{"id":13168,"date":"2021-10-10T01:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T01:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=13168"},"modified":"2023-05-19T14:12:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T14:12:26","slug":"isaiah-110-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/isaiah-110-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah Hears the Word of the Lord, Isaiah 1:10-20 \/ \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05d0:\u05d9-\u05db"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#introduction-to-isaiah-1-10-20\">Introduction to Isaiah 1:10-20<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#rabbinic-literature\">Rabbinic Literature<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#verb-form-for-satan\">Verb form for Satan:<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#noun-form-for-satan\">Noun form for Satan:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"introduction-to-isaiah-1-10-20\">Introduction to Isaiah 1:10-20<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d0<br><\/strong>\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05b0\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b7\u05dd \u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Isaiah hears the word of the Lord and continues saying in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.10?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:10<\/a>, <em><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\">\u201cHear the word of the Lord<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4), <span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\"><em>ye rulers of Sodom <\/em><\/span>(\u05e7\u05b0\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05dd); <em><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\">give ear unto the law of our God<\/span><\/em> (\u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc), <em><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\">ye people of Gomorrah<\/span><\/em> (\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd \u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4)<em><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\">.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Here Isaiah literally calls Israel, the people Sodom and Gomorrah. The Targum translates saying, \u05e7\u05b7\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e4\u05b4\u05ea\u05d2\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d9\u05d5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05b4\u05dc\u05d8\u05b9\u05d5\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05d5\u05d1\u05b8\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05b0\u05e9\u05b4\u05dc\u05d8\u05b9\u05d5\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d0\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05d5\u05d1\u05b8\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd \u05e2\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4\u05c3 <span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\"><em>10 Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye rulers, whose works are evil, as of the rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, O people, whose works are evil like those of the people of Gomorrah. (TgJ)<\/em><\/span> Jonathan interprets Isaiah\u2019s words as still comparing the people to the evil works of Sodom and Gomorrah. On a spiritual level, the people are behaving like the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, but not just physically, spiritually also. Note the prophets words saying <em><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\">\u201cgive ear unto the law of our God\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc) speaking of the significance of the Torah in the lives of God\u2019s people. Notice the use of the word \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea meaning <em><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\">\u201cinstruction\u201d<\/span><\/em> as opposed to <em><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\">\u201claw.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Isaiah is calling the people to listen to the instruction of God, to His teaching for our lives as a covenant people! Note that this is not simply a call to the sacrificial system. The Lord God Almighty is not so much interested in sacrifice as He is in the moral, ethical, and merciful aspects of the Torah. Remember how the Rabbis speak of the Torah in terms of <em><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#cf2e2e\">\u201copportunities to show grace\u201d<\/span><\/em> towards others. To claim that this is Isaiah\u2019s call to a legalistic form of righteousness, is to do a disservice to what the Torah is all about. The Torah was not about man earning his salvation, or climbing his way to heaven via his own works. Unfortunately there were men who believed this was so, which is one of the major reasons Paul wrote his epistles, and it is even more unfortunate that today most still believe the Torah was a way for man to earn his salvation and way into heaven under the Mosaic covenant. When we study the Torah we learn how it speaks of faith, faithfulness, and the mercy of God! The Torah is about our attitudes and relationships, with both men and God. This truth is illustrated as Isaiah continues in his discourse on what exactly he means by \u201cgive ear unto the law of our God\u201d (\u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide1-1-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide1-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide1-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide1-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide1-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d0<br><\/strong>\u05d9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b8\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4-\u05dc\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b9\u05d1-\u05d6\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d9\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05d1\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b9\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d1 \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e4\u05b8\u05e6\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.11?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:11<\/a> states, <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cTo what purpose<\/span><\/em> (\u05dc\u05b8\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4-\u05dc\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9) <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me<\/span><\/em> (\u05e8\u05b9\u05d1-<span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u05d6\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd<\/span><em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">)? saith the Lord <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">(\u05d9\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4)<\/span><em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05d1\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b9\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">and the fat of beasts; and I delight not<\/span><\/em> (\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e4\u05b8\u05e6\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9) <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats<\/span><\/em> (\u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d1 \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Here the point is easily understood as Isaiah states, \u05dc\u05b8\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4-\u05dc\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b9\u05d1-\u05d6\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cto what purpose is the multitude of sacrifices to me?\u201d<\/span><\/em> The issue was that the people tended to always emphasize the physical and minimize the spiritual. The significance of this may be found in the epistles of Paul. One of the major themes of Paul was this very thing: we are saved and entered into a covenant by faith through the mercy \/ grace of God. This is a Torah centric principle! There are men however, even today, who believe and teach that the Torah was not about faith but about works! Take as an example what Paul writes according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%2010&amp;version=KJV,sblgnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide2-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide2-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide2-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide2-2-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide2-2-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide2-2-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide2-2-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide2-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Romans 10:1-10<br><\/strong>10 Brethren, my heart\u2019s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God\u2019s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (KJV)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul was arguing for faith as opposed to works. We always note here the emphasis is on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+10%3A4&amp;version=KJV;SBLGNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 10:4<\/a> as the end of the Torah means <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;the goal or aim of&#8221;<\/span><\/em> and not the termination of the Torah. The Hebrew text on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+10%3A4&amp;version=KJV;SBLGNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 10:4<\/a> (HNT) draws this out \u05d4\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4, \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d9\u05bc\u05bb\u05e6\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05e7 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc \u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05df. With the word \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea meaning <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;goal \/ aim&#8221;<\/span><\/em> of the Torah is to direct us to the Messiah of God, Yeshua! The idea here is that the Torah teaches us to be loving towards our neighbor (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Leviticus.19.18-19?