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Chapter 31 continues the attack on the Egyptian sympathizers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ha! Those who go down to Egypt for help and rely upon horses! They have put their trust in abundance of chariots, in vast numbers of riders, and they have not turned to the Holy One of Israel, they have not sought the LORD\u201d (verse 1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Egypt\u2019s power came from their sophisticated chariots pulled by horses. References to horses and chariots appear as far back as the Exodus when Pharaoh's chariots were stuck in the mud of the Red Sea. The warning against relying on horses instead of relying on God echoes David\u2019s warning in Psalm 20: \u201cThey [call] on chariots, they [call] on horses, but we call on the name of the LORD our God\u201d (Psalm 20:8). Isaiah references this warning to explain that God is the one who will save the people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is no need to try to garner support from Egypt. This warning against relying on Egypt\u2019s chariots also echoes the warning to Israelite kings not to acquire too many horses.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moreover, he shall not keep many horses or send people back to Egypt to add to his horses, since God has warned you, \u2018you must not go back that way again\u2019\u201d (Deut. 17:16).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Isaiah may be referencing this as a warning to King Hezekiah not to give into the pro-Egypt camp. It may also be a dual warning to the people. They should rely on God over any foreign power and they should not try to act as rulers themselves trying to persuade the king to back Egypt. The warning in Deuteronomy is not just for the king himself, but also for the people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Here\u2019s the rub: on one level, Zionism represents a rejection of two thousand years of Jewish political disengagement. If the classical Jewish stances toward troubling social or military developments is prayer, fasting, and renewed faith, then Zionism intentionally walks away from that response. Instead of the traditional pieties, Zionism enters the maelstrom of statecraft, diplomacy, military strategy and sheer force.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Isaiah has a pretty sharp critique of that secular approach. He attacks this realpolitik as a disaster in the making: <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses; they trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, and they did not depend on the Holy One of Israel and did not seek out the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the prophet\u2019s words, there is a stark dichotomy to select from: either rely on alliances and power (and be doomed) or turn to the God of Israel (and be saved). The Lord is portrayed as a roaring lion over his prey, and the military props are mere whining shepherds who are powerless to stop the lion\u2019s predation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The problem, thousands of years later, is that we know how the story ends: Jerusalem isn\u2019t saved. Prayer doesn\u2019t do the job. Temple sacrifice doesn\u2019t do the job. The city falls and Jews are exiled. At least twice. And we continue to wander, responding to each new catastrophe with prayer, fasting, lamentations. And endless cycles of pogroms, rapes, disputations, inquisitions, and extermination.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Zionist revolution, frankly, is to choose the other end of a gun for a change. Pray if you want, but learn to shoot.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So how does someone who loves the tradition, reveres Isaiah, but recognizes the need for the Jewish people to also risk the assertion of power and self-determination, how is that person to manage this chapter (and so much of Jewish scripture)?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Can we choose to hear Isaiah as telling us that even in our use of power, we must continue to rely on the God of Israel? That means that we cultivate a powerful Defense Force to protect our survival, but insist that they adhere to the strictest standards of Jewish morality in the implementation of that power. We develop extensive standards for just war, noncombatant immunity, rights of prisoners of war, all to assure that our imposition of power is limited to what is necessary for self-defense and may not cross the line into oppressing those who are under our sway.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To revere Isaiah and Zion is to hold ourselves to a higher standard than is comfortable or popular. 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This chapter continues from the previous one, discouraging the people from pursuing help from Egypt. It is unique in how one key word in this chapter is designed to motivate the people to realize the error of their ways.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The chapter begins by saying that the people should turn to God for help and not to Egypt, for they are weak and nothing, and only God is able to support his people.\u00a0 God is compared to a lion in a parable (31:4) who will not be stopped until his task has been completed, in this case, protecting the Jewish people: \u201cLike birds, so will the Lord protect Jerusalem, shield and save, protect and flee (31:5).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Most of the Hebrew words for salvation used in that verse are ones typically used for salvation, but the third \u201cPaso\u2019ach<\/em>\u201d stands out, as the word resembles the name of the very holiday that recalls the Exodus from Egypt, itself, Pesach. Indeed, Rashi uses our verse to question that perhaps the word and name for the holiday Pesach should not be translated as \u201cPassover\u201d but should be instead translated as \u201cProtection\u201d on the basis of the words clear meaning in our verse. (See also David Curwin's post<\/a> on this issue).