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I started using a set of <\/span>Neviim<\/em> <\/span>(commentaries on the books of the prophets) that had been my wife\u2019s grandfather\u2019s to prepare my 929 learning for these books. While looking at chapter 22, I saw a lot of handwritten notes in the text. I asked my father-in-law if it was his father\u2019s handwriting, and he said no. We looked at the front flap and saw the name of his older sister who tragically passed away at a young age. The handwriting was probably hers from a class she took in prophets. In honor of her memory, I would like to share one piece from her notes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the second half of the chapter, Isaiah brings up a political crisis concerning Shebna, Hezekiah\u2019s incumbent scribe. Shebna has an inflated sense of self and starts building an ostentatious mausoleum for himself. God wants him to be deposed, and eventually for Eliakim to replace him. In verse 16, Isaiah addresses Shebna:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What have you here, and whom have you here, that you have hewn out a tomb for yourself here?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The three-phrase sentence is punctuated by the thrice repeated word \u201chere.\u201d Isaiah answers this rhetorical question by explaining that God will shake Shebna around like a piece of clothing until God rolls him up into a ball and throws him to another land: \u201cThere shall you die, and there shall be the chariots bearing your body\u201d (verse 18). This part of verse 18 is punctuated by the dual use of the word \u201cthere.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why the shift between \u201chere\u201d and \u201cthere\u201d?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The use of these words is reminiscent of a Hanukkah dreidel. All dreidels have four letters signifying different things. The dreidels in Israel all have the letter \u201c<\/span>peh<\/span><\/em>\u201d for <\/span>poh<\/span><\/em> to indicate that the miracle happened \u201chere\u201d in Israel.\u00a0 Dreidels outside of Israel have a \u201c<\/span>shin<\/span><\/em>\u201d for \u201c<\/span>sham<\/span><\/em>\u201d to indicate that the miracle happened there, in Israel. The use of those two words here is meant to emphasize the stark difference between the two locations. Shebna has a chance to be <\/span>poh<\/span><\/em>, here, in Jerusalem, but his self-centered acts make him unworthy of \u201chere.\u201d\u00a0 Instead, God will cast him out of the land, <\/span>sham<\/span><\/em>, there, to a faraway place not connected to the holy city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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When the prince in <\/span>The Princess Bride<\/span><\/em> feigns concern over castle security, his chief enforcer assures him, \u201cThe gate has but one key \u2013 and I carry that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Small comfort, once intruders show up and the officer shows what he\u2019s really made of:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cGive us the gate key!\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cI have no gate key.\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cFezzik, tear his arms off.\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cOh, you mean this gate key?\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

In an unusually individualized prophecy, Isaiah rebukes Shebna, a steward who was \u201cin charge of the palace\u201d (22:15). The prophet doesn\u2019t specify Shebna\u2019s crime, but midrashic tradition suggests he failed to adequately protect his charge and instead conspired to hand the city over to Sennacherib. While some commentators argue the midrashic version is difficult to reconcile with certain textual details, there is one that matches perfectly:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In that day, I will summon My servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah\u2026 I will invest him with your tunic\u2026 and deliver your authority into his hand\u2026I will place the keys of David\u2019s palace on his shoulders; and what he unlocks none may shut, and what he locks none may open.\u201d (22:20-22)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shebna offered up the gate key, so he will be replaced by a truer \u201cservant\u201d of God, who will carry the keys faithfully and wield them effectively.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But what is that key doing on Eliakim\u2019s shoulders? Radak argues this must be a metaphor: \u201ca person doesn\u2019t carry a key on his shoulder\u2026 said \u2018on his shoulder\u2019 because it is like a burden that a person carries on his shoulder\u2026\u201d Malbim, however, takes the phrase literally, suggesting it was typical for such officers to carry castle keys on their shoulders \u2013 as a symbol. What would such a practice symbolize? In the abstract, the same as in Radak\u2019s metaphor: responsibility. But physically carrying that key on one\u2019s shoulder reflects an added element of pride: responsibility not as an abstract concept, but something one displays to oneself and the world in a very real way.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Every week, walking home from synagogue, my younger kids race to ask for a key; each wants the honor of unlocking our door. They carry that key with pride and would never relinquish it (ok, maybe to Fezzik); they treasure the responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Amos Hakham, in his <\/span>Daat Mikra<\/span><\/em> commentary, suggests (as an alternative to the midrash) that Shebna is the same guy who (in verse 13) invites the people to \u201cEat and drink, for tomorrow we die!\u201d Perhaps the root of his crime was not taking his responsibilities seriously enough: he invited the enemy in (midrash); he released the stores under his supervision (Hakham). He didn\u2019t carry his gate key on his shoulder with pride, but pulled it out of a pocket to hand over to whichever kid or giant asked first.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Replacing Shebna\u2019s insufficient concern for his charge, Eliakim will serve truly, maintaining constant awareness of the burden he is to cherish. 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Our chapter provides two remarkable examples of where text and archaeology converge. Isaiah is not, of course, interested in giving us historical data for its own sake. Fortunately, there were two developments in the late eighth century that irked him, whose remnants are still visible to us today.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