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 19:18-19<\/a>). God says through Isaiah, <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cthe fat of beasts; and I delight not<\/span><\/em> (\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e4\u05b8\u05e6\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9) <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats<\/span><\/em> (\u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d1 \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">.\u201d<\/span><\/em> The point of the sacrifices was to demonstrate to the sinner the consequences of his or her sins, by the animal\u2019s death. This is why Paul calls the Torah a schoolmaster that brings us to Christ. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians+3%3A24&amp;version=KJV;SBLGNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galatians 3:24<\/a>) We notice how repentance was a major factor, as the one who brought the sacrifice would lay his hand upon the head of the animal and confess his sins before God. The very act of bringing a sacrifice was an act of repentance in obedience to God\u2019s Word! This occurred not just for the individual, but also in the corporate worship and sacrifice illustrated in the festival of Yom Kippur. The days preceding Yom Kippur are the days of repentance. The Hebrew month of Elul is considered the start of the \u201cSeason of Repentance.\u201d This season extends 40 days, from Elul 1 to Tishrei 10, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). This is a solemn time of repentance and turning from sin prior to Yom Kippur. On Yom Kippur the Cohen Hagadol (High priest) confesses the sins of the people over the animals, including the one known as the azazel (scapegoat). (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Leviticus.16?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16<\/a>). To say repentance is unnecessary in the sacrificial ritual of the Tabernacle, is to demonstrate a significant lack of understanding of the teachings of the Torah! Note Solomon\u2019s prayer of dedication to the temple emphasizes repentance and faith. We note the issues of ritual, which can lead one to believe they have been made right before God when bringing a sacrifice by rote. The idea here is that it is possible to continue to live unrepentant before God. Notice how this very same thing can happen by our faith in Yeshua! The point is 40% of the Torah deals with sacrifice, the Tabernacle, and the priesthood. These things are intimately connected with the motivation of devotion, of repentance, of a life lived in righteousness, holiness, justice, and truth. The undevoted sacrifice to the Lord was not acceptable, it was an abomination (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.13?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:13<\/a>). This is what Isaiah was describing according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.12-14?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:12-14<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d0<br><\/strong>\u05d9\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b8\u05d1\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d1\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b6\u05d3\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05e8\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05e1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05e6\u05b5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d9\u05d2 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 \u05e7\u05b0\u05d8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea \u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b7\u05dc \u05d0\u05b8\u05d5\u05b6\u05df \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05e0\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7 \u05e0\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05b9\u05d0:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.12?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:12<\/a> <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;When ye come to appear before me<\/span><\/em> (\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b8\u05d1\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">who hath required this<\/span><\/em> (\u05de\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d1\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea) <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">at your hand<\/span><\/em> (\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b6\u05d3\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">to tread my courts<\/span><\/em> (\u05e8\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05e1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05e6\u05b5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">?&#8221;<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.13?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:13<\/a> <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;Bring no more vain oblation<\/span><\/em> (\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0); <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">incense is an abomination unto me<\/span><\/em> (\u05e7\u05b0\u05d8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9); <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">the new moons and sabbath<\/span><\/em> (\u05d7\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">the calling of assemblies<\/span><\/em> (\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">I cannot away with<\/span><\/em> (\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b7\u05dc);<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\"> it is iniquity<\/span><\/em> (\u05d0\u05b8\u05d5\u05b6\u05df), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">even the solemn meeting<\/span><\/em> (\u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.14?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:14<\/a> <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;Your new moons<\/span><\/em> (\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd) <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">and your appointed feasts <\/span><\/em>(\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd) <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">my soul hateth<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05e0\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9):<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\"> they are a trouble unto me<\/span><\/em> (\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7); <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">I am weary to bear them<\/span><\/em> (\u05e0\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05b9\u05d0)<em>.&#8221;<\/em> Based upon what Isaiah is saying here, the Lord is not happy with one who is not tamim (innocent) in his devotion to God. This isn\u2019t about the offerings being not needed, but that they are being done in vain as the heart of those who bring the sacrifice are filled with inquiry and sin. Note that we are all sinners in need of salvation, mercy, grace, and forgiveness. The same with those here whom Isaiah is speaking tp. The issue is unrepentance, and the fundamental contradiction brought about by one bringing a sacrifice before God while remaining unrepentant. Even the sacrifice of Yeshua upon the cross is ineffectual without repentance! We cannot go before God in prayer, seeking forgiveness, and do so while leaving sin in our lives unchallenged and unchanged! Such a prayer God will not hear. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-66-part-2-trials-sickness-and-suffering\/\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 66:18<\/a>) This is a matter of recognizing the error of our ways, and repenting, confessing that God is good, and we are not! Notice this is how John describes the Torah according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+John+3%3A3-10&amp;version=KJV;SBLGNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 John 3:3-10<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide3-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide3-1-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide3-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide3-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide3-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide3-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>1 John 3:3-10<br><\/strong>3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. (KJV)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>John speaks of this concept of purification. This is understood from the sense of turning from sin and walking in God\u2019s ways of truth, righteousness, and holiness. This is a function of being faithful to God according to His Word! We note how the idea of continued iniquity is spoken of here in John\u2019s interpretation of the Torah in conjunction with the life and testimony of Yeshua and the gospel message. John speaks of the one who has hope, purifies himself. This indicates that the faithful worshiper is looking to walk in God\u2019s ways of holiness. John says that Yeshua was brought into this world to take away our sins (<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">3:5<\/span><\/em>) and the one who remains or abides in him does not sin. (<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">3:6<\/span><\/em>) John goes as far to say that the one who sins does not know Yeshua, or our Father in heaven. There is a spiritual aspect to sin, similar to what Paul wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ephesians+2%3A2&amp;version=KJV;SBLGNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ephesians 2:2<\/a>, saying that he who sins is of the evil one. (<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">3:8<\/span><\/em>) Yeshua was brought into this world to destroy the works of the devil, and so whoever is born of God does not sin! (<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">3:9<\/span><\/em>) This is how we know who we belong to, whether to God in righteousness, or to the evil one in unrighteousness. (<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">3:10<\/span><\/em>) These things ring true the words of Isaiah in terms of the fundamental contradiction between sin and righteousness. When one attempts to come before God with sin unchallenged and unchanged (unrepentant) this is something that is unacceptable, something God detests!