...not for them to bring the burden to safety; the gods themselves go into captivity. 3 Listen to me, house of Jacob and all the remnant of the house of Israel, a load on me from your birth, carried by me from the womb: 4 till you grow old I am He, and when white...

...mother, describing her concern for exiled Israel as that of a mother for her own baby: Listen to me, house of Jacob and all the remnant of the house of Israel who have been borne by me from the belly (beten), carried from the womb fracham), even until old age...

...they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 3 f he presence of all the congregation of Israel, and...Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will...

...least, it also consolidated the position of the old man, who had become the image of divine fidelity: And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you' (2 Isaiah 46.4). The writings of the Babylonian captivity often made use of the character of the old...

...shall be increased." Proverbs 9:11; 10:27 "Despise not thy mother when she is old." Proverbs 23:22 "Even to your old age I am he: and even to hoar hairs will I carry you." Isaiah 46:4; 40:29-31 The question of the philosopher is, "Who can deny that a long life maynotbegood...

...See, eg, Megilla 15b. 113. See, eg, Zohar III:181b. 114. According to Isaiah 46:3: "Hearken to me, 0 house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne by me from birth, who are carried from the womb." 115. In another version, the Gentiles...

...from Phyllis Trible, God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality, p. 45; Fortress Press, 1978) Listen to me, house of Jacob and all the remnant of the house of Israel who have been borne by me from the belly (beten), carried from the womb (racham), even until old age...

...are balanced in 3b by an extended vocative (wklsDryt byt ysrDl). The addressees are identified as the house of Jacob and all the remnant of the house of Israel. The phrase kl sDryt in the second line of the line-pair serves a double-duty function for the phrases...

...stages of gestation in the process of revitalizing the Divine relationship with them: "Listen to me, Oh house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, You that are born from within my belly, you that are carried from inside my womb; I remain the same...

...day to day situations of his congregation. He comforted the aged and infirm with the words of 46:4 ('Even to your old age I am He, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you').34 In a sermon preached on the fifth of November he identified the 'weapon that is formed against...