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Chapter 25 is Isaiah\u2019s tribute to Psalms, and he makes sure to bring out all the big poetic guns. An example of this is the multilayered word choice in verse 5. The end of the chapter reveals that it was most likely given on a famous mountain. For example, verse 6 and 7 both begin with references to \u201cthis mountain\u201d. In verse 5, however, Isaiah teases this big reveal with clever wordplay that adds a bit of mystery as to the location. The verse translates as\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The rage of strangers like heat in the desert, You subdued the heat with the shade of clouds, The singing of the tyrants was vanquished.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is a nice image of a fiery enemy being cooled by a calming fluffy misty cloud. That in itself is quite poetic. But Isaiah is not content with that. He specifically chooses these synonyms of dry and heat for a reason. The Hebrew words are <\/span>K\u2019chorev b\u2019tzayon sheon zarim tachniah chorev b\u2019tzel av zmir aritzim yaaneh<\/span><\/em>. Chorev<\/em> and Tzayon <\/em>are spelled the same as <\/span>Tzion<\/span><\/em>, Zion and <\/span>Chorev<\/span><\/em>, Horeb, two very famous mountains; Horeb being another name for Mt. Sinai where the Torah was given and the other, Zion the Temple Mount or area surrounding the Temple Mount.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The reference to \u201cthis mountain\u201d later on could then mean the physical mountain of Tzion where Isaiah most likely proclaimed this chapter or it could be Mt. Sinai. On an even deeper level, Isaiah may not be referring to an actual mountain at all, but perhaps the reference to Chorev\/Horeb implies that the mountain is the foundation of Torah that will provide a solid base for the joyous celebrations of the future. This would mean that the famous pronouncement in verse 9:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In that day they shall say: This is our God; We trusted in the One who delivered us. This is GOD, in whom we trusted; Let us rejoice and exult in God\u2019s deliverance!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

could be the people pointing towards a rebuilt Temple to reference God or to the basis of God\u2019s religion, the Torah, as the source of deliverance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In our<\/span> chapter<\/span><\/a>, the Prophet Isaiah praises God for doing wonderous things including that God: \u201cwill<\/span> swallow up death<\/span><\/a> forever\u201d (<\/span>billa\u2019 ha-mavet la-netzah<\/span><\/em>). This phrase is paraphrased in <\/span>I Corinthians<\/span><\/a>: \u201cDeath has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?\u201d (compare<\/span> Hosea 13:14<\/span><\/a>). The idea of ''swallowing up death\u201d is a positive inversion of what Isaiah says earlier in his prophecy: \u201cSheol has opened wide its gullet and parted its jaws in a measureless gape\u201d (<\/span>Isaiah 5:14<\/span><\/a>). The depiction of Sheol (i.e. the dwelling place of the dead) as swallowing those who die is reflected in the Ugaritic myth of the deity<\/span> Mot<\/span><\/a>, as a devouring personification of Death. The name <\/span>Mot<\/span><\/em> is related to Hebrew <\/span>Mavet<\/em> <\/span>(\u201cdeath\u201d)<\/span> and similar words in other Semitic languages.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Post-Biblical Jewish tradition continues to mollify the terror of the end of life by stressing God\u2019s ultimate eradication of death. For example, the custom of reciting<\/span> Tziduq Ha-Din<\/span><\/a><\/em> (\u201cthe Justification of Divine Judgment''), a prayer for mourners, includes the verse: \u201cHe [God] will swallow up death forever. And my Lord, God, will wipe away the tears from all faces\u2026\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Rabbinic Sages elaborate on this verse in various ways.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to<\/span> Midrash Tanhuma Yitro<\/span><\/a>, the Holy One says that because of the<\/span> Yetzer Ha-Ra<\/span><\/a> (the \u201cEvil Inclination\u201d that incites people to sin) one\u2019s years are shortened in this world. But in the eschatological future: \u201cHe [God] will swallow up death forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Similarly, according to<\/span> Aggadat Bereshit<\/span><\/a>, in the World to Come there is no \u201ctaste of death,\u201d as it is<\/span> said<\/span><\/a>, \"He will swallow up death forever.\" This teaches you that in this world, even the ministering angels above weep for the death of the righteous, just as human beings weep for the death of the righteous below. But in the World to Come, there will be no more weeping, as it is<\/span> said<\/span><\/a>: \"God will wipe away the tears from all faces.