chapter. But maybe that is exactly the point of this image: to force us to confront our ideas of peace and what would constitute a true and complete peace, so that we reckon with the incomplete peace in which we live. The chapter begins with a more realistic and realized vision of peace and renewal, in which the shoot of the line of Jesse (a reference to King David and the Jewish Messiah) emerges from a stump of a tree. Broza\u2019s song is, perhaps, a living testament to the truth of this prophecy. After several bitter and costly wars, Israelis were still able to dream of peace and negotiate with their neighbors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The rest of the prophecy has not yet come true, and maybe it never will. It is hard to imagine combatants laying down their weapons and coexisting with their enemies in peace and security in Israel any time soon, just as it is hard to imagine bears grazing with cows or lions eating straw, as this chapter envisions. For a world utterly without violence, we must continue to wait for the messianic era. But as Broza sings, in the meantime, we can pursue peace and continue to believe and hope that everything will be ok.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Isaiah 11 contains one of the clearest \u201cmessianic\u201d prophecies of Tanakh. An individual, \u201ca shoot\u201d will spring forth, blessed with supernatural insight and wisdom. He will be able to judge through the sense of smell \u2013 a test, incidentally, that the Talmud reports Bar Kokhba failed, revealing him to not be the messiah \u2013 and will bring the fear of God throughout the land. His effects will be in the realm of social justice, as well, as he will judge the poor and the lowly. Even his violence will be miraculous, and he will kill \u201cwith the rod of his mouth\u201d and \u201cwith the breath of his lips.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The results are both famous and remarkable:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard lie down with the kid, the calf, the beast of prey, and the fatling together, with a little boy to herd them. The cow and the bear shall graze, Their young shall lie down together; And the lion, like the ox, shall eat straw.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is no way short of a miracle to transform the stomach of a lion into one capable of digesting grass, and so there is no doubt that this is meant to be nothing short of miraculous.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is the purpose of this miracle, though? Today, many appropriately lament the suffering of the lambs being voraciously eaten by wolves. If you can stomach it, here is how Richard Dawkins puts it:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

During the minute it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive; others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear; others are being slowly devoured from within by rasping parasites; thousands of all kinds are dying from starvation, thirst and disease. It must be so. If there is ever a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored (Richard Dawkins,\u00a0<\/span>River Out of Eden<\/span><\/i>, 131-132).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But it seems unlikely that this was troubling Isaiah, or anyone else in ancient Israel. Instead, we get a clue from verse 8: \u201cA babe shall play over a viper\u2019s hole, and an infant pass his hand over an adder\u2019s den.\u201d Now, the enmity between snakes and humans is not just well known, it is scripturally mandated. Back in Genesis 3:15, God had said to the snake, \u201cI will place hatred between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers.\u201d This was part of the exit from Eden, so a world in which a child can play freely near a snake\u2019s den is a return to Eden. It is Eden that Isaiah has in mind when he says, \u201cIn all of My sacred mount nothing evil or vile shall be done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Although the fine distinctions among erstwhile synonyms that we have been accentuating were Malbim\u2019s* stock-in-trade, he also addressed the main thematic issues that arose apropos of the texts he was interpreting. Here, he attempted to negotiate the division among the medieval exegetes between those who identified the object of this prophecy as Hezekiah and those who identified it with the Messiah, by suggesting that it could yet be both.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This metaphor [\u201ca shoot shall grow out of the stump of Jesse\u201d] connects with the preceding text: The great forest of Sennacherib\u2019s camp will be cut down [10:34], but one shoot from the stump of Jesse will become a great forest, as it is written: \u201c[In days] to come Jacob shall strike root, Israel shall sprout and blossom\u201d (27:6). Accordingly, it is clear from the sequence of the texts that this prophecy is about Hezekiah. And yet its promises were unfulfilled at that time. Therefore, truth is its own witness: this prophecy is a forecast for the end of days.