929/Isaiah 2-6: But He Was Still Lonely

(א) וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ (בראשית לב, כה), (דברים לג, כו): אֵין כָּאֵ-ל יְשֻׁרוּן רֹכֵב שָׁמַיִם בְּעֶזְרֶךָ,... רַבִּי בֶּרֶכְיָה בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי סִימוֹן אָמַר אֵין כָּאֵ-ל, וּמִי כָּאֵ-ל, יְשֻׁרוּן, יִשְׂרָאֵל סָבָא, מָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא כָּתוּב בּוֹ (ישעיה ב, יז): וְנִשְׂגַּב יקוק לְבַדּוֹ, אַף יַעֲקֹב וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ.

Bereshit Rabbah 77:1

(1) "Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him" (Genesis 32:25). "O Jeshurun, there is none like God, Riding through the heavens to help you" (Deutronomy 32:25), ...Rabbi Berakhyah quoted Rabbi Simon: "There is none like God," and who is like God? Grandfather Israel. Just as, regarding the Holy Blessed One, it is written, "None but the LORD shall be Exalted in that day" (Isaiah 2:17), even for Jacob [it is written], "Jacob was left alone."

תהילים קמ״ח:י״ג

(יג) יְהַלְל֤וּ ׀ אֶת־שֵׁ֬ם יקוק כִּֽי־נִשְׂגָּ֣ב שְׁמ֣וֹ לְבַדּ֑וֹ ה֝וֹד֗וֹ עַל־אֶ֥רֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃

Psalms 148:13

(13) Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name, His alone, is sublime; His splendor covers heaven and earth.

במדבר כ״ג:ט׳

(ט) כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֤אשׁ צֻרִים֙ אֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ הֶן־עָם֙ לְבָדָ֣ד יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃

Numbers 23:9

(9) As I see them from the mountain tops, Gaze on them from the heights, There is a people that dwells apart, Not reckoned among the nations,

איכה א׳:א׳

(א) אֵיכָ֣ה ׀ יָשְׁבָ֣ה בָדָ֗ד הָעִיר֙ רַבָּ֣תִי עָ֔ם הָיְתָ֖ה כְּאַלְמָנָ֑ה רַּבָּ֣תִי בַגּוֹיִ֗ם שָׂרָ֙תִי֙ בַּמְּדִינ֔וֹת הָיְתָ֖ה לָמַֽס׃ (ס)

Lamentations 1:1

(1) Alas! Lonely sits the city Once great with people! She that was great among nations Is become like a widow; The princess among states Is become a thrall.

ישעיהו ה׳:ז׳

(ז) כִּ֣י כֶ֜רֶם יקוק צְבָאוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה נְטַ֖ע שַׁעֲשׁוּעָ֑יו וַיְקַ֤ו לְמִשְׁפָּט֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה מִשְׂפָּ֔ח לִצְדָקָ֖ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה צְעָקָֽה׃ (ס)

Isaiah 5:7

(7) For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts Is the House of Israel, And the seedlings he lovingly tended Are the men of Judah. And He hoped for justice, But behold, injustice; For equity, But behold, iniquity!

ישעיהו ד׳:ג׳

(ג) וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ הַנִּשְׁאָ֣ר בְּצִיּ֗וֹן וְהַנּוֹתָר֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם קָד֖וֹשׁ יֵאָ֣מֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל־הַכָּת֥וּב לַחַיִּ֖ים בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

Isaiah 4:3

(3) And those who remain in Zion And are left in Jerusalem— All who are inscribed for life in Jerusalem— Shall be called holy.

ישעיהו ה׳:ט״ז

(טז) וַיִּגְבַּ֛ה יקוק צְבָא֖וֹת בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְהָאֵ-ל֙ הַקָּד֔וֹשׁ נִקְדָּ֖שׁ בִּצְדָקָֽה׃

Isaiah 5:16

(16) And the LORD of Hosts is exalted by judgment, The Holy God proved holy by retribution.

שמות כ״ד:ט׳-י׳

(ט) וַיַּ֥עַל מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן נָדָב֙ וַאֲבִיה֔וּא וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים מִזִּקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (י) וַיִּרְא֕וּ אֵ֖ת אֱלֹקֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְתַ֣חַת רַגְלָ֗יו כְּמַעֲשֵׂה֙ לִבְנַ֣ת הַסַּפִּ֔יר וּכְעֶ֥צֶם הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לָטֹֽהַר׃

Exodus 24:9-10

(9) Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel ascended; (10) and they saw the God of Israel: under His feet there was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity.