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d0<br><\/strong>\u05d8\u05d5 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05ea\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.15?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:15<\/a> states, <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cAnd when ye spread forth your hands<\/span><\/em> (\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">I will hide mine eyes from you<\/span><\/em> (\u05d0\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9 <span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u05de\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd):<\/span><em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\"> <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\"><em>yea, when ye make many prayers<\/em><\/span> (\u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05ea\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">I will not hear<\/span><\/em> (\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7): <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">your hands are full of blood<\/span><\/em> (\u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">.\u201d<\/span><\/em> These words remind us of David&#8217;s word according to  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Psalms.66.18?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 66:18<\/a> , \u05d0\u05b8\u05ad\u05d5\u05b6\u05df \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd\u05be\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b4\u05a3\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u0591\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b9\u0596\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05a3\u05e2\u05c0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05bd\u05d9\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear me (KJV)<\/span><\/em> Note how these people are so filled up with sin, the Lord says though Isaiah, \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05ea\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;your many prayers I will not hear.&#8221;<\/span><\/em> I&#8217;m fact, their hands are filled with blood, \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc, meaning they are murderers. Of such the Lord will not listen. What is displeasing to God is this unrepentant attitude. The reason is that one of the major themes in the Torah is centered on Repentance (Teshuvah)! The idea of the people&#8217;s hands being full of blood, \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc could this refer to their being murderers? This would mean these people are full of violence, consistent with the analogy of Sodom and Gomorrah. We are also told by Yeshia that if we keep hatred in our hearts it is like being a murderer. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+5%3A21-30%2C+1+John+3%3A15&amp;version=KJV;SBLGNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 5:21-30, 1 John 3:15<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d0<br><\/strong>\u05d8\u05d6 \u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b4\u05d6\u05bc\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7 \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b6\u05d2\u05b6\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2: \u05d9\u05d6 \u05dc\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05d8\u05b5\u05d1 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e5 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.16?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:16<\/a> states <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;Wash you<\/span><\/em> (\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">make you clean<\/span><\/em> (\u05d4\u05b4\u05d6\u05bc\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc); <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">put away the evil<\/span><\/em> (\u05d4\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7) <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">of your doings<\/span><\/em> (\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd) <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">from before mine eyes<\/span><\/em> (\u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b6\u05d2\u05b6\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9); <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">cease to do evil<\/span><\/em> (\u05d7\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">;&#8221;<\/span><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.17?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:17<\/a> <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;Learn to do well<\/span><\/em> (\u05dc\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05d8\u05b5\u05d1); <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">seek judgment<\/span><\/em> (\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">relieve the oppressed<\/span><\/em> (\u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e5), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">judge the fatherless<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">plead for the widow<\/span><\/em> (\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/em> These words are very similar to what John wrote in <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. (KJV)<\/span><\/em> Note how Isaiah states that the people are to seek justice (\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8), this may be an indication of blood filled hands as being murderers. Verse 16 speaks of washing to make clean, and pitting away evil (\u05d4\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7), even to cease to do evil (\u05d7\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7). Is there such a thing as a ritualized method for putting away evil in one&#8217;s life? The Torah states the following according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Deuteronomy.10.12-13?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 10:12-13<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d9<br><\/strong>\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u0599 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c2\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u0594\u05dc \u05de\u05b8\u059a\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05a3\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u0594\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05d0\u05b5\u0596\u05dc \u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u0591\u05da\u05b0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05a3\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd\u05be\u05dc\u05b0\u05a0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05a8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u059c\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05a4\u05db\u05b6\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05db\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u0599 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05a3\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u0594\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05bd\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05d3\u0599 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05a3\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u0594\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8\u0596 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05bd\u05da\u05b8\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d2 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u059e\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d5\u05ba\u05a4\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4\u0599 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d7\u05bb\u05e7\u05bc\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u0594\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u059b\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b9\u05db\u05b4\u05a5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b0\u05e6\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8\u0596 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u0591\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05d8\u0596\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b8\u05bd\u05da\u05b0\u05c3<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Note what the Masoretic text states, <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? (KJV)<\/span><\/em> The Lord&#8217;s expectation for us is to simply fear Him, and walk in His ways. Note Isaiah states, \u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b4\u05d6\u05bc\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;Wash you<\/span><\/em> (\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">make you clean<\/span><\/em> (\u05d4\u05b4\u05d6\u05bc\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc); <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">put away the evil<\/span><\/em> (\u05d4\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201d<\/span><\/em> the point is not that man is able to make himself clean before God, as we are all impure inside and out. This is how Isaiah describes us according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.64.4?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 64:4<\/a>, <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. (NIV)<\/span><\/em> The major point Isaiah is making here is to turn from evil, to walk away from the former life, and walk in God\u2019s ways. This is the responsibility that we have which Isaiah is pointing out. We note again the Torah is not about a ritualized means for man to make atonement for himself earning his salvation. These things speak to direct us to a way of thinking, behaving, and living, that is in response to the call of God and His mercy \/ grace on our lives. This is consistent with what Isaiah states according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.18-20?