{"id":15737,"date":"2022-06-11T11:42:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T11:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=15737"},"modified":"2022-06-24T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:59:10","slug":"death-on-a-massive-scale-everyone-is-ignoring-the-warning-signs-isaiah-211-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/death-on-a-massive-scale-everyone-is-ignoring-the-warning-signs-isaiah-211-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Death on a Massive Scale, Everyone is Ignoring the Warning Signs, \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05db\u05d0:\u05d0-\u05d8 \/ Isaiah 21,1-9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Isaiah 21:1-9
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The next couple chapters (Isaiah 21:1-29 and 22:1-25) provide an illustration of the fearful expectation of evil (calamity) or expectation of death. Though these things are imminent, the people continue to party and carry on as if nothing is going to happen. This has applications for today from the sense of what is going on in countries around the world, people continue on with their lives ignoring the warning signs and the policies their politicians are putting into place that destroys freedom and may lead to death on a massive scale and at the most the loss of liberty and the freedom to travel, and buy food for our families, etc. Isaiah prophetically speaks of the coming destruction, and the people are lulled asleep through their modes of entertainment, and they are not being spiritually discerning due to their having walked away from the ways of the God of Israel. Those who place their trust in man and in the strength of the flesh (Jeremiah 17:5-10) are tempted to place their reliance on both Babylon and Egypt. This timeframe is around 685-705 BC, when Sargon (Assyria) came to fight against Judah and Jerusalem. The Babylonians were defeated under Sennacherib in 702 BC. Isaiah 22:1-25 deals with Jerusalem and based upon Isaiah\u2019s oracle, the people should repent and turn from their wicked ways, but instead they trust in their own ability to protect themselves, and hold parties and build tombs, all of this is done in the valley of vision. John Oswalt in his commentary writes in regard to Isaiah 21, \u201cVerse 9 makes it appear that the entire address is to Babylon, but that is by no means clear, so that Penna and Kissane see vv. 1\u20135 as speaking about Judah. The strange title only compounds the difficulty. Also, it is not clear what destruction of Babylon is being spoken of. The reference to Elam and Media (v. 2) seems to point to the Persian overthrow in 539 B.C., as does v. 5 with its apparent allusion to Belshazzar\u2019s feast (Dan. 5). As a result, given the rise of the Deutero-Isaiah hypothesis, many commentators assigned the oracle a date of about 540 (e.g., Delitzsch). Toward the end of the nineteenth century, however, such influential commentators as G. A. Smith and T. K. Cheyne reverted to the idea of Isaianic authorship on the grounds that the reference was to one of the defeats in 710, 702, or 689. More recently the move is back toward the 540 date or even later. The most recent treatment of the chapter concludes that both points of view are correct.14 A. A. Macintosh refers to the material as a palimpsest, by which he means that there was a sixth-century rewriting of an eighth-century document. This point of view seems to represent the most accurate observation of the data, for materials reflecting data from both centuries seem to be present (see below for further discussion).\u201d<\/span><\/em> We note how again the commentators doubt the authenticity of Isaiah and believe Isaiah\u2019s words have been redacted or rewritten. The idea here is that in Isaiah\u2019s prophecy, he provides a picture of both the near future and distant future within his oracle. The point is that Isaiah speaks of Babylon\u2019s ultimate outcome, destruction and desolation, and of Judah if the people do not repent and turn from their wicked ways. These chapters from Isaiah 21 and 22 offer the continual warning to both Israel and to the nations of the earth concerning sin and the consequences to sin. The judgment of God will eventually come for those who do not trust in Him but turn to their own ways as opposed to His holy and righteous ways. We note how this also illustrates the mercy of God to allow a period of time for repentance and return according to 2 Peter 3:9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 Peter 3:9
<\/strong>3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (KJV, \u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0721\u0736\u072b\u072c\u0731\u0741\u0718\u071a\u0730\u072a \u0721\u0733\u072a\u071d\u0733\u0710 \u0712\u0741\u0721\u073d\u0718\u0720\u071f\u0734\u0741\u0722\u0731\u0308\u0718\u0717\u0304\u071d \u0701 \u0710\u0731\u071d\u071f\u0742 \u0715\u0741\u0710\u0331\u0722\u0734\u0308\u072b\u073a\u071d\u0722 \u072b\u073d\u0718\u0718\u071a\u0733\u072a\u0734\u0710 \u0721\u0730\u0723\u0712\u0741\u072a\u073b\u071d\u0722 \u0707 \u0710\u0737\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0721\u0730\u0713\u0731\u0741\u072a \u072a\u073e\u0718\u071a\u0736\u0717 \u0721\u0736\u071b\u073e\u0720\u0734\u072c\u0742\u071f\u0742\u073d\u0718\u0722 \u0706 \u0712\u0731\u0741\u0715\u0742\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0728\u0734\u0712\u0742\u0736\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u0710\u0331\u0722\u0733\u072b \u0722\u073a\u0710\u0712\u0742\u0730\u0715\u0742 \u0707 \u0710\u0737\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u071f\u073e\u0741\u0720\u0722\u0733\u072b \u0720\u0731\u072c\u0742\u071d\u0733\u0712\u0742\u073d\u0718\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0722\u073a\u0710\u072c\u0742\u0737\u0710 \u0702)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Lord is not slow (\u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d3\u05b8\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8) or as the Syriac writes \u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0721\u0736\u072b\u072c\u0731\u0741\u0718\u071a\u0730\u072a \u0721\u0733\u072a\u071d\u0733\u0710 \u201cthe Lord is not delayed\u201d<\/span><\/em> to fulfill his promise but does not want any to perish but that all should perform \u05ea\u05b0\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4 (repent). We note that we say \u201cperform Teshuvah,\u201d<\/span><\/em> because Teshuva (\u05ea\u05b0\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4) is something that we do, turning from sin and not simply a mental exercise. These things reveal to us how the Lord God is giving us time to repent. This is one of the most incredible attributes of God! As the Torah writes He is longsuffering, patience and loving showing mercy to thousands to those who love Him! (Shemot \/ Exodus 34:6-7, Tehillim \/ Psalm 103:8<\/a>) The Lord God Almighty does these things for the purpose of allowing men to find themselves, come to their senses, believe in the Lord God and His Messiah and turn from their sins for salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah opens chapter 21 saying the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05db\u05d0
<\/strong>\u05d0 \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b8\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b6\u05d2\u05b6\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05dc\u05b9\u05e3 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah 21:1 states, \u201cThe burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. (<\/span><\/em>\u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b8\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b6\u05d2\u05b6\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05dc\u05b9\u05e3 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4)\u201d<\/span><\/em> The opening words \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b8\u05dd \u201cthe burden of the desert of the sea\u201d<\/span><\/em> it is interesting, since in the desert there is not much water to drink, and in the same way, in the middle of the sea, a saltwater sea, or ocean, there is also no water to drink. There are no references to fresh body of water here in the text with the use of the word \u05d9\u05b8\u05dd and \u05d9\u05b8\u05dd can refer to either a fresh body of water or the ocean, as in the case of the \u201cRed Sea\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05d9\u05dd \u05e1\u05d5\u05e3) during the Exodus or \u05d9\u05b8\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b6\u05bc\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u201cDead sea\u201d<\/span><\/em> or literally \u201csea of salt.\u201d<\/span><\/em> This idea of the burden of the desert-sea may not be so far fetched as is claimed by most scholars that believe the word \u05d9\u05b8\u05dd is a textual corruption. The reason this belief is held by scholars is due to the absence of this word in the LXX (1 \u03a4\u1f78 \u1f45\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c1\u03ae\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5. \u1f69\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03b3\u1f76\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u02bc \u1f10\u03c1\u03ae\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ad\u03bb\u03b8\u03bf\u03b9 \u1f10\u03be \u1f10\u03c1\u03ae\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u1f10\u03ba \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2, \u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03b5\u03c1) The idea from the Hebrew text suggests that Mesopotamia (Babylon), which is a desert region, may be a land whose expanse is like that of the sea, which would indicate that there is nothing there but dry land and may be the point of Isaiah mentioning in this way as Babylon is unable to be trusted as a reliable source for deliverance from war. This idea of \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b8\u05dd \u201cThe burden of the desert of the sea\u201d<\/span><\/em> has some precedence in Jeremiah according to Jeremiah 50:38, 51:13, and 51:36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e8\u05de\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e0
<\/strong>\u05dc\u05d7 \u05d7\u05b9\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d1\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05b4\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Jeremiah 50:38
<\/strong>50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. (KJV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e8\u05de\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e0\u05d0
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Jeremiah 51:13
