{"id":16805,"date":"2022-10-28T23:47:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T23:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=16805"},"modified":"2022-11-04T02:46:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T02:46:12","slug":"i-lay-in-zion-a-foundation-stone-isaiah-2815-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/i-lay-in-zion-a-foundation-stone-isaiah-2815-21\/","title":{"rendered":"I Lay in Zion a Foundation Stone, \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05db\u05d7:\u05d8\u05d5-\u05db\u05d0 \/ Isaiah 28:15-21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Isaiah 28:15-21<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The narrative now changes to the people of Jerusalem and Judah, which was indicated by Isaiah\u2019s statement according to Isaiah 28:14 \u201cWherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. (<\/span><\/em>\u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b5\u05df \u05e9\u05b4\u05c1\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e6\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b6\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8 \u05d1\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd)\u201d<\/span><\/em> Here the word \u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b5\u05df \u201cwherefore\u201d<\/span><\/em> indicates this shift in the narrative and verse 14 states explicitly words to the scornful men who rule the people in Jerusalem. (See Isaiah 28:14\u201322 and 29:15\u201317) The idea is that the sinfulness of the northern kingdom of Israel, their idolatry caused them to be blind and lack understanding and we are told that the priests and prophets were drunk and could not see. (Isaiah 29:9-14) This inability to see and understand and reform their ways led to their destruction, and similarly Jerusalem and Judah find themselves in the same situation. Idolatry is a serious offense, and the reason being is described according to the psalmist in Tehillim \/ Psalms 115:1-8<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tehillim \/ Psalm 115:1\u20138<\/strong>
115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, But unto thy name give glory, For thy mercy, and for thy truth\u2019s sake. 115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 115:3 But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men\u2019s hands. 115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: Eyes have they, but they see not: 115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: Noses have they, but they smell not: 115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: Feet have they, but they walk not: Neither speak they through their throat. 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; So is every one that trusteth in them. (KJV)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We see the futility of idolatry \u05db\u05b0\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b9\u05e9\u05b5\u05b9\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05db\u05b9\u05bc\u05dc \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8-\u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05d8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u201cThey that make them are like unto them; So is every one that trusteth in them\u201d<\/span><\/em> meaning that those who are idolaters cannot see or understand, and consequently as a result, they cannot hear, and cannot walk which is analogous to their inability to reform their ways and turn from idolatry. We note the seriousness of idolatry, that it has this ability to incapacitate their worshipers so that they remain where they are. This incapacitation is like becoming dead, having no life, no response, but only the route practice of their form of worship which is to remain in place and walk in sin. These are reasons why any form of idolatry should be rooted out in our lives, and that we should seek the Lord God Almighty for help to root out any forms of idolatry that may be in our lives today! Isaiah describes both the priests and the prophets as being drunk and blind according to Isaiah 29:1-9 and that because of this Jerusalem will suffer the same fate as Samaria. In Chapter 29 we are told that God will fight against the enemies of Judah and the reason being is due to the promises that God had made to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We note this Torah centric principle that is being worked out in the lives of the people, that when one sins, one brings judgment upon one\u2019s self, and yet there is hope if we repent and turn from our wicked ways. We should not look to other nations for help as in the case of Judah and Egypt, but look to the Creator God, the Almighty One for help! The common theme throughout the scriptures is that we need to trust in the Lord God in the here and now, and not wait for signs of punishment to repent. This section of the Scriptures from Isaiah 28:14-21 are directed to the leaders of Jerusalem who are arrogant and prideful to the extent of foolishness in the way that they lead the people and the nation. We ask the question \u201cWhat is true wisdom?\u201d True Wisdom is the ability to differentiate between good and evil, making excellent and decisive judgments from one\u2019s experience and knowledge gained that is based upon the Torah. Paul writes about wisdom in the following way to the Corinthians according to 1 Corinthians 2:1-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1 Corinthians 2:1\u20135 <\/strong>
2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man\u2019s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 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This statement by Paul is most important, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u1f21 \u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f96 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u1fb3 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd \u201cthat your faith does not stand on the wisdom of man.\u201d<\/span><\/em> The word \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u1fb3 means wisdom, and in the LXX \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 occurs 250x where it renders the Hebrew word almost always \u05d7\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u201cwisdom.\u201d<\/span><\/em> The Hebraic understanding of \u05d7\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 means \u201cwisdom, skill, experience, shrewdness, prudence.\u201d<\/span><\/em> We note that this word \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 as a noun occurs only in Shemot \/ Exodus 7:11 in the Torah in reference to Pharaoh\u2019s wise men. The DSS usage of \u05d7\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 is influenced by the dualism of the sect\u2019s theology. God\u2019s all-embracing plan for the world, the goal of which is the annihilation of the wicked, is determined by wisdom (see 1QS IV, 18). The elect is allotted the wisdom of the sons of heaven by the Spirit of truth (1QS IV, 21\u201322). Other terms that are semantically related play a more prominent role in the DSS (see \u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03ba\u03c9 for knowledge). The term \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 derived from \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 takes on a strong religious coloring in Hellenistic-Jewish writers. Philo for example, points out that on the Sabbath in the synagogues the Jews \u201ccultivate their ancestral philosophy [\u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1],\u201d<\/span><\/em> which is a reference to the oral tradition of the Torah and the way of salvation (Legat. 