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi sought to adjust the flow of the text by explaining that the essence of this prophecy was concerned with the ten tribes who were exiled during the time of Hezekiah. They did not return at that time and remained in Chalach and Chebar for all time. Therefore, after mentioning the downfall of Sennacherib, [Isaiah] said: If one were to ask, what will be of those who are lost and displaced? The answer is that there is yet hope because in the future, \u201ca shoot shall grow out of the stump of Jesse\u201d\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The [future] all-inclusive redemption can occur at either of two times: \u201cIf merited, it will be hastened; if not merited, at its appointed time\u201d (Sanhedrin 98a)\u2026 The possibility of accelerated redemption on account of meritorious deeds and repentance was initiated immediately at the time of Hezekiah\u2026 Had they merited it, Hezekiah would have become the all-inclusive Messiah and all future predictions would have been fulfilled in his days. Since they were without merit at that time, the matter [of redemption] is suspended until the appointed time when it will occur axiomatically.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Typically, Malbim derived his compromise interpretation from his keen parsing of the text. Stocks (roots) that run underground represent the hidden potential of the redemption, while the visible stump symbolizes its evident capacity. After a tree is cut down, the only potential for regrowth, i.e., new twigs or shoots, resides in the stump from which they eventually emerge.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

*For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":65343,"alt":"","title":"is11-oncenfuture","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture.jpg","width":1440,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-225x300.jpg","medium-width":225,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture.jpg","1536x1536-width":1152,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture.jpg","2048x2048-width":1440,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-900x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":900,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-315x420.jpg","home_baner-width":315,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"A Shoot From The Stump of Jesse","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Hezekiah and the Messiah: The once and future king(s)","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":65343,"alt":"","title":"is11-oncenfuture","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture.jpg","width":1440,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-225x300.jpg","medium-width":225,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture.jpg","1536x1536-width":1152,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture.jpg","2048x2048-width":1440,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-900x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":900,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-oncenfuture-315x420.jpg","home_baner-width":315,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Isaiah","chapter":"11","chapter_main_number":"345","date":"20261224","wall_id":"345"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"403","name":"Redemption","old_id":"803"},{"term_id":"500","name":"Messiah","old_id":"900"},{"term_id":"835","name":"King","old_id":"1235"},{"term_id":"898","name":"Hezekiah","old_id":"1298"}]},{"order":10,"id":"65323","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"The Coming Of The Messiah ","post_title":"The Coming Of The Messiah","slug":"the-coming-of-the-messiah","old_id":"65323","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":33877,"post_title":"Marc Bregman","slug":"marc-bregman","old_id":"33877","first_name":"Marc","last_name":"Bregman","description":"Marc Bregman received his Ph.D. from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1991. 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Our chapter preserves one of the best-known prophecies of Isaiah, which begins: \u201cAnd there shall come forth a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots\u2026\u201d (Isaiah 11:1). Jesse was the father of King David (see I Samuel, Chapter 16). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

This curious way of referring to the coming of the Davidic Messiah seems to be reflected in the opening of the 15<\/span>th<\/span> benediction of the Amidah: \u201cSpeedily cause the Offspring of David (Tzemah David), Your servant, to flourish (tatzmiah), and let his Horn be exalted by Your salvation, because we wait for You all day. Blessed are You, O Lord, who causes the Horn of Salvation to flourish\u201d. The conclusion of this blessing is based on: \u201c\u2026I will make a horn sprout for David\u201d (Psalms 132:17). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

This memorable image is also reflected in the 2<\/span>nd<\/span> century BCE work, Ben-Sirah (51:12): \u201cGive thanks to the One who causes the Horn of the House of David to flourish, for His mercy is forever\u201d. Horns have been a visual symbol of power since pre-historic times. And the \u201cshoot\u201d (hoter<\/em>) that will shoot forth out of the stem of Jesse, mentioned at the beginning of our chapter, is a striking graphic metaphor for the scepter of Messianic kingship (Shevet Malkhut, see Rashi to Isaiah 11:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Lamentations Rabbah 1:51 preserves an allusive story about the coming of the Messiah. A man was ploughing when one of his oxen lowed unexpectedly. A passerby told him he could stop ploughing (as a sign of mourning) because the Temple had just then been destroyed. While they were talking, the ox lowed again. The passerby said that the man could begin ploughing again because the Messiah has just then been born. When the man went to seek the Messiah, he met a woman who said she expected troubles for her child because he had been born while the Temple was being demolished. The man told her that just as the Messiah was born while the Temple was falling into ruin, so too the Messiah will return when the Temple will be rebuilt. Some time later the man returned and asked the woman about her son. She replied that he had been miraculously carried up to Heaven in a whirlwind. The man replied that this was a sure sign that soon the Temple would be rebuilt, and that the Messiah would soon come (see 2 Kings Chapter 2, the story of Elijah -- the harbinger of the Messiah \u2013 who is taken up to heaven in a whirlwind). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