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:18-20<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d0<br><\/strong>\u05d9\u05d7 \u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d5\u05bc\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc \u05d7\u05b2\u05d8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b7\u05d0\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05e2 \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d9\u05d8 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05db\u05b5\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc: \u05db \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u05dd \u05d7\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05bb\u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.18?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:18<\/a> <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cCome now<\/span><\/em> (\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">and let us reason together<\/span><\/em> (\u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d5\u05bc\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">saith the Lord<\/span><\/em> (\u05d9\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4): <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">though your sins be as scarlet<\/span><\/em> (\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc \u05d7\u05b2\u05d8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">they shall be as white as snow<\/span><\/em> (\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc); <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">though they be red like crimson<\/span><\/em> (\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b7\u05d0\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05e2), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">they shall be as wool<\/span><\/em> (\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">.\u201d<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.19?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:19<\/a> <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cIf ye be willing and obedient<\/span><\/em> (\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd), <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">ye shall eat the good of the land<\/span><\/em> (\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05db\u05b5\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">.\u201d<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.20?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:20<\/a> <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cBut if ye refuse<\/span><\/em> (\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc) <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">and rebel<\/span><\/em> (\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u05dd), <em>ye shall be devoured with the sword<\/em> (\u05d7\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05bb\u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc): <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it<\/span><\/em> (\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8)<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Here we find the mercy of God by His turning our sins which are red like blood to snow (white) meaning that we are purified by His mercy. Notice how much the Lord values, rather than simply destroying us for our sins, he shows mercy, patience, and long suffering, calling us to repentance and to his righteous ways. Those righteous ways are to turn to truth and justice. Justice and truth are the character of God as He has revealed Himself to Israel and us according to the Torah. Remember how throughout the Torah and the Scriptures we read what Jeremiah states here in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Jeremiah.30.22?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremiah 30:22<\/a>, \u05d5\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05a5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u05dd \u05dc\u05b4\u0596\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u0591\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05a3\u05e0\u05b9\u05db\u05b4\u0594\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05a5\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b6\u0596\u05dd \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05dd\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cYou shall be My people, And I will be your God.\u201d<\/span><\/em> This is the final outcome of our relationship with God! This is why God expects us to live with certain moral and ethical behavior, because as His people we must be like this too. The point of the moedim and the sacrificial ritual was for remembering, for drawing near, for cultivating a relationship with God, for turning from the ways of the world, etc. The people of God are called to always have upon their hearts and minds the things of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rabbinic-literature\"><strong>Rabbinic Literature<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide4-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide4-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide4-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide4-1-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide4-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide4-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide4-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide4-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Targum Jonathan could be considered a rabbinic translation of Isaiah, and so Johnathan translates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.10-20?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:10-20<\/a> in the following way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u05ea\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e0\u05ea\u05df \u05d1\u05df \u05e2\u05d5\u05d6\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc \u05d0\u05dc \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d0:\u05d9-\u05db<br><\/strong>\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e4\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d9\u05d5\u05d9 \u05e6\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05d0\u05b7\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b7\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e9\u05b5\u05d9\u05d6\u05b8\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0 \u05db\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05d5\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b7\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d7\u05b9\u05d5\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d3\u05b4\u05db\u05d0\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05e9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05d5\u05dd \u05e4\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d3\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05d9\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05e9\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0\u05c3 \u05e7\u05b7\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e4\u05b4\u05ea\u05d2\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d9\u05d5\u05d9 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\u05db\u05b5\u05d9\u05df\u05c3<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Targum Jonathan ben Uziel on Isaiah Chapter 1:10-20<br><\/strong>1:10 Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye rulers, whose works are evil, as of the rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, O people, whose works are evil like those of the people of Gomorrah. 1:11 I have no pleasure in the multitude of your holy sacrifices, saith the Lord: I am full with the abundance of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts, and the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats; for in such I have no pleasure. 1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, and that ye should come? Tread not my courts; 1:13 Bring no more the oblation obtained by oppression; sacrifice is an abomination before me; the new moons and Sabbaths, the assembly ye are congregating, your sins shall not be forgiven, nor shall I hear your prayer at the time of your congregating yourselves together. 1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my WORD hates; they are an abomination before me. I have often forgiven you. 1:15 When your priests are spreading out their hands to pray for you, I shall make to ascend the presence of my Shekinah from you; and when you are multiplying prayer, it is not my pleasure to accept your prayer at your hands, they being full of the blood of the innocent. 1:16 Return to the law; make you clean from your sins; put away the evil of your doings from before the presence of my WORD; cease to do evil; 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment; judge ye justice for him who is suffering violence; do justice to the orphan; hear ye the cry of the widow. 1:18 Then, when ye return to the law, ye shall pray before me, and I will grant your petition, saith the Lord. Though your sins be stained as with dye, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be pure as wool. 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient to my WORD, ye shall eat the good of the land. 1:20 But if ye refuse, and will not be obedient to my WORD, ye shall be slain with the sword of the enemy; for the WORD of the Lord has decreed it thus. (Targum)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Rashi opens in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.10?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:10<\/a> saying the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide6-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide6-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide6-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide6-1-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide6-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide6-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide6-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide6-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Rashi on Isaiah 1:10 Part 1<br><\/strong>rulers of Sodom Princes whose deeds are like those of Sodom. From here, [the Rabbis] deduced that a person should not open his mouth to Satan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Targum translation expands upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.10?