156). According to Josephus, Jewish religion and philosophy are identical; he therefore presents the communities of Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes as three philosophical schools (A.J. 18.11; B.J. 2.119). The same equation is found in 4 Maccabees; indeed, the martyrs appear as the representatives of \u201cdivine philosophy\u201d<\/span><\/em> (4 Maccabees 7:9). In the NT text we find the noun \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 occurring 50x. The adjective \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03cc\u03c2 is found 20x, while the negative \u1f04\u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03bf\u03c2 only in Ephesians 5:15 (contrasted with \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03cc\u03c2). The verb \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b6\u03c9 occurs twice (2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Peter 1:16); the compound \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b6\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 is used only in Acts 7:19 (alluding to Shemot \/ Exodus 1:10 from the LXX). We also note in the gospels and Acts the use of \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 is in general tied to the tradition of the Tanakh and Jewish ideology. We note this is consistent with the adjective \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03cc\u03c2 occurring only in Matthew 11:25 and Luke 7:35 and in Matthew 23:34 where the \u201csages\u201d<\/span><\/em> are listed with prophets and teachers. We also note that according to Luke 2:40, Yeshua as a child \u201cwas filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.\u201d<\/span><\/em> We also read that, when he was twelve years old, the teachers at the temple were \u201camazed at his understanding\u201d<\/span><\/em> (Luke 2:47) and that he continued to grow \u201cin wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man\u201d<\/span><\/em> (Luke 2:52). Mark 6:2 (and Matthew 13:54) depicts the astonishment of the inhabitants of Nazareth at the wisdom given to the carpenter\u2019s son. Based upon the usage of the word \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 in the Greek texts, this idea of wisdom or \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 is related to a person\u2019s whole approach in life that is founded upon the covenant of God that God has made with us! All of these things illustrate the importance of God\u2019s word for gaining wisdom. (See Mishley \/ Proverbs 4:5 and James 1:5-8) These things are in stark contrast to the leadership of Jerusalem in Isaiah\u2019s day who are faithless and trust in themselves and the works of their own hands as opposed to the God of Israel. Isaiah tells the people that the only secure foundation is in the Lord and upon His covenant. The plans of the leaders will come to nothing and how the Torah describes how God works for us or against us. For us if we trust in Him, and against us if we trust in ourselves and forsake His holy and righteous ways! These Torah based descriptions are meant to turn us from our sins and to seek the Lord God in heaven. The reason being is the terror that is generated when turning from the Lord God\u2019s power turns against His people. Primarily this happens as a wakeup call, to repent and believe and live a life of faithfulness! When we consider what is happening to the people here according to Isaiah and history, we should not think of God as being cruel and unjust in the way that he punished the people. These things are done out of a love for His people, for their repentance, and God\u2019s mercy is great, and He gives an exorbitant amount of time for repentance and faithfulness to return. We note again how these things are consistent with the NT text. One example is from 2 Peter 3:9 which states that God mercifully provides time and opportunity for repentance from idolatry and spiritual fornication with this world. The basic concept is that the Lord is seeking a proper response to what is happening, i.e. to repent and seek His forgiveness in Yeshua the Messiah! If the Lord does not receive a proper response, He promises great tribulation and martyrdom. Again, this is not necessarily as punishment, but as an inducement for His people to repent. This drives forward the importance of repentance too and provides reason why we should be consistent to live repentant lives each day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah goes on saying the following according to Isaiah 28:15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isaiah 28:15 states, \u201cBecause ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; (<\/span><\/em>\u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05b6\u05bc\u05dd \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05de\u05b8\u05d5\u05b6\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05dd-\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc \u05e2\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d7\u05b9\u05d6\u05b6\u05d4) when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: (<\/span><\/em>\u05e9\u05b9\u05c1\u05d9\u05d8 [\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8] \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05e3 \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9-\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05e8 [\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05e8] \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05b8\u05d6\u05b8\u05d1 \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e1\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05e9\u05b6\u05bc\u05c1\u05e7\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc)\u201d<\/span><\/em> It is interesting how Isaiah states, \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05b6\u05bc\u05dd \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05de\u05b8\u05d5\u05b6\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05dd-\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc \u201cbecause you say we have made a covenant with death and with the grave.\u201d<\/span><\/em> This is very odd as it would be unlikely that one would literally make a covenant with death and the grave. It may be that Isaiah is interpreting the leaders’ actions, their engagement in idolatry and sorcery. The Canaanite god Mot (death) is the god of the underworld. Could it be that they made a covenant with these evil spirits? This reminds us of what Paul wrote the Corinthians according to 1 Corinthians 10:18-22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1 Corinthians 10:18\u201322 <\/strong>
10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 10:19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord\u2019s table, and of the table of devils. 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 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Here Paul states directly providing an interpretation on the Gentiles and their sacrifices to their gods. He states that these sacrifices are sacrifices to demons (\u03b4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03af\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2). Paul makes it clear that we cannot join ourselves with occult practices or the worship of \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05a3\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05d7\u05b5\u05e8\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05dd (other gods) and also have a part with the God of Israel and His Messiah Yeshua! The leaders in Isaiah\u2019s day deceived themselves in this way rejecting the life that God wants to give them and instead choosing death. Could it be that their reliance upon Egypt is analogous to these things? It is interesting how the leadership proclaim \u05e9\u05b9\u05c1\u05d9\u05d8 [\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8] \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05e3 \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9-\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05e8 [\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05e8] \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05b8\u05d6\u05b8\u05d1 \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e1\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05e9\u05b6\u05bc\u05c1\u05e7\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u201cthe overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves\u201d<\/span><\/em> which indicates that they do not believe their actions or the one in whom they trust is a covenant with lies and falsehood. The point is that the people believe in their gods, but Isaiah is saying that their gods are nothing, the gods of Egypt and Canaan, and that God is the one who is bringing judgment due to their sin of disobedience. Again, we find this implication that there will be a flood of people coming to overtake them when they are unaware, similar to the wind and the rain and the flash flood. The point is that lies, and false beliefs do not save, the truth is only found in God\u2019s word. This provides us with another reason why television and movies are so dangerous. Most of what is portrayed on television or in movies concerning the word of God and the truth is twisted and warped. The point is that the world warps what the truth is to keep one in a state of deception. The safest approach to knowing the truth is to forget everything that is taught on television or in movies and pick up a bible and begin reading! This is the safest approach, and this is what the people in Isaiah\u2019s day had forgotten, they forgot the word of God and they forgot the covenant their fathers had made with God as they entered into the Land in which they live! Deception and forgetfulness lead to disaster, just as Isaiah is speaking of here in his book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah continues saying the following according to Isaiah 28:16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isaiah 28:16 states, \u201cTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. (<\/span><\/em>\u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b5\u05df \u05db\u05b9\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b6\u05d5\u05b4\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d3 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05df \u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7\u05df \u05e4\u05b4\u05bc\u05e0\u05b7\u05bc\u05ea \u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea \u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05b8\u05d3 \u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05b8\u05bc\u05d3 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b7\u05bc\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1)\u201d<\/span><\/em> This verse is very significant as it suggests that God is going to do something to establish salvation for the people, laying a foundation stone upon which the people can stand secure. The LXX states:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Romans 9:31\u201333 <\/strong>
9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (KJV, \u0710\u073b\u071d\u0723\u072a\u0734\u071d\u0736\u0720 \u0715\u0737\u0741\u071d\u0722 \u0715\u0741\u072a\u0734\u0717\u0736\u071b \u0717\u0304\u0718\u0733\u0710 \u0712\u0734\u0741\u072c\u0742\u0731\u072a \u0722\u0733\u0721\u073d\u0718\u0723\u0733\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u071f\u0742\u073a\u0710\u0722\u073d\u0718\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0706 \u0720\u0722\u0733\u0721\u073d\u0718\u0723\u0733\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u071f\u0742\u073a\u0710\u0722\u073d\u0718\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0710\u0731\u0715\u0742\u072a\u0737\u071f\u0742 \u0702\u0721\u0736\u071b\u073e\u0720 \u0721\u0733\u0722\u0733\u0710 \u0702 \u0721\u0736\u071b\u073e\u0720 \u0715\u0741\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0717\u0304\u0718\u0733\u0710 \u0721\u0736\u0722 \u0717\u0730\u071d\u0721\u0733\u0722\u073d\u0718\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0706 \u0710\u0737\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0721\u0736\u0722 \u0725\u0712\u0742\u0733\u0715\u0742\u0730\u0718\u0717\u0304\u071d\u0308 \u0715\u0741\u0722\u0733\u0721\u073d\u0718\u0723\u0733\u0710 \u0702 \u0710\u0737\u072c\u0741\u072c\u0741\u0729\u0736\u0720\u0718 \u0713\u0737\u0741\u071d\u072a \u0712\u0741\u071f\u0742\u073a\u0710\u0726\u0742\u0733\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u072c\u0742\u073e\u0718\u0729\u0730\u0720\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0707 \u0710\u0731\u071d\u071f\u0742 \u0715\u0731\u0741\u071f\u0742\u072c\u0742\u073b\u071d\u0712\u0742 \u0702 \u0715\u0741\u0717\u0733\u0710 \u0723\u0733\u0710\u0737\u0721 \u0710\u0331\u0722\u0733\u0710 \u0712\u0741\u0728\u0737\u0717\u071d\u073d\u0718\u0722 \u0706 \u071f\u073b\u0741\u0710\u0726\u0742\u0733\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u072c\u0742\u073e\u0718\u0729\u0730\u0720\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u071f\u0742\u073a\u0710\u0726\u0742\u0733\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u0721\u0730\u071f\u0742\u072b\u073d\u0718\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u0721\u0730\u0722 \u0715\u0741\u0712\u0742\u0733\u0717 \u0722\u0717\u0730\u071d\u0721\u0736\u0722 \u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0722\u0736\u0712\u0742\u0717\u0730\u072c\u0742 \u0700 31 \u1f38\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u1f74\u03bb \u03b4\u1f72 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ce\u03ba\u03c9\u03bd \u03bd\u03cc\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c3\u03cd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u2e02\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03bd\u03cc\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u2e03 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f14\u03c6\u03b8\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd*. 32 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u03af; \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03ba \u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u02bc \u1f61\u03c2 \u1f10\u03be \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u2e06\u00b7 *\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ad\u03ba\u03bf\u03c8\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bb\u03af\u03b8\u1ff3 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ba\u03cc\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2, 33 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1f7c\u03c2 \u03b3\u03ad\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u00b7 \u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u03c4\u03af\u03b8\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bd \u03a3\u03b9\u1f7c\u03bd \u03bb\u03af\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ba\u03cc\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd \u03c3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03ac\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5*, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u2e06 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u02bc \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bf\u1f50 \u2e00\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c7\u03c5\u03bd\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9*.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Romans 10:9\u201313 <\/strong>
10:9 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. 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 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1 Corinthians 3:11\u201313<\/strong>
