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Is there a conflict with Isaiah if the correct meaning / translation of 'alam' (ō·w·lām) עוֹלָֽם׃ is forever/everlasting? [duplicate]
Is forever / everlasting until the end or for a period or different depending on the context, for example when talking about God? I’m trying to work out if the English translation is correct or ...
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How are we to understand future prophecy fulfillment concerning extinct nations?
In Isaiah , the prophecy about the root of Jesse, there is reference to the people of Moab,Ammon and edom and of nations like Shinar (Babylon) which have already passed away. There are other such ...
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What is the "language of Canaan" in Yeshayahu 19:18?
Isaiah 19:18 says
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֡וּא יִהְיוּ֩ חָמֵ֨שׁ עָרִ֜ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֗יִם
מְדַבְּרוֹת֙ שְׂפַ֣ת כְּנַ֔עַן
What is שְׂפַ֣ת כְּנַ֔עַן in this context? Why does Yeshayahu identify the language ...
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If we Jews don’t believe that we do not suffer from the sins of our fathers
I’m going to preface this first by writing a question: The Christians believe that Jesus died for our sins of the world- to which i personally do not believe that at all- the Christians believe that ...
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Regarding the Feasts in Isaiah 1
It has been brought to my attention that there exists some groups within christianity that use Isaiah Chapter 1 to demonstrate that: "God no longer desires sacrifices or that He cancelled the ...
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Who are the giants in Isaiah 14
In Isaiah 14:9 it says: "Gehinnom from beneath quaked for you, toward your arrival; it aroused for you the giants, all the chiefs of the earth; it caused all the kings of the nations to rise from ...
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Could הָעַלְמָ֗ה in Isaiah 7:14, be a reference to Zion? [closed]
According to John R. W. Stott (NT),"The Message of Isaiah", הָעַלְמָ֗ה in Isaiah 7:14, is a symbol for Zion:
In chapter 7 we see him doing this to Ahaz. Ahaz has rejected the clear word of
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Is There Extra Biblical Evidence Of Jews Having Communities In Egypt In The 8th Century BCE? [closed]
The prophet Isaiah who according to Isaiah 1:1 was a prophet in the 8th century BCE and according to Isaiah 11, there were Jews already exiled in Egypt in his time period.
Isaiah 11:11- And it shall ...
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Why pray for David before praying for prayer?
The Talmud explains the arrangement of the Amidah benedictions in Megillah 17-18. The rationale for placing the prayer for prayer after the prayer for David is given there as follows:
וכיון שבא דוד ...
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The Battle Between Judah and Sennacherib
There is still a great deal of debate regarding Sennacherib's campaign on Judah among historians and biblical scholars.
On the one hand they maintain that Sennacherib did not in fact take Jerusalem ...
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Why do angels have wings?
Winged angels became probably the most ubiquitous depiction of all kinds of divine beings, based on Isaiah's vision (Isaiah.6.2)
"Seraphs stood in attendance on Him. Each of them had six wings: ...
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To return to G-d from their sins via teshuva? Yoma 86b
In a previous post the question is asked how Hashem could remarry Yisrael if in Devarim (24:4) it is written that it is assur to remarry a divorcee after she strayed with another husband?
then her ...
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Can a eunuch bring a burnt offering?
I'm looking at Yeshayahu 56:4,7
For so says the Lord to the eunuchs who will keep My Sabbaths and will choose what I desire and hold fast to My covenant,...I will bring them to My holy mount, and I ...
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Information on Isaiah 6: 1-6
Is what is described in Isaiah 6:1-6 a vision, or is the prophet actually inside the temple of Jerusalem? Does he say he sees G-d on the throne and the doorposts that tremble?
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What did Isaiah see in Isaiah 6:1?
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 6:1 reads:
בִּשְׁנַת־מוֹת֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ וָֽאֶרְאֶ֧ה אֶת־אֲדֹנָ֛י ישֵׁ֥ב עַל־כִּסֵּ֖א רָ֣ם וְנִשָּׂ֑א וְשׁוּלָ֖יו מְלֵאִ֥ים אֶת־הַהֵיכָֽל:
which Chabad.org translates as:...
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Guarantors and Moshiach
In Be-Ikvei HaKetuvim (בעקבי הכתובים) by Rav Yaakov Edelstein, Rav Edelstein quotes Yeshayahu 53:4 where it says:
But in truth he has borne our sicknesses and endured our pains; yet we did esteem him ...
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Moshiach bearing the sickness of B'nei Yisrael
The Gemara describes Moshiach as someone who bore the sickness of B'nei Yisrael and is compared to a metzora; see Ben Yehoyada and Chidushei Agadot, see also:Sanhedrin 98b
The Gemara there quotes a ...
