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In our chapter, Hosea continues his prophecies against Israel\u2019s apostasy and foretells their resulting punishment. In the midst of this prophecy of impending doom, Hosea urges his fellow Israelites: \u201cSow righteousness (tzedaqah<\/em>) for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness (chesed<\/em>). And break up your unplowed ground! For it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes and showers His righteousness on you\u201d (Hosea 10:12).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Bavli Sukkah 49b derives from this verse a fundamental principle of righteous behavior. Rabbi Eleazar stated that \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d (gemilut chasadim<\/em>) are greater than charity (tzedaqah<\/em>), for it says: \u201cSow righteousness (tzedaqah<\/em>) for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness (chesed<\/em>).\u201d When one sows, it is doubtful whether he will eat [the harvest] or not. But when one already reaps, he will certainly eat. Rabbi Eleazar further learned from the same verse that the reward for charity (tzedaqah<\/em>) depends entirely upon the intent of such an act of righteousness (chesed<\/em>, here \u201cloving intention\u201d) in it, for it says: \u201cSow righteousness (tzedaqah<\/em>) for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness (chesed<\/em>).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our Rabbis added that there are three ways in which \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d (gemilut chasadim<\/em>) are superior to charity. For charity can be done only with one's money, but \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d can be done with both one's person and one's money. Charity is only given to the poor, but \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d can be performed both for the rich and the poor. Charity can be given only to the living. But \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d can be performed both for the living (e.g. by rejoicing with the bride and groom) and to the dead (by attending to the funeral and burial of the deceased).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Tehillim 30:4 applies Hosea\u2019s prophecy to the relationship between two of the principle aspects of God\u2019s nature. God\u2019s \u201cpunishing aspect\u201d is sterile (i.e. it does not \u201cbear fruit\u201d). But God\u2019s \u201crewarding aspect\u201d does bear fruit. As it says: \u201cSow righteousness (tzedaqah<\/em>) for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness (chesed<\/em>).\u201d This implies that the Holy One, blessed be He, exacts from Man according to his transgressions, but then returns and grants Man his just reward.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Tehillim 65:4 also preserves an exchange between two Rabbinic Sages focused on the interpretation of our verse in Hosea. Ben-Azzai asserted that whoever performs \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d may be assured that his prayers will be answered. For it says: \u201cSow righteousness for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness.\u201d Rabbi Akivah replied: I do not wish to contradict the teaching of my teacher but rather add to his words by comparing two other verses: \u201cAnd I, in the greatness of Your goodness (be-rov chasdekhah<\/em>) will come into Your House\u201d (Psalms 5:8) and \u201cAs for me, may my prayer come to You, O Lord, at a favorable moment. O God, in the greatness of Your goodness (be-rov chasdekhah<\/em>), answer me with Your sure deliverance\u201d (Psalms 69:14).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Dear Friends,\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Our country is at an auspicious moment. It is wracked both by the biological pandemic of COVID-19, and the social plague of racism and injustice, and both need to be dealt with head-on: honestly, openly, with the willingness to work for the betterment of all. Without exaggeration, it seems that the magnitude of the issues, and their consequences are of biblical proportions.<\/p>\r\n

Which brings us to 929: biblical proportions and connections is us.<\/p>\r\n

In our rhythm of a chapter-a-day, we have just begun what are known as \"the Twelve\" (Trei-asar) latter prophets. We are in mid-Hosea, and will soon progress to Joel, Amos, Jonah, Micha and the rest. There is a wealth of material here that relates to matters of very contemporary import: working for social justice, ending oppression, protecting the powerless, fighting callousness and apathy, insights into the nature of the good society, and more.<\/p>\r\n

We are inviting you to share your thoughts on issues of the day in light of Biblical teaching. How are you inspired to act? What motivates your engagement with the challenges of our generation?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Where to begin? There's so much: there's Amos chapter 5 (a favorite of Dr. King's). And there's also Zechariah 7, Micah 6 (often quoted as the very essence of Jewish teaching), Malachi 3 and much, much more.<\/p>\r\n

If you've contributed posts to 929: we encourage you to dip into this summer's material of these 12 short and inspiring books, and contribute again.\u00a0If you've never written for 929: contact our education director Shira Hecht-Koller at\u00a0shirahk@929.org.il<\/a>\u00a0or our editor Jeremy Benstein at\u00a0jeremy@929.org.il<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and we'll help you get on board. It's not hard, and we are always looking for new voices and perspectives.<\/p>\r\n