מלכים א כ״ב:י״ט

(יט) וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לָכֵ֖ן שְׁמַ֣ע דְּבַר־יקוק רָאִ֤יתִי אֶת־יקוק יֹשֵׁ֣ב עַל־כִּסְא֔וֹ וְכָל־צְבָ֤א הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ עֹמֵ֣ד עָלָ֔יו מִימִינ֖וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃

I Kings 22:19

(19) But [Micaiah] said, “I call upon you to hear the word of the LORD! I saw the LORD seated upon His throne, with all the host of heaven standing in attendance to the right and to the left of Him.

תהילים כ״ב:ד׳

(ד) וְאַתָּ֥ה קָד֑וֹשׁ י֝וֹשֵׁ֗ב תְּהִלּ֥וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Psalms 22:4

(4) But You are the Holy One, enthroned, the Praise of Israel.

ישעיהו ו׳:ג׳

(ג) וְקָרָ֨א זֶ֤ה אֶל־זֶה֙ וְאָמַ֔ר קָד֧וֹשׁ ׀ קָד֛וֹשׁ קָד֖וֹשׁ יקוק צְבָא֑וֹת מְלֹ֥א כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃

Isaiah 6:3

(3) And one would call to the other, “Holy, holy, holy! The LORD of Hosts! His presence fills all the earth!”

תרגום יונתן על ישעיהו ו׳:ג׳

(ג) וּמְקַבְּלִין דֵין מִן דֵין וְאָמְרִין (1) קַדִישׁ בִּשְׁמֵי מְרוֹמָא עִלָאָה בֵית שְׁכִנְתֵּיהּ (2) קַדִישׁ עַל אַרְעָא עוֹבַד גְבוּרְתֵּיהּ (3) קַדִישׁ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָא יקוק צְבָאוֹת מַלְיָא כָל אַרְעָא זִיו יְקָרֵיהּ:

Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 6:3

(3) And one cried unto another, and they were saying, Holy in the highest and exalted heavens is the house of His Shekinah, holy upon the earth is the work of His might, holy for ever, world without end, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of the brightness of His glory.

ישעיהו נ״ז:ט״ו

(טו) כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר רָ֣ם וְנִשָּׂ֗א שֹׁכֵ֥ן עַד֙ וְקָד֣וֹשׁ שְׁמ֔וֹ מָר֥וֹם וְקָד֖וֹשׁ אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹן וְאֶת־דַּכָּא֙ וּשְׁפַל־ר֔וּחַ לְהַחֲיוֹת֙ ר֣וּחַ שְׁפָלִ֔ים וּֽלְהַחֲי֖וֹת לֵ֥ב נִדְכָּאִֽים׃

Isaiah 57:15

(15) For thus said He who high aloft Forever dwells, whose name is holy: I dwell on high, in holiness; Yet with the contrite and the lowly in spirit— Reviving the spirits of the lowly, Reviving the hearts of the contrite.

ישעיהו ס״ו:א׳-ב׳

(א) כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יקוק הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם כִּסְאִ֔י וְהָאָ֖רֶץ הֲדֹ֣ם רַגְלָ֑י אֵי־זֶ֥ה בַ֙יִת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּבְנוּ־לִ֔י וְאֵי־זֶ֥ה מָק֖וֹם מְנוּחָתִֽי׃ (ב) וְאֶת־כָּל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ יָדִ֣י עָשָׂ֔תָה וַיִּהְי֥וּ כָל־אֵ֖לֶּה נְאֻם־יקוק וְאֶל־זֶ֣ה אַבִּ֔יט אֶל־עָנִי֙ וּנְכֵה־ר֔וּחַ וְחָרֵ֖ד עַל־דְּבָרִֽי׃

Isaiah 66:1-2

(1) Thus said the LORD: The heaven is My throne And the earth is My footstool: Where could you build a house for Me, What place could serve as My abode? (2) All this was made by My hand, And thus it all came into being —declares the LORD. Yet to such a one I look: To the poor and brokenhearted, Who is concerned about My word.