Shoftim (2) 1“Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken, you peoples, from afar: יהוה has called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother has He made mention of my name; 2and He has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of His hand has He hidden me; and He has made me a polished shaft, in His quiver has He concealed me; 3and He said unto me, ‘You are My servant, Yisra’el, in whom I will be glorified.’ 4But I said, ‘I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely my right is with יהוה , and my recompense with my Elohim’. 5And now says יהוה that formed me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Ya’akov back to Him, and that Yisra’el be gathered unto Him, for I am honorable in the eyes of יהוה , and my Elohim is become my strength, 6yes, He says, ‘It is too light a thing that you should be My servant to raise up the tribes of Ya’akov, and to restore the offspring of Yisra’el; I will also give you for a light of the nations, that My Yeshua may be unto the ends of the earth’. end Shoftim (2) 7Thus says יהוה , the Redeemer of Yisra’el, His Kadosh One, to him who is despised of men, to him who is abhorred of nations, to a servant of rulers, ‘Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of יהוה that is faithful, even the Kadosh One of Yisra’el, who has chosen you’. 8Thus says יהוה , ‘In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of Yeshua[h] have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you to the Brit Am, to raise up the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 9saying to the prisoners, ‘Go forth’; to them that are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves’; they shall feed in the ways, and in all high hills shall be their pasture; 10they shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for He that has compassion on them will lead them, even by the springs of water will He guide them. 11And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be raised on high. 12Behold, these shall come from afar; and, lo, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim. 13Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains; for יהוה has comforted His people, and will have mercy upon His afflicted. Ekev (1) 14But Tzion said, ‘ יהוה has forsaken me, and Adonai has forgotten me’. 15Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have mercy on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you. 16Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me. 17Your children make haste; your destroyers and they that made you waste shall go forth from you. 18Lift up your eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. ‘As I live’, says יהוה , ‘you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and gird yourself with them, like a bride’. 19For your waste and your desolate places and your land that has been destroyed; surely now shall you be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed you up shall be far away. 20The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, ‘The place is too narrow for me; give place to me that I may dwell’. 21Then shall you say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? And who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?’ “
22“Thus says Adonai יהוה , ‘Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and set up My ensign to the peoples, and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. 23And kings shall be your foster-fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers; they shall bow down to you with their face to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am יהוה , for they shall not be ashamed that wait for Me. 24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of the victorious be delivered?’ 25But, thus says יהוה , ‘Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will contend with him that contends with you, and I will save your children. 26And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I, יהוה , am your Moshi’ah, and your Redeemer, the Avir Ya’akov.”
