The Nation Remaining in the Land

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1. Yeshayahu 3-4

   Matan Al HaPerek

   Neta Shapira

   In contrast with the universal prophecy which appears in perek 2, perakim 3-4 detail prophecies directly toward only Yehuda and Yerushalayim. The beginning of perek 3 (1-12) describes the unraveling of Yehuda’s leadership, bringing utter chaos and destruction to the kingdom. Following this section, the prophecy laments the moral corruption mentioned in previous chapters 13-15) and then includes another rebuke against the prideful and) haughty (16-25). This pride is not the pride of creativity mentioned in perek 2, but rather pride exhibited by pampered and overindulged .women who devote themselves to shallow pursuits of materialism. The rebuke is accompanied by a description of their fate: harsh destruction which will punish them measure for measure.

2. Yeshayahu 17-18

   Matan Al HaPerek

   Rabbi David Sabato

   The prophecy recorded in perek 17 was most likely delivered following the alliance established between Aram and Israel during the reign ,of Pekach ben Remalyahu (refer back to perek 7). In this prophecy Yeshayahu describes the complete destruction of Damascus, the capital city of Aram, along with the destruction of the Northern Kingdom. The perek ends on a slightly more positive note (pesukim 12-14): Yeshayahu prophesies the collaboration of the gentile nations for war and their miraculous defeat by God as restitution for their cruel treatment of Israel.