Commentaire de citation sur Isaïe 66:5

ich will von Dir verstossen. מנודה von dem bibl.-hebr. נדה, von sich stossen, entfernen, vgl. Jes. 66, 5; Am. 6, 3.

And I - their deeds and their thoughts have come etc. And I What am I to do? Their deeds and their thoughts have come to Me. And that forces Me to gather all the heathens (nations [Mss. and K’li Paz]), and to let them know that their deeds are vanity and the thoughts they are thinking, “For the sake of my name, the Lord shall be glorified,” let them understand that it is false. And where is the gathering? It is the gathering that Zechariah prophesied (14:2): “And I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem.”

A brother’s wife is said to be separated , i.e., it is proper to distance oneself from her (compare, “your brethren that hated you, that cast you out” [Isaiah 66:5]). Of all the prohibited sexual relations, this word is used only in connection with a brother’s wife. Just as a woman enters her monthly period of separation, during which she is forbidden, and after which in time she becomes permitted, so also can a brother’s wife become permitted (see my comment on the passage “When brothers live together …” [Deuteronomy 25:5]). Certain people have said that just as it is forbidden for a man to have relations with his father’s sister, so it must be forbidden for a woman to marry her uncle. This reasoning is not valid. The prohibited relations are all specified from the man’s point of view, because it is possible for a man to force sexual relations with someone else, whereas it is not possible for a woman to force sexual relations on a man. According to their line of reasoning, let them explain why we do not accept the testimony of two women! Even if one follows the standard valuations [27:2], four female witnesses should be at least as good as two male witnesses. Accordingly, we require the tradition.