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:10<\/a> in the following way saying, \u05e7\u05b7\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e4\u05b4\u05ea\u05d2\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d9\u05d5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05b4\u05dc\u05d8\u05b9\u05d5\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05d5\u05d1\u05b8\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05b0\u05e9\u05b4\u05dc\u05d8\u05b9\u05d5\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d0\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05d5\u05d1\u05b8\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd \u05e2\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">10 Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye rulers, whose works are evil, as of the rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, O people, whose works are evil like those of the people of Gomorrah. (TgJ)<\/span><\/em> Here Rashi concludes that a person should not open his mouth to Satan. The Hebrew word <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;satan&#8221;<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05b8\u05bc\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u05df) is transliterated here and means <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;adversary&#8221;<\/span><\/em> and comes from a Hebrew verb meaning <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;to oppose&#8221;<\/span><\/em> or <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;to obstruct.&#8221;<\/span><\/em> In Jewish thought, one of the things Jews struggle against every day is the <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;evil inclination,&#8221;<\/span><\/em> also known as the yetzer hara (\u05d9\u05b5\u05e6\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b7\u05e2, derived from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis+6%3A5&amp;version=KJV;SBLGNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 6:5<\/a>). The yetzer hara is known as the evil inclination, it is not a force or a being, but rather refers to mankind&#8217;s innate capacity for doing evil in the world. The counterpart of the evil inclination is the &#8220;good inclination&#8221; called the yetzer ha&#8217;tov (\u05d9\u05e6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1). In the Tanach, Satan appears as a proper being only twice in the whole of the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of Job and in the book of Zechariah (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Zechariah.3.1-3?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3:1-2<\/a>). In both of these instances, the term that appears is ha&#8217;satan, with ha (\u05d4) being the definite article <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;the.&#8221;<\/span><\/em> This is meant to show that the terminology is referring to a person or being. According to the book of Job, Satan is depicted as an adversary who mocks the piety of a righteous man named Job (\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1). He tells God that the only reason Job is so pieous or righteous is because God has given him a life filled with blessings. Satan claims <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;But lay Your hand upon all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face&#8221;<\/span><\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Job.1.11?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Job 1:11<\/a>). God accepts Satan\u2019s wager and allows Satan to rain all manner of misfortune upon Job. We read that his sons and daughters die, he loses his great wealth, and he is afflicted with painful boils. Yet though people and even his own wife tell Job to curse God, he refuses. In the Tanach, there are eight other references to satan, including two that use the terminology as a verb and the rest that use the term to refer to an <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;adversary&#8221;<\/span><\/em> or <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;hindrance.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide7-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide7-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide7-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide7-1-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide7-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide7-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide7-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide7-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide8-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide8-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide8-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide8-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"verb-form-for-satan\"><strong>Verb form for Satan:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Numbers.22.22?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 22:22<\/a>, an angel of the lord is sent <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;to satan&#8221;<\/span><\/em> Balaam, meaning to thwart him on his journey (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05bd\u05d7\u05b7\u05e8\u05be\u05d0\u05b7\u05a3\u05e3 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd\u05ae \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05bd\u05d9\u05be\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b5\u05a3\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0\u0592 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05ea\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05e6\u05b5\u05bc\u059e\u05d1 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05a7\u05da\u05b0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u059b\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d3\u05b6\u05bc\u0596\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u05a3\u05df \u05dc\u0591\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0\u0599 \u05e8\u05b9\u05db\u05b5\u05a3\u05d1 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05d0\u05b2\u05ea\u05b9\u05e0\u0594\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05e0\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u0596\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05bd\u05d5\u05b9\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Numbers.22.32?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 22:32<\/a>, again used as a verb, meaning <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;to thwart&#8221;<\/span><\/em> Balaam (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b9\u05bc\u05a4\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u0599 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05a3\u05da\u05b0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05de\u05b8\u0597\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b4\u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u0599\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u0599 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d0\u05b2\u05ea\u05b9\u05a3\u05e0\u05b0\u05da\u05b8\u0594 \u05d6\u05b6\u0596\u05d4 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05dc\u05a3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b4\u0591\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05b5\u05bc\u05a4\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b9\u05db\u05b4\u05d9\u0599 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e6\u05b8\u05a3\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u0594\u05df \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05bd\u05d9\u05be\u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05a5\u05d8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d3\u05b6\u05bc\u0596\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d2\u05b0\u05d3\u05b4\u05bc\u05bd\u05d9\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"noun-form-for-satan\"><strong>Noun form for Satan:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/I_Samuel.29.4?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Samuel 29:4<\/a>, refers to David becoming <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;an adversary&#8221;<\/span><\/em> against the Philistines in war (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05e7\u05b0\u05e6\u05b0\u05e4\u05a8\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u059c\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05e8\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e4\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u0597\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b9\u05bc\u05a3\u05d0\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05a9 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05e8\u05b5\u05a8\u05d9 \u05e4\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u059c\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u05a3\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b4\u0597\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e9\u05b9\u05c1\u05d1\u0599 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05de\u05b0\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u0599 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05a3\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05a3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u0594\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05bd\u05d0\u05be\u05d9\u05b5\u05e8\u05b5\u05a4\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05b8\u05bc\u0599\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u0599 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0\u05be\u05d9\u05b4\u05bd\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4\u05be\u05dc\u05b8\u05bc\u05a5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u0596\u05df \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u0591\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05de\u05b6\u05bc\u0597\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05e6\u05b6\u05bc\u05a5\u05d4 \u05d6\u05b6\u05d4\u0599 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u0594\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d4\u05b2\u05dc\u0595\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u0596\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05c1\u05a5\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05d4\u05b5\u05bd\u05dd\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/II_Samuel.19.23?