First, by the late 8th century BCE, Jerusalem had expanded well beyond its original Jebusite and Davidic borders. This created a dangerous situation, in which much of the population lived in a neighborhood outside the defensive walls of the city. And this was particularly dangerous in the eighth century, with the Assyrians a massive military threat. King Hezekiah therefore had to build a new city wall to encompass the larger city. He couldn\u2019t, of course, encompass every house, and the path of the wall had to be determined by strategic considerations. Archaeologically, this is called the \u201cBroad Wall\u201d (because this is what Nehemiah apparently calls it; see Nehemiah 3:8), and it is easily visited in Jerusalem today. One can see rather easily that the construction of the wall cut through some homes, whose residents were presumably evicted on the grounds of eminent domain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is what bothered Isaiah, who blasts Hezekiah (22:10): \u201cYou counted the houses of Jerusalem, and tore them down to fortify the wall!\u201d For Isaiah, this was blasphemous because \u2013 as we will continue to see in the coming chapters \u2013 Isaiah believed that no mundane defenses were needed if one relied on God. But we can certainly imagine Hezekiah responding patiently, \u201cYes, Isaiah, that is exactly what I did. It is what needed to be done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The second example gets more personal. Isaiah blasts \u201cShebna, who is in charge of the house,\u201d with the following charge: \u201cWhat do you have here? Who are you here, that you hewed out for yourself a tomb? He hews in the heavens his tomb, carves a sanctuary for himself in the rock!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the Palestinian village of Silwan, across the Kidron valley from the original city of Jerusalem, there are a number of Iron Age tombs that were dug into the face of the mountain. On the lintel of one was found an inscription, now in the British Museum (see image above):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u05d6\u05d0\u05ea [\u05e7\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea ...]\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea. \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05e4\u05d4 \u05db\u05e1\u05e3 \u05d5\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1
\r\n<\/span>\u05db\u05d9] \u05d0\u05dd [\u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d5] \u05d5\u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05de\u05ea\u05d5 \u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05d5. \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e4\u05ea\u05d7 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d6\u05d0\u05ea]<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is the [burial of _____]yahu who is in charge of the house. There is no silver or gold here
\r\n<\/span>[but] only [his bones] and the bones of his maid?\/wife? with him. Cursed be the person who opens this!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Israeli archaeologist Nahman Avigad brilliantly suggested restoring this, <\/span>\u05d6\u05d0\u05ea \u05e7\u05d1\u05e8\u05ea \u05e9\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> \u201cThis is the tomb of Shebnayahu who is in charge of the house.\u201d Many other details of this short text are tantalizing, but for today, the consilience between text and archaeology is stunning enough.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Isaiah 22 can be neatly divided into two different messages that the prophet was told by God to deliver:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    \r\n\t
  1. a) Verses 1-14, a prophetic vision concerning the potential for a terrible military attack on Jerusalem, including a most inappropriate response on the part of some of the Jerusalemites to the Prophet\u2019s warning (v. 13);<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. b) Verses 15-25, a Divine verdict regarding the fates of two leading politicians in the court of King Hezekiah. Shebna (v. 15-19), the incumbent governor of the royal palace, acted improperly and allowed his exalted position of responsibility and influence to \u201cgo to his head\u201d by attempting to set aside a privileged burial site for himself. As a result of Shebna\u2019s hubris and pursuit of personal honor, Isaiah informed him of his demotion, with Eliakim son of Hilkiah (v. 20-4), designated as Shebna\u2019s replacement.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Regarding both the inhabitants of Jerusalem as well as Shebna, the prophet calls attention to how their actions reflect deep theological and moral shortcomings on their respective parts.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    For the Jerusalemites who have been warned that they will come under siege because of attacking foreign armies, instead of engaging in repentance and prayer to try to alter the dire decree (see e.g., Jonah 3:4-10) , some of them take a \u201cCarpe Diem\u201d attitude. Adopting the Epicurean ethic of \u201ceat, drink, (and be merry) because tomorrow we die\u201d expressed their belief that there was no hope for them either in this world, or in the world to come, and therefore they might as well enjoy themselves while they still could. Shebna, too, in pursuit of an enticing this-worldly legacy, attempted to parlay his position of authority into a high-profile burial crypt, rather than dedicate himself to meaningful achievement and acts of loyalty to King Hezekiah.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The most befuddling textual difficulty in Isaiah 22 is in the final verse of the chapter, v. 25: \u201cIn that day\u2014declares the LORD of Hosts\u2014the peg fixed in a firm place shall give way: it shall be cut down and shall fall, and the weight it supports shall be destroyed. For it is the LORD who has spoken.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Is this verse \u201cdoubling back\u201d and further castigating Shebna, the view of most classical biblical commentators? Or does this verse serve as a warning to Eliakim that a fate like that of Shebna awaits him, should he allow his new responsibilities to lead him to think that he can similarly assess for himself inordinate high honor and prestige?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Which of these two approaches is more convincing to you and why?