This aggadic narrative is followed by foretelling that the Messiah will come following a time of calamity. This is learned midrashically from Isaiah\u2019s doomsday oracle: \u201cThe lofty trees will be felled\u2026\u201d (Isaiah 10:33-34), which is reversed by the prophet\u2019s promise: \u201cAnd there shall come forth a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots\u2026\u201d (Isaiah 11:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Image: Detail of Jesse from the Stained Glass window of All Saints Church, Hove, Sussex. 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The most sublime rhetoric in the Bible is found in the Prophets. And the most exalted of the Prophets is Isaiah. And Isaiah\u2019s most memorable line is found in Chapter 11: \u201cThey will neither harm nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters fill the sea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This powerful vision has inspired across the ages. Maimonides selected it as his culminating verse in his description of the Messianic era (Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Melachim 12:5) and it resonates with us today as well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Isaiah understands that there are several ways that our time, an age of alienation from nature and each other, an era of violence and fear and destruction, a time of uncertainty and argument, has to be fundamentally fixed in a time of redemption. That future <\/span>ge\u2019ulah <\/span><\/i>will be marked, as it must, by three fundamental shifts:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Redemption cannot be limited just to the Jews, just to humanity, just to life. The entire cosmos has to participate in this upwelling of wellbeing, an age of universal harmony and abundant thriving. In such a time, our home is seen as a holy mountain: stable, noble, calm.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In that day, the contentiousness, violence, and rage that pervade our world will have no place. Instead, harm and destruction will be a distant memory, like our childhood tantrums. We will, each and all, honor ourselves and each other, cherish our deepest needs and those of our fellows, and will seek to participate in a harmony that will allow each individual to shine in their own uniqueness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Finally, this harmonious living won\u2019t be superficial, an outer coating that hides a deeper fear and uncertainty. No, this harmony will be the blossom reflecting rootedness in first hand knowledge of all that unites us and inspires us with purpose. That \u201cknowledge of God\u201d is not simply factual information, although it involves that too. Knowledge of God is about devotion, existential engagement, emotional honesty, and an orientation toward service and gratitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When we ascend to the summit of integrated awareness, we are transformed \u2013 and our world with us. 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The messiah shall \u201csense the truth by his reverence of God\u201d, says the prophet in this chapter. In the original Hebrew text, the messiah therefore will not judge by \u201cwhat his eyes behold, nor decide by what his ears perceive\u201d. Instead, he will figure things out by the sense of smell.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ibn Ezra comments how our other senses can lead us to mistake: \u201cThe ear is sometimes deceived in hearing sounds, which are only imaginary; the eye, too, sees things in motion, which in reality are at rest; the sense of smell alone is not deceived\u201d. Rashi connects the word for smell, <\/span>rei\u2019ach <\/span>to <\/span>ru\u2019ach<\/span><\/em>, wind of spirit. Therefore, to him, the sense of scent has to do with being filled with God\u2019s spirit. And Malbim further explains that this comes to mean that the reverence makes him spiritual again, taking <\/span>rei\u2019ach<\/span><\/em>, smell to <\/span>ruchani<\/span><\/em>, spiritual, teaching that the messiah will know the truth through his spirituality.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is so unique about the sense of smell? According to some (mentioned in the Bnai Yissachar), the first human\u2019s name, Adam, is an acronym of three names: Adam, David & Messiah. The messiah ultimately comes to correct the first transgression, that of the Garden of Eden. There we find (Genesis 3:6) that all the senses are mentioned: they touched the fruit, saw it, ate, and heard God\u2019s voice, but the sense of smell was not mentioned there. This is because according to our tradition, smell is not a purely physical sense, which explains the etymological connection between it and spirituality, and which takes us to the spices of <\/span>havdala<\/span><\/em> on Saturday night, taking a little of Shabbat\u2019s soul with us into the week. On the other hand, we learn that during the time of Bar Kochva, the sages \u201ctested\u201d his ability to judge by smell, and when he failed,, they \u201ckilled him\u201d, or, this was the cause for his death.