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Samuel 19:23<\/a>, refers to the sons of Zeruiah becoming a <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;hindrance&#8221;<\/span><\/em> to David (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b9\u05bc\u05a3\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d3\u05b8\u05bc\u05d5\u05b4\u0597\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05d4\u05be\u05dc\u05b4\u05bc\u05a4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b6\u05dd\u0599 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05be\u05ea\u05b4\u05bd\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc\u05be\u05dc\u05b4\u05a5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u0596\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u0591\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u0597\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d9\u05a4\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u0599 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u0594\u05dc \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u059a\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b2\u05dc\u05a3\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u0594\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05a5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u0596\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05be\u05de\u05b6\u05a5\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05bd\u05dc\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/I_Kings.5.18?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Kings 5:18<\/a>, Solomon writes to Hiram reporting that there are no <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;adversaries&#8221;<\/span><\/em> (\u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u0595\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05a8\u05d9\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05a7\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b7\u059b\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b4\u0596\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05b8\u05bc\u05d1\u05b4\u0591\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u0594\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u0596\u05d9\u05df \u05e4\u05b6\u05bc\u05a5\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2 \u05e8\u05b8\u05bd\u05e2\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/I_Kings.11.14?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Kings 11:14<\/a>, &#8220;And the Lord raised up an <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8216;adversary&#8217;<\/span><\/em> against Solomon, Hadad, the Edomite; he was of the royal lineage in Edom.&#8221; (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05a8\u05e7\u05b6\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05a4\u05d4 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u05df\u0599 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u0594\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b5\u0596\u05ea \u05d4\u05b2\u05d3\u05b7\u05a3\u05d3 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05de\u05b4\u0591\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b6\u05bc\u05a7\u05e8\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b6\u05bc\u059b\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u0596\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d1\u05b6\u05bc\u05d0\u05b1\u05d3\u05bd\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/I_Kings.11.23?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Kings 11:23<\/a>, &#8220;And God raised up against (David) an<em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\"> &#8216;adversary,&#8217;<\/span><\/em> Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had fled from Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, his master.&#8221; (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05a8\u05e7\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05a5\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u0599 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u0594\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05e8\u05b0\u05d6\u0596\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d1\u05b6\u05bc\u05df\u05be\u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u0591\u05e2 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05a3\u05e8 \u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b7\u0597\u05d7 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b5\u059b\u05ea \u05d4\u05b2\u05d3\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05b6\u05a5\u05d6\u05b6\u05e8 \u05de\u05b6\u05bd\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0\u05be\u05e6\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b8\u0596\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05bd\u05d9\u05d5\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/I_Kings.11.25?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Kings 11:25<\/a>, &#8220;And (Rezon) was an <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8216;adversary&#8217;<\/span><\/em> to Israel all of Solomon&#8217;s days with the evil that was caused by Hadad, and he detested Israel and ruled over Aram.&#8221; (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05a8\u05d9 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u05a4\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u0599 \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05dc\u05be\u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u0594\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u0596\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05a3\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b2\u05d3\u05b8\u0591\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u0599\u05e7\u05b8\u05e5\u0599 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u0594\u05dc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u0596\u05da\u05b0 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05b8\u05bd\u05dd\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-109-part-2-principle-lord-god-rules-world\/\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 109:6<\/a>, &#8220;Set a wicked man over him, and let an <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8216;adversary&#8217;<\/span><\/em> stand at his right hand.&#8221; (\u05d4\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e7\u05b5\u05a3\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05a3\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u0591\u05e2 \u05d5\u05b0\u059d\u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u0597\u05df \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05a5\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05bd\u05d5\u05b9\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/I_Chronicles.21.1?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Chronicles 21:1<\/a>, &#8220;Now <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">satan <\/span><\/em>arose upon Israel, and he moved David to count Israel.&#8221; (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b7\u05bc\u05bd\u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05a5\u05d3 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u0596\u05df \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u0591\u05dc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u0599\u05e1\u05b6\u05ea\u0599 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d3\u05b8\u05bc\u05d5\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05d3 \u05dc\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u0596\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05bd\u05dc\u05c3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based upon these Scriptures, Judaism as a monotheistic faith, the rabbis resist the temptation to characterize anyone other than God with authority. Rather, God is the creator of both good and evil, and it is up to mankind to choose which path to follow. (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.45.7?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 45:7<\/a>) The NT text however speaks of Satan as a being, the devil, as the prince and power of the air, etc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ephesians+2%3A1-3&amp;version=KJV;SBLGNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ephesians 2:1-3<\/a>) Satan is called a prince because he is a ruler and possesses power to manifest evil in the world through influencing people and commanding demons. <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cThe air\u201d<\/span><\/em> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ephesians+2%3A2&amp;version=KJV;SBLGNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ephesians 2:2<\/a> may refer to the invisible realm above the earth where Satan and his demons move, exist, and influence men for evil purposes. The source of evil is not attributed to Satan as in the sense of a creator. He (Satan) along with fallen angels or evil spirits are those at work to influence men to do evil. Every evil deed however is not necessarily the work of the devil, or Satan. The reason being, men are evil, and just as Isaiah describes according to <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Isaiah 1:10 Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye rulers, whose works are evil, as of the rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, O people, whose works are evil like those of the people of Gomorrah. (TgJ)<\/span><\/em> These people as Isaiah says are corrupters, they function as l\u2019satan (\u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05d8\u05b8\u0594\u05df, deceivers) in their own nature as a wicked people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide9-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide9-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide9-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide9-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide9-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide9.