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    This chapter, entitled \u201cThe Valley of Vision Pronouncement,\u201d is\u2014according to all the traditional exegetes\u2014aimed at Jerusalem, which is so-called on account of the many visionary prophets who either resided there (like Isaiah himself) or addressed her. Its central theme of impending doom and disaster can be summarized in the words of v. 5: \u201cFor my Lord GOD of Hosts had a day of tumult and din and confusion\u2014 Kir raged in the Valley of Vision, and Shoa on the hill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Treating \u201cShoa\u201d (which is spelled with an `<\/span>ayin<\/span><\/i> and has nothing to do with the Holocaust) as a proper noun, the translators (JPS, 1978) noted \u201cmeaning of Heb. uncertain\u2026 see Ezekiel 23:23,\u201d in which Shoa appears indicating a place in Mesopotamia. This matches Kir, which was situated in Aram\/Syria. The implication is that these are allies of Babylonia who will participate in the attack on Jerusalem and cause the tumult, din, and confusion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Curiously, the traditional exegetes all saw it quite differently, deriving <\/span>shoa<\/span><\/em> from the common noun <\/span>shav`a<\/span><\/em> meaning to cry out for help. Incorporated into Malbim\u2019s** commentary, it yielded the following disquisition on how not to conduct a war:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Prior to the conquest, God confused them so they were delivered into the hands of their enemies and defeated\u2026 After the enemy withdrew, they went, confused, to the different lands of their captivity, all on account of God\u2019s decree of tumult.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    [The prophet] tells how they were foolish in battle and did not know how to wage war. When the enemy approached\u2014while the wall [of Jerusalem] was still strong and not breached, they should have taken arms from the armory and fought from atop the wall. Instead, they did the opposite. First the enemy undermined and uprooted the city wall while [the defenders] did not oppose them; rather, they turned for help (<\/span>shoa<\/span><\/i>) to the mountain, seeking to survive on Mount Zion, allowing the enemy to destroy the wall.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The expectation that the mountain\u2014i.e., the Temple\u2014would, in and of itself, provide protection is also reflected in the following verse from Jeremiah: \u201cDon\u2019t put your trust in illusions and say, \u201cThe Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD are these [buildings]\u201d (7:4). As we will yet come to see, the people ignored his exhortation and their imprudent reliance on the very existence of the Temple as a bulwark against the Babylonians cost them their independence\u2014and its destruction.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    *<\/span>The people experience the tumult and din of confusion, and God\u2019s \u201cdin\u201d (Heb. \u201cstrict judgment\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    *<\/span>*<\/span>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":65995,"alt":"","title":"is22-din","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"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 Day of Din (A Double Entendre)*","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Or: how not to conduct a war","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":65995,"alt":"","title":"is22-din","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is22-din-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"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":"22","chapter_main_number":"356","date":"20270110","wall_id":"356"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"434","name":"War","old_id":"834"},{"term_id":"444","name":"History","old_id":"844"},{"term_id":"635","name":"Jerusalem","old_id":"1035"}]},{"order":7,"id":"65989","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"2","name":"Cynicism Isn\u2019t Sophisticated ","post_title":"Cynicism Isn\u2019t Sophisticated","slug":"cynicism-isnt-sophisticated","old_id":"65989","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":33992,"post_title":"Bradley Shavit Artson","slug":"rabbi-dr-bradley-shavit-artson","old_id":"33992","first_name":"Bradley Shavit ","last_name":"Artson","description":"Rabbi Dr Bradley Shavit Artson holds the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is Vice President of American Jewish University in Los Angeles, and is professor of philosophy there. 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    In each generation, there are those who confuse cynicism with cool. Acting as though nothing matters, no emotions ruffle the stolid surface of their expression, no excitement can crack the tough exterior of their stance, we see these poses and might even envy what looks like their ability not to be swayed by emotion, or thrown off balance by the swirl of life around them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    There is an ideology that often accompanies this unflappable cool, a kind of \u2018nothing matters\u2019 cynicism that burns through all significance and deadens the possibility of caring for anything.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    We might think this kind of cultivated indifference is modern, and it is that too. But it has deep roots in antiquity. Listen in as the Prophet Isaiah chastises the excessively cool and indifferent in his own time: \u201cthey eat meat and drink wine and say, \u2018Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The cynics of all ages feign an indifference to what life brings, as though giving in to sorrow in the face of suffering, or celebrating with joy when life goes well is a sign of weakness, ignorance, or immaturity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    But it isn\u2019t cool to refuse to feel. Responding with a full heart is the very essence of an awakened consciousness, of truly living in the moment.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Grieve and delight, says the Prophet, for tomorrow we die. If you don\u2019t feel now, you never will. Allowing our emotions to wash over us, to sweep us into the deep, is the only purifying mikveh the heart can know. Grief is the price we pay for having loved, for a passion for life. We avoid it only by deadening ourselves before our time. Joy is the profit we collect for giving ourselves to each other in love and solidarity. It is the return in our investment of relationship and presence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Eat and drink, sure. But be sure to savor the flavor and to take big gulps.