3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 3:13 Every man\u2019s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man\u2019s work of what sort it is. (KJV, \u072b\u0736\u072c\u0742\u0737\u0710\u0723\u072c\u0734\u0741\u0710 \u0713\u0737\u0741\u071d\u072a \u0710\u0331\u071a\u072a\u073b\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0702 \u0723\u071b\u0731\u072a \u0721\u0736\u0722 \u0717\u0733\u0715\u0742\u0736\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u0723\u073a\u071d\u0721\u0733\u0710 \u0706 \u0710\u0331\u0722\u0733\u072b \u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0721\u0736\u072b\u071f\u0731\u0741\u071a \u0720\u0731\u0721\u0723\u0733\u0721 \u0702 \u0715\u073b\u0741\u0710\u071d\u072c\u0742\u0737\u071d\u0717 \u071d\u0736\u072b\u073d\u0718\u0725 \u0721\u072b\u073a\u071d\u071a\u0733\u0710 \u0702\u0718\u0736\u0710\u0722 \u0710\u0331\u0722\u0733\u072b \u0715\u0737\u0741\u071d\u0722 \u0712\u0734\u0741\u0722\u0736\u0710 \u0725\u0730\u0720 \u0717\u0733\u0715\u0742\u0736\u0710 \u072b\u0736\u072c\u0742\u0737\u0710\u0723\u072c\u0734\u0741\u0710 \u0707 \u0715\u0731\u0741\u0717\u0712\u0742\u0733\u0710 \u0710\u0731\u0718 \u0723\u073a\u0710\u0721\u0733\u0710 \u0701 \u0710\u0731\u0718 \u071f\u073b\u0741\u0710\u0726\u0742\u0737\u0308\u0710 \u071d\u0730\u0729\u073a\u071d\u072a\u0734\u0308\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0707 \u0710\u0731\u0718 \u0729\u0730\u071d\u0308\u0723\u0736\u0710 \u0710\u0731\u0718 \u0725\u0721\u073a\u071d\u072a\u0734\u0710 \u0701 \u0710\u0731\u0718 \u071a\u0730\u0712\u0741\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0706 \u0725\u0712\u0742\u0733\u0715\u0742\u0733\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u071f\u0742\u073d\u0720\u0722\u0733\u072b \u0721\u0736\u072c\u0742\u0713\u0741\u0720\u0737\u0710 \u0702 \u071d\u0730\u0718\u0721\u0733\u0710 \u0713\u0737\u0741\u071d\u072a \u0717\u0730\u0718 \u0713\u0734\u0741\u0720\u0737\u0710 \u0720\u0737\u0717 \u0702 \u0721\u0736\u071b\u073e\u0720 \u0715\u0731\u0741\u0712\u0742\u0722\u073d\u0718\u072a\u0734\u0710 \u0721\u0736\u072c\u0742\u0713\u0741\u0720\u0737\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u0730\u0725\u0712\u0742\u0733\u0715\u0742\u0736\u0717 \u0715\u0741\u071f\u0742\u073d\u0720\u0722\u0733\u072b \u0710\u0731\u071d\u071f\u0731\u0741\u0722\u0733\u0710 \u0710\u073b\u071d\u072c\u0742\u0731\u0718\u0717\u0304\u071d \u0706 \u0722\u073d\u0718\u072a\u0734\u0710 \u072c\u0737\u0741\u0726\u0742\u072a\u072b\u073a\u071d\u0718\u0717\u0304\u071d \u0702 11 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f04\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u03b5\u1f76\u03c2 \u03b4\u03cd\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b8\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd, \u1f45\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2 \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2. 12 \u03b5\u1f30 \u03b4\u03ad \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b8\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u2e06 \u2e02\u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03cc\u03bd,* \u1f04\u03c1\u03b3\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u2e03, \u03bb\u03af\u03b8\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03af\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2, \u03be\u03cd\u03bb\u03b1, \u03c7\u03cc\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03ac\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd, 13 \u2e02\u1f11\u03ba\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd \u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u1f78\u03bd \u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u2e03,* \u1f21 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b7\u03bb\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cd\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u00b7* \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f11\u03ba\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd \u1f41\u03c0\u03bf\u1fd6\u03cc\u03bd \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1 \u00b0[\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78] \u03b4\u03bf\u03ba\u03b9\u03bc\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Ephesians 2:19\u201322 <\/strong>
2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (KJV, \u0721\u0736\u071f\u073b\u0741\u071d\u0720 \u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0717\u0718\u0730\u071d\u072c\u073e\u0741\u0718\u0722 \u0710\u0731\u071f\u0742\u0723\u0722\u0734\u0308\u071d\u0736\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u072c\u0731\u0741\u0718\u072c\u0734\u0741\u0712\u0742\u0737\u0308\u0710 \u0706 \u0710\u0737\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0712\u0741\u0722\u0731\u0308\u071d \u0721\u0715\u0742\u073a\u071d\u0722\u0304\u072c\u0734\u0741\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u0729\u0730\u0715\u073b\u0741\u071d\u0308\u072b\u0736\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u0730\u0712\u0742\u0722\u0731\u0308\u071d \u0712\u0731\u0741\u071d\u072c\u0737\u0741\u0717 \u0715\u0731\u0741\u0710\u0720\u0734\u0717\u0733\u0710 \u0702\u0718\u0736\u0710\u072c\u0742\u0712\u0741\u0722\u073a\u071d\u072c\u073e\u0741\u0718\u0722 \u0725\u0730\u0720 \u072b\u0736\u072c\u0742\u0737\u0710\u0723\u072c\u0734\u0741\u0710 \u0715\u0731\u0741\u072b\u0720\u073b\u071d\u0308\u071a\u0736\u0710 \u0718\u0715\u0742\u0730\u0722\u0308\u0712\u0742\u073a\u071d\u0736\u0710 \u0706 \u0718\u0717\u073d\u0718 \u0717\u0718\u0733\u0710 \u072a\u073b\u071d\u072b \u0729\u0730\u072a\u0722\u0733\u0710 \u0715\u0741\u0712\u0742\u0736\u0722\u071d\u0733\u0722\u0733\u0710 \u0702 \u071d\u0736\u072b\u073d\u0718\u0725 \u0721\u072b\u073a\u071d\u071a\u0733\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u0712\u0742\u0736\u0717 \u0721\u0736\u072c\u0742\u072a\u0731\u071f\u0731\u0741\u0712\u0742 \u071f\u073e\u0741\u0720\u0737\u0717 \u0712\u0737\u0741\u0722\u071d\u0733\u0722\u0733\u0710 \u0707 \u0718\u072a\u0734\u0712\u0742\u0736\u0710 \u0720\u0717\u0730\u071d\u071f\u0741\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0729\u0730\u0715\u073b\u0741\u071d\u072b\u0733\u0710 \u0712\u0741\u0721\u0733\u072a\u071d\u0733\u0710 \u0706 \u071f\u0731\u0741\u0715\u0742 \u0710\u0734\u0726\u0742 \u0710\u0731\u0722\u0304\u072c\u073e\u0741\u0718\u0722 \u0712\u0737\u0741\u0717 \u0721\u0736\u072c\u0742\u0712\u0741\u0722\u0736\u071d\u0722 \u0710\u0722\u0304\u072c\u073e\u0741\u0718\u0722 \u0707 \u0720\u0721\u0730\u0725\u0721\u072a\u0734\u0710 \u0715\u0731\u0741\u0710\u0720\u0734\u0717\u0733\u0710 \u0712\u0741\u072a\u073e\u0718\u071a \u0701\u0700\u0701\u0700\u0701 19 \u1f0c\u03c1\u03b1 \u00b0\u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba\u03ad\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u1f72 \u03be\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u02bc* \u2e00\u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u1f72 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f01\u03b3\u03af\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6,* 20 \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u03b7\u03b8\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03af\u1ff3 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03bb\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd,* \u1f44\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03ba\u03c1\u03bf\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u2e06 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6, 21 \u1f10\u03bd \u1fa7 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1 \u2e06 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u1f74 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03bc\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u03b1\u1f54\u03be\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03bd\u03b1\u1f78\u03bd \u1f05\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u1ff3,* 22 \u1f10\u03bd \u1fa7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f51\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u2e00\u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03cd\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9.*)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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1 Peter 2:1\u20136 <\/strong>