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Talmud Bavli Berakhot 32b:3<br><\/strong>In another comparison, Rabbi Elazar said: Prayer is greater than sacrifices, as it is stated: \u201cTo what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me, says the Lord. I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not desire the blood of bulls and sheep and goats\u201d (Isaiah 1:11). And several verses later it is written: \u201cAnd when you spread forth your hands I will hide My eyes from you, and even if you increase your prayer, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood\u201d (Isaiah 1:15). Not only Israel\u2019s sacrifices, but even their prayers, which are on a higher spiritual level, will not be accepted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Talmud Bavli Chagigah 4b:7<br><\/strong>Similarly, when Rav Huna reached this verse, he cried: \u201cAnd you shall sacrifice peace-offerings, and you shall eat there\u201d (Deuteronomy 27:7). Can it happen to a slave whose master expects him to eat at his table, that his master will eventually distance himself from him? As it is written: \u201cTo what purpose is the multitude of your offerings to Me? says the Lord\u201d (Isaiah 1:11).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The rabbis derive their comments from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.11-12?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:11-12<\/a> which states the following, \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e8\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05d5\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e7\u05b3\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e1\u05b7\u05d2\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05e0\u05b4\u05db\u05e1\u05b7\u05ea \u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05e9\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e1\u05b7\u05ea \u05e2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d5\u05d5\u05b8\u05ea \u05d3\u05b4\u05db\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05e8\u05b7\u05d1 \u05e4\u05b7\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05dd \u05ea\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05bc\u05d2\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d3\u05b4\u05db\u05d0\u05b4\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e8\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05d5\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e7\u05b3\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05df\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">11 I have no pleasure in the multitude of your holy sacrifices, saith the Lord: I am full with the abundance of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts, and the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats; for in such I have no pleasure.<\/span><\/em> \u05d3\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05d0\u05b8\u05ea\u05b7\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05b7\u05d7\u05d6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05b3\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b7\u05df \u05ea\u05b8\u05d1\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d3\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05b7\u05d3\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05e2\u05b7\u05d6\u05e8\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">12 When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, and that ye should come? Tread not my courts; (TgJ)<\/span><\/em> Note how the rabbis say <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;prayer is greater than sacrifice.&#8221;<\/span><\/em> Again, the issue is a matter of repentance, with the sacrifice bringing repentance due to the nature of the sacrifice, one lays his or her hand upon the animal and confesses sins before God. The significance of the peace offerings are to eat in the presence of God, to draw near and celebrate with others, including the slave. The issue being raised is on a master distancing himself from his slave due to his own sins. Notice how it is God who draws men together, even those in the master-slave relationship, there is a certain amount of respect and justice that is illustrated in the Shelamim korban (Peace offerings) according to the Torah. This is why Isaiah\u2019s statement is so significant here when he said, <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cTo what purpose is the multitude of your offerings to Me? says the Lord\u201d<\/span><\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.11?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:11<\/a>) the question of one&#8217;s motivation or purpose to bring the sacrifice, whether it was out of rote, tor whether it was due to truly being repentant? This is the primary point the rabbis are making, saying the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide10-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide10-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide10-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide10-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide10-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide10-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide10-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Chomat Anakh on Isaiah 1:11 Part 1<br><\/strong>Why do I need your many sacrifices: Because the primary point of a sacrifice is to repent and if you remain rebellious the sacrifice does not help.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Rashi on Isaiah 1:12 Part 1<br><\/strong>who requested this of you, to trample My courts to trample [the preposition is absent in the Hebrew] My courts, since your heart is not whole with Me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The point of the sacrifice is to repent! Teshuvah (Repentance) requires the correct motivation, that one is whole-hearted towards the Lord. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.13?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:13<\/a> states, \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e1\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e7\u05bb\u05e8\u05d1\u05b7\u05df \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05e7 \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05e7\u05b3\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e9\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05db\u05b7\u05e0\u05e9\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e9\u05b8\u05d1\u05b0\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d7\u05b9\u05d5\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e6\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d3\u05b8\u05df \u05db\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e9\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05df\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">13 Bring no more the oblation obtained by oppression; sacrifice is an abomination before me; the new moons and Sabbaths, the assembly ye are congregating, your sins shall not be forgiven, nor shall I hear your prayer at the time of your congregating yourselves together. (TgJ)<\/span><\/em> here the people were lacking faith, believing their service by rote was sufficient. Again this reminds us of the Apostle Paul who instructed in his epistles to trust God by faith and not by works. When something is not done in faith, or the improper kavanah, it is of none-effect. Note that Kavanah is the Hebrew word for direction, intention, or purpose. In its simplest meaning, it refers to concentrating the mind in the performance of a religious act, ensuring that it doesn\u2019t devolve into rote, mechanical action. Rashi goes on saying the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Rashi on Isaiah 1:16 Part 2<br><\/strong>Wash, cleanse yourselves, remove, learn, seek, strengthen, perform justice, plead, go Ten exhortations of the expression of repentance are [listed] here, corresponding to the Ten Days of Penitence and to the ten verses of Kingship, Remembrances, and Shofaroth [in the musaf service of Rosh Hashanah].<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Rashi on Isaiah 1:16 Part 4<br><\/strong>to do evil Heb. \u05d4\u05e8\u05e2, like \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7, to do evil. [Rashi explains this because the preposition is absent in Hebrew.] Scripture does not have to write \u05de\u05b5\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7, desist from doing evil, for so does the Biblical language treat the expression of \u05d7\u05b2\u05d3\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4, stopping, [e.g.,] \u201cand he failed to make (\u05dc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05c2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea) the Pesach\u201d (Num. 9:13); \u201cuntil he stopped counting (\u05dc\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8)\u201d (Gen. 41:49). That is to say, the counting stopped, the making failed, here too, stop the evildoing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Rashi describes cleansing one\u2019s self as synonymous to removing sin from our lives, seeking God, strengthening our faith, and performing justice from the sense of pleading for those who need justice, i.e. the orphan and the widow. Rashi parallels these things to the Ten days of Repentance prior to Yom Kippur. The Targum translates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.2?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:16-18<\/a> in the following way, \u05ea\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d3\u05b7\u05db\u05b9\u05d5 \u05de\u05b5\u05d7\u05b9\u05d5\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05b7\u05e2\u05d3\u05b9\u05d5 \u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b3\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05dc \u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05d0\u05b8\u05e9\u05b8\u05d0\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">16 Return to the law; make you clean from your sins; put away the evil of your doings from before the presence of my WORD; cease to do evil;<\/span><\/em> \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05dc\u05b7\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05d8\u05b8\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d6\u05db\u05b9\u05d5 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d0\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e1 \u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d9\u05b7\u05ea\u05de\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e2\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05e7\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05ea\u05b8\u05d0\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">17 Learn to do well; seek judgment; judge ye justice for him who is suffering violence; do justice to the orphan; hear ye the cry of the widow.