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The prophet essentially tells the people that in their turning to Egypt for protection, they have forgotten the initial interaction between the Jewish people and Egypt. In that initial moment the nation did not rely on Egypt for succor or support but instead relied on the Almighty as an avenue for salvation, Pesach.\u00a0 And in this moment as well, the Egyptians would never come to free the captive Jews from the Assyrians, instead it would again be the Almighty who would save them, paso\u2019ach<\/em>. When the people will finally realize that, they would stay strong in the difficult time, and turn to God to help save them, before it would be too late.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our chapter includes the remarkable image of God stretching out His arm: \u201cAnd when the Lord stretches out His arm, the helper shall trip and the helped one shall fall, and both shall perish together\u201d (Isaiah 31:3). In the Biblical context this refers to the Egyptians of Isaiah\u2019s time, who according to this prophecy, will be both unable to help themselves, and also to come to the aid of others, such as Israel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The image of God\u2019s outstretched arm calls to mind the memorable depiction of Israel\u2019s crossing the Red Sea, incorporated in the Passover Haggadah: \u201cI will redeem you with an outstretched arm\u2026\u201d (Exodus 6:6, see also Psalms 136:12 \u2013 \u201cWith a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm\u201d and elsewhere).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is interesting that in ancient Egyptian royal literature, Pharaoh is frequently described as using his \"mighty hand\" or \"outstretched arm\" to perform mighty deeds. For example, in the Egyptian \u201cKadesh Poem\u201d (12<\/span>th<\/span> century BCE), Pharaoh is extolled: \u201cYou are the son of Amun, achieving with his arms, you devastate the land of Hatti by your valiant arm.\u201d This has been compared to Exodus 15:6: \u201cYour right hand, O Lord, glorious in power. Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the foe!\u201d By describing God's victory over Egypt in this language, the Bible argues that the Israelite God, with his supremely powerful right hand, has overcome, Pharaoh, the greatest earthly leader.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

An early Midrashic text (Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael, Shirata 9 on Exodus 15:12) states: When the Holy One, Blessed be He, stretches out His arm, the wicked perish from the world, as it is said: \u201cAnd He will stretch out His arm against the North and destroy Assyria\u201d (Zephaniah 2:13). And it also says: \u201cThus said the Lord God: I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines\u201d (Ezekiel 25:16). And it says: \u201cI will stretch out My arm against Judah\u201d (Zephaniah 1:4). And it says: \u201cThus said the Lord God: I will stretch out My hand against Edom\u201d (Ezekiel 26:13). A parable \u2013 to what may this be likened? To eggs placed in the hand of a man. If he but turns his hand a little they all fall down and break. For as it says: \u201c\u201cAnd when the Lord stretches out His arm, the helper shall trip and the helped one shall fall, and both shall perish together\u201d (Isaiah 31:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In Chapter 31, Isaiah delivers God\u2019s message that the people should not rely on Egypt for protection, but rather trust in God to save them. In verse 5, he uses the following imagery:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cLike the birds that fly, even so will the LORD of Hosts shield Jerusalem, shielding and saving, protecting and rescuing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While the last four verbs of the verse might appear to be synonyms, one of them stands out. What appears in the translation as \u201cprotecting,\u201d in Hebrew is \u201cpasoach<\/em>.\u201d If it sounds familiar, that\u2019s because it\u2019s the same spelling as Pesach, the holiday of Passover. So, is there a connection between the two words?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The answer depends on how you define them. For example, not all accept the translation of \u201cpasoach<\/em>\u201d as \u201cprotecting.\u201d Rashi says it means \u201cto skip over\u201d, and so the phrase could be translated as \u201csparing and rescuing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, others say that the translation \u201cprotecting\u201d is correct. This is both based on the meaning of the other three words, as well as linguistic evidence from other Semitic languages, like Arabic, which has a cognate word meaning \u201cto save, deliver.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In fact, some of those who follow this position, go so far as to say that \u201cPassover\u201d is an incorrect translation of \u201cPesach.\u201d In the midrash and in an ancient translation (Targum Yonatan) on Exodus chapter 12, where the verb \u201cpesach<\/em>\u201d appears in connection to the Jews leaving Egypt, the word is explained as meaning \u201cprotecting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another option, provided by a different ancient translation (Onkelos), as well as other midrashim, is that \u201cpesach<\/em>\u201d means \u201cto have compassion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And of course, we have the one most familiar, that \u201cpesach<\/em>\u201d means \u201cto skip over.\u201d One proof for this meaning is from Elijah\u2019s reproach of the people on Mount Carmel:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cElijah approached all the people and said, \u201cHow long will you keep hopping between two opinions?