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Majestic Buildings
Rabbi Alex IsraelThe description the building of Shlomo's palace - The House of the Lebanon Forest - interrupting the detailed description of the of the building of the Mikdash, raises troubling questions as to the relationship between the Mikdash and the palace. The bulk of chapter 7 deals with the elaborate metalwork of the Mikdash - the two pillars, the Yam, the Mekhonot and the Kiyorim. Many of these vessels seem to include imagery which reminds us of the Merkava imagery. When Ahaz king of Yehuda later rebels against God and adopts an Assyrian deity, he rids the Mikdash of the vessels with the Merkava imagery.
Yeshayahu 1-2
Matan Al HaPerek
Neta ShapiraPerek 1 of Yishayahu, read in synagogue as the haftara for Parshat Devarim, dramatically oscillates between rebuke and repentance, punishment and salvation, anger and forgiveness. This perek is surrounded by two introductory pesukim (1:1 and 2:1). Many commentators view this perek as a survey of the nation’s problematic religious behavior during the reigns of the four kings mentioned in pasuk 1. This perek thus serves as a representative summary of Yishayahu’s central prophetic messages.
Yeshayahu 7-9
Matan Al HaPerek
Neta ShapiraThe series of prophecies in perakim 7-9:6 accompany King Ahaz during a critical political crossroads as Assyria dangerously threatens Israel’s national security. What does Yeshayahu demand of Ahaz? Why does Ahaz find it so difficult to comply? And what is Yishayahu's prophecy following the Assyrian conquest?
Yeshayahu 17-18
Matan Al HaPerek
Rabbi David SabatoThe prophecy recorded in perek 17 was most likely delivered following the alliance established between Aram and Israel during the reign ,of Pekach ben Remalyahu (refer back to perek 7). In this prophecy Yeshayahu describes the complete destruction of Damascus, the capital city of Aram, along with the destruction of the Northern Kingdom. The perek ends on a slightly more positive note (pesukim 12-14): Yeshayahu prophesies the collaboration of the gentile nations for war and their miraculous defeat by God as restitution for their cruel treatment of Israel.
King Ahaz – Abandoning God
Rabbi Alex IsraelAfter two generations of kings who upheld God's worship unequivocally, we encounter Ahaz - a king who is attracted to everything Assyrian. He looks to Assyria to offer his country military backing against Israel and Aram's alliance, disregarding an explicit prophetic directive from Yishayahu. In the religious sphere, he transforms the Beit HaMikdash into an Assyrian shrine.
The Rise of King Hizkiyahu
Rabbi Alex IsraelKing Hizkiyahu heralds an exciting period in the kingdom of Yehuda. He is devoted to God and responsive to His prophet. During his reign, Hizkiyahu leads Israel in a religious renaissance and seeks to heal the rift between the kingdom of Israel in the north and the kingdom of Yehuda in the south in the observation of a national Pessah. He repudiates idolatry and dishonors his father Ahaz at his burial to send a strong message to the nation. He dedicates and purifies the Beit Hamikdash and makes learning Torah a national priority.
Yeshayahu 29-30
Rabbi David SabatoThe first section of perek 29 laments Yerushalayim: it describes the debased state of the city and then shifts to a description of the enemy’s sudden defeat. It is suggested that this prophecy refers to the defeat of Sancherev’s army at Yerushalayim’s gates, an event that appears multiple times throughout the book of Yeshayahu. The second half of the perek (9-14) describes the blindness of the nation’s leaders and prophets. The perek concludes with words of rebuke addressing sinners who believe that God is ignorant of their sins.
The prophecies in perakim 30 and 31 deal with the fear of an Assyrian attack on Yehuda and Yerushalayim during the reign of Chizkiyahu. Yeshayahu, who strongly opposed dependence on Egyptian aid during the reign of Achaz (perek 7), prophesies Egypt’s failure and urges the officers of Yehuda to trust in God and bury their worries regarding the Assyrians (1-11). However, like Achaz, the officers of Yehuda refuse to listen to Yeshayahu. This perek describes the resulting crisis (12-18) which will ultimately transform into a miraculous salvation, a seeming reference to the fall of Sancherev (19-33).
ARAM
Timnah
Eilat
Socho (Plains)
Gimzo
Gei Ben Hinnom
Ahaz - Tanakh Profiles
Rabbi Jonathan Mishkinבִּשְׁנַת֙ שְׁבַֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְפֶ֖קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֑הוּ מָלַ֛ךְ אָחָ֥ז בֶּן־יוֹתָ֖ם מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃
II Kings 16, verse 1
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ אָחָ֣ז בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְלֹא־עָשָׂ֧ה הַיָּשָׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה כְּדָוִ֥יד אָבִֽיו׃
II Chronicles 28, verse 1