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Chapter 47 addresses Babylonia head on. The entire chapter is one big metaphor painting the Babylonians as a young maiden who suddenly loses her status and must wallow in the dust.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Get down, sit in the dust, Fair Maiden Babylon; sit, dethroned, on the ground, O Fair Chaldea; nevermore shall they call you The tender and dainty one\u201d (verse 1).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is not the first time that Isaiah utilizes the \u201cfair maiden\u201d metaphor.\u00a0 He uses it to describe Tyre in chapter 23:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And said, \u2018You shall be exultant no more, O plundered one, Fair Maiden Sidon. Up, cross over to Kittim\u2014 Even there you shall have no rest\u2019(23:12).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He also uses it to describe Israel in chapter 37:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is the word that GOD has spoken concerning him: Fair Maiden Zion despises you, she mocks at you; Fair Jerusalem shakes Her head at you\u201d (37:22).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The use of the metaphor in chapter 23 is similar to this chapter. Tyre, like Babylonia, is the target of the prophecy. Chapter 23 foretells Tyre\u2019s destruction. Ibn Ezra explains that Babylonia is described as a young maiden in chapter 47 because the nation had been untouched as the great power. That will all end at the hand of the Persians, which is why the fair maiden is now forced out of her throne to the ground.\u00a0 The Tyre metaphor is not all-encompassing. Isaiah calls Tyre a young maiden almost in passing without the extended metaphor used in this chapter. Ibn Ezra does not comment on that verse, but his explanation could still fit. Tyre, as masters of the sea, were also relatively untouched. The chapter then foretells Tyre\u2019s destruction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The use of the metaphor in chapter 37 is very different. Chapter 37 is Isaiah\u2019s response to Rabshakeh\u2019s taunt against Jerusalem and Hezekiah. Here, the metaphor is used to mock the Assyrian emissary. Rabshakeh thought he could scare the inhabitants of the city. He treated them like a fair young maiden who would be frightened by the bully from Assyria. Isaiah retorts that even this \u201cfair young maiden\u201d is not afraid of you. She mocks your attempt to scare her and she will stand her ground.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This read of Isaiah 37 adds an additional layer to chapters 23 and 47. Of the three young maidens only Jerusalem will have the fortitude to stand up to her tormentors. The other two will collapse and be destroyed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In Chapter 47, Isaiah describes the future downfall of Babylonia, and how God will hold Babylonia\u2019s residents responsible for their cruel treatment of the Jewish people when they had been given Divine permission to persecute and dominate them. Like the Egyptians before them, the Babylonians went \u201ctoo far\u201d (see Zech. 1:15 \u201cthey overdid the punishment\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Once God has it \u201cin\u201d for a particular people, as He apparently has for Babylonia, the prophet points out that no one will deter Him from rendering punishment (verse 3):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I will take vengeance and \u201c<\/span>lo efgah adam<\/span><\/em>\u201d (translation: \u201cand let no man intercede\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Don Isaac Abrabanel offers two possibilities for how this phrase at the end of the verse can be interpreted:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. I will not accept any human requests for intercession on the Babylonians behalf;<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. While Cyrus\u2019 defeat of Babylonia is being predicted by Isaiah, no Jewish pleas for mercy to Cyrus will be entertained.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Whereas (a) calls to mind Moses\u2019 successful advocacy to God to pardon the Jews after horrific sins that they committed (see Exodus 32:11-3; Numbers 14:13-9), (b) is particularly curious in light of the terrible treatment that the Jews suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar and his followers. One would think that seeing how vengeance against one\u2019s enemies is carried out would be deeply satisfying, particularly for those who had lost family members or personally\u00a0 experienced torture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Apparently, the Israelites are being taught to follow the teaching of Samuel the Small, who in Ethics of the Fathers 4:19, states:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    If your enemy falls, do not exult; if he trips, let your heart not rejoice, \u2018lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and avert his wrath from him\u2019 (<\/span>Proverbs 24:17<\/span><\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Not only should one not be happy when a notable adversary finally receives his comeuppance, but it would not be out of place to even forgive him and seek his welfare.\u00a0 As Beruria tells her husband R. Meir regarding sinners, \u201cPray for God to have mercy on them, that they should repent!