אשִׁמְעוּ אִיִּים אֵלַי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאֻמִּים מֵרָחוֹק; יהוה מִבֶּטֶן קְרָאָנִי מִמְּעֵי אִמִּי הִזְכִּיר שְׁמִי. בוַיָּשֶׂם פִּי כְּחֶרֶב חַדָּה בְּצֵל יָדוֹ הֶחְבִּיאָנִי; וַיְשִׂימֵנִי לְחֵץ בָּרוּר בְּאַשְׁפָּתוֹ הִסְתִּירָנִי. גוַיֹּאמֶר לִי עַבְדִּי אָתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר בְּךָ אֶתְפָּאָר. דוַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי לְרִיק יָגַעְתִּי לְתֹהוּ וְהֶבֶל כֹּחִי כִלֵּיתִי; אָכֵן מִשְׁפָּטִי אֶת יהוה וּפְעֻלָּתִי אֶת אֱלֹהָי. הוְעַתָּה אָמַר יהוה יוֹצְרִי מִבֶּטֶן לְעֶבֶד לוֹ לְשׁוֹבֵב יַעֲקֹב אֵלָיו וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לא (לוֹ) יֵאָסֵף; וְאֶכָּבֵד בְּעֵינֵי יהוה וֵאלֹהַי הָיָה עֻזִּי. ווַיֹּאמֶר נָקֵל מִהְיוֹתְךָ לִי עֶבֶד לְהָקִים אֶת שִׁבְטֵי יַעֲקֹב ונצירי (וּנְצוּרֵי) יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהָשִׁיב; וּנְתַתִּיךָ לְאוֹר גּוֹיִם לִהְיוֹת יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ. זכֹּה אָמַר יהוה גֹּאֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל קְדוֹשׁוֹ לִבְזֹה נֶפֶשׁ לִמְתָעֵב גּוֹי לְעֶבֶד מֹשְׁלִים מְלָכִים יִרְאוּ וָקָמוּ שָׂרִים וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְמַעַן יהוה אֲשֶׁר נֶאֱמָן קְדֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּבְחָרֶךָּ. חכֹּה אָמַר יהוה בְּעֵת רָצוֹן עֲנִיתִיךָ וּבְיוֹם יְשׁוּעָה עֲזַרְתִּיךָ; וְאֶצָּרְךָ וְאֶתֶּנְךָ לִבְרִית עָם לְהָקִים אֶרֶץ לְהַנְחִיל נְחָלוֹת שֹׁמֵמוֹת. טלֵאמֹר לַאֲסוּרִים צֵאוּ לַאֲשֶׁר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ הִגָּלוּ; עַל דְּרָכִים יִרְעוּ וּבְכָל שְׁפָיִים מַרְעִיתָם. ילֹא יִרְעָבוּ וְלֹא יִצְמָאוּ וְלֹא יַכֵּם שָׁרָב וָשָׁמֶשׁ: כִּי מְרַחֲמָם יְנַהֲגֵם וְעַל מַבּוּעֵי מַיִם יְנַהֲלֵם. יאוְשַׂמְתִּי כָל הָרַי לַדָּרֶךְ; וּמְסִלֹּתַי יְרֻמוּן. יבהִנֵּה אֵלֶּה מֵרָחוֹק יָבֹאוּ; וְהִנֵּה אֵלֶּה מִצָּפוֹן וּמִיָּם וְאֵלֶּה מֵאֶרֶץ סִינִים. יגרָנּוּ שָׁמַיִם וְגִילִי אָרֶץ יפצחו (וּפִצְחוּ) הָרִים רִנָּה: כִּי נִחַם יהוה עַמּוֹ וַעֲנִיָּיו יְרַחֵם. ידוַתֹּאמֶר צִיּוֹן עֲזָבַנִי יהוה ; וַאדֹנָי שְׁכֵחָנִי. טוהֲתִשְׁכַּח אִשָּׁה עוּלָהּ מֵרַחֵם בֶּן בִּטְנָהּ; גַּם אֵלֶּה תִשְׁכַּחְנָה וְאָנֹכִי לֹא אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ. טזהֵן עַל כַּפַּיִם חַקֹּתִיךְ; חוֹמֹתַיִךְ נֶגְדִּי תָּמִיד. יזמִהֲרוּ בָּנָיִךְ; מְהָרְסַיִךְ וּמַחֲרִיבַיִךְ מִמֵּךְ יֵצֵאוּ. יחשְׂאִי סָבִיב עֵינַיִךְ וּרְאִי כֻּלָּם נִקְבְּצוּ בָאוּ לָךְ; חַי אָנִי נְאֻם יהוה כִּי כֻלָּם כָּעֲדִי תִלְבָּשִׁי וּתְקַשְּׁרִים כַּכַּלָּה. יטכִּי חָרְבֹתַיִךְ וְשֹׁמְמֹתַיִךְ וְאֶרֶץ הֲרִסֻתֵךְ: כִּי עַתָּה תֵּצְרִי מִיּוֹשֵׁב וְרָחֲקוּ מְבַלְּעָיִךְ. כעוֹד יֹאמְרוּ בְאָזְנַיִךְ בְּנֵי שִׁכֻּלָיִךְ: צַר לִי הַמָּקוֹם גְּשָׁה לִּי וְאֵשֵׁבָה. כאוְאָמַרְתְּ בִּלְבָבֵךְ מִי יָלַד לִי אֶת אֵלֶּה וַאֲנִי שְׁכוּלָה וְגַלְמוּדָה; גֹּלָה וְסוּרָה וְאֵלֶּה מִי גִדֵּל הֵן אֲנִי נִשְׁאַרְתִּי לְבַדִּי אֵלֶּה אֵיפֹה הֵם.
כבכֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יהוה הִנֵּה אֶשָּׂא אֶל גּוֹיִם יָדִי וְאֶל עַמִּים אָרִים נִסִּי; וְהֵבִיאוּ בָנַיִךְ בְּחֹצֶן וּבְנֹתַיִךְ עַל כָּתֵף תִּנָּשֶׂאנָה. כגוְהָיוּ מְלָכִים אֹמְנַיִךְ וְשָׂרוֹתֵיהֶם מֵינִיקֹתַיִךְ אַפַּיִם אֶרֶץ יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לָךְ וַעֲפַר רַגְלַיִךְ יְלַחֵכוּ; וְיָדַעַתְּ כִּי אֲנִי יהוה אֲשֶׁר לֹא יֵבֹשׁוּ קֹוָי. כדהֲיֻקַּח מִגִּבּוֹר מַלְקוֹחַ; וְאִם שְׁבִי צַדִּיק יִמָּלֵט. כהכִּי כֹה אָמַר יהוה גַּם שְׁבִי גִבּוֹר יֻקָּח וּמַלְקוֹחַ עָרִיץ יִמָּלֵט; וְאֶת יְרִיבֵךְ אָנֹכִי אָרִיב וְאֶת בָּנַיִךְ אָנֹכִי אוֹשִׁיעַ. כווְהַאֲכַלְתִּי אֶת מוֹנַיִךְ אֶת בְּשָׂרָם וְכֶעָסִיס דָּמָם יִשְׁכָּרוּן; וְיָדְעוּ כָל בָּשָׂר כִּי אֲנִי יהוה מוֹשִׁיעֵךְ וְגֹאֲלֵךְ אֲבִיר יַעֲקֹב.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 