Be in touch today!<\/p>\r\n

The English 929 Team<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":76408,"alt":"","title":"Header - 929 people","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header-929-people.jpg","width":2500,"height":1429,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header-929-people-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header-929-people-300x171.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header-929-people-768x439.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":439,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header-929-people-1024x585.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":585,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header-929-people.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":878,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header-929-people.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1171,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header-929-people-1200x686.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":686,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header-929-people-735x420.jpg","home_baner-width":735,"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":"Reflect With Us. 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Hosea continues his denunciation of the northern kingdom with imagery that would be made famous by his contemporary Isaiah a short while later. Hosea describes Israel as \"a vine devoid of fruit fitting for it\" and complains that \"when the bountiful fruits increased, they [Israel] increased the altars [for idolatry]\" \u2013 prosperity did not increase their religiosity and righteousness; instead, it contributed to the spread of idol worship and licentiousness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As Hosea clearly laments what affluence has done to the nation, this prophecy is likely an earlier speech dating back to the reign of the last successful king of Israel, Jeroboam the son of Jehoash (792-751 BCE). 2 Kings 14 noted this anomaly \u2013 God's kindness to the people despite their not being deserving of His blessing \u2013 and noted \"He restored the boundary of Israel from the approach to Hamath until the sea of the Arabah \u2026 For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel becoming increasingly severe, with neither stored property nor free property, and no one to help Israel.\" Radak understands God's behavior as stemming from a sense of pity; Malbim suggests that God has abandoned the rod of punishment, sensing that the Jewish people were no longer responding to traditional models of discipline. Instead, Malbim suggests that God is hopeful that through generosity, the people will come to appreciate their gifts and return to him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The commentators debate which fruits Hosea intended with his metaphor. Rashi argues that the fruit that Israel has eliminated is the divine service. While Malbim suggests that Hosea is missing the ways of righteousness, Radak argues that the fruit are the country's wealth and children, who have been taken captive by invaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, it was Isaiah who would develop the metaphor of the vine gone astray into one of the most lasting images in the Bible \u2013 the song of the vineyard (Is. 5):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I will now sing for my beloved the song of my beloved about his vineyard; my beloved had a vineyard \u2026 And he fenced it in, and he cleared it of stones, and he planted it with the choicest vines, and he built a tower in its midst - he hoped to produce grapes, but it produced wild berries. And now, dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge now between me and between my vineyard. What more could I have done for my vineyard that I did not do in it? Why did I hope to produce grapes and it produced wild berries? And now, I will inform you what I am going to do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; breach its walls, and it shall be trampled. And I will make it a desolation\u2026. 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We are excited to announce the next installment of the 929 English Podcast! \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The 929 English Podcast profiles influential and innovative figures from the 929 community and is hosted by Rabbi Adam Mintz. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Today's episode will host\u00a0Prof Aaron Koller, <\/a>professor and chair of the Beren Dept. of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University.<\/p>\r\n

David Moore<\/a>, chair of UJA Federation in New York.<\/p>\r\n

Subscribe on iTunes <\/a>, soundcloud<\/a>, or wherever you get your podcasts. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