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How does this verse show that Vespasian will be emperor?
In the famous story about the meeting between Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakai and Vespasian, RYb"Z brings an asmachta from a verse to show that Vespasian will become emperor. The verse is:
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Isaiah 40:3 on "preparing road for the Lord"
Isaiah 40:3 says:
"קוֹל קוֹרֵא בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ דֶּרֶךְ ה' יַשְּׁרוּ בָּעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לֵאלֹהֵינוּ׃" פנו דרך יי"
and often translated as "clear a/the road for/of the Lord&...
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Was the servant in Isaiah 52 'marred' or 'anointed'? [closed]
Source texts
Targum Yonatan (TY) of Isaiah 52:13 identifies the servant as the anointed one:
הָא יַצְלַח עַבְדִי מְשִׁיחָא יְרוּם וְיִסְגֵי וְיִתְקוֹף לַחֲדָא (source)
Behold, my servant the Messiah ...
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Who comes and what will happen in Edom Bozrah?
Looking at Isaiah 63:1
Who is this coming from Edom? In crimsoned garments from Bozrah.
Who is this, majestic in attire, pressing forward in His great might?
“It is I, who contend victoriously, ...
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What is the difference between Almah vs. Ha-Almah?
My understanding is that adding "Ha-" at the beginning of a noun in Hebrew is the same as adding "The" to the beginning of a noun in English. In other words, it means you're ...
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Isaiah 58 and the way we fast
I certainly don't want to offend anyone, but if it is asked in Isaiah 58 whether it is this manner of fasting that G-d has chose; when one starves oneself, practices self-denial, afflicting one's soul ...
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Isaiah 58:3 what was wrong with the fast?
I was looking at Isaiah 58:3 and had some trouble with translating this part of the verse:
הֵ֣ן בְּי֤וֹם צֹֽמְכֶם֙ תִּמְצְאוּ־חֵ֔פֶץ וְכָל־עַצְּבֵיכֶ֖ם תִּנְגֹּֽשׂוּ
"Behold, in the day of your ...
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What תוֹרָ֔ה is referred to in Isaiah 2:3?
Isaiah 2:3
Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of
the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For ...
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Prophet Isaiah's visit to Ahaz in Isaiah 7, was it before or after what happened in 2 Chronicles 28- 5:15?
According to 2 Chronicles 28,
Aram-Damascus, under Rezin, and Israel, under Pekah, attempted to depose Ahaz through an invasion. Judah was being defeated and, according to 2 Chronicles 28, lost 120,...
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Rabbi Medan on the prophecy of Yoshiyahu
In this essay, pg. 64, note 38, with regards to the attempt to prove that there were actually two Yeshayahus, and subsequent attempts to counter that claim, Rabbi Yaakov Medan wrote:
ונסתייעו בנבואת ...
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Offering one’s back / cheek to smiters
Shalom.
The following article from Chabad.org claims that one should ‘offer one’s back / cheek’ to no one but Hashem:
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1791975/jewish/Is-Turning-the-Other-...
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Is the Massiah a human adopted by G-d?
Is the Mashiach a human adopted by G-d?
Behold My servant, I will support him, My chosen one, whom My soul desires; I have placed My spirit upon him, he shall promulgate justice to the nations.
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Explain Isaiah 7:14 [closed]
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (New International Version Christian Bible translation).
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Why does Ruth Rabbah 5:6 quote Isaiah 53:5?
It seems that most meforshim (like Rashi, Radak, Ibn Ezra, Mahari Kara, Malbim) explain Isaiah 53 as referring to Klal Yisroel (or at least the righteous remnant of Klal Yisroel) and not the Moshiach. ...
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Yeshayahu 40:31: Where does "vekovei" come from?
Yeshayahu 40:31:
וְקוֹיֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֔עוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יִיעָֽפוּ׃
It seems that the oldest surviving manuscripts have the ...
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Isaiah 40:4 -- is the word pronounced "geh" or "gay"?
כָּל גֶּיא יִנָּשֵׂא
(In Isaiah 40:4, and therefore also the Haftarah for Nachamu, just after Tisha B'Av.)
It's a segol under the gimmel so I'd say "geh" ... but then there's a yud, but it's ...
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Isaiah - Didn't he live in a time where people were righteous? Why is he foretelling a destruction?
Isaiah lived in a time of righteous kings, with the exception of Achaz. Why was he foretelling a destruction? It seems clear from the texts that the cause of the final destruction was Menashe, who is ...
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Are there any traditional tunes for Yishaya 26:20 [closed]
During the Corona virus pandemic a verse which comes to mind is Yishaya 26:20:
לֵךְ עַמִּי בֹּא בַחֲדָרֶיךָ, וּסְגֹר דלתיך בַּעֲדֶךָ; חֲבִי כִמְעַט-רֶגַע, עַד יעבור זָעַם.