2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. (KJV, \u0710\u0731\u0722\u073a\u071d\u071a\u0718 \u0717\u0733\u071f\u0742\u073a\u071d\u0720 \u0721\u0736\u0722\u071f\u0742\u073d\u0718\u0722 \u071f\u073e\u0741\u0720\u0734\u0717 \u0712\u073b\u0741\u071d\u072b\u073d\u0718\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u071f\u0742\u073d\u0720\u0737\u0717 \u0722\u0736\u071f\u0742\u0720\u0734\u0710 \u0718\u0721\u0730\u0723\u0730\u0712\u0742 \u0712\u0731\u0741\u0710\u0726\u0737\u0308\u0741\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u0730\u071a\u0723\u0733\u0721\u0733\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u0721\u0736\u0710\u071f\u0742\u0730\u0720\u0729\u0730\u072a\u0728\u0734\u0710 \u0702\u0718\u0730\u0717\u0718\u0730\u0718 \u0710\u0731\u071d\u071f\u0742 \u071d\u0731\u0308\u0720\u073e\u0718\u0715\u0742\u0736\u0710 \u072b\u0730\u0712\u0742\u072a\u0737\u0308\u0710 \u0702 \u0718\u0736\u0710\u072c\u0742\u072a\u0731\u0713\u0742\u072a\u0731\u0713\u0742\u0718 \u0720\u0734\u0717 \u0720\u0721\u0736\u0720\u072c\u0742\u0734\u0710 \u0706 \u0710\u0731\u071d\u071f\u0742 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What both Paul and Peter are providing here is this one whom God has established as a foundation stone. The NT text describes how this foundation upon which one stands, and trusts is in God our father in heaven and in His Son Yeshua! Note what Isaiah 28:16 states, \u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b5\u05df \u05db\u05b9\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b6\u05d5\u05b4\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d3 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05df \u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7\u05df \u05e4\u05b4\u05bc\u05e0\u05b7\u05bc\u05ea \u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea \u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05b8\u05d3 \u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05b8\u05bc\u05d3 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b7\u05bc\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u201cTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Specifically, Isaiah says \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b7\u05bc\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u201che who believes will not be ashamed.\u201d<\/span><\/em> This is how Paul uses this verse in the description of faith and believing in Yeshua, one who believes and confesses sins will be saved and not be ashamed according to Romans 10:9-13. In 1 Corinthians 3:11-13 Paul argues that this foundation stone is nothing other than Yeshua the Messiah, and that nobody can build a foundation that one can stand upon besides the one that God has built, just as Isaiah is saying. We note that Isaiah speaks of a stone, a foundation to trust in. If we think about this, trusting in a stone is a little bit of a strange concept. The idea here is that there is a future expectation here, and that the NT text reveals to us what exactly it is that God had planned to do in establishing this stone upon which we can trust. Paul argues that this foundation upon which we stand is also built upon the tradition of the prophets and the Apostles. He also analogizes construction, where a solid building is established on a solid foundation according to Ephesians 2:19-22. Peter describes this stone as coming to us, something that God had chosen, and couples this to turning from sin, malice, guile, hypocrisies, envies, and evil speech. This chief cornerstone that is laid in Zion is none other than Yeshua the Messiah! Isaiah uses the concept of laying a foundation stone to illustrate how God is going to establish something in Zion that will be a source of strength for those who believe, and a source of judgment for those who do not. Remember how Yeshua spoke of this foundation stone and its importance in the parable of the house that stands comparing a foundation of sand or stone. (Matthew 7:24-27) This is the point of what the leaders have done, setting up their foundation stone on their idolatry or their trust in other nations as opposed to trusting in God. The point that the Lord is drawing in here is to the choices that God gives us, we spoke about this in the introduction section to Isaiah 27:7-13<\/a>. This cornerstone carries with it a very complex set of ideas which are tightly coupled with the revelation of God in regard to faithfulness, both His faithfulness and the people\u2019s faithfulness. God is faithful to call for our return, and so we too should demonstrate that kind of faithfulness to turn from sin and seek the Lord! All of these ancient truths are valid for us today, to remain faithful, to trust in the Lord God Almighty our Father in heaven, to believe in His Messiah Yeshua, and to trust in all of these things, as opposed to any human schemes. The human schemes are anything else that is other than these things, all forms of idolatry are man-made, along with the sorceries and witchcraft of both the past and the present day! The point that Isaiah is making here is that when we trust in the Lord we find peace, and security from our enemies! When we refuse to trust in the Lord, or as the NT text writes, trusting in Yeshua the foundation stone of God, then our lives will be filled with disorder, fear, restlessness, and much despair! When we commit our ways to the Lord, we are granted peace and life! How much more evidence do we need to understand these things, and give over our lives to the Lord in all that we do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah continues according to Isaiah 28:17-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isaiah 28:17 states, \u201cJudgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. (<\/span><\/em>\u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05e4\u05b8\u05bc\u05d8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e7\u05b8\u05d5 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e6\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05e7\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e1\u05b5\u05d4 \u05db\u05b8\u05d6\u05b8\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e1\u05b5\u05ea\u05b6\u05e8 \u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d8\u05b9\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc)\u201d<\/span><\/em> Isaiah28:18 \u201cAnd your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; (<\/span><\/em>\u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05bb\u05e4\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05de\u05b8\u05d5\u05b6\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd) when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. (<\/span><\/em>\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05e3 \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u05dd \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e1)\u201d<\/span><\/em> Isaiah 28:19 \u201cFrom the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. (<\/span><\/em>\u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05b5\u05bc\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b8\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b7\u05bc\u05d7 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9-\u05d1\u05b7\u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05e7\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05e7\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05dc\u05b8\u05bc\u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e8\u05b7\u05e7-\u05d6\u05b0\u05d5\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4)\u201d<\/span><\/em> Here Isaiah explains the outcome of making a covenant with death and the grave (\u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05de\u05b8\u05d5\u05b6\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05dd-\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc \u05e2\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc). Isaiah uses the imagery of flowing waters which are powerful and of which nobody can stop. Isaiah 28:19 describes an unrelenting overcoming or conquering that happens day after day, night after night, and continues until one recognizes that this is from the Lord, and those who are being punished understand the report. The text comparison on Isaiah 28:17-19 shows the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The TgJ translates Isaiah to say, \u201c17 And I will make judgment straight as a line of a building, and justice as a plummet, because ye would hide yourselves. And my justice shall burn against the confidence of your lie; and because ye would hide yourselves from the coming distress, the nations shall lead you into captivity. 