\u201d For here, \"faces\" includes even the faces of the ministering angels, as it is<\/span> said<\/span><\/a> of the four celestial \u201ccreatures\u201d (<\/span>hayyot<\/span><\/em>) of the Divine Chariot: \"Their faces had the appearance of human faces.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In describing the<\/span> death and burial of Jacob<\/span><\/a> (Genesis 47:28-50:14), Scripture recounts Jacob\u2019s insistence to be reinterred in the Land of Israel. This scene<\/span> concludes<\/span><\/a>: \u201cHe [Jacob] said [to Joseph], \u201c\u2019Swear to me\u2019 and he swore to him. Then Israel [Jacob] bowed at the head of the bed.\u201d Here,<\/span> Midrash Tanhuma VaYehi<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 comments that Jacob bowed down before the <\/span>Shekhinah<\/em> <\/span>[God\u2019s presence] that hovered over him. And adds that in the face of death one does not rejoice in this world. But in the World to Come, the Holy One, blessed be He, \u201cwill swallow up death forever\u201d and<\/span> proclaim<\/span><\/a>: \u201cI will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in her people. 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For fans of the Harry Potter series, verse 8 might remind us of a scene in Deathly Hallows, when Harry and Hermione find the grave of Harry\u2019s parents. The quote on their grave, taken from the book of Corinthians, echoes the message in this verse: \u201cDeath will be destroyed forever\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

JK Rowling writes:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cHarry read the words slowly...\u2018The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death\u2019\u2026\u201d A horrible thought came to him... \u201cIsn\u2019t that a Death Eater idea? Why is that there?\u2019<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u2018It doesn\u2019t mean defeating death in the way the Death Eaters mean it, Harry,\u2019 said Hermione, her voice gentle. \u201cIt means\u2026you know\u2026living beyond death. Living after death.\u2019<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But they were not living, thought Harry: They were gone... tears came before he could stop them...He let them fall, his lips pressed hard together, looking down at the thick snow hiding from his eyes the place where the last of Lily and James lay, bones now, surely, or dust, not knowing or caring that their living son stood so near....\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The idea, and Harry\u2019s reaction to it, raises an important question: Do we attempt to outsmart our fear of death? Or do we \u201cbeat\u201d death by accepting that we will die, and ensuring that we leave behind a strong legacy?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Though the books present the first option as evil- the Death Eater way- it is perfectly understandable. When faced with imminent death, many of us are tempted by one more treatment, surgery, or clinical trial. It is our obligation as Jews to pursue life. God says so explicitly: \u201cI have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life\u2014if you and your offspring would live\" (Deuteronomy 30:19).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So we pursue health and life, for ourselves and others. But we should not feel defeated when we cannot prolong the function of our own bodies or others\u2019. The verse states that we are to choose life so that we <\/span>and our offspring<\/span><\/em> may live. This, Rashi suggests, is the true meaning of life and death. Commenting on the description of Noah in the book of Genesis, Rashi explains that \u201cNoah\u2019s generations\u201d were the legacy of his actions and his good character. Mentioning Noah\u2019s positive character, Rashi says, brings a blessing to us, the living.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This recalls the blessing Jews say after mentioning someone who has passed: may their memory be a blessing. Though Harry felt grief at the loss of his parents, he in fact allowed them to defy death in both his physical existence and by remembering them. Harry\u2019s parents live on in his body, through his eyes that are just like his mother\u2019s, and his hair just like his father\u2019s. But Lily and James also live on and with Harry because their friends kept memories of them alive, and pass those along to Harry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We, too, can vanquish death by keeping alive the memories of those we love. In doing so, we partner with God in the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, that God will defeat death.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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To celebrate his victory over those who would challenge God, God throws a banquet (25:6):\u201cThe Lord of Hosts will make on this mountain a banquet of rich viands for all the peoples, a banquet of choice wines: of rich viands seasoned with marrow, of choice wines well refined.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Banqueting for celebration has a long history in the land of Israel (and elsewhere). On a beautiful 14<\/span>th<\/span> century BCE ivory engraving from the Canaanite city of Megiddo, now on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, we see the king enthroned, sipping a cup of wine:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/p>\r\n