<\/span><\/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":"","tile_main_caption":"Cynicism Isn\u2019t Sophisticated","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Grieve and delight, says the Prophet, for tomorrow we die. If you don\u2019t feel now, you never will. Allowing our emotions to wash over us, to sweep us into the deep, is the only purifying mikveh the heart can know. Grief is the price we pay for having loved, for a passion for life","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","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":"22","chapter_main_number":"356","date":"20270110","wall_id":"356"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"394","name":"Emotions","old_id":"794"},{"term_id":"447","name":"Heart","old_id":"847"}]},{"order":8,"id":"65974","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"The Key ","post_title":"The Key","slug":"the-key","old_id":"65974","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":36669,"post_title":"Yakov Azriel","slug":"yakov-azriel","old_id":"36669","first_name":"Yakov ","last_name":"Azriel","description":"Yakov Azriel, who lives in Israel, has published five books of poetry in the USA and hundreds of poems in journals and magazines. His poems have won twenty-two prizes in international poetry competitions, and he has twice been awarded fellowships from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.","short_description":"Yakov Azriel is an English language poet who lives in Israel","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":36670,"alt":"","title":"Yakov.Azriel.Photo","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yakov.Azriel.Photo_-e1533158407668.jpg","width":1099,"height":1519,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yakov.Azriel.Photo_-e1533158407668-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yakov.Azriel.Photo_-e1533158407668-217x300.jpg","medium-width":217,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yakov.Azriel.Photo_-e1533158407668-741x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":741,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yakov.Azriel.Photo_-e1533158407668-741x1024.jpg","large-width":741,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yakov.Azriel.Photo_-e1533158407668.jpg","1536x1536-width":1099,"1536x1536-height":1519,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yakov.Azriel.Photo_-e1533158407668.jpg","2048x2048-width":1099,"2048x2048-height":1519,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yakov.Azriel.Photo_-e1533158407668-868x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":868,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yakov.Azriel.Photo_-e1533158407668-304x420.jpg","home_baner-width":304,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"356","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"\u201cI will give the key to the House of David onto his shoulder; and he shall open and none will shut, he shall shut and none will open.\u201d (Isaiah 22:22)\u00a0","post_main_content_content":"

    I.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    When I was little,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>We lived in Grandfather\u2019s house<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>That overlooked the sea,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>A house overflowing with rooms and gardens<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Where I played with my cousins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In Grandfather's study stood his desk,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>In whose top drawer was a locked box of carved wood and gold;<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And in Grandfather's vest was the key that would unlock it;<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Reverently Grandfather would hand me the box and key,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And tell me, \u201cOpen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Inside was a photograph of Grandmother<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Before she had married<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And who had passed away the day I was born;<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Inside were pink envelopes with thin pink sheets<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Covered with delicate handwriting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    While I sat on the floor, playing<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>With my marbles and little carved animals,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Grandfather would sit by his desk with the pink envelopes<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And read;<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And read.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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

    II.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    When Grandfather lay dying,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>He called each of his sons, each of his daughters,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Each of his grandchildren,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And blessed us one by one.<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>I cried.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Grandfather then sat up on his bed<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And asked my mother to bring him his vest.<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>To me he handed a key,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>The key to the wooden, golden box.<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>\u201cTreasure it,\u201d he whispered,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    \u201cWhen you are older,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Open the box, my child,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Read<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And remember,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And read.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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