18 And your covenant with death shall be destroyed, and your peace with the destroyer shall not stand. When the stroke of the enemy shall come upon you, it shall be like an overwhelming river, and ye shall be unto them for a treading under foot. 19 At the time of its passing by, it shall lead you captive, because each morning it shall pass by, by day and by night: and it shall come to pass before the time of the curse shall have come, that ye shall consider the words of the prophets.\u201d (TgJ)<\/span><\/em> The TgJ says essentially the same thing as the MSS. The LXX changes the translation slightly saying, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03c9 \u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03b4\u03b1, \u1f21 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f10\u03bb\u03b5\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03c3\u03cd\u03bd\u03b7 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b8\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b8\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c8\u03b5\u03cd\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ad\u03bb\u03b8\u1fc3 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03b3\u03af\u03c2, 17<\/a> \u201cAnd I will turn judgment into hope, and my mercy into balances, and those who trust a lie pointlessly; for a storm will not pass by you\u201d (LES)<\/span><\/em> Note here the Septuagint changes this verse to speak of \u201chope\u201d<\/span><\/em> and \u201cbalances\u201d<\/span><\/em> speaking of trust and justice. Drawing in the idea of balances speaks to faulty scales that cheat and steal from the people. This is the lie that takes place, and one is unaware of the theft. In verse 18, the LXX speaks of the people\u2019s hope toward the netherworld. Here the Greek text states literally \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u1f76\u03c2 \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f21 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03bd \u201cyour hope towards Hades.\u201d<\/span><\/em> In the LXX \u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 occurs over 100\u00d7; in passages where it translates the Hebrew word almost always \u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc the grave, which refers to the underworld that receives all the dead (see \u03b8\u03ac\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 death). This is known as the land of darkness, in which God is not remembered (Job 26:5\u20136 Tehillim \/ Psalms 6:5 [LXX 6:6]<\/a>, 115:17 [113:25]<\/a>, Isaiah 5:14). What is significant is the theological statement that God does not remember the dead, that they are cut off from him and outside his activity in history (Tehillim \/ Psalms 88:5 [87:5]<\/a>). The dead were regarded as unclean, there was no cult of the dead, and necromancy was expressly forbidden according to the Torah in Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 18:11. We think about the concept of \u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 or \u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc, this concept of the grave surrounds us on every side, through illness, weakness, imprisonment, oppression by enemies, and death. This is why the psalmist David can assert that he has already experienced Sheol but has been rescued by God (Tehillim \/ Psalms 30:3 [29:4]<\/a>). Dying is not primarily a biophysical process but is the disintegration or ending of the relationship with God in the land of the living. The Tanakh does provide us with hope beyond death (Job 19:25\u201327, Tehillim \/ Psalms 49<\/a>, 73:23\u201328 [72:23\u201328]<\/a>, Daniel 12). The hope is in the form of the resurrection! These texts provide us with the earliest Jewish attestations of the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. In 1 Enoch 22 we read about how reward and punishment begin, after death, in Hades (2 Macc 6:24). According to Josephus (A.J. 18.14; cf. B.J. 2.163; 3.375), this was the position of the Pharisees and the Essenes, in contrast to that of the Sadducees. A later view states that the souls of the righteous, after death, enter heavenly blessedness, while the souls of the ungodly are punished in Hades. Thus Hades lost its role as the resting place of all souls and became simply a place of punishment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word \u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 occurs 10\u00d7 in the NT. It is used in Yeshua\u2019s condemnation of Capernaum (Matthew 11:23, Luke 10:15), in Yeshua\u2019s response to Peter\u2019s confession (Matthew 16:18), in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:23), in a quotation from the OT (Acts 2:27-31), \u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 occurs 4\u00d7 in Revelation (Revelation 1:18, 6:8, 20:13-14). We are told that Hades is represented as lying within the earth, so that one has to \u201cgo down\u201d to it (Matthew 11:23, Luke 10:15). Like a city it has gates (Matthew 16:18), and it is locked with a key that Yeshua now holds (see Revelation 1:18, \u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u03b1\u03ba\u03ae \u201cprison,\u201d<\/span><\/em> in Revelation 20:7 and 1 Pet 3:19). Hades can be viewed as a place inhabited (or a state experienced) by both the righteous and the unrighteous (Acts 2:27-31), but Luke 16:22\u201323 appears to make a distinction between Hades and Abraham\u2019s bosom, which is pictured as a place of comfort (Luke 16:25). In Revelation 20:13\u201314 both death and Hades are personified, and the fact that at the time of the resurrection they give up their dead indicates that Hades is a temporary, not an eternal, place (corresponding to what is often described as the \u201cintermediate state\u201d<\/span><\/em>). What is distinctively unique from all other religions is that Yeshua has risen to Jewish concept of the indestructible life (see Tanakh passages above and Hebrews 7:16) and has therefore conquered the power of death (Hebrews 2:14). Indeed, he is \u201cLord of both the dead and the living\u201d<\/span><\/em> (Romans 14:9). As a result, Hades cannot affect the people of God (Matthew 16:18), and anyone who dies is united with Yeshua (Philippians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 5:8). In addition to this, we learn that \u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 is connected to the realm of the dead and is related to \u1f04\u03b2\u03c5\u03c3\u03c3\u03bf\u03c2. In the NT, \u1f04\u03b2\u03c5\u03c3\u03c3\u03bf\u03c2 refers primarily to the netherworld as the abode of demons and other evil forces (see Luke 8:31), \u03b2\u03ac\u03b8\u03bf\u03c2 \u201cdepth\u201d (Romans 8:39), and the adjective \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ce\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u201clower\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u201cthe lower regions,\u201d<\/span><\/em> Ephesians 4:9) and \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c7\u03b8\u03cc\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u201csubterranean\u201d <\/span><\/em>(Philippians 2:10). The closest synonym to \u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b3\u03ad\u03b5\u03bd\u03bd\u03b1 \u201cGehenna, hell,\u201d<\/span><\/em> which is used extensively in the Rabbinic literature! It is interesting to note that while Hades is viewed as a temporary place (i.e. in Revelation Hades is also cast into the lake of fire), Gehenna (Revelation 20:14, Matthew 22:13, 2 Peter 2:17, Jude 1) is presented as eternal (Mark 9:43). (Information about \u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 was taken from Christopher A. Beetham, ed., \u201c\u1f0d\u0399\u03b4\u03b7,\u201d Concise New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2021, 27.