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Coincidently (or not), the Torah portion we just read describes Noah building an altar and bringing sacrifices to God for saving him from the flood. God\u2019s response is to \u201csmell the pleasing odor\u201d, and then saying to Himself: \u201cNever again will I doom the earth because of man\u201d\u2026 Our sages say that that\u2019s when the sense of smell was created. The Kabbalists hold that Cheshvan is the month when the 3<\/span>rd<\/span> Temple will be built, a home which is supposed to last forever, therefore connected to the sense of spirituality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Isaiah chapter 11 is dedicated to a description of the Messianic era. Beginning with the Messiah himself, Isaiah delineates that \u201cGod\u2019s spirit will rest upon him\u201d and he will be possessed of these six qualities (11:2):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. He will have the spirit of wisdom, and<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. understanding, and<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. counsel, and<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. might, and<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. knowledge, and<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  6. he will have a fear of God.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    But then, more broadly, Isaiah prophesizes that with the onset of the Messianic era the earth itself will be filled with the knowledge of God (11:9).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The two descriptions invite the question, if the earth itself \u2013 the whole world \u2013 will be imbued with an understanding of God, then why is it also necessary to have a person \u2013 a Messiah to lead the people? Won\u2019t the new order of a global, intuitive understanding of God be enough? Won\u2019t that naturally translate to a global populace who will instinctively do right?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Not necessarily.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The world might have an understanding of God, but note how that description differs from what the Messiah \u2013 the newly appointed king of the world will have: understanding plus wisdom, counsel, might and knowledge. The first rung on the ladder to any sea change is a desire and willingness for transformation \u2013 an understanding and complete buy-in of the objective. In fact, that readiness is a necessary precursor to effective leadership, not an outcome of it. The Messiah\u2019s role is to support and promote a global unified readiness for a new world order.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    We know all too well what happens when there\u2019s a disconnect between public will and leadership. World hunger persists, the environment deteriorates, wars continue to rage - not because of a lack of understanding of the objectives of food security, environmentalism and world-peace, but because, with a dearth of global leadership, small-scale activism has relatively small-scale tangible impact. What such activism does produce, however, is attitudinal shifts \u2013 increased understanding leading to readiness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    So perhaps our job as global citizens is to incrementally increase readiness for change by unifying attitudinal change while we wait for the real Messiah. 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    Isaiah 11 depicts Israel\u2019s redemption from national subjugation. God will do to Assyria what he once did to Egypt, restoring Israel to their land (Isa 11:11\u201315). This will be heralded by the messianic \u201cshoot [who] shall grow out of the stump of Jesse\u201d (Isa 11:1). Under his leadership, Israel will dwell forever in a state of otherworldly repose: \u201cThe wolf shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard lie down with the kid[.] \u2026 In all of My sacred mount Nothing evil or vile shall be done; For the land shall be filled with devotion to the LORD As water covers the sea\u201d (Isa 11:6, 9). Israel\u2019s national restoration is inextricably linked with the renewal of creation itself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Presumably, this prophecy comforted Isaiah\u2019s contemporaries. Centuries later, however, it would profoundly disturb the greatest Jewish philosopher, Maimonides:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    It should not occur to you that during the days of the messiah a single thing from the \u2018ways of the world\u2019 will be canceled nor will there be something novel in the creation. Rather, the world will continue in its customary way. Now, that which is said in Isaiah, \u2018The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard lie down with the kid\u2019 (Isa 11:6) is a parable and riddle. The substance of the matter is that Israel will dwell in safety (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings and Wars, 12:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    For Maimonides, the notion that politics could have cosmic consequences was philosophically embarrassing. Therefore, he understood the latter metaphorically.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Most contemporary readers, I imagine, are inclined to share Maimonides\u2019 rationalism. However, even those who cannot accept Isaiah\u2019s prophecy literally ought to appreciate one of its important implications: Israel aspires for a redemption that benefits the entire world, not just themselves. For Isaiah, Israel is not, as for Balaam, \u201ca people that dwells apart, Not reckoned among the nations\u201d (Num 23:9). Rather, their fate is intimately tied up with that of the whole world. Therefore, Jews must never construe their place in the world parochially or myopically.