    III.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    After Grandfather\u2019s death,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>We left his house<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And moved far away,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Squandering the inheritance<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Grandfather had bequeathed us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    My shoes became shabby,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>My trousers tattered,My coat threadbare.<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>In my coat pockets grew holes;<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>The key Grandfather gave me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Fell into a puddle<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>And turned into a tadpole<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>I could not catch;<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>A butterfly I could not reach;<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>A bird I could not grasp;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    And the bird flew higher and higher<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>To emerge as a star<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Hid inside a constellation<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Before the star fell down<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>On the dark side of the moon.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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

    IV.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Every night I wake up sweating<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>In a nightmare: <\/span>I am small again,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Playing in the house by the sea;<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Grandfather beckons me with his finger;<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Hand in hand we walk to his study\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

    Where he opens the top drawer of his desk.<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>His hands tremble as he hands me the box:<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>\u201cWhere is the key,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>My child,<\/span>
    \r\n<\/span>Where is the key?<\/span><\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

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    The Talmud (Sanhedrin 26a) takes this chapter to refer to Jerusalem, and not a foreign country, describing what life was like for Jews in Jerusalem during the time of the great siege. Each day, the people climb to the rooftops to survey the Assyrian approach (22:1).\u00a0 Food is scarce, and those who die, die from starvation and not war (22:2). To prepare for the siege, Hezekiah had fixed the breaches of the wall and had rerouted the water of the Gihon spring into the city (2 Chronicles chapter 32), but the prophet is critical of these improvements because the people handled the military preparations for the siege, but did not look to the role God ought to play in these difficult times (22:9-11).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Both of these improvements are attested to in the present-day archaeology of Jerusalem.\u00a0 The broad wall in the Jewish quarter and Hezekiah\u2019s tunnel are testimonials to the herculean efforts undertaken in order to survive. Yet, for all their preparations, the people are pessimistic that they won\u2019t survive. Instead, they party: \u201cfor tomorrow we die\u201d (22:13) \u2013 they have lost all hope of being saved, so they may as well eat the food they have left in a last chance of happiness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In response to the dire situation, Shebna \u2013 formerly a trusted adviser to the king \u2013 breaks ranks and contemplates a rebellion. Hezekiah had taken a firm stand against the Assyrians; Jerusalem would remain under siege until either God saved them or they were defeated.\u00a0 But the people considered surrender as another attractive option. Yes, Judah would lose their independence and the royal family might be killed \u2013 but at least the people would now survive as vassals of the Assyrians (22:15-16). The \u201cexalted tomb\u201d is a metaphor for his aspiration to become the next king and be buried in the kings\u2019 graveyards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Here, the prophet\u2019s role is to reassure the people and caution them not to rebel, much as he had decades earlier in chapter 8. A surrender would mean the Temple\u2019s destruction, the end of the Davidic line, exile and likely the end of the people of Israel. The prophet reassures the people \u2013 this rebellion will fail (22:17-25) and the God who is now hidden will soon save his people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    22:8 \u201cand the cover of Judah was exposed. And you looked on that day to the weapon-store of the Forest House.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The term for \u201ccover,\u201d <\/span>masakh<\/span><\/em>, is used for the cover of the Ark of the Covenant. This has led some scholars to a theological interpretation: God\u2019s protective cover has been taken away. Others see a reference to a fortress protecting the approach to Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The Forest House was a cedar-paneled armory within the palace (see 1 Kings 7:2-5, where it is called the Lebanon Forest House). The weapons kept there appear to be ornamental, but in the desperation of the siege, here they are taken up for use in combat.\u00a0<\/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. Archaeological support<\/em>. The preparations for the rebellion that the prophecy mentions also appear in 2 Chronicles chapter 32, and they can also be seen on site. The Silwan water channel in the City of David is a project to divert the waters of the Gihon spring into a pool inside the city. And the Broad Wall from the days of Hezekiah, parts of which are clearly visible in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, is the wall whose construction required evacuating residential areas.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. Let me cry in peace<\/em>. That\u2019s what the prophet requests in verse 4, and that\u2019s how he calls out to his listeners not to take the coming catastrophe lightly.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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