For the color photo of the engraving - see <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Importantly, as the king sips his wine, and the musicians play the celebratory music, the bound prisoners are paraded in front of the throne. Thus banqueting and victory are intimately connected, as in Isaiah 25.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In 2003, a book on the importance of punctuation entitled \u201cEats, Shoots & Leaves\u201d was published. The point of the title is that shoots and leaves can be either verbs\u2014the intended first impression\u2014or nouns, which they were meant to be without the comma. (If I had mentioned that the cover features a panda bear, would you have recognized shoots and leaves as its diet?) A comparable instance of syntactic ambiguity occurs in our chapter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Arguably, the most striking verse in this chapter is v. 8, employed frequently in eulogies: \u201cHe will destroy death forever. My Lord GOD will wipe the tears away from all faces and will put an end to the reproach of His people over all the earth\u2014 for it is the LORD who has spoken.\u201d Under this reading, God is the subject and death is the object of the verb \u201cdestroy\u201d (or literally, \u201cswallow\u201d).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, the Hebrew (<\/span>bila` hamavet<\/span><\/i> lanetzach<\/span><\/i>) allows for a completely different translation: Death shall destroy forever. Indeed, this is implicit in the commentary of Ibn Ezra and explicit in Malbim.*<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Who will swallow these false faiths? Death. The soldiers of Gog who were besieging Mt. Zion will die and [death] will swallow false faith forever. By witnessing the downfall of Gog and the plague with which God will strike the enemies of Jerusalem, they will return to believe in God and recognize the true faith.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The false faiths\u2014alluded to in the verse 7\u2014are typically categorized by Malbim as follows:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Peoples who profess a faith and are not idolaters. They lack only a recognition of the true religion because their misleading beliefs place a mask over their faces and prevent them from seeing the light of truth\u2014which would be simple because they already believe in many of the genuine religious truths such as reward and punishment, providence, etc., and they are called peoples (`<\/em><\/span>amim<\/span><\/em>), which is a higher status than nations (<\/span>goyim<\/span><\/em>). God will swallow\/remove the mask that covers their faces, i.e., the false faith, and they will automatically recognize the true religion.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Nations that do not yet have any faith, who are still idolaters, such as the ancients and the people of China, Japan, and the like. They are of the lower status of nations (<\/span>goyim<\/span><\/em>) of whom it says that God will remove the mask of idolatry that conceals them and that they have adopted as a religion and after which they are led astray.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Eventually, as Isaiah himself put it,<\/span> \u201cthe earth will be as saturated with knowledge of God as water covers the seas\u201d (11:9).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    Chapter 25 raises important philosophical questions about both the nature of death and the corporeality of God within the Jewish tradition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The chapter begins with praise from the speaker to God for destroying the enemy nation in the redemptive future and providing a stronghold for the impoverished Jews (25:1-7).\u00a0 After this salvation in the redemptive future: \u201cDeath will be swallowed forever, and the Lord, God will wipe tears from all faces, and the embarrassment of His people he will remove from the land, as God has said\u201d (25:8).