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Even the Great Eagle himself could not fully resist this sublime suggestion. Although Maimonides began by \u201crefuting\u201d Isaiah\u2019s cosmic language, he concluded by invoking it: \u201cAt that time there will be no famines and no wars, no envy and no competition. \u2026 They will then achieve knowledge of the Creator to as high a degree as humanly possible, as it says, \u2018For the land shall be filled with devotion to [literally \u2018knowledge of\u2019] the LORD As water covers the sea\u2019 (Isa 11:9)\u201d (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings and Wars, 12:5). For the philosopher no less than for the prophet, at stake in Israel\u2019s national restoration is nothing less than a renewed world. 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    There\u2019s a principle in Jewish law that I always found comforting: \u201ca judge has only what his eyes see.\u201d Being somewhat challenged in the area of decision-making, always worried I\u2019ll miss relevant information, it\u2019s nice to be reminded that I\u2019m only responsible for what I know about.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Oddly enough, this statement of inherent (and therefore acceptable) imperfection may be derived from a verse about God: He hears the cries of Sodom and Gomorrah and announces He will \u201cgo down to see\u201d whether their bad behavior matches the outcry; \u201cand if not, I will know\u201d (Genesis 18:21). Perhaps G0d is modeling for us \u2013 for Abraham, just described as a progenitor of justice in the world \u2013 not how He achieves knowledge and passes judgment, but how we can. For though sight isn\u2019t foolproof, it is necessary; we humans must see, or we cannot hope to know.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The role of sight in passing judgment looks (no pun intended) very different in Isaiah\u2019s portrayal of a future idealized ruler. He will be so filled with the \u201cspirit of God\u201d that \u201che will \u2018smell\u2019 truth\u2026 he will not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear\u201d (11:2-3). While God once modeled the human way to approach judgment justly, one day a human will instead succeed in emulating God\u2019s justice: he won\u2019t have to go see; he will just know, with more accuracy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The prophet goes on to describe animals dwelling in harmony together; according to many, a metaphor for newfound peace among humans. This part of the prophecy differs from the portrayal of the son of Jesse: The king will have a sixth sense in making judgments about individuals as distinct from one another \u2013 who is guilty and who is innocent, who is worthy and who is not \u2013 while others will gain a new appreciation not of distinctions but of sameness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    \u201cThe wolf shall dwell with the lamb\u201d (v. 6) \u2013 as if there were no significant difference between them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    \u201cThe land shall be filled with knowledge of God, as water covers the sea\u201d (v. 9). The Chida (18<\/span>th<\/span>-century commentator) points out the thing about a sea is that there are deeper areas and more shallow areas \u2013 but you can\u2019t tell by looking at the surface; the various depths are concealed by a layer of water that appears equal everywhere. So too, though people have different strengths and abilities, there will come a time when the world will be filled with enough Godly [Torah] knowledge that it won\u2019t be readily apparent which people have which depths of knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    What does it mean to see the world in a godly way? Sometimes it\u2019s necessary to draw distinctions, and we might long for the capacity to make correct determinations instinctively, as God can. 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    This chapter is read as the haftara for the final day of Passover, outlining the Jewish vision of the redemptive future on the final day of the holiday of redemption. In Israel, it is read as an additional reading from the prophets in many communities on Israel Independence Day.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Jews conventionally read this chapter on two levels. On the one hand, it clearly is situated within its own time, describing how King Hezekiah is destined to become the Messiah after the end of the war with the Assyrians, as we described in chapter 9. Its original audience was the dejected Jews expecting defeat at the hands of the Assyrians during the great siege serving to reassure them. On the other hand, even if some of the details (such as the place names in 11-16) are no longer applicable to the description of current exile \u2013 the general thrust of how the redemption would resonates through all eras.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    There are three parts to the vision of the redemption.\u00a0 The first two we are already acquainted with from the first chapter of this book; the third is new to chapter 11:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    First, (11:1-5), the Messiah will usher in an era of justice. He will have a special capacity to sniff out justice and recognize right and wrong.