Go, my people, enter your ...
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How could Isaiah know about King Cyrus of Persia? [duplicate]
Isaiah 45:1 calls King Cyrus of Persia “G-d’s Messiah” among other references to him:
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֮ לִמְשִׁיחוֹ֮ לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־הֶֽחֱזַ֣קְתִּי בִֽימִינ֗וֹ לְרַד־לְפָנָיו֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם ...
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How could Isaiah take Zechariah as a witness if the latter lived centuries after Isaiah?
We find in Isaiah 8:2 that Isaiah took two trustworthy witnesses who are Uriah the priest and Zechariah Ben Yeberachiah. If this Zechariah is none other than the prophet Zechariah as Makkos 24b ...
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In Isaiah 28:16, is the stone under the whole building or just under one corner?
16Therefore, so has the Lord God said: "Behold, I have laid as a foundation a stone in Zion, a fortress stone, a costly cornerstone, a foundation well founded; the believer shall not hasten.
טזלָכֵ֗ן ...
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How is Isaiah 66:17 to be understood if pork will become kosher when the Messiah comes?
The Ritva, R. Yom Tov Asivelli (in the 13th century) wrote that pork will become kosher when the Messiah comes: (קידושין מט:)
ועליהם אמרו בהגדה למה נקרא שמו חזיר שעתיד הקב"ה להחזירו לישראל לעתיד ...
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Talmud Bavli Sanhedrin 98b: an interpretation in a messianic sense of the figure of the "suffering servant" of Isaiah 52-53?
I’m an Italian noahide.
I read in various Jewish sources, and also in this forum at
The suffering servant? Yeshayahu- Isaiah - Chapter 53
that the figure of the "suffering servant" described in ...
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Invalidating Jews as the Suffering Servant [closed]
I saw this post in which a rabbi explains why Is. 53 cannot be talking about Jesus. The essential line is
This tells us that someone who is widely respected BEFORE the arm of the Lord is revealed – ...
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In Isaiah 10:20-23 why only a remnant will remain?
In Isaiah 10:20-23 who are referred to as the remnant of Israel and the escaped of the House of Jacob referenced by Hashem? Are the remnant referenced to as only some of the Jewish people?
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Does Isaiah 66 say that the non-Jews can keep Shabbos?
Given the context of Isaiah, I always seen the expression כל בשר as a reference to am yisroel, given the expressions of לא רחמה and לא עמי in Hosea 1-2. I've always understood it as all Israel in its ...
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Chizkiyahu and Messengers from Bavel
I’m looking at Yeshayahu 39 and Melachim 2 20.
What was so bad about Chizkiyahu showing his treasures to the king of Bavel?
If it was so bad, why was he not punished personally? It seems unfair to ...
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Does Yeshayahu 43:10b / 43:13a imply HaShem was created?
I cannot read Hebrew and am struggling a great deal to understand Yeshayahu 43:10/43:13. In my English versions, these verse-parts seem very much to suggest that HaShem was Himself ‘formed’ at some ...
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Why were the Egyptians judged for twelve lunar months, rather than solar ones?
Eduyos 2:10 lists several judgements which lasted for exactly twelve months:
חֲמִשָּׁה דְבָרִים שֶׁל שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ. מִשְׁפַּט דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל, שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ. מִשְׁפַּט אִיּוֹב, ...
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Who is Lucifer in Isaiah 14:11-14?
As the context isn't clear
and I don't speak hebrew
So I don't know what it's exactly about.
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Isaiah 29:13: lips that honour, but hearts that are far from HaShem?
Yeshayahu 29:13 reads:
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹנָ֗י יַ֚עַן כִּ֤י נִגַּשׁ֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה בְּפִ֤יו וּבִשְׂפָתָיו֙ כִּבְּד֔וּנִי וְלִבּ֖וֹ רִחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑נִּי וַתְּהִ֤י יִרְאָתָם֙ אֹתִ֔י מִצְוַ֥ת אֲנָשִׁ֖ים ...
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Why does the Gemara say Chizkiyahu didn't sing?
The Gemara in Sanhedrin 94a says that the reason Chizkiyahu was not the Mashiach is that he didn't sing after Hashem did miracles for him (Rashi adds that this refers to saving Yerushalayim from ...
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Isaiah's addressing of King Ahaz as "House of David"
In Isaiah 7, when Ahaz refuses to ask for a sign as instructed by Isaiah, why does the Prophet then address Ahaz by saying "O House of David" instead of Ahaz's name?
Is Isaiah no longer addressing ...
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