\u00a0 This verse personifies death, swallowed as it were, and not just neutralized. This verse implies death will cease in that redemptive future; although Radak limits the force of the prediction by arguing that it is only destructive, unexpected death that will end as a consequence of world peace, not natural death. Jews have long speculated what will become of death in a time which is compared to life ever-lasting, and this prophecy is crucial for understanding this key philosophical belief. It is typically recited at the funeral service, although its meaning remains unclear.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Chapter 25 continues with a key verse about the corporeality of God: \u201cAnd he will say on that day, Behold, This is our God who we have hoped for and He will save us; This is the LORD, we have hoped for Him, we will rejoice and be happy with His salvation (25:9).\u201d\u00a0 Does this verse refer to God revealing himself indirectly through His action of redeeming His people? Or perhaps, it implies God will be revealed in physical form for the people to see, with the repetition of the word \u201cthis\u201d? The Talmud takes the verse literally, in a way that might seem philosophically uncomfortable (Taanit 31a) while most commentaries reject the interpretation that God will actually take physical form.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The prophecy continues: \u201cFor the Hand of the LORD will rest upon this mountain, and Moab will be threshed beneath Him, like grain is threshed in the garbage heap\u201d (25:10). Here, again, the commentaries neutralize the idea that the \u201chand\u201d literally indicates that God has corporeal form, translating \u201cstrength\u201d (Targum and Rashi) or punishment (Ibn Ezra and Radak).\u00a0 Commentaries use these verses to clarify their philosophical belief. Any description of the body of the Divine is merely a metaphor for revelation and power. A perfect God cannot be limited by physical form and physical space and so all these prophecies should be understood as prophecy and metaphor.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    25:5 \u201cThe arrogants\u2019 uproar You subdued, the heat, with the shade of a cloud. The chant of the cruel ones He answered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The received text is enigmatic here. Attempts to render the concluding verb as \u201chas silenced\u201d are questionable: <\/span>ya'aneh<\/em> <\/span>as it stands means \u201canswer,\u201d and a revocalization as <\/span>ye\u2019aneh<\/em> <\/span>doesn\u2019t work because that verb means \u201cafflict,\u201d not \u201csilence,\u201d and also requires a human object [JPS has \u201cvanquished\u201d]. Perhaps the \u201cchant\u201d is a battle chant, or a triumphal song.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    From: Robert Alter, <\/span>The Hebrew Bible, <\/span><\/i>vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. By permission of the author<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    1. The power of tyrants<\/em>. Verses 3-5 describe the power of tyrants for evil: like a powerful torrent, or like a deadly drought. But even vast power such as this is no match for God, who will vanquish them completely in verse 5.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. A rich banquet<\/em>. In order to solve the riddle of the banquet, commentators search for other, similar apocalyptic prophecies. Does this banquet have the same meaning as drinking the poisoned cup of wrath, of punishment, as in the prophecy of Jeremiah in another 66 chapters: \u201cFor thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, to me: \u201cTake from My hand this cup of wine\u2014of wrath\u2014and make all the nations to whom I send you drink of it\u201d (25:15)? Or is it more similar to the blessed abundance that flows from God\u2019s mountain, as in Isaiah\u2019s own prophecy from chapter 2 (23 chapters ago)?<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    3. The vision of the eradication of death<\/em>. In the context of redesigning the world in the end of days, this is a new element. And an uplifting one: \u201cHe will destroy death forever. My Lord GOD will wipe the tears away From all faces...\u201d (verse 8).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    4. The hope<\/em>. One who fervently hoped, and their dream was fulfilled, will be doubly jubilant, especially when they see \u201cthis\u201d coming to fruition: \u201cIn that day they shall say: This <\/i>is our God; We trusted in Him, and He delivered us. This <\/i>is the LORD, in whom we trusted; Let us rejoice and exult in His deliverance!\u201d (verse 9).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"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":"Isaiah 25","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"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":"25","chapter_main_number":"359","date":"20270113","wall_id":"359"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/65955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}