<\/em>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here in Isaiah, God speaking through Isaiah is describing how He is building a place, a foundation stone upon which He will place his own faithfulness and according to the LXX will make righteousness and justice a standard for His people! This refers to a life of integrity and purpose, and one that does not twist truth or trust in lies! Note that when one lives in a lie, and is unrepentant, and does not seek the Lord, when these things begin to happen as a result of God drawing back, or simply punishing the nations, when the oppressors sweep over the people, all of their agreements, their witchcrafts and sorceries, and false gods will prove to be useless! The irony that Isaiah points out is to trust in the God of life as opposed to trusting in death and the grave which is paralleled to anything that is other than the God of Israel! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah continues according to Isaiah 28:20-21, saying the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isaiah 28:20 states, \u201cFor the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. (<\/span><\/em>\u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9-\u05e7\u05b8\u05e6\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b7\u05bc\u05e6\u05b8\u05bc\u05e2 \u05de\u05b5\u05d4\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b7\u05bc\u05e1\u05b5\u05bc\u05db\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05b0\u05bc\u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05bc\u05e0\u05b5\u05bc\u05e1)\u201d<\/span><\/em> Isaiah 28:21 \u201cFor the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, (<\/span><\/em>\u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05db\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e8-\u05e4\u05b0\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05b0\u05bc\u05e2\u05b5\u05de\u05b6\u05e7 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d2\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05b8\u05bc\u05d6) that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. (<\/span><\/em>\u05dc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b9\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b5\u05b9\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc \u05d6\u05b8\u05e8 \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b5\u05b9\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05d3\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e0\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05d3\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9)\u201d<\/span><\/em> Isaiah now speaks of a bed that is shorter and narrower than what is needed such that than a man can stretch himself out upon it. This bears out the testimony that when people continue in their own ways, they will face the \u201cwoes of God\u201d<\/span><\/em> and find no rest or peace. Just as Isaiah had stated earlier, there can never be comfort or peace when men have made “lies their refuge and hid themselves under falsehood.”<\/span><\/em> (Isaiah 28:15) These things are true for us today, especially when we seek life in the wrong places which are filled with darkness and sin as opposed to the God of life, the living God who gives life and abundance to those who love and obey Him. Notice how Jeremiah puts it according to Jeremiah 2:12-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jeremiah 2:12\u201313 <\/strong>
2:12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. (KJV)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Jeremiah speaks of this very thing, looking to places other than the Lord, here he describes people forsaking the \u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05dd (living waters) and making a cistern that cannot hold water because it is broken for the simple fact that it was not done in the Lord. Isaiah describes the people making their own bed, and it brings misery, discomfort, and emptiness. We note the NT has some to say concerning these things from the sense of men placing high values upon what others think, and so much so that one compromises important principles in order to keep favor with men. Paul wrote this saying according to Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. (KJV)<\/span><\/em> Another example is Pontios Pilatos. Pontios Pilate was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving under Emperor Tiberius from 26\/27 to 36\/37 AD. He is best known for being the official who presided over the trial of Yeshua and ultimately ordered his crucifixion. We note here that he was more concerned with the people\u2019s opinion as opposed to the actual guilt of a person and by placing a high value on the opinion of men he ordered Yeshua\u2019s crucifixion. (States this explicitly in Mark 15:15) These two examples illustrate what happens when one chooses to please people as opposed to being pleasing unto the Lord God of Israel. We note that the most unteachable people are those who believe they know it all (Isaiah 28:9). This is the leadership of that day, and we can see these characteristics in the leadership of peoples around the world today! We note that pride has this capacity to cause one to not hear, to not listen, and to not obey the voice of God according to the Scriptures. We live in an intellectual age today in which men have many academic degrees and such and thus due to this are filled with pride, and by doing so take the Lord God Almighty out of the equation for life. The point is that all men will be weighed in the scales for whether their works were done for themselves or for the Lord. This is the point of our faith, as Peter writes according to 1 Peter 1:6\u20139 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1 Peter 1:6-9<\/strong>
1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 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We note the outcome of our faith is the salvation of our souls, and it is quite possible that those who do not evaluate their faith and their intentions, will not realize they have made for themselves a bed of lies until the day comes that they stand before the Lord, as we read Yeshua speaking of according to Matthew 7 and those whom he calls workers of anomia (lawlessness). Unless we are living for the Lord God, His Messiah Yeshua, and having eyes looking forward to spending an eternity with God, our bed will always be too short and our blanket too narrow as Isaiah is saying here. We note those who are the enemies of God, these are those who do not obey him! (Tehillim \/ Psalms 139:19-24<\/a>) We note this is the context of Isaiah 28:21 \u05d9\u05d2   \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9-\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e2\u05b8\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b8\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b0\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 | \u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e6\u05b9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05d0\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea \u05e0\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b8\u05db\u05b4\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b8\u05bc\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd: \u201cFor the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.