<\/strong>51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. (KJV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Jeremiah 51:36
<\/strong>51:36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. (KJV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We note that the text writes in Jeremiah 50:38 \u05d7\u05b9\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u201cdry upon her waters\u201d<\/span><\/em> where \u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 root word \u05de\u05d9\u05dd is not the same as \u05d9\u05b8\u05dd \u201csea or lake.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Jeremiah 51:13 speaks of \u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u201cmany waters”<\/span><\/em> and Jeremiah 51:36 states \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u201cand I will dry up her sea.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Note the consistency in the way in which Jeremiah is writing concerning the Lord drying up life giving waters due to their sins. There is an allusion to the sea and the storm according to the Pseudepigrapha of Solomon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pseudepigrapha Of Solomon, To Victory
<\/strong>1* My ear heard distress and the sound of war,
the blast of the trumpet sounding slaughter and destruction.
2* The sound of many people as of a violent storm,
as a raging fire storm sweeping through the wilderness.
3 And I said to my heart, Where, then, will God judge it?
(James H. Charlesworth, The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament: Expansions of the \u201cOld Testament\u201d and Legends, Wisdom, and Philosophical Literature, Prayers, Psalms and Odes, Fragments of Lost Judeo-Hellenistic Works, vol. 2 (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1985), 658.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The idea here is to the sound of many people as being similar to a violent storm which is paralleled to the sound of war. So, \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b8\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b6\u05d2\u05b6\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05dc\u05b9\u05e3 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u201cThe burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land\u201d<\/font><\/span><\/em> seems to fit the narrative. We note the whirlwinds come out of the east and southeast out of the wilderness and this may be why Isaiah wrote what he did from the sense of the \u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b8\u05dd desert-sea (Jeremiah 4:11, 13:24, Hosea 13:15, Zechariah 9:14, Job 1:19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05db\u05d0
<\/strong>\u05d1 \u05d7\u05b8\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05e7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05bb\u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05d3-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d2\u05b5\u05d3 | \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d2\u05b5\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d3 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05e6\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah 21:2 states, \u201cA grievous vision is declared unto me; (<\/span><\/em>\u05d7\u05b8\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05e7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05bb\u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05d3-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9) the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. (<\/span><\/em>\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d2\u05b5\u05d3 | \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d2\u05b5\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d3 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d3) Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. (<\/span><\/em>\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05e6\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9)\u201d<\/span><\/em> Here Isaiah says \u05d7\u05b8\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05e7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4 \u201ca difficult\/stern\/grievous vision\u201d<\/font><\/span><\/em> which speaks to the reality of war. (1 Kings 14:6, Tehillim \/ Psalms 60:5<\/a>) This phrase in Hebrew \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d2\u05b5\u05d3 | \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d2\u05b5\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d3 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d3 means literally “deal treacherously | deal treacherously | devastate | devastate.”<\/span><\/em> the vertical line paseq (\u05e4\u05b8\u05bc\u05e1\u05b5\u05e7\u200e) \u27e8\u05c0\u200e\u27e9 originates from Biblical Hebrew. This symbol is not on a standard Hebrew keyboard, a vertical bar \u27e8|\u27e9 is often used instead. However, it is seldom if ever used in modern Israeli Hebrew. Like much Biblical Hebrew punctuation, the meaning of the paseq is not known, although a number of hypotheses exist. The word itself means “separator.”<\/span><\/em> The Westminster Leningrad Codex contains over 500 paseqs; William Wickes, an influential scholar in this area, divide them into nine classes; Wilhelm Gesenius, drawing on Wickes, divided them into five:<\/p>\n\n\n\n