\u00a0 Second, (11:6-10), the Messiah will usher in an era of everlasting peace, on account of have prompted worldwide study of Torah and Jewish values: \u201cFor the world has been filled with knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea\u201d (11:10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Third, the Jews who are in exile in the for-away countries will return to Israel (11:11-16). The Northern tribes had been in exile but a short time \u2013 about a decade \u2013 at the time of this story.\u00a0 When Hezekiah becomes the Messiah, the Northern tribes (called Ephraim in 11:13) will return, and the Euphrates river (11:15) will be split to enable the Jews in exile to return. This return from exile is explicitly compared to the redemption from Egypt (11:16), and a key word \u201ca second time\u201d (<\/span>sheinit<\/span><\/em>, 11:11 \u2013 alluded to in the Mussaf Kedusha prayer each Shabbat) also connects the two.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    But as we all know, this redemption never happened as predicted, for reasons that will become clear in the next chapter, chapter 12.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":65359,"alt":"","title":"is11-flag-tree","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"What Will The Messiah Accomplish?","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Justice, peace - and homecoming","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":65359,"alt":"","title":"is11-flag-tree","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-flag-tree-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Isaiah","chapter":"11","chapter_main_number":"345","date":"20261224","wall_id":"345"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"409","name":"Peace","old_id":"809"},{"term_id":"500","name":"Messiah","old_id":"900"},{"term_id":"647","name":"Return","old_id":"1047"},{"term_id":"898","name":"Hezekiah","old_id":"1298"}]},{"order":18,"id":"65060","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Sefaria Source Sheets - Isaiah 11 ","post_title":"Sefaria Source Sheets - Isaiah 11","slug":"sefaria-source-sheets-isaiah-11","old_id":"65060","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":42228,"post_title":"Sefaria","slug":"sefaria","old_id":"42228","first_name":"","last_name":"Sefaria","description":"Sefaria is a non-profit organization dedicated to building the future of Jewish learning in an open and participatory way. 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    \u201cArms and the Jew\u201d<\/a> by David M. Rosenberg: Sources on Jews and weaponry.<\/p>\r\n

    \u201cSee You in Eden: Jewish Views of the Afterlife<\/a>\u201d by Rabbi Yoni Dahlen: Explore texts theorizing about what happens after death.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Source Sheets - Isaiah 11","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Isaiah","chapter":"11","chapter_main_number":"345","date":"20261224","wall_id":"345"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":19,"id":"65280","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Points to Ponder - Isaiah 11 ","post_title":"Points to Ponder - Isaiah 11","slug":"points-to-ponder-isaiah-11","old_id":"65280","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38102,"post_title":"929-English","slug":"929-english","old_id":"38102","first_name":"","last_name":"929-English","description":"","short_description":"","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38333,"alt":"","title":"\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","width":1513,"height":860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-300x171.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-768x437.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":437,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1024x582.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","1536x1536-width":1513,"1536x1536-height":860,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","2048x2048-width":1513,"2048x2048-height":860,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1200x682.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-739x420.png","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"345","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"","post_main_content_content":"

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    1. From roots to shoots<\/em>. At the end of the previous chapter we witnessed the felling of the great and proud tree representing the king of Assyria. Now we read of the royal young shoot that shall come forth from the stump of Jesse, the house of David. No coincidence!<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. Extrasensory<\/em>. The future leader makes super-natural use of familiar senses. He arrives at truth and justice by smell. And he defeats the evil enemies \u201cwith the rod of his mouth And slay the wicked with the breath of his lips\u201d (verse 4).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    3. Garden of Eden II<\/em>. Animals live in peace with each other and with humans. A baby can play with a snake. Everyone\u2019s a vegetarian. Paradise: whether this is some sort of allegory or an actual expectation for the radical repair of the world.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    4. Exodus II<\/em>. The salvation from Assyria will be like the Exodus from Egypt: \u201cThus there shall be a highway for the other part of His people out of Assyria, such as there was for Israel when it left the land of Egypt\u201d (16).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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