<\/span><\/em> \u05d1\u05b0\u05db\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05b7\u05d3 \u05ea\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b4\u05d1\u05e2\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05b4\u05df \u05e7\u05b3\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d1\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d7\u05b9\u05d5\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05db\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05b0\u05e6\u05b4\u05d1\u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05b0\u05ea\u05b7\u05dc\u05d2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05d7\u05d5\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05d9\u05b4\u05e1\u05de\u05b0\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05db\u05b4\u05d6\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d0 \u05db\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e7\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05df\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">18 Then, when ye return to the law, ye shall pray before me, and I will grant your petition, saith the Lord. Though your sins be stained as with dye, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be pure as wool. (TgJ)<\/span><\/em> Here Jonathan expands upon Isaiah and speaks of turning from sin from the sense of returning to the Torah. Does this suggest that man earned his salvation under the Mosaic covenant? What exactly does it mean to return to the Torah? Is it the return to ritual, to sacrifice, that atones? Note that one is to have the correct kavanah, motivation, and repentance before a sacrifice becomes efficacious. The same thing applies to the sacrifice of our Messiah Yeshua and the efficaciousness of his death on our behalf. The rabbis believe that the point of the sacrifice is repentance before God! The process of repentance, as laid out by Maimonides, includes three stages, (i) confession, (ii) regret, and (iii) a vow not to repeat the misdeed. The truly penitent person, Maimonides says, is the one who finds himself with the opportunity to commit the same sin again yet declines to do so. There are two categories of sin in Jewish thought: (i) Sins against God: Ritual infractions, such as breaking the Sabbath or eating non-kosher food, and (ii) Sins against other people, i.e. theft or slander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Jewish tradition, only sins against God can be atoned for through confession, regret and promising not to repeat the action. Sins against other people can be atoned for only once the wrong has been made right, restitution has been paid for a financial crime, for example, and forgiveness received from the victim. When thinking on these things concerning the Torah, the significance of returning to the Torah is the parallel to seeking the God of Israel, and His ways and turning from the ways of the world, and doing right by your neighbor. This is synonymous to asking the question <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u201cto whom shall we go?\u201d<\/span><\/em> The rabbis discuss this according to the <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Talmud Bavli Shabbat 89b<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide11-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide11-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide11-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide11-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide11-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide11-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide11.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Talmud Bavli Shabbat 89b:3<br><\/strong>And the Jewish people will say before Him: Master of the Universe, to whom shall we go? Shall we go to Abraham, to whom You said: \u201cKnow certainly that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years\u201d (Genesis 15:13), and he did not ask for mercy on our behalf? Or perhaps we should go to Isaac, who blessed Esau and said: \u201cAnd it shall come to pass when you shall break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck\u201d (Genesis 27:40), and he did not ask for mercy on our behalf. Or perhaps we should go to Jacob, to whom You said: \u201cI will go down to Egypt with you\u201d (Genesis 46:4), and he did not ask for mercy on our behalf. And if so, to whom shall we go? Shall we go to our Patriarchs, who do not have mercy on us? Rather, now God Himself says what punishment we deserve. The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to them: Since you made yourselves dependent on Me, \u201cIf your sins be like scarlet, they will become white like snow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The rabbis discuss the idea of the people asking God to whom shall they go? The idea is turning to one who can lead them in the ways of God. They mention Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the afflictions they and their people had suffered. This idea of turning to one who may lead the people in the way of the Lord is a messianic expectation. A Messianic expectation in the Tanakh refers to the coming of the expected or the promised deliverer of Israel. The concept of the Messiah is central to Judaism. Also there exists in the World today a state of expectation, and hope of the imminent arrival of the Jewish World Saviour among many Jews, particularly members of the various Orthodox Sects of Judaism. There are many reasons why some believe that the time of the coming of the Messiah is at hand. Prophecies describing the role and actions that will be performed by the Messiah come from the book of Isaiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide12-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide12-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide12-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide12-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide12-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide12-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide12-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide12.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Isaiah 2:2-4<br><\/strong>&#8216;For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Isaiah 11:2-5<br><\/strong>&#8216;The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.. With righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove the equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Isaiah 63:3<br><\/strong>&#8216;I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be spinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>When thinking upon the Messiah and his role of guiding the people in the ways of the Lord, along with a return to Torah, we are reminded of the conversation between the disciples and Yeshua. They ask the very same questions the rabbis do according to the Talmud Bavli Shabbat 89b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide13-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide13-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide13-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide13-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide13-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide13-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide13-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Slide13.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>John 6:60-71<br><\/strong>6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? 6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. (KJV)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In John 6 Yeshua gives a very difficult teaching to the people. The teaching was so difficult in fact, that many of his disciples chose to leave and not follow him. Yeshua then asked his disciples whether they were going to leave too? John says, 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. (KJV)<\/span><\/em> Here Peter recognized that Yeshua spoke the words of life. As God\u2019s people we are called to seek truth, to walk in God\u2019s Word, and follow in the footsteps of the Messiah. These words of Isaiah speak to the uniqueness of our creation, God creating us in His image, which gives us the opportunity to choose life or death. The point is what we read Isaiah saying according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Isaiah.1.19-20?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 1:19-20<\/a>, \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05d1\u05b9\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05e7\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05e2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05df\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">19 If ye be willing and obedient to my WORD, ye shall eat the good of the land.<\/span><\/em> \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05ea\u05b0\u05e1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d1 \u05e1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05b4\u05ea\u05e7\u05b7\u05d8\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05d0\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d9\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d2\u05b0\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05db\u05b5\u05d9\u05df\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">20 But if ye refuse, and will not be obedient to my WORD, ye shall be slain with the sword of the enemy; for the WORD of the Lord has decreed it thus. (TgJ)<\/span><\/em> If we choose to walk with God, to walk in the footsteps of the Messiah, we will not walk in the way of the world! The call of Isaiah to the people is to turn from sin, to repent, and to seek the Lord God Almighty in His word and in His Messiah, the One who will lead us in God\u2019s truth and life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah 1:10-20 is a verse from the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible. It is part of a larger passage that speaks of the coming Messiah, who will be a priestly king who will rule over God&#8217;s people with justice and righteousness. In Isaiah 1:10-20, the prophet Isaiah speaks of the Messiah&#8217;s victory over his enemies. 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