\u201d (Berachot 10a).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Therefore, a sort of \u201cdouble standard\u201d exists with respect to vengeance. 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    (Cut to fantasy dream sequence): When Rav Amram HaGaon (810-875 CE) and Rabbeinu Saadiah HaGaon (882-942 CE) finally sat together in the Yeshivah of Sura, Babylon, located east of the Euphrates river, they decided to write the Siddur together. That was a noble idea. Finally, their disciples would not compete on claiming which of the two Rabbis had composed the first Siddur. At the same time there was a challenging endeavor. They decided to include the Shema, the Amidah and all the one hundred blessing that we are supposed to say every morning during the Shacharit service. One hundred blessings? Yes, one hundred blessings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In the year 850 CE, the community of Lucena in Spain wrote to Natronai Gaon of Sura to clarify what Rabbi Meir refers to in the Talmud regarding the recitation of 100 blessings. (TB Menachot 43b):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Rabbi Meir said, \u2018A person is obligated to bless 100 blessing every day, as the Torah says: \u2018Now Israel, what does God ask from you, but only to fear the LORD your God, to go in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God, with all of your heart and with all of your soul. To guard the commands of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today, for your good' (Deut. 10:12,13).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    We wonder, where in his quoted verse, does Rabbi Meir derive the obligation to recite 100 blessings every day?\u00a0 The Rabbis explain that the word \u201cwhat\u201d (\u201cmah<\/em>\u201d in Hebrew) is not to be read\u201cmah<\/em>\u201d, but \u201cmeah<\/em>\u201d (meaning 100). So instead of the verse above reading \u201cwhat does God ask of you\u201d it should be read, \u201c100 does God ask of you.\u201d Meaning, God asks 100 blessings of us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The wise Rabbis, Amram and Saadiah, who did not overlap chronologically, crossed the boundaries of time, and compiled a new Siddur. Their contemporaries thought that they would never agree on the content of the prayer book but they showed that through civilized discourse they could bring a text that will inspire generations. They sat in Babylon, the place where Isaiah predicted destruction, and chose the blessing after the Shema that links to the central prayer of the Amidah, the prayer of redemption, the words of Isaiah 47:4 \"Our Redeemer the Lord of Hosts is His Name is the Holy One of Israel.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    And there was redemption, two Rabbis who agreed with each other!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The prophet would be pleased to know that even in the future, in exile and during diasporic times, his vision of believing in One God as a redeemer will survive.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":67779,"alt":"","title":"is47-siddur","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur.jpg","width":1280,"height":920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-300x216.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":216,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-768x552.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":552,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-1024x736.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":736,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":920,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-1200x863.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":863,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-584x420.jpg","home_baner-width":584,"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 Hundred Blessings Every Day","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Inside the Yeshivah of Sura, Babylon","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":67779,"alt":"","title":"is47-siddur","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur.jpg","width":1280,"height":920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-300x216.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":216,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-768x552.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":552,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-1024x736.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":736,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":920,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-1200x863.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":863,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur-584x420.jpg","home_baner-width":584,"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":"47","chapter_main_number":"381","date":"20270214","wall_id":"381"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"437","name":"Prayer","old_id":"837"},{"term_id":"439","name":"Dreams","old_id":"839"},{"term_id":"504","name":"Blessing","old_id":"904"},{"term_id":"627","name":"Talmud","old_id":"1027"}]},{"order":5,"id":"67784","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"2","name":"Attacked From Both Within And Without ","post_title":"Attacked From Both Within And Without","slug":"attacked-from-both-within-and-without","old_id":"67784","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":34243,"post_title":"Moshe Sokolow","slug":"moshe-sokolow","old_id":"34243","first_name":"Moshe","last_name":"Sokolow","description":"Dr. Moshe Sokolow is Associate Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Yeshiva University, and teaches a weekly class in parashat hashavu`a at Lincoln Square Synagogue. 