\u201d<\/span><\/em> We note how the people, and the leadership were disobedient to the Lord living in sin, and so they would be classified as those who do not know God. The people are strange and foreign to God, and so Isaiah writes that the Lord will rise like at mount Perazim (see 2 Samuel 5:20, 1 Chronicles 14:11) and so He will perform \u201cstrange\u201d<\/span><\/em> work and \u201cstrange\u201d<\/span><\/em> acts because they do not know Him, nor do they recognize His work in their lives! We note that this is true for both Jew and Gentile (See Malachi 1:11 and Revelation 2:5) Again these things are true because the Torah writes that God delivered a mixed multitude from Egypt, both Jew and Gentile (Shemot \/ Exodus 12:38). Because of this, when the people stood at the mountain of Sinai, God gave his Torah to both Jew and Gentile! We can see the consistency of these things and the centrality of the Torah in the lives of God\u2019s people! We note that the sin from which there is no return is the refusal to listen which is coupled to the act of mocking and making fun of the power of God and His Word. (Hebrews 10:26-31, 1 John 5:16-17) When this happens, this kind of attitude is founded upon pride, and so one is unable to see the truth even when he comes face to face with the power of God! Death and destruction are the final outcome of those who do such things. The doors for repentance are always open, and the hope that we have is that we can find God if we seek Him, and we can hear His voice if we listen and obey, and seek repentance from the folly of our ways! The power of God revealed in His Son Yeshua the Messiah, so that this Torah principle of God dwelling in our midst can be achieved for both the Jew and Gentile, just as God had worked so powerfully in the lives of His people so many centuries ago. Note that all of these things hinges on our being a people of faith! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Targum Jonathan is an Aramaic and Rabbinic interpretation of the book of Isaiah and therefore is a very valuable resource for our study of the book of Isaiah! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Targum Jonathan son of Uziel Isaiah 28:15-21<\/strong>
28:15 Because ye say, \u201cWe have made a covenant with death, and have made peace with the destroyer:\u201d ye say, when the blow of the enemy shall come upon you like an overwhelming river, \u201cIt shall not come upon us, because we have placed our confidence in a lie, and have hidden ourselves under falsehood.\u201d 28:16 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I appoint a King in Zion; a King mighty, powerful, and terrible: I will make Him powerful, and I will strengthen Him, saith the prophet. But the righteous, who believe these things shall not be moved, when distress shall come. 28:17 And I will make judgment straight as a line of a building, and justice as a plummet, because ye would hide yourselves. And my justice shall burn against the confidence of your lie; and because ye would hide yourselves from the coming distress, the nations shall lead you into captivity. 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be destroyed, and your peace with the destroyer shall not stand. When the stroke of the enemy shall come upon you, it shall be like an overwhelming river, and ye shall be unto them for a treading under foot. 28:19 At the time of its passing by, it shall lead you captive, because each morning it shall pass by, by day and by night: and it shall come to pass before the time of the curse shall have come, that ye shall consider the words of the prophets. 28:20 For their strength shall be diminished by reason of mighty slavery; and the government of the oppressor shall increase their subjection. 28:21 For as the mountains trembled when the glory of the Lord was revealed in the days of king Uzziah, and in the wonders which He performed for Joshua in the valley of Gibeon, taking vengeance on the wicked, who had transgressed against His WORD: so shall He be revealed to take vengeance on them, who work works, strange works, and on those who worship with idolatrous worship. (TgJ)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Reading Isaiah 28:15-21, there are several realities that are established by this passage in Isaiah 28:15 when Isaiah writes about the \u201ccovenant of death,\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05de\u05b8\u0594\u05d5\u05b6\u05ea) and the \u201cpact with Sheol.\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05dd\u05be\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d0\u05b9\u0596\u05d5\u05dc) (i) this covenant is made by the rulers of Judah, (ii) it is made with \u201cdeath\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05de\u05b8\u0594\u05d5\u05b6\u05ea), (iii) instead of trusting in God\u2019s Mashiakh (Messiah), they rely on the covenant, (iv) they enter into the covenant specifically for the purpose of avoiding \u201cthe overwhelming (flooding) scourge\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05b9\u05c1\u05a3\u05d9\u05d8\u202c<\/sup> \u05e9\u05b9\u05c1\u05d5\u05d8\u05b5\u05a4\u05e3), yet (v) the covenant \u201cwill be canceled\u201d<\/span><\/em> or broken. Therefore, (vi) instead of providing Judah with deliverance from the flooding scourge, they will be \u201ctrampled\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e8\u05b7\u05d2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u0596\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05ea\u05b5\u05bc\u05bd\u05e8\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u0591\u05e1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4) by it. These things describe the outcome of man\u2019s attempts at self-protection through a covenant of his own making, of which is unable to stop the overwhelming flood of military might that is coming due to the judgment of God. The prophet Isaiah is speaking sarcastically, as he indicates in verse 11 (\u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u059a\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05dc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d2\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05b8\u05c2\u05e4\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05e9\u05b9\u05c1\u0596\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b6\u0591\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05d1\u05b5\u05bc\u0596\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05a5\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b6\u05bc\u05bd\u05d4\u05c3). The question we should be asking is, “To which particular covenant does the prophet refer in Isaiah 28:14-15?”<\/span><\/em> and “To which particular scoffers does the prophet refer?”<\/span><\/em> The backdrop for this prophecy is related to the downfall of northern Israel whom are referred to as Ephraim. (1 Kings 12:25, Zechariah 10:7) Northern Israel wears a crown of pride in relation to her strength as warriors and is likely the reason Isaiah 28:1 speaks to this crown, and to being drunk, possibly due to their own sense of power. We know from the Tanakh that Israel had turned from God to worship idols, Baal worship (2 Kings 22:51-52). The \u05e2\u05b2\u05d8\u05b6\u05a4\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea \u05d2\u05b5\u05bc\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u0599 crown of pride is likely a reference to the beauty of the capital city of Samaria. In prophetic language, Isaiah speaks of the casting and trampling down to the earth and the overthrow of a nation of king who have turned from the Lord God of Israel. 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The scientific term for pathological lying is mythomania or pseudologia fantastica.  (Dike, Charles C., “Pathological Lying Revisited,” Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Vol. 33, Issue 3, 2005, Healy, W., & Healy, M. T. (1915). \u201cPathological lying, accusation, and swindling: A study in forensic psychology.\u201d The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 11(2), 130-134.<\/em>) Here the people appear to fall into this clinical description of believing the lie and their behavior demonstrates this belief system. There are many times in the Gospels that Yeshua gives warnings saying, \u201cwatch out,\u201d \u201ctake heed,\u201d<\/span><\/em> or \u201cbeware.\u201d<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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