And make sure to tell a friend!<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":76430,"alt":"","title":"podcast32","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32.jpg","width":2100,"height":1500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-300x214.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":214,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-768x549.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":549,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-1024x731.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":731,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1097,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1463,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-1200x857.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":857,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-588x420.jpg","home_baner-width":588,"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":"Subscribe Today","tile_main_caption":"New 929 Podcast!","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"starring Adam Mintz with guest Aaron Koller","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":76430,"alt":"","title":"podcast32","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32.jpg","width":2100,"height":1500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-300x214.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":214,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-768x549.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":549,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-1024x731.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":731,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1097,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1463,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-1200x857.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":857,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/podcast32-588x420.jpg","home_baner-width":588,"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","chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Hosea","chapter":"10","chapter_main_number":"510","date":"20270812","wall_id":"510"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":6,"id":"76440","color":"#e0e9ef","size":"1","name":"Shalman, Beit Arbel ","post_title":"Shalman, Beit Arbel","slug":"shalman-beit-arbel","old_id":"76440","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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In the latter part of this chapter (v.9 ff.), Hosea chastised Israel for exceeding in their wickedness even the infamous incident of the concubine of Gibeah (Judges 19), exemplifying their treacherous rejection of their destiny as God\u2019s people. In predicting their eventual comeuppance, he said: \u201cBut the din of war shall arise in your own people, and all your fortresses shall be ravaged as Beth-arbel was ravaged by Shalman on a day of battle, when mothers and babes were dashed to death together\u201d (14).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The identity of Shalman and the location of Beth-Arbel puzzled the exegetes. Rashi (followed, again, by Kara) treated Shalman as a form of <\/span>shalom<\/span><\/em>, and dismissed the \u201cel\u201d suffix leaving <\/span>a-r-b<\/span><\/i>, yielding the notion of \u201cthe destruction of a peaceful people, set by ambush.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ibn Ezra, somewhat more matter-of-factly, simply said that Shalman may be the Assyrian king Shalmaneser, and Beth-Arbel is a place.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Radak offered two interpretations:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shalman was an enemy well-known at that time, who came upon Beth-Arbel suddenly, ravaging it, felling mothers on their children, and leaving no survivors. Arbel was the name of a great man of that time\u2026 And my father [Yosef Kimhi] identified Shalman with Shalmaneser, King of Assyria, and Beth-Arbel with Samaria\u2014a house that God entrapped and seized on account of its sins.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Modern scholarship has contributed the information that a Moabite king named Shalman is mentioned in the Assyrian annals as a tributary of King Tiglath Pileser and has identified several places named Arbel. One is situated in Assyria, another is just north of Tiberias, a third is in the Ephraim hill country, a fourth is in the Jezreel valley, and a fifth possibility is that it refers to a Mount Arbel (aka Irbid) in the Gilead range.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Either way, the prophet is referring here to an act of wartime savagery whose details were well-known to his audience, and which was committed with extreme cruelty\u2014reminiscent of the incident attributed by the Prophet Amos to the Ammonites: \u201cWho ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead\u201d (1:13).<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":76441,"alt":"","title":"hos10-explosion","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion.png","width":1276,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-300x300.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-768x770.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":770,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-1021x1024.png","large-width":1021,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion.png","1536x1536-width":1276,"1536x1536-height":1280,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion.png","2048x2048-width":1276,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-1196x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1196,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-419x420.png","home_baner-width":419,"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":"Shalman, Beit Arbel","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Savage, yes - but person, place or thing?","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":76441,"alt":"","title":"hos10-explosion","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion.png","width":1276,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-300x300.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-768x770.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":770,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-1021x1024.png","large-width":1021,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion.png","1536x1536-width":1276,"1536x1536-height":1280,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion.png","2048x2048-width":1276,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-1196x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1196,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-explosion-419x420.png","home_baner-width":419,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","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,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Hosea","chapter":"10","chapter_main_number":"510","date":"20270812","wall_id":"510"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":7,"id":"76443","color":"#f6f5de","size":"1","name":"Go Tell It Under The Mountain ","post_title":"Go Tell It Under The Mountain","slug":"go-tell-it-under-the-mountain","old_id":"76443","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":57331,"post_title":"Josh and Leora Blechner","slug":"josh-and-leora-blechner","old_id":"57331","first_name":"Josh and Leora ","last_name":"Blechner","description":"Josh and Leora Blechner have been learning Tanach together since Leora was five years old. 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In verse 8, in response to the destruction that will befall the northern tribes, Hosea predicts that the people will \"say to the mountains, 'cover us!' and to the hills 'fall upon us'\". <\/span>As in our comments to chapter 8<\/span><\/a>, this image also evokes a midrash regarding the giving of the Torah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Bavli Shabbat 85a, Rav Avdimi discusses Exodus 19:17: \"Moses led the people out of the camp toward God, and they took their places at the foot of the mountain.\" Ravi Avdimi says that this verse actually describes a situation where God lifted Mt. Sinai over the heads of the Israelites and asked them if they would accept the Torah. If not, God said he would drop the mountain on the Israelites. In response the Israelites proclaimed they would accept the Torah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Without getting into the complexities of this midrash and why God would do such a thing, we can see verse 8 now with an added layer. The giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai was the most pivotal moment in the establishment of the Israelite nation. The exodus from Egypt was the extraction of the people from a foreign land, but the giving of the Torah was the birth of a new nation. Hosea's prophetic vision of the destruction of the northern tribes evokes this time frame. In essence Hosea is calling out to the people \"remember that fateful day at Mt. Sinai when God lifted the mountain above you and gave you a choice, and you enthusiastically accepted the Torah? Well, through this destruction you will wish for the mountains to cover you up.\" In essence, you will wish you were never born.<\/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":"Go Tell It Under The Mountain","tile_main_caption":"Remember when God lifted up the mountain and gave you a choice, and you accepted the Torah? Well, now you will wish for the mountains to cover you up.","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","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,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Hosea","chapter":"10","chapter_main_number":"510","date":"20270812","wall_id":"510"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":8,"id":"76361","color":"#faeed8","size":"1","name":"The Days Of Gibeah ","post_title":"The Days Of Gibeah","slug":"the-days-of-gibeah","old_id":"76361","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":54356,"post_title":"Robert Alter","slug":"robert-alter","old_id":"54356","first_name":"Robert ","last_name":"Alter","description":"Robert Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. He has written over twenty books, focusing on such topics as the European novel from the 18th century to the present, contemporary American fiction, and modern Hebrew literature. He has also written extensively on the literary aspects of the Bible. His most recent work is his monumental three volume translation of the entire Hebrew Bible - The Hebrew Bible, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019 - from which the selections in 929 are taken. ","short_description":"Robert Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, and author of the three-volume translation of the entire Hebrew Bible - The Hebrew Bible, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019.","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":54357,"alt":"","title":"robert alter","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","width":184,"height":275,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","medium-width":184,"medium-height":275,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","medium_large-width":184,"medium_large-height":275,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","large-width":184,"large-height":275,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","1536x1536-width":184,"1536x1536-height":275,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","2048x2048-width":184,"2048x2048-height":275,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","post_full_size-width":184,"post_full_size-height":275,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","home_baner-width":184,"home_baner-height":275}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"510","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"Gang-rapes of old, and the current fate of the northern kingdom\r\n\r\n","post_main_content_content":"