\u201d (Kings I 18:21). The word translated as \u201chopping\u201d is \u201cposchim<\/em>\u201d in Hebrew, from the same root as pesach<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pesach as \u201cskipping\u201d or \u201chopping\u201d has a related word in Hebrew \u2013 the verb \u201cpiseach<\/em>\u201d \u2013 to limp.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To return to the original question, it\u2019s ultimately unclear whether \u201cpasoach<\/em>\u201d and \u201cPesach\u201d are related. Perhaps they both mean \u201cto protect,\u201d perhaps they both mean \u201cto skip over\u201d, or maybe these are actually two unrelated words with different meanings in each passage.<\/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":"PSCH - Protect, Pass Over, Hop, Save, Have Compassion\u00a0","tile_main_caption":"One word - or is it two? With many connections and meanings. 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31:9 \u201cAnd his rock from terror shall crumble, and his commanders panic-stricken by the banner. Thus said the Lord, Who has a fire in Zion and a furnace in Jerusalem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There are difficulties in the wording of this verset and the next one. The metaphor of rock or crag is often attached to God in Psalms, but it is not elsewhere linked with a human leader, as many interpreters of this verse claim. Perhaps here it is meant to designate the military power in which the Assyrians place their trust. The verb that is translated here as \u201ccrumble\u201d because of the context actually means \u201cto pass on,\u201d which does not sound appropriate for \u201crock.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely upon horses! They have put their trust in abundance of chariots, in vast numbers of riders, and they have not turned to the Holy One of Israel, they have not sought the LORD\u00a0(verse 1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Isaiah rebuked the Israelites who placed their trust in the Egyptian cavalry and chariots rather than in God Himself. Rashi identified these Israelites with the northern kingdom of Samaria, citing in evidence 2 Kings 17, which reports that Hoshea ben Elah switched allegiance from Assyria to Egypt and, perhaps more to the point, began paying them tribute. This strikes a rather cynical note since, at the time of the Exodus from Egypt, the sight of Egyptian cavalry and chariots struck fear in the hearts of the Israelites and prompted them to call out to God for salvation (cf. Exodus 14:10).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Malbim* addressed himself to a theological conundrum. Since the Talmud prohibits endangering oneself by relying on a miracle (Shabbat 32a), why would seeking an alliance with Egypt\u2014Assyria\u2019s perennial rival\u2014be a sin? He elaborated:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Occasionally, even if one trusts in God, he will still seek natural means and not rely on miracles. This is not a sin in every case; only for one who knows that God will provide for him and has experienced miracles does it become a sin. In this respect, [Isaiah] first said \u201cWoe to those who go down\u2026 and have not turned to the Holy One of Israel,\u201d because the term Holy One of Israel denotes His personal providence and the signs and wonders He has performed for Israel. They should have relied entirely on God\u2019s personal providence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, there is another dimension. If one not only relies on natural means, but he places his trust in them; i.e., he removes his trust from God completely and imagines that everything depends on his strength and activities, that is a great sin, let alone their implicit reliance on the quantity of chariots and quality of horsemen. \u201cNeither did they seek the Lord,\u201d which signifies His general providence; they did not seek it because they completely denied Him and placed all their trust in flesh and blood, denying Him absolutely.<\/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>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cLeaving Egypt\u201d<\/a> by Avraham Bronstein: What are the resonances of the Exodus?<\/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 31","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":"31","chapter_main_number":"365","date":"20270121","wall_id":"365"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":11,"id":"66497","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Points to Ponder - Isaiah 31 ","post_title":"Points to Ponder - Isaiah 31","slug":"points-to-ponder-isaiah-31","old_id":"66497","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":"365","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. Like birds that fly<\/em>. That\u2019s how God will defend Jerusalem. What does this image, or metaphor, actually mean? Dedication? Perseverance? The birds\u2019-(God\u2019s)-eye-view? (see verse 5).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. There is none other<\/em>. And not only in the military arena. When the penny finally drops, \u201ceveryone will reject his idols of silver and idols of gold....\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. The end of Sennecharib\u2019s campaign<\/em>. In a fairly miraculous way, the siege on Jerusalem ended suddenly, and the Assyrian army fled. \u201cNot by the sword of man.\u201d That\u2019s how it ends, as we know already.<\/span><\/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 31","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":"31","chapter_main_number":"365","date":"20270121","wall_id":"365"},"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\/65959"}],"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=65959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}