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    Malbim\u2019s* secular knowledge included political science (as well as philosophy) and many of his distinctions are drawn in that realm. In this chapter, he distinguished between two causes of failed states, in his commentary on v. 8: \u201cAnd now hear this, O pampered one\u2014 who dwell in security, who think to yourself, I am, and there is none but me; I shall not become a widow or know loss of children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Termination of sovereignty can occur for two reasons. [It can be] due to a rebellion taking place inside the state against its ruler. This [the prophet] calls \u201ca widow\u201d because the state remains bereft of a ruler. This occurs when the citizens of the state are blood-thirsty and enraged, quick-tempered and wicked, and are looking to throw off their yoke. Alternatively, it can come about on account of an external enemy that slays the citizens and terminates their state. This he called \u201closs of children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Here, he says to Judah and Jerusalem: You thought that you were safe from these two. You did not fear the widowhood of assassination because you are \u201cpampered and dwell in security\u201d and felt no breach in your statehood. Neither did you fear bereavement from without because you \u201cthink to yourself, I am, and there is none but me.\u201d It never occurred to you that another kingdom would declare war on you, so you thought you \u201cwould not become a widow,\u201d because you dwell in peace, and would not \u201cknow the loss of children\u201d because you thought \u201cthere is none but me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Given Malbim\u2019s pronounced opposition to the Reform movement and to the Enlightenment (see our closing remarks to the previous chapter), it is not difficult to imagine that he saw the former as the internal rebellion and the latter as the enemy from without.<\/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>\r\n

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    If there is one consistent theme throughout the Bible, it is that God abhors arrogance and perceives it to be the cause of tremendous evil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    For villains such as Pharaoh and Haman, arrogance is the defining characteristic of their personality. Pharaoh, the god king of Egypt, after witnessing God\u2019s many miracles, still refuses to acknowledge there is a power greater than himself in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The same is true for Haman. He cannot abide that Mordechai refuses to bow down before him, and in his narcissism, he resolves to destroy the entire Jewish people. However, it is important to note that the arrogance of Pharaoh and Haman is not only the cause of their wickedness but also the source of their undoing, as it says in Proverbs (18:2), \u201cBefore his downfall the heart is proud.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The same is true with the evil kingdom of Babylonia, who destroyed the Temple, exiled the Jewish people, and then oppressed them. In this chapter, God speaks directly to their arrogance and states (47:10) \u201c<\/span>You were secure in your wickedness; You thought, \u2018No one can see me.\u2019 It was your skill and your science that led you astray. And you thought to yourself, \u2018I am, and there is none but me.\u2019\u201d The true danger of arrogance, God explains, is that it prevents any kind of critical self-reflection. To be arrogant is to be convinced of one\u2019s rightness even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In this specific case, God highlights the \u2018skill and science\u2019 of Babylonia, perhaps the most sophisticated culture of the time. Babylonia believed that it was the peak of civilization and therefore none could truly oppose it. In reality, it was an idolatrous culture destined to fall, and <\/span>they receive their comeuppance when Cyrus, king of Persia, crushes their empire.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The Talmud (Sotah 5a) states that God cannot dwell in the same world with one who is arrogant, as God makes clear (Psalms101:5) \u2018I cannot endure the haughty and proud man.\u2019 The reason for this is simple. 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    47:6 \u201cI was furious with My people, I profaned My estate and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy, on the elder you made your yoke very heavy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    This verse performs a theological balancing act. God was furious with Israel and punished them by allowing the Babylonians to defeat them, but the Babylonians enacted this historical role mercilessly, tormenting Israel with a heavy yoke, treating even the aged savagely. For this, Babylonia will now suffer severe retribution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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