10:9 \u201c\u2018From the days of Gibeah Israel offended, there they took their stand. \u2018War will not overtake them in Gibeah against the wrongdoers.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This should perhaps be constructed as the speech of the inhabitants of Gibeah, imagining that they will be safe from evil enemies. In the story that follows the gang-rape in Judges 19, an alliance of the tribes in fact attacks Gibeah and the whole tribe of Benjamin and comes close to exterminating them. This will be the fate of the northern kingdom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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  1. A 'ravaged' vine?<\/em> (verse 1). Some translate this phrase - <\/span>gefen bokek<\/span><\/em> - as positive. If it means a fruitful vine, the prophecy essentially means - however good it is now, that\u2019s how bad it will become. According to the height of the expectations, such will be the depth of disappointment at the actual behavior. And if it\u2019s bad, indeed, a ravaged vine - well, then, it\u2019s bad.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Anarchy in the kingdom<\/em>. There\u2019s no fear of God, and no respect for the kingship. This is the situation in the kingdom of Israel from the end of the days of Jeroboam II until the destruction. Rebellions, internal and external. A civil war, and also senseless violence. More details? See II Kings 15.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Pulling their weight?<\/em> Hosea calls Ephraim \u201ca trained heifer\u201d (v. 11). 79 chapters ago, in Jeremiah, Ephraim sounded chastened: \u201cI can hear Ephraim lamenting: You have chastised me, and I am chastised Like a calf that has not been broken. Receive me back, let me return, For You, O LORD, are my God\u201d (Jeremiah 31:18). A trained, or broken heifer knows how to pull the yoke of the plow. An unbroken one does not pull their weight. So has Israel been trained, and do they know how to accept authority and pull their weight? And if so - just which yoke are they pulling? The yoke of Heaven, or the yoke of the subjugating nations? That is the difficult question.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Idolatrous calves in the background<\/em>. In the kingdom of Israel, the worship of God involves calves. The founder of the kingdom, Jeroboam ben Navat, established two temples with golden calves. The central one was in Beit El. You can read about the calf, the temple and what will happen to them in the destruction in verses 5 and 15. And perhaps the image of Ephraim as a calf, was inspired by those statues.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. The way it might have been<\/em>. This is how the field of a flourishing kingdom of Israel might have looked: sowing justice. Enjoying the fruits of righteousness. And with a blessed connection with God: \u201cSow righteousness for yourselves; Reap the fruits of goodness; Break for yourselves betimes fresh ground Of seeking the LORD, So that you may obtain a teacher of righteousness.\u201d (verse 12). 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